Sherry Jenkins Wall

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Sherry Jenkins Wall, loving mother, GiGi, sister, aunt, cousin and friend passed away peacefully into her eternal life surrounded by her family at her home on February 6, 2024. The funeral service will be held Thursday, February 8, 2024, at 2:00 P.M. at First Baptist Church of Oxford. Burial will follow in Shiloh Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday, February 7, 2024, from 4:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. in West Hall at Waller Funeral Home and again prior to the service beginning at 1:00 at the church.

Sherry was born the youngest of three children on March 6, 1955 to the late Wauneece Welch Jenkins and E.W. Jenkins. She graduated from Lafayette High School in 1973 and went on to attend the University of Mississippi where she graduated Summa Cum Laude all while working two jobs and navigating life as a single mother. She was a longtime member of First Baptist Church and faithfully attended the Maranatha Sunday School Class.

Sherry served on the Board of Directors for the Domestic Violence Center, United Way, LOFT and was the first female to be elected to the Lafayette County School Board. In addition, she was also a member of Rotary International and was a Paul Harris Fellow. In 2003, Sherry successfully sought the office of Chancery Clerk and took office on January 2, 2004 where she served until her retirement in 2023. When she allowed herself time away from work and philanthropy, she could be found tending to her yard and her beautiful flower beds. Sherry found great joy in traveling and was most at peace during beach trips with her family or her friends affectionately called “The Beach Girls”. She loved Oxford and Ole Miss Football and felt blessed by both communities throughout her life. She was especially blessed with seven grandsons who brought out her youthful spirit while they played and simply spent time together.

Sherry is survived by her sons, Brantney Cox and his wife, Cicely of Oxford and Michael Wall of Oxford; a daughter, Lindsey Wall Hemphill and her husband, T.J. of Oxford; the absolute loves of her life, seven grandsons, Caiden and Christian Cox, Trace Wall and Jack, Hagan, Walker and Dalton Hemphill; a sister, Gwen Jenkins of Southaven, MS and a brother, Bruce Jenkins and his wife, Mary of Oxford.

Expressions of sympathy or memorial contributions in Sherry’s memory may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.