Katherine Ann Sherrill

1958 - 2025

Katherine Ann Sherrill, affectionately known as Kathy, peacefully departed this life on December 31, 2025, at Sentara Care Complex in Hampton, Virginia, following a lengthy illness. She was born on July 23, 1958, in Washington, DC, to the late Willie Ervin Sherrill and Elouise Sherrill. Kathy was the second of four children. She graduated from Suitland Senior High School in Suitland, Maryland, in June 1978. Kathy worked in the Prince George’s County School System cafeteria before relocating to Hampton, Virginia, where she continued her service in the Hampton City School System and later in Williamsburg, Virginia. Kathy never met a stranger. She loved everyone she encountered and touched countless lives with her kindness and big heart. She continued to love all whom she knew for as long as she had breath. Her final words, “I love you,”
were a true reflection of her life. 

Cherishing Her Memory Kathy leaves to cherish her memory her son, Johnathan White; three grandchildren, Promyse White, Jahvion Johnson, and Eden Colquitt; her longtime friend and companion, Curtis Jackson, and his children whom she loved as her own: Curtis Wynn (deceased), Marcus Wynn, and Tisha Wynn. She is also survived by her sisters, Darlene Harris (James Harris) and Dr. Ada Sherrill (Bobby Mills, deceased); her brother, Darrien Temoney (deceased); Four nieces, Tracy Harris, Telisha Harris, Latasha Mills and Ebony Mills, her aunts, Winnie Mae Moore, Dorothy Derouen (deceased), Mary Lee Derouen (deceased), and Elzena Bijou, and a host of relatives and friends.

Memorial service will be held Saturday January 17, 2026 @ 12noon at Nickelson-Cummings Funeral Home 4304 Victoria Blvd Hampton, VA 23669.