WILLIAM SHERRY

1927 - 2016

June 24, 1927 - May 8, 2016 OKLAHOMA CITY William Roy Sherry died on May 8, 2016. He was born on June 24, 1927 to Edward Sherman & Mamie Lola Sherry. He attended Central High School. He was a letter carrier while he was in college to become a drafting engineer. He entered the U.S. Marine Corp. in 1945 and served during the final days of WWII. He left the Marines, joined the Reserves and went back to being a letter carrier. When the Korean War started he was called up from the reserves and joined the Marines again. He was in the motor transport division in Korea and served in the Frozen Reservoir in Korea. He returned home and entered the reserves again and once again was a letter carrier. He carried mail out of the Shartel Station, he carried mail for Penn Square Mall, & 50 Penn Place from the day they opened until he retired, plus 5 blocks of residential around 50 Penn Place. He served in the Military for 30 years and he retired in 1975 as Master Sargent. His nickname was Gunny, but all his close friends called him "Tops". He spent 30 years being a mail carrier, he retired from the post office in 1981. In his later years he was involved with the Marine Corp League, National Assoc. of Letter Carriers Local Branch 458 where he was a member for over 50 years. He was past secretary and was involved heavily in the Boy Scouts Troop 117. He married Betty Stephens on June 28, 1974. She preceded him in death on July 1, 2008. He was also preceded in death by his parents Edward & Mamie Sherry, his sister Lola & her husband George Puckett. He is survived by his son John Sherry and wife Sandra, his grandson Stephen and wife Olivia, his great-grandson Ayden, his brother James and wife Kathy, and their children Stacie & Chris, his nephew Steve Puckett and wife Dru, and their children Scott & Amanda and her husband Kenneth Cargill, and his niece Sherrie Lee Puckett. Roy lived by the motto "Once a Marine, always a Marine" He was honored by Fox Battalion as the oldest marine at the Marine Corps Ball every year for the last 6 years. Funeral services will be at 10:00am, Saturday, May 14, 2016, at Guardian West Funeral Home Chapel. Viewing and visitation will be from 4pm-8pm on Friday, May 13, at Guardian West Funeral Home.