Sheets, Gordon A.
Passed: 2002-10-15
Age: 79
Source: Ravenswood News
Death Notice:
Obituary Date: 2002-10-23
Information: Gordon A. Sheets, 79, of Kenna, departed this life Tuesday, October 15, 2002, at his home following an extended illness. He was born August 6, 1923, at Dawes, a son of the late Roscoe and Estella Beverlyn Sheets. He was preceded in death by one grandson, Timmy Boggess; and two brothers, Romie and Edsel Sheets. He was a retired construction worker, a member of the Christian Fellowship Outreach Church at Kenna, and attended the Bethany Freewill Baptist Church on Jenkins Drive. He was a U. S. Army World War II veteran and a Pearl Harbor survivor. Survivors include his wife, Luda Casto Sheets; four daughters, Kay Casto of Canton OH, Burna Boggess, Estella Jeffery and Cathy Lanham, all of Kenna; and beloved sons-in-law; four sons, Ronald Sheets of Dry Branch, Steven Sheets of Gallagher, Rev. Arnold Sheets of Charleston, and Kenneth Sheets, of Kenna; and beloved daughters-in-law; 16 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Leslie Sheets of Ripley and Harley Sheets of Giles; and a host of many family and friends. Funeral services were conducted Friday, October 18, at the Long & Fisher Funeral Home, Pocatalico, with the Rev. David Mitchell and the Rev. Arnold Sheets officiating. Burial followed in the Floral Hills Garden of Memories, Pocatalico.