Doris Helen Sherrell

Doris Helen Sherrell, later known as Doris Winters, was born September 19, 1926, in Biloxi, Mississippi, and died October 6, 2004, at age 78, in Gatesville. A homemaker and active school and Girl Scout parent, she began work in 1979 at the TDCJ Mountain View Unit. She was the mother of David Carver, Terri McElhanney, Barbara Rhudy, and Patricia “Pat” Aslin.

Doris Helen Sherrell was born September 19, 1926, in Biloxi, Mississippi, to Floyd Sherrell and Ruby Sherrell, later Ruby Wright. She attended school in Biloxi and New Orleans and graduated, although the school and date of graduation are not given in the supplied notes.

After graduation, Doris married Jimmy Carver. They had two children, David Carver and Terri McElhanney. She later married J. D. Waters, and they had two daughters, Barbara Rhudy and Patricia “Pat” Aslin.

Doris was a homemaker and was involved as a room mother, in the PTA, and in Girl Scouts. Her interests included reading, watching television, traveling, and dining out. In 1979, she began her career at TDCJ at the Mountain View Unit.

After her retirement, Doris married Tommy Winters. At the time of her death, he lived in Gatesville.

Doris died October 6, 2004, at a local nursing home in Gatesville, at the age of 78. Funeral services were held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, October 8, at the Gatesville Funeral Home Chapel, with family member Terry Aslin officiating. Burial followed at Restland Cemetery.

She was preceded in death by her father, Floyd Sherrell, and by her husbands Jimmy Carver and J. D. Waters. She was survived by her husband, Tommy Winters; her mother, Ruby Wright; her children David Carver, Terri McElhanney, Barbara Rhudy, and Pat Aslin; stepson Tom Winters; siblings Floyd Sherrell, Donnie Sherrell, Virgil Sherrell, and Betty Sconiers; grandchildren Diana Mixon, Kori Davis, Alan Davis, Chris Rhudy, Brian Aslin, Allison Aslin, Lauren Aslin, Jessica Winters, and Sierra Winters; and great-grandchildren Garrett Mixon and Chandler Mixon.

Historical context

The supplied notes describe Doris’s family and community life through her work as a homemaker, room mother, PTA participant, and Girl Scout volunteer. They also record that she began employment in 1979 at TDCJ’s Mountain View Unit and later retired.

Sources & research

Original Family Tree Maker notes: obituary-style notice for “Mrs. Doris Winters,” supplied with this profile.