Dessie Sheriff

dessie sheriff
Dessie Sheriff, 82, of Owensboro, passed away Tuesday, December 29, 2014 at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital. She was born December 18, 1932 in Owensboro, KY to the late Louzellar and Jefferson Davis Vaught. She retired from Rustoleum and was a member of Liberty Lighthouse Church. She was a songwriter and loved spending time with her grandchildren and taking care of her family. Aside from her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Charles Sheriff and two sons, Steve Sheriff and Terry Sheriff. Surviving are her children, Melita Smith, Scott Sheriff, Cindy Sheriff and Shane Sheriff all of Owensboro, twenty-two grandchildren, and several great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Services will be 1 p.m. Thursday, January 1, 2015 at Haley-McGinnis & Owensboro Funeral Home with Pastor Sue Gaddis officiating and burial to follow in Scherer Cemetery, Stanley, KY. Visitation will be from 2 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at Haley-McGinnis & Owensboro Funeral Home and from 12 to 1 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of donations to Liberty Lighthouse Church, 2721 Yosemite Drive, Owensboro, KY 42301. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home. Share your photos and memories of Dessie Sheriff at www.haleymcginnis.com.

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  1. Dessie was one of the sweetest most kindest ladies ever! I had a daycare and she would come and help me so that my husband and I could go walking and running to have a little break. All of the children loved her! She spoiled them all rotten! She will alwa

  2. What a wonderful woman she was! I know she is in heaven with her children and Gong Gong!!! We have an angel on our side now! Love and prayers to all the Sheriff family.

  3. Some people touch our lives only briefly…while others leave a lasting impression and are never forgotten! I always enjoyed spending time with her when I was a little girl. When she would babysit me- she always played along with me getting my bible out


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