Obituary of Kenneth Wade Sherwood

Services for Kenneth Wade Sherwood, 53, Arp, are scheduled for 10:00 am, Saturday, October 27, 2012, at the Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home chapel, Overton with Dr. Tony Henson officiating. Mr. Sherwood died Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in a Tyler hospital. He was born May 8, 1959, in Arlington to John and Nora Kirby Sherwood. He had been a lifetime resident of the Arp area. He was a 1977 graduate of Arp High School and was a retired welder in the East Texas Oil Field. Mr. Sherwood attended the Overton Missionary Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his father, John Sherwood and by a brother, Walter Sherwood. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Justin and Christy Sherwood of Arp; a daughter and son-in-law, Shannon and Jason Cornelius of Rusk; his mother, Nora Sherwood of Whitehouse; two brothers and a sister-in-law, Terry Sherwood of Kilgore and Craig and Linda Sherwood of Blythewood, South Carolina; a sister and brother-in-law, Teresa and Keith Baty of Whitehouse; three grandchildren, Ryan Sherwood, Jackson Sherwood and Cami Cornelius; and several nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7:00 pm until 9:00 pm, Friday, October 26.