While successfully fighting cancer, Shyrle (Sherry) Ann Gibson Porter, fell to a blood infection and her light went out on January 7, 2021.
Sherry was born on March 2, 1962 in Dallas, Texas. She lived her life with passion and an unstoppable spirit. Growing up alongside her stepsiblings, Mary and Bobby, they traveled the country thanks to her stepfather’s naval career. Sherry met her future husband in Key West and later married him in Jacksonville in 1980; together they enjoyed his eight-year naval career.
She is predeceased by her stepfather, Kelley Giles. Those left to cherish her memory include her husband, Scott, two sons; Christopher and his wife Victoria, James and his wife Elisa, a daughter, Cathy, three grandchildren; Reagan, Madison, Cash, her mother Eleanor and two sisters; Evelyn and Mary.