Hertford County NcArchives Obituaries.....Scherr, Pearl Jeter 2016 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Bruce Saunders bs4403@verizon.net June 27, 2016, 3:09 pm www.wrightfuneralhome.org PEARL JETER SCHERR Born: October 03, 1926 Died: March 07, 2016 Virginia Beach - Pearl Jeter Scherr passed away peacefully on March 7, 2016 at Beth Sholom Village in Virginia Beach. Born October 3, 1926 in Ahoskie NC to Robert S. and Hancy B. Jeter, she was a wife, mother, and grandmother. Pearl was a Registered Nurse who went on to become a Nurse Practitioner OB/GYN and retired from the Suffolk Tri-County Health Department with 18 years of service. She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years Brad Scherr and by her son Dave Scherr of Sedley, Virginia. Pearl and Brad lived in Suffolk for over 40 years before retiring to Southern Shores, NC. While in Southern Shores, Pearl served on the Dare County Health Board for four years. She was active in The American Cancer Society and received the Volunteer of the Year Award. She was a past President of the Duck Woods Women’s Association, and Pearl and Brad started a Duplicate Bridge Club at Duck Woods Country Club. In 1997, Pearl and Brad moved to The Village at Woods Edge in Franklin. In 2011, Pearl moved to Sedley to live with son Dave and wife Dee Scherr and with Nellie Bell, her devoted four-legged companion. Pearl moved to Beth Sholom Village in Virginia Beach in February of 2015. She was a member of Ohef Sholom Temple in Norfolk. Pearl is survived by her daughter Margaret Sawyer and husband Bill, by daughter-in-law Dee Scherr, and by her much-loved grandchildren: Elizabeth Sawyer-Malinis and husband Fred Malinis, Brandon Sawyer and fiancée Chrystian Brand, and Amy Scherr. Pearl is also survived by her two brothers: Bob and wife Marlies Jeter of Cary, NC; and Jerry Jeter of Columbia, SC; by her sister Mary Ann and husband Carlton Simpson of Gloucester; and by many nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held at Ohef Sholom Temple on Monday March 14, 2016 at 11am, officiated by Rabbi Rosalin Mandelberg and Cantor Wally Schachet- Briskin. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Ohef Sholom Temple, 530 Raleigh Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23507. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/hertford/obits/s/scherr1921nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ncfiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb