Katherine Anita Johnson Sherer, born November. 5, 1939, died early Saturday, April 6, at Lexington Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late Iver Norman and Margaret Morrow Johnson, Sr., and sister to her late brother, named after their father, and nick-named “Buster.”
Surviving are her beloved husband of 57 years, Larry Sherer; three sons and daughters-in-law: Eric and Celeste, David and Lisa, and Brad and Beth. Anita was blessed with four grandsons, of whom she was very proud – Sam, Yates, Will, and Jake.
Also surviving `Nita are her sister and brother-in-law, Elvera and Bill Holroyd, Larry’s sisters Marilyn Osborne and Betsy and Phil Coley and nieces and nephews Tonya Holroyd, Elizabeth Adams, Shana Coley, Patrick Osborne and Ben Osborne and several cousins. She is survived by her dear Aunt Ruby Moore and Uncle Frank Morrow, whom she treasured spending time with both.
She is a graduate of University High School, where she was a yearbook beauty contestant and cheerleader.
She was a member of the Friendship Sunday School class at Riverland Hills Baptist Church.
For her career, she had extremely fast and accurate typing skills that were valued over her lifetime of work. Her first job after graduation was at the S.C. Highway Department, then at the S.C. Department of Social Services. She worked while Larry finished Clemson College. Then she settled into a career at Colonial Life Insurance/Unum, at which she stayed until she retired. In retirement, being so good with children, she sometimes watched other career moms’ children, including her grandson Yates. On her last day this side of heaven, she was working with the children she loved at Crooked Creek Recreation Center’s “After-school Safari” program.
Although her secretarial profession served her well, her foremost job was homemaker, in the truest sense of the word. She was a dedicated wife and mother extraordinaire, learning to be a fabulous cook, and even winning a Heinz recipe contest with her creation of ‘It’s Snow Regular Meatloaf’. She fulfilled the needs of her family at such a level that the neighborhood children who were friends of her sons felt like she was their “second momma.” They have never forgotten her kindnesses to them, and some will bear her casket in the sanctuary.
Anita was also creative, collaborating with Larry to plan a mechanized Thanksgiving display in which a farmer swung an axe, and a turkey pulled his neck back at just the right time. She loved to dress up in costumes, sometimes mimicking a witch with green skin, cackling on the porch rocker at Halloween. Once in a raggedy-man persona so clever that no one knew it was she, rooting around in the office trash cans. She would send cards from a computer-generated program, often taking the time to print personalized photos on them that meant far more to the recipient than a store-bought card. She is well known for her special-occasion poetry – her notebook is filled with copies, and over the years it grew to be over two inches thick, brimming with illustrative records of the accomplishments of friends and family.
Visitation will be at Dunbar Funeral Home at 7600 Woodrow St., Irmo, SC., 29063, from 5-7 p.m. Thursday evening. The funeral service will be 2 p.m. Friday, April 12, at Riverland Hills Baptist Church, 201 Lake Murray Blvd., Irmo, 29063. Dr. Tim Phillips will lead the service.
Pallbearers will be Andrew Biles, Barry Brazell, Jorge Gonzalez, Bryan Neeley, Tommy Neeley, Jr., and Doug Sikes. Honorary pallbearers will be the Friendship Sunday School Class, Erick Gardner, Scott Green, Ken Meeks, Daryl Pittman, Paul Thompson, III.
Although the breath of earthly life has passed, “…the spirit shall return to God who gave it.” ~ Eccl. 12.
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