Rhonda Jeanette Wilson Sherwood 1963-2025

Services for Rhonda Jeanette Wilson Sherwood, 61, were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at Amazing Grace Fellowship Church, Alba, with Bro. Byron George officiating.

Interment was in Salem Cemetery in Alba.

Mrs. Sherwood passed away March 1, 2025 at her residence in Alba. She was born March 14, 1963 in Dallas and moved from Mesquite to the Alba area 40 years ago. She married James Byron “Rusty” Sherwood in Quitman on Jan. 17, 1987. She worked for 15 years at the International Association of Decorators Union 756 before starting her career at Morton Salt in Grand Saline for 15 years. She was a member of Amazing Grace Fellowship Church of Alba.

Rhonda was preceded in death by her mother, Patsy Jean Pike; twin sister, Shanda Ruth Wilson; brother, Gary Ray Wilson; stepson, James Russell Sherwood; and stepdaughter, Stacey Diane Sherwood Ralph.

Survivors include her husband of 38 years, Rusty Sherwood of Alba; son, Brenton Ray Sherwood of Alba; two daughters, Tina Jeanette Sherwood of Alba and Thosha Runnette Garrett and husband James Padgett of Winnsboro; two brothers, Greg Shelton and wife Jana of Scurry and Michael Shelton and wife Michelle of Mesquite; sister, Cindy Shelton-Reynolds of Balch Springs; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and numerous other relatives and friends.

The family received friends from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.