J.P. and Jonathan Shermer

Mrs. J.P. (Edyce) Shermer passed away March 15, 2016. Edyce was born in Little Rock on Jan. 1, 1924, to Myrtle Booker Taylor and Edgar Taylor. She attended Henderson College and worked as a stenographer in the U.S. Engineers’ office during World War II. She married Dr. Jonathan P. Shermer on Sept. 21, 1944. He passed away March 17, 2016. He was born in Horatio on May 23, 1923, to Hazel and Dayton Shermer. He was a U.S. Marine captain in World War II, a pilot who flew a Corsair in the South