Before the close of day on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, our hearts were saddened when God dispatched a Death Angel to visit our daughter, mother, and sister, Sherby Jean Eppes Lee.

A Time to be Born Sherby was born July 8, 1962, to William and Mamie Simmons Eppes, in Burkeville, Virginia. At an early age, she joined High Rock Baptist Church in Rice, Virginia, where she remained a member until her death.

A Time to Learn Sherby attended Nottoway County Public Schools and graduated in 1980. She obtained her LPN License from the School of Nursing Farmville, Virginia, graduated 1981.

A Time to Work She was employed by Southside Community Hospital Surgical Unit, Piedmont Geriatric Hospital, and currently Fresenius Kidney Care of Farmville, VA, where she had been employed over 30 years.

A Time for Family In June 1985, she married Mark Dwayne Lee and to this union, a beautiful daughter was born.

A Time to Cherish Memories Sherby was preceded in death by: her father, William Eppes; husband, Mark Lee; and a sister Priscilla Streat. She leaves to cherish precious memories: her loving daughter, Sherrell Markesha Lee; her mother, Mamie Eppes; siblings, Dallas Eppes (Ellen), Lisa Brown (Jerome), Eric Eppes (Selena), Leslie Taylor (James), Timothy Eppes (Shaunda); many nieces and nephews, whom Sherby loved dearly; one godson, Marcus Eppes; two special cousins, Emma Minor and Carla Vaughan (Geoffrey); and a host of aunts, uncles, other cousins and friends, that she also loved dearly.