Newcomer Family Obituaries - Dr. Sherman Jerome Jones 1946 - 2023 - Newcomer Cremations, Funerals & Receptions.

In Loving Memory of

Dr. Sherman Jerome Jones

1946 - 2023

In Loving Memory of

Dr. Sherman Jerome Jones

1946 - 2023

Services & Gatherings

Celebration of Life:

Saturday, October 28, 2023 at 1:00pm
Knoxville Airport Hilton

Newcomer - North Dayton Chapel (937-235-1000) is assisting the family

Dr. Sherman Jerome Jones Life story video

Dr. Sherman Jerome Jones died on September 22, 2023, in Kettering, OH after a long illness. He was the eldest child of SMSgt Sherman Edward and Leola Mae Pryer Jones.

He was preceded in death by his parents, brother Horace and the mother of his children, Jessica Janice Jones.
In 1964 Sherman graduated from Chicopee High School, MA where he was class president and a three-sport athlete. At Williams College he formed a close relationship with Professor Fred Rudolph and graduated with honors in 1968. He graduated from Harvard Business School in 1970 and received a doctorate from Harvard in 1977.

His long career in education included serving as chief financial officer at four HBCU’s (Fisk, Tuskegee, Clark Atlanta University and Knoxville College), the headmaster of the Southern Normal School and teaching business administration at the University of Tennessee and Lincoln Memorial University. He was the principal for Jones Financial Services.

Sherman was a quiet, thoughtful person. He was the speaker at his Williams College 25th reunion and a member of his 50th reunion committee.

He leaves behind his wife Erma, daughter Kimberly (Kyle) Jemison, son Sherman Edward, grandsons Xavier and Jahi Jemison, sister Barbara and nieces Tamika and LaToya.

His inurnment was held on October 10th at Dayton National Cemetery, Dayton, OH. His celebration of life will be held at the Knoxville Airport Hilton on October 28th at 1:00 P.M.

Contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association in his honor.

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Services & Gatherings

Celebration of Life:

Saturday, October 28, 2023 at 1:00pm
Knoxville Airport Hilton

Newcomer - North Dayton Chapel (937-235-1000) is assisting the family

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Sherman was my college roommate and we became lifelong friends. The last several years were so difficult for this quiet, thoughtful man. The photo album took me back to a better place, especially the one of Sherman on the horse ready to round up some cattle in Montana. We will miss him.

~ Mark Donavan - October 29, 2023

I met Sherman when he came to Knoxville. We recognized each other as kindred spirits and he became one of my closest friends. Sherman was a curmudgeon and did not suffer fools. Although he had an "elite" education he never was pompous and never tried to use it as a symbol of superiority. He was open, honest and never smug. Unlike many with his training he devoted his career to furthering the education of the less privileged. His work history showed that by working at HBCUs and being a headmaster at a boarding school. He tried unsuccessfully to open a charter school in Knoxville and didn't succeed due to efforts of the education establishment to limit efforts to raise the academic achievement of poor students. But Sherman was never bitter. I regretted his moving away to Dayton but we kept in touch regularly until his death. I miss him.

~ Harold Black - October 27, 2023

I met Sherm early freshmen year at Williams . I was a locale kid from Pittsfield and I learned that Sherm was similar as a star high-school football player and student leader at Chicopee Comp. I shared his success similarly as a kid from St. JOE High School in Pittsfield, MA where I grew up in an environment not much removed from Chicopee. We would have been an even better football team at Williams if he had not shown his utter maturity giving up the sport and focusing on academics instead, and look where it got him. ... a very successful and impressive collegecareer in academia and administration. My sincere sympathy and prayers to his family. RIP Sherman.

~ Denny Kelly. - Williams Class of '68 - October 3, 2023

~ Denny Kelly. Williams '68 - October 3, 2023

I remember Sherman as a classmate at Williams. I enjoyed him and respected him.
God bless everyone in his family.

~ Rob Bradley - October 2, 2023

Susette and I offered our sincere condolences to Erma and his children.
We were glad that we were able chat with them at our 50th reunion.
He lived a valuable life and will be missed by our classmates, and his many friends
and colleagues.
Peter Naylor

~ Winford Naylor - October 2, 2023

One of my favorite classmates at Williams. Always a kind, thoughtful, considerate person. I looked forward to seeing him at our reunions. He will be greatly missed by the class of 1968. My sincere condolences to the entire family.

~ Robert (bob) Stanton - October 2, 2023