William Wilson Sterrett

1909 - 1999  (89 years)

• Name	William Wilson Sterrett
  Born	15 Jul 1909	Saline Co. MO
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Jun 1999	Jackson Co. MO
  Buried	Slater City Cemetery, Slater, Saline Co. MO
  	Grave location, obituary, biography, and tombstone photo: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=66535232
  Notes	OBITUARY From Find A Grave William Wilson Sterrett, 90, of Independence, Missouri, a former Slater resident, died Sunday June 20. 1999, at the Medical Center of Independence. Born June 15, 1909, in Slater, he was the son of the late Joseph Burks and Elizabeth Allen Caldwell Sterrett. On December 19, 1936, in Washington, D.C., he married Rachel W. Finch and she survives of the home. Also surviving are two sons, Joseph Burks Sterrett of Myrtle Point, Oregon and James Roger Sterrett of Balzac, Alberta, Canada; and three grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a sister. Mr. Sterrett was a 1926 graduate of Slater High School and a 1930 graduate of Missouri Valley College in Marshall, Missouri. He attended the University of Missouri - Columbia for two years and graduated from George Washington Law School in Washington, D.C., in 1935. He served as Deputy Circuit Clerk of Saline County form 1932 - 34. He passed the Bar in December 1934 and practiced law in Saline County for 53 years at Sterrett Law Office in Slater. He was secretary to Congressman William Nelson in Washington, D.C., from 1938 - 1940. He was with the General Accounting Office in Washington, D.C., for two years, the War Production Board for a year and served in the Air Transport Command for two. He was a World War II veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps. Mr. Sterrett returned to Slater in 1946 where he served as City Attorney from 1946 - 1981. He served as Chairman of the Slater County Red Cross and on the Slater Public School Board from 1948 - 1952. He was a member, deacon, trustee, elder and former Sunday School Teacher at the Slater Presbyterian Church. He was President of the Saline County Bar Association form 1983 -1991 and Vice-President from 1991 - 1993. He served on the board of directors of the State Bank of Slater for 53 years. He was a longtime member and past President of the Slater Rotary Club from which he received the Slater Club's first Paul Harris Fellow in 1995. He was a Boy Scout Counselor beginning in 1950 and received the Missouri Valley College Outstanding Alumnus Award in 1996. He was also a longtime member of American Legion Post #78 of Slater.
  Person ID	I30853	Master File
  Last Modified	18 Aug 2015

  
  

  Father	Joseph Burks Sterrett,   b. 08 Jul 1872, Rockbridge Co. VA ,   d. 25 Jul 1926, Saline Co. MO  (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Allen (Lizzie) Caldwell,   b. 15 Jun 1876, Nicholas Co. KY ,   d. 27 Jul 1938, Saline Co. MO  (Age 62 years)
  Married	06 Apr 1903	Saline Co. MO
  	Missouri Marriage Records. Jefferson City, MO, USA: Missouri State Archives. Microfilm. Name: Joseph B Sterrett Marriage Date: 6 Apr 1903 Marriage Place: Slater, Saline, Missouri Registration Place: Saline, Missouri, Spouse: Elizabeth A Caldwell
  Family ID	F13004	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rachel W. Finch
  Children	1. Joseph Burks Sterrett   2. James Roger Sterrett
  Last Modified	18 Aug 2015
  Family ID	F13008	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart