Sherrill Ruby Barney, beloved wife and mother, died Wednesday, July 12, 2023, at Walker Lake, Nevada. She was 69 years old.
Sherrill was born Sherrill Ruby Salisbury in 1954 in Pomona, California, to parents Charles and Shirley Salisbury. Sherrill was the oldest of four siblings and is survived by her brother Richard and sister Terri.
As a young girl, Sherrill wanted to be a mother and wife when she grew up. She met her first husband, Jerry Ray Lamb, after graduating high school. They married two years later and had four girls and one boy. Her children, Jennifer, Jeremy, Shirley, and Vicki, who survived her, remember her love for Jesus and her artistic eye.
After 25 years of marriage, Jerry and Sherrill’s marriage ended. Sherrill then met John Dale Barney, the love of her life, while working at a gold mine. John and Sherrill blended their families and married in 2000. Together they raised John’s son, Nicholas, and Shirley and Vicki. John and Sherrill enjoyed 23 wonderful and loving years of marriage.
In her younger years, Sherrill was a fantastic artist. She would spend her time painting, drawing, and etching glass. Sherrill’s artistic talent led her to design and mint the Aurora Borealis Mine Commemorative Coin. Sherrill was also a master gardener and was able to grow a garden oasis in the harsh Nevada desert at her beautiful home in Walker Lake.
Sherrill loved God and the Gospel. She worked as a Sunday School teacher at the Walker Lake Baptist Church for years and ran a women’s bible study group out of her home. Her children remember her passion for Jesus and diligently studying the Word of God.
In addition to her children and siblings, Sherrill is mourned by eight beautiful grandchildren, her dear husband John, and her four Dachshunds, Duke, Lady, Mia, and Sophia.
A memorial service will be hosted on July 22, 2023 at 10:00 AM at Hawthorne City Cemetery, 1025 Veterans Memorial Hwy. A celebration of life will follow the service at Barley’s Sports Bar, 822 Sierra Way. She will be dearly missed by all.
