Family members and neighbors are remembering the 84-year-old man killed in a fire in his own home.
William Sherrod was a father, grandfather and great grandfather. “Everything we lost, we lost a lot,” Wayne Brittingham, Sherrod’s grandson said.
His grandfather’s home on Sykes Road in Nashville was destroyed. The fire consumed the house and everything around it early Sunday morning. Sherrod lived in the home for more than 50 years.
“He never went by William his name was “Pig” to everybody that he met. He was the greatest person I ever met,” Brittingham said.
Sherrod was a carpenter who builds several homes in the community. He worked until the day he died, helping neighbors with odds and ends all for a fair price.