Joseph Madison Cherry, Sr

1941 - 1996  (55 years)

• Name	Joseph Madison Cherry  [1, 2]
  Suffix	Sr
  Born	1 Mar 1941	Dixon, Edwards, Illinois, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Race	Blk  [1]
  Reference Number	145
  Died	21 Nov 1996	Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA   [1]
  	Age: 55
  Buried	Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I145	Families

  
  

  Father	Charles E. Holt,   b. 22 Sep 1919, Vigo, Indiana, USA ,   d. 30 May 1974, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA  (Age 54 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mabel Cherry,   b. 16 Jun 1916, Clifton, Wayne, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 22 Sep 1992, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA  (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F1667	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ethel Hermine Gardner,   b. 17 Mar 1947, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA ,   d. 18 May 2012, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA  (Age 65 years)
  Married	4 Nov 1968	Vigo, Indiana, USA   [2]
  Children	1. J.M. Cherry, III   2. A.E. Cherry   3. C.M. Cherry   4. J.N. Cherry   5. P.S. Cherry
  Family ID	F236	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	S.G. Allen
  Children	1. J.M. Cherry, II   2. K. Cherry
  Family ID	F235	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Sharon Lucille Norton,   b. 14 Jun 1942, Vigo, Indiana, USA ,   d. 3 Mar 1992, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA  (Age 49 years)
  Children	1. C. Norton
  Family ID	F2248	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1 Mar 1941 - Dixon, Edwards, Illinois, USA Married - 4 Nov 1968 - Vigo, Indiana, USA Died - 21 Nov 1996 - Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA Buried - - Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Cherry, Joseph Madison Sr. "Sonny Cherry"

  
  

  Headstones

  Cherry, Joseph Madison Sr. "Sonny" Birth: 1941 Death: 1996 Inscription: An Inspiration to All Who Knew Him / "Sonny"

  
  

  Albums

  Terre Haute Fire Department Station 10 (9) THFD Station 10 was commissioned in 1914 and was located at 14th St. and Barbour Ave in Terre Haute, Indiana. The Station 10 building was demolished in the late 1970’s. Amongst the 10's were the first Black Firemen of Terre Haute. Firemen during segregation era: William Anderson, Emory Anderson, William Anderson, Joseph "Sonny" Cherry Sr., Lloyd Cottee Sr. 1935 to 1965, Howard Edwards, Charles Holbert, Albert Howell, Joe Manuel, Russel Manuel, Robert Mathas, Henry McAlister, Leon McKnight, Charles Merriweather, Bill Reed Sr., Leon McKnight, Charles Merriweather, Bill Reed Sr., L.D. Scott, Millan Filmore Smith, Robert Smith, Crawford Stewart, Paul Stewart, Paul Stewart, Stanley Stewart, Nathan Tootle, Billy E. Wills Sr. Firemen post segregation: Orville Anderson, Victor Cooper, Major Eugene Gardner, Sylvester Gardner, Bill Reed Jr.

  
  

• Sources

  [S266] Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;). Record for Joseph Madison Cherry Sr [S268] Indiana, Marriage Certificates, 1958-2005, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), F0009815; F00097E5; Collection Title: Records of Marriage 1961-2005; Series Number: 89-204; Year: 1968 Nov; Certificate Range: 047605 - 048621. Record for Joseph M. Cherry [S231] Stewart Lawn Cemetery (Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA) to James Otto Shepard, Cemetery Record Book, 2004, Joseph Madison Cherry. North Side Row 17 Grave 560 Burial Date: