NASHVILLE - Elma Leigh Morgan Sherrod, 84, passed away on Friday September 20th 2013. She was born in Nash County on January 28, 1929 to the late Randolph and Della Joyner Morgan.  She was also preceded in death by her husband of 64 years Luther Askew Sherrod.
Elma Leigh is survived by two sons, Ronnie Sherrod and fiancée, Jackie Roberson and Danny Sherrod and wife, Trudy; two grandchildren; two great grandchildren; three sisters; and one brother.
A graveside service took  place on Monday, September 23, 2013 at Forest Hill Cemetery in Nashville. Flowers are welcome or memorials may be made to Free Union FWB Church, 3454 Macedonia Rd, Spring Hope, NC 27882.
Arrangements  by Cornerstone Funeral Home and Cremations, Nashville.