Sherrod Aurelia McWhorter Hart

Sherrod Aurelia McWhorter Hart, age 60, died suddenly on Christmas Day, Wednesday, December 25, 2019. Sherrod underwent open heart surgery on November 15, 2019 and remained ill in Chattanooga Heart Institute Memorial until her untimely death. Her husband, Brett Hart, her daughter, Allie Heath and her Mother and Dad, Sue Ellen and Jimmy Hammond were with her when she passed away. Sherrod was born on October 1, 1959 at 12:39 PM in Columbus, Georgia at the hospital where her Paternal Grandfather, Dr. M.R. McWhorter was the Medical Director. Her Grandfather(Mac Mac) delivered her--his first grandchild. She was the light of his life until his death in 1969. Sherrod grew up in Jonesboro, Georgia, attended Clayton County Schools and graduated in 1978 from Jonesboro Senior High where she played the clarinet in the award winning high school marching band. Along with her commitment to the band, Sherrod studied voice under the tutelage of Cheryl Brown, who was at that time noted for her beautiful operatic voice and Christian commitment. Cheryl became Sherrod's mentor. From Jonesboro High School, Sherrod went to Tift College for Women in Forsyth, Georgia where she excelled academically, musically and socially. Her education at Tift was not relegated to only academics, but to traveling with the well known Tift Women's Choir both nationally and internationally. She was popular with her classmates who elected her to the status of Miss Tift College. When she graduated from Tift, she had earned her B.S. in Early Childhood Education and a Minor in Music Education. Sherrod began her teaching career immediately following her graduation from Tift, but her education did not stop when she left college. During her years of teaching, she obtained an MaED in Early Childhood Education from Tusculum College in Greeneville, TN(2003); an EDS in Teaching and Learning from Liberty University (2009); a three year Provisional Certificate in Special Education, and completed Gifted Endowment Classes for certification to provide Instruction for the Gifted. Sherrod taught in several Fulton County Schools, including the prestigious Heard's Ferry Elementary School in North Fulton County where she was voted by her peers as Teacher of the Year during her first year there. After teaching in Fulton County for 8 years, she and her husband, Brett, moved to NW Georgia where they both continued their teaching careers. Sherrod taught at Center Post School her first year in North Georgia and after its closing taught at Fortune School. Fortune School closed and Sherrod moved with Principal Susan Wells to Rossville Elementary School where she taught a class while organizing the music program for the new Rossville School. She was voted by her peers as teacher of the year in 1993. She ended her teaching career at Chickamauga Elementary School where she taught Kindergarten for approximately ten years. At CES, she was voted by her peers as teacher of the year for her outstanding dedication to her students. Sherrod retired from her teaching career in public school in June of 2015. For several years after her retirement, she taught private voice lessons to young people in her home and drove to Peachtree City, GA to take lessons from the famed Lisa Kelly of Celtic Woman Fame. During the phase of her life as a student of voice with Lisa Kelly, she met and befriended many people both internationally. Sherrod's devotion to God, to teaching and learning, to children and to her family dominated her life. She knew at the age of ten years that God had a special calling on her life. She served God, children, her family and others with gladness and joy. The void Sherrod leaves in the hearts of those who truly and dearly love her can only be filled by The Lord's Tender Mercies and His Loving Kindness. She lives on in our hearts! Sherrod is survived by her loving husband of 30 years, Brett Allen Hart, her loving daughter, Allie Heath and a son, Thomas Heath; her Mother and Father, Sue Ellen and Jimmy Hammond; two brothers, Ray (Holly) McWhorter; Trey (Paula) McWhorter; a sister, Ellis-Anne (Jason) Edwards; her granddaughter, Alexis Hart; her niece, Anna (Steven) Hill, several more nieces and nephews and cousins, both maternal and paternal. She was preceded in death by her late Father Thomas Knight McWhorter, Sr. A Memorial Service in Honor of Sherrod's Life will be held Sunday, December 29, 2019 at 3:00 PM at the LaFayette United Methodist Church in LaFayette, Georgia. Rev. Randall Massengale, Rev. Emeritus David Autry and Dr. Ted Scoggins will officiate. The family will receive friends from 1:00 PM until the service time at the church. Wilson Funeral Home of Chickamauga, Georgia is serving the Hart Family.

Sherrod Aurelia McWhorter Hart

October 1, 1959 - December 25, 2019