Sheryl Yvette Johnson This is Me

Education

 Web References

1. 1. "Drumvoices Revue" 10th anniversary anthology

   www.firstciv.com/firstciviliza - [Cached]

   Published on: 6/21/2003   Last Visited: 7/12/2005

   Other St. Louis-East St. Louis area contributors include River Styx co-founder Michael Castro; Drumvoices Associate Editor Darlene Roy; SIUE English Professor Allison Funk; former Washington University Poet-in-Residence Donald Finkel; poet-playwright Shirley LeFlore; novelist Charles Wartts; Hatshepsut Gallery owner Sheryl Johnson; fiction writer Maria Guadalupe Massey Duarte; poet-parent coordinator (for East St. Louis Schools) Sherman Fowler; St. Louis American features writer Marcus "Ma 'at" Atkins; St. Louis Muse editor Chris Hayden; attorney-poet Cheryl D.S. Walker; Eyeball publisher Ira Jones; and poet-workshop leader Jane Ellen Ibur.

2. 2. 04.22.03.2

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   Published on: 4/29/2003   Last Visited: 5/13/2003

   In addition to Eugene Redmond, poet laureate of East St. Louis and a professor of English at SIUE, others to perform are: the poets and writers of the club's Soular Systems Ensemble; Roscoe Crenshaw, a poet, photographer and jazz critic; Sheryl Johnson, an attorney and owner of Hatshepsut Gallery; Sherman Fowler, Africanist poet and parent coordinator for East St. Louis Schools; Patricia Merritt, director of public affairs for SIUE's East St. Louis Center; Bruce Petty, a novelist, educator, and businessman; Darlene Roy, an administrator for the Illinois Department of Human Services and associate editor of Drumvoices Revue; K. Curtis Lyle, former writer-in-residence at Washington University in St. Louis; Evon Udoh, a poet and a speech pathologist; and Charlois Lumpkin, author of fiction.

3. 3. Austin A. Layne Mortuary, Inc.

   www.laynemortuary.com/site/lay - [Cached]

   Published on: 2/5/2007   Last Visited: 2/25/2007

   Attorney Sheryl Yvette Johnson
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   Sheryl Yvette Johnson was the second child born in the Johnson family. She had a big brother by the name of Michael and a baby brother named Stanley.
   
   Sheryl was a graduate of Beaumont High School and received her undergraduate degree from Xavier College in New Orleans. She then went on to receive her Law degree from St. Louis University.
   
   Sheryl had a great love for her family. She was the constant companion of her mother and father.
   
   Sheryl was the founder, owner of the Hatshepsut Studio and Gallery, 1210 Washington Avenue. Sheryl was the First African American to open a Gallery in the now Loft District of Washington avenue. Sheryl opened the gallery to educate others of the beauty of African Art. The Studio served as a gathering place for poets and gave others the opportunity to display African clothing. Sheryl was known for her personal style of African attire. Sheryl allowed others to hold fundraisers there. She was a member of the Eugene Redmond Writers Club and traveled with them to the National Black Art Festival in Atlanta, Georgia.
   
   Sheryl had no limit to her creative style which included the Kleopatra Kare Baskets and the awarding of Scholarships made available to members of Lane Tabernacle Church through her personal efforts to insure an education for others.
   
   Served as the First President of the Catherine Hines Club. Sheryl loved her church and would never turn down an opportunity to serve in any capacity.
   
   Sheryl was respected by her fellow peers and member of the mound City Bar.
   
   She departed this life on Wednesday, January 31, 2007.