A celebration of the life of H. Virgil Sherrill—a longtime summer resident of Southampton and former president of Shinnecock Hills Golf Course—will be held on Saturday, May 22, at 5 p.m. at the family home at 217 Pond Lane in Southampton.
Mr. Sherrill died on January 20 at his home in Hobe Sound, Florida, surrounded by family.
Mr. Sherrill first came to Southampton in 1952, renting the Gilmartin House on Herrick Road and buying a house on Pond Lane in 1958. The Pond Lane home was built in 1900 by the architectural firm Carrere and Hastings for Secretary of War Elihu Root, husband of Ruth Salem Wales, whose parents were among earliest members of the Southampton summer colony.
Born in 1920 in Merryville, Louisiana, a small town on the Texas-Louisiana border, he lived... more
Mr. Sherrill died on January 20 at his home in Hobe Sound, Florida, surrounded by family.
Mr. Sherrill first came to Southampton in 1952, renting the Gilmartin House on Herrick Road and buying a house on Pond Lane in 1958. The Pond Lane home was built in 1900 by the architectural firm Carrere and Hastings for Secretary of War Elihu Root, husband of Ruth Salem Wales, whose parents were among earliest members of the Southampton summer colony.
Born in 1920 in Merryville, Louisiana, a small town on the Texas-Louisiana border, he lived... more
