Mary Ernestine Sherwin and Ralph Rowland Spillman

MARY ERNESTINE SHERWIN, daughter of EDITH DODSON and MELVIN ERNEST SHERWIN, was born December 13, 1912 in Raleigh, North Carolina,⁴⁵³² and died February 7, 2003.⁴⁵³² She is buried in Oak Grove United Methodist Church, Randolph County, North Carolina.⁴⁵⁶

She married RALPH ROWLAND SPILLMAN on December 20, 1942 in West Market Street Methodist Church, Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina.^{4459, 9335} He was born June 1, 1909 in Pinnacle, Stokes, North Carolina,^{4532, 9336} and died May 14, 1989 in Georgia.^{4532, 9336} He is buried in Oak Grove United Methodist Church, Randolph County, North Carolina.⁴⁵⁶

Personal Information
Education
Work History
Marriage Announcements and News
Obituaries

Census Records

Personal Information

Ralph Rowland Spillman was a member of the Atlanta Friends Meeting. ⁹³³⁶

Mary Ernestine Sherwin was a member of the St. Mark United Methodist Church, Atlanta, Georgia. ⁹³³⁷

Education

Mary E. Sherwin

graduated from University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina in 1934⁹³³⁷

Ralph R. Spillman

graduated from Guilford College, Greensboro, Guildford, North Carolina in 1938 with a B.A. degree in English^{9336, 9742}
graduated from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina with a masters degree⁹³³⁶

Work History

Mary E. Sherwin

elementary school teacher in North Carolina and Georgia⁹³³⁷

Ralph R. Spillman

English professor at Georgia Tech⁹³³⁶

Marriage Announcements and News

News and Observer, December 27, 1942⁹³³⁵

Spillman-Sherwin

Greensboro—In a Christmas setting at West Market Street Methodist Church, Miss Mary Ernestine Sherwin of Stokesdale and Greensboro, and Ralph Rowland Spillman of Lyndhurst, Va., were married on December 20.

The Rev. J. B. Craven, pastor of the church, officiated.

Mrs. Gilbert Powell, organist, played the wedding music, and Ralph Caskey played the violin.

The bride was given in marriage by her stepfather, Herbert Allison Sherwin, and attended by her sister, Miss Dorothy Sherwin. Beset man for the bridegroom was Dr. A. D. Beittel of Guilford College, and ushers were William B. Edgerton, Guilford College, and Pfc. O. F. Payne, who is stationed at Brooklyn, N. Y.

The bride wore a wedding gown of ivory net and lace. Her veil of ivory illusion was fingertip length with a crown of lace and seed pearls. She carried white snapdragons and roses.

Miss Dorothy Sherwin wore a dress of aquamarine taffeta and carried an arm bouquet of pink roses and snapdragons.

After the ceremony, Mrs. Spillman changed to a two-piece aquamarine dress of crepe. Her accessories were brown.

Mrs. Spillman is the daughter of Mrs. Sherwin and the late Melvin Ernest Sherwin, who was a faculty member at State College, Raleigh. She is a graduate of the Woman's College and has done clerical work in the office of the undersecretary of war in Washington and is now teaching at Stokesdale.

The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. David Franklin Spillman of Randleman. He graduated from Guilford College, where he later taught English at Farmer. He also did graduate work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is at present in civilian service with a military camp at Lyndhurst, Va.

Obituaries

Atlanta Constitution, May 18, 1989⁹³³⁶

SPILLMAN

Mr. Ralph R. Spillman, of Atlanta, a Retired Professor Emeritus of English at Georgia Tech, died Sunday, May 14, 1989 at private hospital. A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 21 at The Quaker House, 1384 Fairview Rd., N.E. Mr. Spillman retired from Georgia Tech in 1976 after 30 years of service. Ralph Rowland Spillman was born June 1, 1909 in Pinnacle, N.C., he earned a Bachelors Degree from Guilford College and a Masters Degree from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, N.C. Mr. Spillman was the Author of a College Textbook, Modern Technical and Industrial Reports, a member of Phi Kappa Phi, twice President of Georgia Education Association and thereafter on The Board of Directors of the National Education Association and was a member of The Religious Society of Friends. Surviving are his wife, Ernestine Sherwin Spillman, a son, David Spillman, II, of Decatur; a daughter, Cindy Burch of Nashville, Tenn.; two brothers, Alton Spillman, of Trinity, N.C.; Carlton Spillman, of Asheboro, N.C.; two sisters, Marjorie Adams, of Levi Cross, N.C.; and Alma Turner, of Randleman, N.C.; four grandchildren, Sarah Burch, Matthew Burch, Scott Spillman and Paul Spillman. In lieu of flowers the family request contributions be made to the Atlanta Friends Meetings, P.O. Box 5252, Atlanta 30307.

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution, February 11, 2003⁹³³⁷

ERNESTINE SPILLMAN

Age 90, died suddenly on February 7th. The widow of Ralph R. Spillman, a former professor of English at Georgia Tech, Mrs. Spillman was involved for many years in community service projects. She was an active member of St. Mark United Methodist Church for over 50 years and for several years served as president and teacher of the church's Richardson Bible Class. Ernestine Sherwin Spillman was born in Raleigh, North Caroline, the second daughter of seven children, the daughter of Melvin and Edith Dodson Sherwin. She received a B.S. degree from Women's College (now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro) in 1934 and then taught elementary school at nearby Stokesdale, where she met Ralph Spillman, a fellow teacher. She and Ralph were married in 1942. During World War II, Ernestine lived in Washington and worked at the Pentagon while Ralph performed alternative services. In 1945, she and Ralph were able to reunite in Atlanta, where Ralph had obtained a position at Georgia Tech. Ernestine returned to elementary school teaching for several years and then raised a family, finding the time as well to do charitable work with the March of Dimes and other organizations and to perform many duties at St. Mark Church. When her children were grown, Ernestine did substitute teaching and became even more active in the church, where over the years she has taught Sunday School classes, arranged flowers for many occasions, and worked in the church's homeless shelter. Ernestine lived independently, had many friends and many interests, and remained active up to the time of her death. She is survived by two sisters, Hilda Sherwin of Bloomington, Indiana, and Dorothy Brown of Agawam, Massachusetts, by daughter and son-in-law Cindy and Bruce Burch of Nashville, Tennessee, by son and daughter-in-law David and Carolyn Spillman of Atlanta, and by four grandchildren, Sarah Burch, Matthew Burch, Scott Spillman and Paul Spillman. In lieu of flowers the family asks that donations be made to St. Mark United Methodist Church. A memorial service will be held in the sanctuary of St. Mark United Methodist Church on Saturday, February 15, 2003, at 2:00 p.m. A visitation with the family will be held following the service in the church's Wade Hall.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
January 12, 1920⁴⁶¹⁵	Swift Creek, Wake, North Carolina	Melvin Ernest Sherwin Edith Dodson Edith Evelyn Sherwin Mary Ernestine Sherwin Dorothy Chase Sherwin Sidney Thomas Sherwin
April 11, 1930⁴⁶¹⁶	Cary, Wake, North Carolina	Edith Dodson Herbert Allison Sherwin Edith Evelyn Sherwin Mary Ernestine Sherwin Dorothy Chase Sherwin Sidney Thomas Sherwin Helen Shedd Sherwin Herbert Allison Sherwin Hilda Anne Sherwin