Homer Clayton Sherman, 89, died March 15, 2007 at Fair Grove, Missouri. He was given the gift of life November 6, 1917 at Belle Plain, Kansas, the son of William "Andrew" and Mary Almeda (Fahler) Sherman. He married Dorothy M. Webster July 15, 1954 at St. John, Kansas. She died August 20, 2003. A resident of Great Bend, Kansas, most of his life, Mr. Sherman was a machinist for Sherman Brothers Machine Shop. Mr. Sherman was a United States Army veteran of World War II. Mr. Sherman was a member of the American Legion Argonne Post 180 and Cheyenne Bottoms Sportsman Club, both of Great Bend. He is survived by three sons, John Hill, Akin, South Carolina, Alvin Hill, Pleasant Hope, Missouri, and Dean Sherman, Great Bend, Kansas; three daughters, Barbara Jones, Fair Grove, Missouri, June Presley, Pleasant Hope, Missouri, and Ella Mae "Suzie" Theno, Tonganoxie, Kansas. Mr. Sherman is also survived by fourteen grandchildren, twenty-five great-grandchildren, and four great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Loren Sherman, Everett Sherman, and Milo "Mike" Sherman; and one sister, Edna Sherman. Funeral services will be at 1:00 p.m., Monday, March 19, 2007 at Bryant Funeral Home. The Reverend Dr. Doyle Smith will preside. Burial will be in Hillcrest Memorial Park, Great Bend, Kansas. Friends may call at Bryant Funeral Home from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Sunday, March 18, 2007. A memorial in Mr. Sherman's name has been established with the Shrine Travel Fund, in care of the funeral home.