YAZOO CITY — John B. “J.B.” Sherman Jr. died Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010, at St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital. He was 75.

Mr. Sherman was born in Satartia to John B. Sherman Sr. and Erma Grace Bailey. He had worked as a supervisor for Fordice Construction. He was a veteran of the Naval Reserves and was a member of Central Baptist Church.

He was preceded in death by a sister, Gloria Sherman.

Survivors include his wife, Glendora Sherman of Yazoo City; three daughters, Sherry Page of Little Rock, Ark., Susan Wilson of Vicksburg and Lorie Rast of Pearl; a stepson, Ralph E. Sprague of Dallas, Texas; one sister, Julia Pritchard of Vicksburg; one brother, Thomas C. Sherman of Vicksburg; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Stricklin-King Funeral Home in Yazoo City with the Revs. John Vanlandingham and Gowan Ellis officiating. Burial will follow at Central Holmes Cemetery in Yazoo City. Visitation will be from 5 until 7 tonight at the funeral home.

Pallbearers will be Hunter Fordice, Dennis Perry, Joe Pettway, Randy Hill, Roy Cleveland and Wesley Pettis.