Birth Name: William Walton Sharman
Place of Birth: Abilene, Texas, USA
Date of Birth: May 25, 1926
Place of Death: Redondo Beach, California, USA
Date of Death: October 25, 2013
Ethnicity: English, Irish, Scottish
Ancestry/Genealogy: Bill Sharman was a National Basketball Association (NBA) shooting guard and coach. Sharman was inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame as a player in 1976 and a coach in 2004.
Bill Sharman was the son of John Walton Sharman Jr. and Ola May Wade.
His paternal grandfather was John Walton Sharman Sr, the son of James Sharman and Elizabeth Victoria McMichael. James was born in Jasper County, Georgia, the son of William Robert Sharman III and Nancy Stallings. Elizabeth was born in Georgia, the daughter of Green Lee McMichael and Elizabeth Nancy Hill.
His paternal grandmother was Mary Elizabeth Woodall, the daughter of Leonidas Lee Woodall and Margaret Virginia Wilson. Leonidas was born in Mississippi, the son of John Jackson Woodall and Mary Ann McAdams. Margaret was born in Mississippi, the daughter of Benjamin Dow Wilson and Elizabeth L. Hudson.
His maternal grandfather was Thomas Allen Wade, the son of Joseph M. Wade and Cynthia Ann Alexander. Cynthia was born in Henry County, Tennessee, the daughter of James Alexander and Hester Siddal.
His maternal grandmother was Mary Ann Williams, the daughter of Joel R. Williams and Lightfoot Ann Potts. Joel was born in Tennessee, the son of Green Ray Williams and Sarah Queen. Lightfoot was born in Kentucky, the daughter of John R. Potts and Mary A. Polly Burns.
Source: https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-bill-sharman-20131026-story.html (Bill Sharman’s obituary)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102956934/john-walton-sharman (Bill Sharman’s fathers obituary)
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/143112083:60525 (Bill Sharman’s mothers obituary)
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