Rev. F. Goldthwaite Sherrill, 87, was impassioned pastor who worked for Civil Rights, justice
The Rev. Franklin Goldthwaite Sherrill II, rector emeritus of Grace Church-Brooklyn Heights died on Sunday. He was 87 years old and was a resident of Moultonborough, N.H.
Sherrill’s death was announced to the Brooklyn community in a special notice from the current rector, the Rev. Stephen D. Muncie, on Sunday evening.
Fondly known to this community as Goldy, Sherrill was the 12th rector of Grace Church, leading the parish from 1967-93. He was the son of Barbara Harris Sherrill and Henry Knox Sherrill. His father was an Episcopal clergyman who became presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church. Henry Knox Sherrill was also a Brooklyn native and Polytechnic University graduate.
Goldy Sherrill was a graduate of Milton Academy, Yale University and the Episcopal Theological Seminary. Like his father, he was an ordained Episcopal clergyman and served parishes in Dickinson, North Dakota and Ipswich, Massachusetts before coming to Grace Church. After retiring, he held interim ministries in Hanover, Portsmouth, Rochester, East Concord, Meredith and Ashland, N.H.