Sherry Jean Shoaf

This is one of my favorite photos of Sherry with our amazing Jeremy. I believe she is reunited with her darling son, and Eddy as well, and that they are creating music once again. Sherry, "Froggy" to her friends, was an all-around artist. An accomplished seamstress, avid gardener, home decorator and renovator. She worked with pottery, ceramics, upholstery, stained glass, and painting but her true passion was music. She was a prominent musician in Asheville's music community in the days of The Brass Tap, 45 Cherry Street, and the still hopping spot in Black Mountain, The Town Pump. The bands she created with Eddy and her brother Jeff were Froggy and the French-Fries and Basic Anatomy. She later joined several Asheville musicians to form the Crimes of Fashion. This amazing group of women toured the East Coast allowing her to do what she loved, performing. Sherry played guitar, piano, sang, wrote music and lyrics. Her original song "Robot Lover" was a winner in the Big Wise Battle of the Bands in the '80s. Sherry lost her mother, Peggy, in 2001, the day her first granddaughter, Jordan, was born. Her father, Ted, suffered years with Parkinson's Disease for many years and passed in 2014. Sherry's first love, Eddy, died in 2009 and their beautiful son, Jeremy, ended his life in 2019. Sherry is survived by her husband and best friend, Anthony Roger Thompson; daughter Michelle Raines, son-in-law Scott, granddaughters Jordan and Chloe; brother Jeffrey Shoaf; nephew Philip and great nephew Hal Shoaf; niece Nina Sultan; uncle Richard Shoaf; and many other family members and lifelong friends.