Sherry K. Garner, age 39, of Indian Ford Fire & Rescue, died on November 19, 1981, in a motor vehicle accident while responding to a forest fire.
Sherry was charter member of the Indian Ford Fire & Rescue joining around 3 or 4 years before her death.
She was the first woman firefighter to die in the line of duty in Alabama and the first woman honored at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial.
The Alabama Association of Volunteer Fire Departments (AAVFD) also established Sherry Garner Memorial Award in her memory to honor female firefighters in Alabama.
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