Sheryl Sims
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Sheryl Sims | |
|---|---|
 Sims in 2025 | |
| Arts Commissioner for the City of Alexandria, Virginia | |
| Assumed office 2022 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Germany |
| Alma mater | University of Houston |
| Occupation | quilter, historian, genealogist |
Sheryl E. Sims is a German-born American quilter. She was appointed as the Commissioner for the Arts of Alexandria, Virginia in 2022.
Sims was born in Germany, where her father was stationed as an officer in the United States Army.[1] She spent part of her childhood in Thailand.[1] Sims is the sixth-great-granddaughter of Andrew Cox, an American patriot.[2][1] She is also the fourth-great-granddaughter of Calvin Leary, a Louisiana planter, and a woman named Mariah, who was enslaved on his estate, Sunnsyside Plantation.[3] Sims is a 10th-great-granddaughter of the Irish Quaker colonist Valentine Hollingsworth, who was one of the signatories of William Penn's Great Charter.[4]
She was presented as a debutante in her youth.[1] She graduated with a degree in environmental design from the University of Houston.[1]
Sims has three brothers and a sister. She is divorced and is the mother of an adult daughter, Amber Wihshi, who is a resident of Alexandria, Virginia.