Nancy Cubbon Sheridan

Nancy Cubbon Sheridan, 82, passed away Thursday, August 30, 2018 at her home in Tallahassee. She is survived by her husband of 60 years, Brigadier General Mike Sheridan. She was born in Morgantown, West Virginia on December 19, 1935. She graduated from Charleston High School in Charleston, W. VA in 1953. While a senior in high school, at the age of 17, she won both national TV talent shows in New York City singing musical comedy. Nancy spent her freshman year at the University of West Virginia but transferred to Florida State University when her father, Eddie Cubbon became the first Athletic Business Manager at FSU. While an undergraduate at FSU she was a Junior Counselor, a Village Vamp, president of Alpha Xi Delta Sorority, a member of Garnet Key and Social Chairman of the Class of 1957. She appeared in numerous theatre and musical productions at FSU and graduated in 1957 with a BA in Theatre. Following graduation, she joined the theatre troupe at Cape May, New Jersey. She married her college sweetheart, Mike Sheridan in 1958 and spent the next 32 years as a Marine Corps wife. They spent their first five years in Southern California and Nancy began substitute teaching and devoted herself to teaching the primary grades. She returned to Tallahassee in 1966 when Mike was in Viet Nam and received her MS in Education from FSU. She spent 44 years as a primary school teacher in 9 states. In 1970 she was selected for Outstanding Young Women of America while teaching at the post school at the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY and was awarded a Valley Forge Freedom Foundation Medal while teaching in Fairfax, VA. During this time, she also raised two great sons who were Eagle Scouts and Florida State University graduates. Mike retired from the Marine Corps in 1988 and they moved to Barrington, IL outside Chicago where they lived for the next 14 years. Nancy fell in love with Chicago and quickly became a Chicago Cubs fan and an active member of the Windy City Seminoles. Nancy and Mike retired in 2002 and returned to Tallahassee. She was asked by the Dean of the FSU School of Education to mentor interns assigned to schools in Tallahassee and for the next ten years she worked with hundreds of student interns. Nancy was a member of the Patrons Board of the FSU School of Theatre and served three years as President of the Patrons. Nancy received the FSU Alumni Association’s Emeritus Society Commitment to Excellent Award in 2014. She was a Seminole Booster Golden Chief and seldom missed an FSU football, basketball of baseball game. She spent many years as a member of the Killearn Country Club tennis team. She had a beautiful smile and shared it with everyone. She never met anyone who did not instantly become a friend. Oher survivors include her two sons Timothy of Chicago and Edward of Long Beach, CA; her daughter-in-law Brenda and granddaughters Lydia and Jessica of Long Beach; and by her cousins Charlie and Eddie Barnes of Tallahassee. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM, Monday, September 10th at Bevis Funeral Home of Tallahassee, 200 John Knox Road. The family will receive friends from 10:00 AM until service time. Interment will follow at Tallahassee National Cemetery, 5015 Apalachee Parkway. Gifts in memory of Nancy may be made to Big Bend Hospice, 1723 Mahan Center Blvd., Tallahassee, FL 32308. Kelly Barber and Rocky Bevis of Bevis Funeral Home in Tallahassee (850/385-2193 or www.bevisfh.com) are assisting Gen. Sheridan with the arrangements.

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Nancy Cubbon Sheridan

December 19, 1935 - August 30, 2018