Dr. Eddy W. Sherman was born and raised in Haynesville, Louisiana. Dr. Sherman graduated from Haynesville high school in 1964 and attended college at Northwestern in Natchitoches before being accepted to dental school in 1967. He graduated in 1971 from Loyola University of the South in New Orleans. Dr. Sherman came to Homer, Louisiana in 1971 and practiced for 15 years before moving his practice (Sherman Dental Clinic) to his home in Summerfield to practice another 20 years. He retired in 2006 after his son, Eddy W Sherman II, took over his practice. In 1979 he married his wife, Kate Goocher Sherman. Dr. Sherman and Mrs. Kate have five children: Kayla, Jamie, Shed, BoDixie, Samanna and eleven grandchildren: Gavin, Reid, Sage, Stihl, Adila, Kianne, Slade, Jersey, Kyper, Collins and Nola Kate. Dr. Sherman loves spending time with his family, hunting, fishing, and playing/talking baseball.