The Ellis County Press: Sharon Sternes Sharon Sternes ================================================================================ Editor on 01/13/2011 19:26:00 Jan. 7, 2011 DESOTO - A home-going celebration for Sharon Sternes will be held Friday, Jan. 14, 2011 at 11 a.m. in Antioch Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, 7550 S. Hampton Rd. in Dallas. She passed away on Friday, Jan. 7 after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was a School Board President in the DeSoto Board of Education and an advocate for public education having served on the DeSoto Board of Education since May 2002. Her son Rainey, who graduated from DeSoto High School, is currently at Stephen F. Austin and son Ryan is currently a junior at DHS. Husband Kenneth Sternes, died last year from complications with an illness. Her wake is set for Thursday, Jan. 13 from 6 - 6:45 p.m. at Evergreen Memorial Chapel, 6449 University Hill Blvd in Dallas.