Sherry Combs Johnson

Sherry Combs Johnson (August 16, 1938 – August 2, 2023) was an American ProRodeo Hall of Fame barrel racer. In 1962, she won the barrel racing world championship at the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in Fort Worth, Texas.

Life Sherry Combs Johnson was born Sherry Price on August 16, 1938, in Duncan, Oklahoma. Combs and her ProRodeo Hall of Fame sister, Florence Youree, grew up on their father's ranch near Addington, Oklahoma. The sisters were the only children of rancher John Henry Price. Youree always said they worked on his ranch "as his boys". They had his love of horses and rodeo. Youree met Dale Youree as a teenager. Dale was a tie-down roper competing on the college circuit and the Rodeo Cowboy Association (later the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association). They got married in 1950. The Yourees and Combs took off to rodeo full-time. Combs Johnson was a five-time junior barrel racing champion.

Combs Johnson's horse Star Plaudit, nicknamed "Red", was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 2017. In 1962, Red won two world championships and assisted in winning a third. One was in barrel racing and the other two were in steer wrestling. No other horse has accomplished this.

Death Combs Johnson died from complications of COPD on August 2, 2023, two weeks before her 85th birthday.

Honors 1997 WPRA's Woman of the Year in 1997 2015 Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame 2023 ProRodeo Hall of Fame