She was no-nonsense, hard-working, and unexpectedly hilarious.
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Whitfield was, and always will be, loved as an OG Atlanta housewife.

Whitfield credits the fans for her multipleRHOAstints.
Its because of them.
Its because of their loyalty to me, and it feels good.
Weve seen her heartbroken, and yet she perseveres.
She just melts my heart.
Glamour: Tell me something I dont know about your first job.
Sheree Whitfield:My first job ever, I was a sales person in theintimate appareldepartment at May Company.
I think it was called May Company.
You had to fit the ladies into the garments and things like that.
Tell me something I dont know about your firsttattoo.
My first tattoo was on my leg, my calf.
And he never actually took the banner out.
So the banner was in there, on my leg, but it was blank.
Do you still have it?
I actually tried to getthe tattoo removed, and it really turned out really ugly.
Would you finish theremoval,or are you just going to let it rock now?
Its easier with black ink, harder with the color.
Tell me something I dont know about the most interesting person to slide into your DMs.
I cannot tell you about that.
Listen, I dont check my DMs a lot.
Like, I went 10 years without checking my DMs.
So you found some stuff.
Yeah, I didnt know, so I found some stuff!
But, you know, after so long they delete.
I just started checking it every now and then maybe two and a half years ago.
Tell me something I dont know about being a glamma.
I agree with that.
I think about that little baby all day.
Shes growing so fast.
You know, when she first came out she had the best little personality.
I cant call her nosyshes inquisitive.
Shes interested in knowing everything around her.
Since she was little she would follow conversations.
I raised my three kids, but I was young.
So seeing this when Im older and being able to appreciate all the little things is amazing.
Tell me something I dont know about your first memorable fan encounter.
Im paying no attention; I park the car, get out, and am walking towards the truck.
Theres like three girls, and they start screaming Ahh, ahh, ahh!
They scared the shit out ofme.
I was like, Oh shit, should I run?
And they were like, Housewife!
Thats when I knew.
We didnt know what we were getting into when we did the show.
Tell me something I dont know aboutBravoCon.
It was my first time last year.
The fans, they are loyal.
These people just wanted to touchShe by Shereebecause I talked about it on the show.
Because it was, you know, such a long run to get it going.
People were in the booth like, I just want to touch it!
I just want to take a picture of it.
Tell me something I dont know about the She by Sheree launch last season.
It was a lot.
The stress you saw was times a hundred.
Everything that could go wrong went wrong.
Tell me something I dont know about being a business owner.
Its a lot of work.
I think we all know it takes a team, but it took me a while to realize that.
Its a lot of money.
We all know that.
Its hard to find people who actually want to work and not just get paid.
Its like nobody wants to work anymore.
Everyone wants to get paid, but no one wants to work.
Tell me something I dont know about being a Bravolebrity.
I feel like thats a very special category of its own.
It is, and I didnt realize how special it was until BravoCon.
I knew we had fans, but its like I said, on a whole other level.
These people are loyal.
Tell me something I dont know about your best day ever.
I feel like I still have so much that Ive not done and so much living to do.
I dont know if Ive had my best day ever.
I want to say it can get better than what I thought my best day ever was.
The best is yet to come.
Tell me something I dont know about your friendship withKenya Moore.
I think that my relationship with Kenya is…I mean, sometimes we have love for each other.
Kenya and I both love sweets.
Sometimes we want to order dessert before we eat the meal.
We love all sweets.
Tell me something we dont know about this season ofReal Housewives of Atlanta.
The Portugal trip gets very heated among some ladies and pretty explosive.
Tell me something I dont know about your constant will to be open and continue to try.
I think that pushes me, all the negativity and the hate.
Ive always been a strong person, pretty resilient, but that gives me the drive.
And it may take however long, but Im not going to give up.
Tell me something I dont know about how you continue to believe in love.
Oh, Im never gonna give up on love.
I am a hopeless romantic, Im never gonna give up on love.
I feel like there is someone out there so special, so amazing for me.
I do want to get married again.
People are like, Oh, you want to get married again?
I love the institution of marriage.
I love being in a committed relationship.
So Im not giving up on love.