Sherry Dyson and Chris Gardner married each other on June 18, 1977. They both have a son named Christopher Jarrett Gardner Jr. who was born on January 28, 1981.
The relationship between Sherry Dyson and her husband detached because he decided to leave his medical career and start something new as well as the difference in their thoughts and behaviour. She was also cheated by Chris Gardner as he had an affair with a dental student named Jackie Medina who became pregnant after a few months of their affair.
Sherry was left alone when Chris went on to live with his girlfriend, Jackie three years after their marriage. The relationship was broken and the marriage could not succeed and it finally came to an end when Sherry Dyson and Chris Gardner decided to get legally divorced in 1986 after 9 years of marriage.