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William Roscoe “Ross” Sharp

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William Roscoe “Ross” Sharp

Birth
Death
13 Sep 1974 (aged 73)
Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Anderson County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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WILLIAM ROSCOE SHARP, 73, longtime farmer of Andersonville, Rt. 1, died after a long illness in the Recovery Center of Knoxville Friday morning. Sharp resided on Boyer Rd., near a son, Paris Sharp. He was born and had lived in Anderson County all of his life. His wife, Mrs. Lona Pyles Sharp, died more than 25 years ago.

Sharp also had worked in the coal mines in his younger years. He was a member of New Home Baptist Church. Survivors are two other sons, Esco and Frisco Sharp, both of Andersonville; three daughters. Mrs. Mildred Ruth Humphrey of Andersonville; Mrs. Georgia Woody and Mrs. Patsy Perez, both of Hammond, Ind.; 28 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Bertha Fraker of Clinton Rt.4; one brother Homer Sharp of Pennsylvania.

Services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at New Home Baptist Church. The Rev. Jack Taylor and the Rev. Arlis LeMarr officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery.

--Clinton Courier News
--Anderson County, Tennessee
--September 19, 1974

(obit & info provided by Sue #49138048)
WILLIAM ROSCOE SHARP, 73, longtime farmer of Andersonville, Rt. 1, died after a long illness in the Recovery Center of Knoxville Friday morning. Sharp resided on Boyer Rd., near a son, Paris Sharp. He was born and had lived in Anderson County all of his life. His wife, Mrs. Lona Pyles Sharp, died more than 25 years ago.

Sharp also had worked in the coal mines in his younger years. He was a member of New Home Baptist Church. Survivors are two other sons, Esco and Frisco Sharp, both of Andersonville; three daughters. Mrs. Mildred Ruth Humphrey of Andersonville; Mrs. Georgia Woody and Mrs. Patsy Perez, both of Hammond, Ind.; 28 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Bertha Fraker of Clinton Rt.4; one brother Homer Sharp of Pennsylvania.

Services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at New Home Baptist Church. The Rev. Jack Taylor and the Rev. Arlis LeMarr officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery.

--Clinton Courier News
--Anderson County, Tennessee
--September 19, 1974

(obit & info provided by Sue #49138048)


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