Sam Thomas Sharp, 78, of Lake City died Friday night in St. Mary's Hospital, Knoxville. Funeral services for the retired coal miner were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Pine Hill Baptist Church with the Rev. Howard Robbins and the Rev. Ernest Goins officiating. Burial was conducted at 11 a.m. Monday at the Leach Cemetery with Martin Funeral Home of Lake city in charge. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ethel Hunley Sharp, four sons, Charlie Sharp, Lake City, Earl Sharp, Florida, Wayne Sharp, Indiana, T.R. Sharp, Petros, three daughters, Mrs. Mada Wallace, Mrs. Beulah Smiddy both of Lake City, Mrs. Maude Baird, Ohio, three brothers, Gordon Sharp, Knoxville, W.H. Sharp and Marion Sharp, both of Lake City, one sister, Mrs. Nola George, Lake City. 37 grandchildren.
Reprinted from the Clinton Courier, July 20, 1961
Sam Thomas Sharp, 78, of Lake City died Friday night in St. Mary's Hospital, Knoxville. Funeral services for the retired coal miner were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Pine Hill Baptist Church with the Rev. Howard Robbins and the Rev. Ernest Goins officiating. Burial was conducted at 11 a.m. Monday at the Leach Cemetery with Martin Funeral Home of Lake city in charge. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ethel Hunley Sharp, four sons, Charlie Sharp, Lake City, Earl Sharp, Florida, Wayne Sharp, Indiana, T.R. Sharp, Petros, three daughters, Mrs. Mada Wallace, Mrs. Beulah Smiddy both of Lake City, Mrs. Maude Baird, Ohio, three brothers, Gordon Sharp, Knoxville, W.H. Sharp and Marion Sharp, both of Lake City, one sister, Mrs. Nola George, Lake City. 37 grandchildren.
Reprinted from the Clinton Courier, July 20, 1961
Inscription
SAM SHARP
JULY 16, 1882
JULY 14, 1961
Gravesite Details
Headstone is flat and level with the ground. In good, legible shape in 2011.
Family Members
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Lillian Ada Sharpe Adkins
1903–1950
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Mada Irene Sharp Wallace
1905–1984
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William Gordon "Bill" Sharp
1908–1959
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Beulah Ollie Sharp Smiddy
1910–1999
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Charles Franklin "Charlie" Sharp
1912–1993
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Maude Katherine Sharp Beard
1915–2007
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Edward Earl "Ed" Sharpe Sr
1919–1989
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Wayne Clifford Sharp
1922–1981
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Thomas Roland Sharp Sr
1925–1976
