Mitchell was the first of John Bassom & Ethel Flora (Brown) Sharp's three children. His Sharp grandparents were Edward B. & Priscilla Melissa Holland (Bell) who moved to Bellefonte around 1871, shortly after they were married near Otterville, Cooper Co, MO.
Mitchell told a few stories about growing up near Bellefonte where his parents had lived their entire life. He said his grandfather Sharp had given the farm to his parents when he had split up his homestead and divided it among his children. His father raised cattle and grew corn and hay to feed them.
The weather was good, and they could grow things easily. When he was growing up, he did a lot of hunting in his spare time. He hunted quail and squirrel for food and skunk and possum for their hides. Skunk hides sold for $2 or $3, and possum hides sold for about $1.50. Every now and then, he smelled like a skunk when he went home.
He and his cousins and friends fished in Crooked Creek, which ran through the middle of town. The children attended Pott's School House, a school on week days, and a church and Sunday school on weekends. If a person was seriously ill, a doctor came to the house. Otherwise, neighbor women helped people with their ailments. Mitchell said if you saw a doctor at someone's house, you knew they were pretty bad off.
Mitchell died on February 19, 1999, in Odessa, Texas, at the age of 86.
ODESSA - Mitchell Sharp, 86, of Odessa, an automobile dealership consultant, died Friday, Feb. 19, 1999, at Medical Center Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Antioch Christian Church with the Rev. Don Fankhauser officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. He was born in Harrison, Ark. He was a member of the Christian Church. Survivors are: Wife, Maxine Sharp of Odessa; daughters, Sondra Meil of Brackettville and Becky Widner of Odessa; son, Mitchell Sharp Jr. of Austin; sister, Virginia Hammerschmidt of Harrison, Ark.; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
ODESSA - Mitchell Eugene Sharp Sr., 86, of Odessa, passed away Friday 19, 1999, at Medical Center Hospital. Mitchell was born July 17, 1912, in Bellfonte, Ark., to John and Ethel Sharp. He married Maxine Bundy of Decatur, Ill., on Dec. 4, 1946.
During the war, he worked on the Manhatten Project, United States Code Project for the development of the Atomic Bomb.
In 1951, he moved to Odessa and has been a longtime employee of Sewell Motor Company. He is a member of Antioch Christian Church.
Services will be 10 a.m. Monday, Feb. 22, 1999, at Antioch Christian Church with the Rev. Don Frankhauser officiating. Interment will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Funeral arrangements are by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
Survivors include: Wife, Maxine Sharp of Odessa; daughters, Sondra Meil of Brackettville, and Becky Widner of Odessa; son, Mitchell Sharp Jr. of Austin; sister, Virginia Hammerschmidt of Harrison, Ark.; six grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and two nephews.
Source of Obits: Charlene Beatty Beauchamp
Mitchell told a few stories about growing up near Bellefonte where his parents had lived their entire life. He said his grandfather Sharp had given the farm to his parents when he had split up his homestead and divided it among his children. His father raised cattle and grew corn and hay to feed them.
The weather was good, and they could grow things easily. When he was growing up, he did a lot of hunting in his spare time. He hunted quail and squirrel for food and skunk and possum for their hides. Skunk hides sold for $2 or $3, and possum hides sold for about $1.50. Every now and then, he smelled like a skunk when he went home.
He and his cousins and friends fished in Crooked Creek, which ran through the middle of town. The children attended Pott's School House, a school on week days, and a church and Sunday school on weekends. If a person was seriously ill, a doctor came to the house. Otherwise, neighbor women helped people with their ailments. Mitchell said if you saw a doctor at someone's house, you knew they were pretty bad off.
Mitchell died on February 19, 1999, in Odessa, Texas, at the age of 86.
ODESSA - Mitchell Sharp, 86, of Odessa, an automobile dealership consultant, died Friday, Feb. 19, 1999, at Medical Center Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Antioch Christian Church with the Rev. Don Fankhauser officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. He was born in Harrison, Ark. He was a member of the Christian Church. Survivors are: Wife, Maxine Sharp of Odessa; daughters, Sondra Meil of Brackettville and Becky Widner of Odessa; son, Mitchell Sharp Jr. of Austin; sister, Virginia Hammerschmidt of Harrison, Ark.; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
ODESSA - Mitchell Eugene Sharp Sr., 86, of Odessa, passed away Friday 19, 1999, at Medical Center Hospital. Mitchell was born July 17, 1912, in Bellfonte, Ark., to John and Ethel Sharp. He married Maxine Bundy of Decatur, Ill., on Dec. 4, 1946.
During the war, he worked on the Manhatten Project, United States Code Project for the development of the Atomic Bomb.
In 1951, he moved to Odessa and has been a longtime employee of Sewell Motor Company. He is a member of Antioch Christian Church.
Services will be 10 a.m. Monday, Feb. 22, 1999, at Antioch Christian Church with the Rev. Don Frankhauser officiating. Interment will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Funeral arrangements are by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
Survivors include: Wife, Maxine Sharp of Odessa; daughters, Sondra Meil of Brackettville, and Becky Widner of Odessa; son, Mitchell Sharp Jr. of Austin; sister, Virginia Hammerschmidt of Harrison, Ark.; six grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and two nephews.
Source of Obits: Charlene Beatty Beauchamp
Mitchell was the first of John Bassom & Ethel Flora (Brown) Sharp's three children. His Sharp grandparents were Edward B. & Priscilla Melissa Holland (Bell) who moved to Bellefonte around 1871, shortly after they were married near Otterville, Cooper Co, MO.
Mitchell told a few stories about growing up near Bellefonte where his parents had lived their entire life. He said his grandfather Sharp had given the farm to his parents when he had split up his homestead and divided it among his children. His father raised cattle and grew corn and hay to feed them.
The weather was good, and they could grow things easily. When he was growing up, he did a lot of hunting in his spare time. He hunted quail and squirrel for food and skunk and possum for their hides. Skunk hides sold for $2 or $3, and possum hides sold for about $1.50. Every now and then, he smelled like a skunk when he went home.
He and his cousins and friends fished in Crooked Creek, which ran through the middle of town. The children attended Pott's School House, a school on week days, and a church and Sunday school on weekends. If a person was seriously ill, a doctor came to the house. Otherwise, neighbor women helped people with their ailments. Mitchell said if you saw a doctor at someone's house, you knew they were pretty bad off.
Mitchell died on February 19, 1999, in Odessa, Texas, at the age of 86.
ODESSA - Mitchell Sharp, 86, of Odessa, an automobile dealership consultant, died Friday, Feb. 19, 1999, at Medical Center Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Antioch Christian Church with the Rev. Don Fankhauser officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. He was born in Harrison, Ark. He was a member of the Christian Church. Survivors are: Wife, Maxine Sharp of Odessa; daughters, Sondra Meil of Brackettville and Becky Widner of Odessa; son, Mitchell Sharp Jr. of Austin; sister, Virginia Hammerschmidt of Harrison, Ark.; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
ODESSA - Mitchell Eugene Sharp Sr., 86, of Odessa, passed away Friday 19, 1999, at Medical Center Hospital. Mitchell was born July 17, 1912, in Bellfonte, Ark., to John and Ethel Sharp. He married Maxine Bundy of Decatur, Ill., on Dec. 4, 1946.
During the war, he worked on the Manhatten Project, United States Code Project for the development of the Atomic Bomb.
In 1951, he moved to Odessa and has been a longtime employee of Sewell Motor Company. He is a member of Antioch Christian Church.
Services will be 10 a.m. Monday, Feb. 22, 1999, at Antioch Christian Church with the Rev. Don Frankhauser officiating. Interment will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Funeral arrangements are by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
Survivors include: Wife, Maxine Sharp of Odessa; daughters, Sondra Meil of Brackettville, and Becky Widner of Odessa; son, Mitchell Sharp Jr. of Austin; sister, Virginia Hammerschmidt of Harrison, Ark.; six grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and two nephews.
Source of Obits: Charlene Beatty Beauchamp
Mitchell told a few stories about growing up near Bellefonte where his parents had lived their entire life. He said his grandfather Sharp had given the farm to his parents when he had split up his homestead and divided it among his children. His father raised cattle and grew corn and hay to feed them.
The weather was good, and they could grow things easily. When he was growing up, he did a lot of hunting in his spare time. He hunted quail and squirrel for food and skunk and possum for their hides. Skunk hides sold for $2 or $3, and possum hides sold for about $1.50. Every now and then, he smelled like a skunk when he went home.
He and his cousins and friends fished in Crooked Creek, which ran through the middle of town. The children attended Pott's School House, a school on week days, and a church and Sunday school on weekends. If a person was seriously ill, a doctor came to the house. Otherwise, neighbor women helped people with their ailments. Mitchell said if you saw a doctor at someone's house, you knew they were pretty bad off.
Mitchell died on February 19, 1999, in Odessa, Texas, at the age of 86.
ODESSA - Mitchell Sharp, 86, of Odessa, an automobile dealership consultant, died Friday, Feb. 19, 1999, at Medical Center Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Antioch Christian Church with the Rev. Don Fankhauser officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. He was born in Harrison, Ark. He was a member of the Christian Church. Survivors are: Wife, Maxine Sharp of Odessa; daughters, Sondra Meil of Brackettville and Becky Widner of Odessa; son, Mitchell Sharp Jr. of Austin; sister, Virginia Hammerschmidt of Harrison, Ark.; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
ODESSA - Mitchell Eugene Sharp Sr., 86, of Odessa, passed away Friday 19, 1999, at Medical Center Hospital. Mitchell was born July 17, 1912, in Bellfonte, Ark., to John and Ethel Sharp. He married Maxine Bundy of Decatur, Ill., on Dec. 4, 1946.
During the war, he worked on the Manhatten Project, United States Code Project for the development of the Atomic Bomb.
In 1951, he moved to Odessa and has been a longtime employee of Sewell Motor Company. He is a member of Antioch Christian Church.
Services will be 10 a.m. Monday, Feb. 22, 1999, at Antioch Christian Church with the Rev. Don Frankhauser officiating. Interment will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Funeral arrangements are by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
Survivors include: Wife, Maxine Sharp of Odessa; daughters, Sondra Meil of Brackettville, and Becky Widner of Odessa; son, Mitchell Sharp Jr. of Austin; sister, Virginia Hammerschmidt of Harrison, Ark.; six grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and two nephews.
Source of Obits: Charlene Beatty Beauchamp
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
