Willie Marie (Lewis) & Virgil O Sharp
Tombstone Photo
Lake View Cemetery

© Larise Robinson

Obit for Willie posted by Martha Reddout

©Marietta Monitor
17 Sep 2004 Page 4

Mrs. Sharp was born January 5, 1913, at Jimtown, the daughter of William and Orpha Wilcoxson Lewis. She died Friday, September 10, 2004, in Mercy Memorial Health Center, Ardmore. She had been a resident of this area most of her life. She and Virgil O. Sharp were married September 22, 1929, at Greenville, and he preceded her in death on March 29, 1972. A homemaker, Mrs. Sharp had also been employed as a cook in the school cafeteria at Ardmore High School. She was a member of the Lone Grove Church of Christ.

Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Deward and Mary Jo Sharp of Plano, Texas; three daughters and sons-in-law, Marie Kays of Hobbs, New Mexico, Doris and Kenneth Fomby of Gainesville, Texas, and Velma and Joe Hunter of Ardmore; two sisters, Guyndolyn Waddle of Ardmore and Orpha Jo Daniel of Lone Grove; 17 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; and 14 great-great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Sharp was also preceded in death by her parents; a son, Floyd A. Sharp on May 14, 1981; a granddaughter, Jan; a great-granddaughter, Missy; a son-in-law, James Kays; a daughter-in-law, Joyce Sharp; four brothers and three sisters. Pallbearers were her grandsons, Allen Sharp, Jimmy Kays, Bill Kays, Jerry Kays, David Kays, Bobby Hunter and Russell Fomby.

Interment was in Lakeview Cemetery, Marietta, under the direction of Flanagan-Watts Funeral Home, Marietta.