Lucy Leona McElreath Sharp, 90, of Leicester, died Thursday, September 22, 2011, at the Golden Living Center.
Mrs. Sharp was born October 18, 1920 in Buncombe Co., and was a daughter of the late Rev. Lafayette "Fate" and Hester McElreath. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Calvin Sharp, who died in 1981; a granddaughter, Donna Lena Hill; three brothers, and three sisters.
Mrs. Sharp is survived by daughters Sandra Rice and husband Marty of Leicester, Kay Badimu and husband Kam of Swannanoa, Donna Hill and husband Tommy of Leicester, Ann Radford and husband Gary of Fairview, and Sheila Sharp and husband Steven Orrell of Greensboro, NC; 12 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; 7 great-great grandchildren; a sister, Bessie Smith of Leicester; and several nieces and nephews.
A funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday at Beulah Baptist Church, with the Reverends Ricky Wolfe, Bobby Smith, and Charles Worley officiating. Interment will follow in the Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery.
Her family will receive friends from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Saturday at Groce Funeral Home on Patton Avenue.
Published in the Asheville Citizen-Times on September 23, 2011
Mrs. Sharp was born October 18, 1920 in Buncombe Co., and was a daughter of the late Rev. Lafayette "Fate" and Hester McElreath. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Calvin Sharp, who died in 1981; a granddaughter, Donna Lena Hill; three brothers, and three sisters.
Mrs. Sharp is survived by daughters Sandra Rice and husband Marty of Leicester, Kay Badimu and husband Kam of Swannanoa, Donna Hill and husband Tommy of Leicester, Ann Radford and husband Gary of Fairview, and Sheila Sharp and husband Steven Orrell of Greensboro, NC; 12 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; 7 great-great grandchildren; a sister, Bessie Smith of Leicester; and several nieces and nephews.
A funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday at Beulah Baptist Church, with the Reverends Ricky Wolfe, Bobby Smith, and Charles Worley officiating. Interment will follow in the Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery.
Her family will receive friends from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Saturday at Groce Funeral Home on Patton Avenue.
Published in the Asheville Citizen-Times on September 23, 2011
Lucy Leona McElreath Sharp, 90, of Leicester, died Thursday, September 22, 2011, at the Golden Living Center.
Mrs. Sharp was born October 18, 1920 in Buncombe Co., and was a daughter of the late Rev. Lafayette "Fate" and Hester McElreath. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Calvin Sharp, who died in 1981; a granddaughter, Donna Lena Hill; three brothers, and three sisters.
Mrs. Sharp is survived by daughters Sandra Rice and husband Marty of Leicester, Kay Badimu and husband Kam of Swannanoa, Donna Hill and husband Tommy of Leicester, Ann Radford and husband Gary of Fairview, and Sheila Sharp and husband Steven Orrell of Greensboro, NC; 12 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; 7 great-great grandchildren; a sister, Bessie Smith of Leicester; and several nieces and nephews.
A funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday at Beulah Baptist Church, with the Reverends Ricky Wolfe, Bobby Smith, and Charles Worley officiating. Interment will follow in the Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery.
Her family will receive friends from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Saturday at Groce Funeral Home on Patton Avenue.
Published in the Asheville Citizen-Times on September 23, 2011
Mrs. Sharp was born October 18, 1920 in Buncombe Co., and was a daughter of the late Rev. Lafayette "Fate" and Hester McElreath. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Calvin Sharp, who died in 1981; a granddaughter, Donna Lena Hill; three brothers, and three sisters.
Mrs. Sharp is survived by daughters Sandra Rice and husband Marty of Leicester, Kay Badimu and husband Kam of Swannanoa, Donna Hill and husband Tommy of Leicester, Ann Radford and husband Gary of Fairview, and Sheila Sharp and husband Steven Orrell of Greensboro, NC; 12 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; 7 great-great grandchildren; a sister, Bessie Smith of Leicester; and several nieces and nephews.
A funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday at Beulah Baptist Church, with the Reverends Ricky Wolfe, Bobby Smith, and Charles Worley officiating. Interment will follow in the Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery.
Her family will receive friends from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Saturday at Groce Funeral Home on Patton Avenue.
Published in the Asheville Citizen-Times on September 23, 2011
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