Wayne E. Sharp

PEMBROKE, Ga. - Mr. Wayne E. Sharp, age 78, died early Monday at his residence. He was a native of Indiana and had lived in Bulloch County since 1979. He served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict with the First Infantry Ranger Company (Airborne) and was a member of the Pembroke First Baptist Church. He was a longtime member of the Masonic Lodge in Lebanon, Mo., and enjoyed playing golf, traveling and spending time with his grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his son, Spencer Sharp; one brother and two sisters.

Survivors include his wife, Marlene Sharp; his son and daughter-in-law, Guy and Wanda Sharp; his daughter and son-in-law, Melissa and Michael Sangiorge; his daughter-in-law, Lori Sharp, all of Pembroke; his brother, Archie Nolan Sharp of California; 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be held Thursday from 6-8 p.m. at Hodges-Moore Funeral Home. The funeral service will be held Friday at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Hodges-Moore Funeral Home with the Rev. Jim Correll and the Rev. Brad Butler officiating. Burial will be in Northside Cemetery in Pembroke.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Lottie Moon Offerings of the Foreign Missions, c/o Georgia Baptist Convention, Lottie Moon Offering, 6405 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth, GA 30097-4092.
Hodges-Moore Funeral Home of Statesboro is in charge of the arrangements.

Statesboro Herald, February 4, 2009
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