Elise S. Sharpe

Elise S. Sharpe - SAVANNAH - Elise S. Sharpe, 88, died Thursday morning, March 17, 2011 at Spanish Oaks Retreat. The Funeral Services will be held Sunday, March 20th, 2011, at 2:00 pm, from the chapel of Bonaventure Funeral Home with Rev. Lionel Marmolejo officiating. Interment will follow in Forest Lawn Memory Gardens with Allen Sharpe, Andrew Sharpe, Ryan Sharpe, Garrett Spivey, Walt Barnes, Jason Breneman and Brent Sammons serving as pallbearers. Honorary Pallbearers will be Mike Smith, Steve Smith, Eddie Smith and Donald Judy. Mrs. Sharpe was born September 19, 1922, in Bryan County to the late Caddie Butler Smith and Albert Smith. She was retired from the Chatham County Board of Education as a School Nutritionist and was a member of Savannah Christian Church. She was preceded in death by her parents and husband, Doyle V. Sharpe, who died in 1967, brother, Karon Smith and a sister, Esther S. Goodwin. Survivors include her four children and their spouses; Timothy B. Sharpe and wife Rebecca of Richmond Hill; Gary A. Sharpe and wife Rebecca of Brunswick; Gerald D. Sharpe and wife Nancy of Ball Ground, GA; Jo Ann S. Spivey and husband Allen of Augusta, GA, one sister, Opal S. Crist of Pembroke, one sister-in-law; Joyce Smith of Pembroke, nine grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews. The family will be receiving friends on Saturday evening, March 19th, 2011, from 5:00 till 7:00 pm, at Bonaventure Funeral Home. Please visit www.BonaventureFH.com to share your thoughts with the family of Elise S. Sharpe. Savannah Morning News March 18, 2011 Please sign our Obituary Guest Book at savannnahnow.com/obituaries .