Andrew E. Sharp Jr.

Andrew E. Sharp Jr., a resident of Walker, passed away Friday, April 16, 2010. He was born March 17, 1938, and was raised in New Orleans. He was a pre-Katrina resident of Slidell and Pearl River. He was the husband of Judith Gibney Sharp and the late Elaine Partlan Sharp. He was the son of the late Andrew E. Sharp and Vivian A. Sharp, who were of New Orleans. He is survived by his wife Judith Gibney Sharp; sister, Valerie Ann Sharp Johnson and her husband, Joseph Russell Johnson Sr., of Opelousas; sons, Wayne R. "Rick" Sharp, of Slidell, and Dennis M. and his wife, Joan Sharp, of Gretna; and daughter, Nora Anne Sharp Mills, of Pearl River. He is also survived by Charles "Chuck" McGoldrick and wife Pam, of Slidell, and Marie Gibney, of Phoenix, Ariz. He also is survived by his grandchildren, James Christopher and Michael Ray Alt, Natalie Anne Sharp Mills, Renee Marie Sharp Yesso and her husband, Justin Yesso, Rachel Lee Sharp, Matthew Patrick Sharp, Christopher Andrew and Ashley Elizabeth Sharp, Ryan O'Shawnessy and Hunter Trey McGoldrick; and great-grandson, Gabriel Alexander. Mr. Sharp graduated from St. Francis of Assisi School, New Orleans, in 1952, De La Salle High School, New Orleans, in 1956 and LSU in 1960. He was a 36-year employee of the Civil Engineering Department of Texaco Inc. in New Orleans, retiring in 1996. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the visitation at Honaker Funeral Home, 1751 Gause Blvd. W. (in Forest Lawn Cemetery), Slidell, on Tuesday, April 20, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Visiting resumes at the funeral home Wednesday from 9 a.m. until funeral Mass at 11 a.m. Interment in Forest Lawn Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations to Amedisys Hospice Services of Baton Rouge or St. Francis Episcopal Church in Denham Springs. Arrangements by Honaker Funeral Home Inc., Slidell.