Charles Sharp

Charles David Sharp LUBBOCK- Services for Charles David Sharp, 51, of Lubbock will be at 2 p.m. Friday, June 1, 2012 at Second Baptist Church of Lubbock, Rev. Ryon Price officiating. Private burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Rose Hill Cemetery of Tulia, Texas under the direction of Sanders Funeral Home. The family will be receiving friends from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. He died Monday, May 28, 2012. David was born August 20, 1960, in Lubbock, Texas, to Charles and Mary Dell Sharp. He graduated from Tulia High School in 1978, attended Baylor University, and graduated with a degree in accounting from Texas Tech University in 1982. He married Emily Foreman on December 17, 1988, in Tulia. David was a devoted husband, father, son, and family man, enthusiastically supporting his wife and sons by encouraging their shared passions for sports, education, fly fishing, public service, Christian ministry, and life itself. He served as a deacon of Second Baptist Church of Lubbock. Sharp began his career at Pratas, Smith, & Moore, LLC. Career positions include CFO of the Ford Bank Group, president of Centennial Savings Bank of Durango, CO, CEO of Market Lubbock, Inc., and, more recently, accountant in private practice with Hill-Sharp Associates, PLLC. Survivors include his wife, Emily; sons, Jonathan and Michael; mother, Mary Dell Sharp of Lubbock; sisters, Marsha Sharp of Lubbock and Pam and husband Paul Martin of Slaton, with sons, Bradley and wife Stacy Martin of Lubbock, and Jeremy and wife Kellie Martin of Houston; Dr. L. S. and Barbara Foreman of Tulia; sisters-in-law, Lee Ann and husband Creig Anderson of Ft. Worth, with sons, Brian and William and daughter, Callie, and Laura and husband Mark Vinson of Lubbock, with son, Tom and daughter, Barbara Ruth of Lubbock; brother-in-law, Peter Albano and wife Lynn of Memphis, Tenn.; and a host of loving extended family and friends. He was preceded in death by his father, Charles Sharp and sister-in-law, Carolyn Foreman Albano of Memphis, Tenn. The family is grateful for David's life as well as the overwhelming outpouring of kindness from the West Texas community and beloved friends. Memorial gifts may be made to the Second Baptist Church Building Fund (6109 Chicago Ave, Lubbock, TX 79424), St. Benedict's Chapel (1308 Broadway, Lubbock, TX 79401) or to a favorite charity.