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Paul Tharpe Obituary
Paul was born July 3, 1938, in Elizabethtown, a son of the late James Arnold and Glynna Byrnes Tharp.
Paul was the former owner of Goff Hardware and Quality Carpets and a 1956 graduate of Glendale High School in Elizabethtown, where he played basketball and baseball. He was a proud U.S. Army veteran having served from 1962-1964 and a member of First Baptist Church of Jeffersonville.
He was preceded in death, in addition to his parents, by two brothers, Glenn Tharpe and Jim Tharpe.
Survivors include a daughter, Traci Rothenstine and her husband, Mark, of Ashland; two grandchildren, Drew Rothenstine and wife, Kari, and Lindsay Smith and husband, Jordan; and a great-granddaughter, Preston Smith.
A graveside service with military honors is at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29, at Hardin Memorial Park Cemetery in Elizabethtown.
Preston Family Funeral Home in Ashland is in charge of arrangements.
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jessse m. walters
June 29, 2025
Good memories and not forgotten.
jess walters
February 11, 2025
Many memories of our younger days.
Linda Patterson Irwin
February 5, 2025
Traci, I knew your mom and dad many years ago.
My father and I visited them but mostly to see their beautiful daughter.....best I remember you might have been only a few months old!! I just wanted to share my memory of you and your parents.
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