Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
BirthFeb 11, 1909, Alamance County, North Carolina209,269,3, Mrs. Hortense Cantrell Sharpe
DeathOct 19, 2006, Alamance County, North Carolina3, Mrs. Hortense Cantrell Sharpe
BurialBethlehem Christian Church, 3003 Altamahaw Race Track Road, Altamahaw, Alamance County, North Carolina3, Mrs. Hortense Cantrell Sharpe
OccupationRetired From Champion May Company3, Mrs. Hortense Cantrell Sharpe
ReligionMember Of Glen Hope Baptist Church3, Mrs. Hortense Cantrell Sharpe
FatherJohn Benjamin CANTRELL (1874-1948)
MotherDora Stacy STORY (1867-1953)
Obituary Online notes for Hortense Tobitha CANTRELL
10/21/2006

Mrs. Hortense Cantrell Sharpe 


    BURLINGTON — Mrs. Hortense Cantrell Sharpe , age 97, formerly of S. Sellars Mill Road, passed away at 12:55 a.m. Thursday, October 19, 2006 at the Hospice Home.
    A native of Alamance County, she was wife of the late Walter M. "Pete" Sharpe , and daughter of the late John Benjamin and Dora Story Cantrell . She was retired from Champion Map Company, was a member of Glen Hope Baptist Church, and the Harper-Burke Sunday school class.
    Survivors include her daughter, Mrs. Clara Phillips of St. Augustine, Fla.; granddaughter, Kathryn Boling of Burlington; great-grandchild, Shannon Tharpe; great-greatgrandchildren, Logan Tharpe and Nicholas Stiltner; niece, Emily Thomas (daughter of Banks and Jennie Mae Cantrell ) and other nieces and nephews.
    She was preceded in death by sister, Elizabeth Kernodle; and brothers, Martin Cantrell , Van Cantrell , and Banks Cantrell .
    Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday October 23, 2006, at Glen Hope Baptist Church by the Rev. Larry Redding, pastor. Interment will follow in Bethlehem Christian Church cemetery. Mrs. Sharpe  will remain at Lowe Funeral Home and Crematory until taken to the church to lie in state 30 minutes prior to the funeral service.
    The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, and at other times at the home of the granddaughter, Kathryn Boling, 3398 Garden Road, Burlington.
    Condolences may be sent to the family at
info@lowefuneralhome.com 3, Mrs. Hortense Cantrell Sharpe
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