Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
BirthFeb 4, 1922, Alamance County, North Carolina470
DeathDec 29, 1959, Somerset County, Maryland470, John Harold Sharpe
BurialAlamance Memorial Park, 4039 S Church St, Alamance County, North Carolina470, John Harold Sharpe
Spouses
BirthJan 22, 1927, Caswell County, North Carolina470
DeathApr 4, 2020, Salisbury, Wicomico County, Maryland470, Annie Lou Oakley Sharpe
BurialAlamance Memorial Park, 4039 S Church St, Alamance County, North Carolina470, Annie Lou Oakley Sharpe
FatherErasmus Hugh OAKLEY (1892-1950)
MotherAddie Sue RUDD (1896-1967)
Marriage1947470
Obituary Online notes for John Harold SHARPE
Harold grew up on farmland much of which was sold to Alamance Memorial park, where he is buried.

He served as an aviation machinist in the Pacific theater during WWII.

He married Annie Lou Oakley and had two children, Joan Linda Sharpe and John Harold Sharpe, II.

While working as the first general manager for Perdue Farms in Salisbury, MD, he flew a rented plane to visit his parents in Burlington, NC after Christmas and died on the return trip when his airplane crashed in Tangier Sound near Crisfield, MD.
470, John Harold Sharpe
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