MADELYN SHARP

Funeral for Madelyn Sharp, 83, of Alto, formerly of Rusk, was at 2 p.m. Monday in the O.T. Allen & Son Funeral Home chapel with the Rev.David Darst officiating. Burial was in Alto City Cemetery.

Mrs. Sharp died Saturday. She was born April 21, 1924, in Alto to Arthur and Gladys Finch Brooks. She was a member of the Rusk First United Methodist Church, a homemaker and beautician.

Preceding her in death were her husband, Charles Sharp; and brothers, Travis Brooks, Pete Brooks and R.L. Brooks.

Survivors are a daughter and son-in-law, Sharla and Marshall Corley of Alto; a son and daughter-in-law, Paul and Linda Sharp of Tyler; three brothers and two sisters-inlaw, A.L. (Boots) Brooks of Alto, W.A. (Bill) and Marge Brooks of Poplar Bluff, Mo. and Arthur and Joy Brooks of Lufkin; two sisters and a brother-in-law, Shirley and Dave Meeks and Nancy Brooks, all of Mineola; five grandchildren, Stephanie Davis, Clint Corley, Shelly Kornegay, Christy Imbriele and Shelly Tubbs; nine greatgrandchildren, Corin Kirkpatrick, Brooke Kirkpatrick, Carson Corley, Seth Kornegay, Zack Kornegay, Sophia Imbriele, Kyle Frank, Cara Frank and Ashley Davis.

Pallbearers were Dave Meeks, Stoney Thompson, Brian Sessions, Tommy Grogan, George Covington and Steve McCarty. Honorary pallbearers were Charles Jeter, Marion Lindsey, James Campbell, Sam Florian, Rev. Jim Goforth, Rev. Lee Welch, Bill Lang and Don Vandiver.