Ann Lavelle Sharp

ANN LAVELLE BLASINGAME SHARPwas born in Milledgeville, Tennessee on March 29, 1917 the daughter of the late Edgar Eli and Neely Jane Johnson Brooks.On June 2, 1946, she was united in marriage to James Ovie Blasingame, who preceded her in death on April 7, 1961. She later married Lester Sharp on March 6, 1973. He preceded her in death on June 4, 1984.Mrs. Sharp worked as a seamstress with Dillon Manufacturing Company. She was a member of the 2nd Baptist Church in Savannah, Tennessee. Mrs. Sharp had lived in Savannah, Tennessee for fifty-three years.She departed this life on March 27, 2007 at Baptist Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee at the age of 89 years, 11 months and 27 days.Mrs. Sharp is survived by three sons: Jerry Brooks of Bethel Springs, Tennessee, Joe Blasingame of Moscow, Tennessee and Jim Blasingame of Germantown, Tennessee;five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren;and three brothers: Edgar Eli Brooks, Jr. of Sardis, Tennessee, Parker Brooks of Byhalia, Mississippi and Oscar Brooks of Peoria, Illinois.She was also preceded in death by three sisters: Merthell Thompson, Katie Reed and Aileen Hutchinson; and one brother, Sammy Brooks.