Frances Sharpe

Frances Virginia Glosson Sharpe, age 95 went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, June 3, 2014. She was a native of Alamance County and the wife of the late Dover Caudle Sharpe who passed away in 2011. Frances was the owner and operator of Sharpe Beauty Shop for many years. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and she sang with a church trio. Frances enjoyed painting landscapes in oil and taking cake baking classes over the years. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She is survived by her daughters, Vivian Kernodle and husband, Wayne of Burlington, Geraldine Modlin of Haw River and Ann Finch and husband, Wilton of Burlington; son, Dover Sharpe, Jr. and wife, Ellen of Kernersville; grandchildren, Kellie Jimmy Whitaker, Billy Modlin, Dawn Bobby Grant, Debbie Modlin, Al Robin Mann, Len Karen Mann, Belinda Roger Lloyd, Marlana Sean Kirk and Mara Jared Davis; nineteen great grandchildren and five great great grandchildren; sister, Sadie Elizabeth Poe of Tennessee and a brother, Samuel Richard Glosson and wife, Thelma of Graham and her special family friend, Lisa Langley. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, John Willis and Novella Elizabeth Tate Glosson; grandson, Kenneth Kernodle and great granddaughter, Megan Riggins and a great great grandson, Will Riggins; son-in-law, Frankie Modlin and her siblings, Mary Jane Farrell, Thomas Luther Glosson, John Willis Glosson, Jr., James Donald Glosson and William Cecil Glosson. The family would like to thank her caregivers, Dot Pratt, Shirley Rudd and Rose Henderson as well as the nurses and staff of Alamance House for their mother's wonderful care. A service to celebrate her life will be held on Friday, June 6, 2014 at 3:00pm at Calvary Baptist Church by Rev. Ernest Beck and the burial will follow at Pine Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8 pm on Thursday at Lowe Funeral Home and Crematory. Memorials may be made to Calvary Baptist Church, 230 Williamson Avenue, Burlington, NC 27215.