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Mary Lou (Riggins) Sharp

Posted 2019-03-21 by Judy Wight Branson
Camp Verde Bugle, Camp Verde, Arizona
Tuesday, December 06, 2018

Mary Lou Sharp, 91, of Cottonwood, Arizona, passed away on Dec. 3,
2018. She was born on April 29, 1927, in Taylorville, Illinois, to
Minor Schoolcraft Riggins and Bertha Ada Moutrey.
Mary was a housewife. She was also a missionary president and children
church director. She belonged to Verde Valley Church of the Nazarene.
She enjoyed reading, cooking and being a Sunday school teacher.

Mary was preceded in death by her husband, Edward A. Sharp; daughter,
Jennifer I. Jones; and son, Donald W. Sharp.

She is survived by son, Edward Arthur Sharp Jr.; daughters, Gloria,
Mary Ann, Nancy and Judy Kay; 18 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren
and six great-great-grandchildren.

Services will be held at the Verde Valley Church of the Nazarene, 1710
S. Highway 260 in Cottonwood on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018. Visitation
will begin at 11 a.m., with the service to follow at 1 p.m.

She will be laid to rest next to her husband, Edward, in the National
Memorial Cemetery of Arizona in Phoenix. An online guestbook is
available to sign at www.westcottfuneralhome.com
Information provided by survivors.




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