Obituary of Floyd C SHARP, St Clair County, Illinois This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Nancy Giles While reading microfilmed copies of the Daily Advocate, St. Clair county, Belleville, IL. I came across this obit which I thought might be of interest to members of the list. Nancy Giles Ivan Sharp's Brother Dies Suddenly; 59 Floyd C. Sharp, 59, for 18 years a telegraph operator for the L. & N. railroad here and brother of Deputy County Recorder Ivan Sharp, died suddenly yesterday afternoon at his home at Mount Vernon [Ill.] Sharp, who had a total of 42 years of service with the L. & N. and was last employed at Mount Vernon, died shortly after returning home from work yesterday. He had been under treatment of a physician for a heart ailment for some time. Sharp, a native of Dahlgren, Ill., is survived by his widow, Mrs. Alda Abshier Sharp, a native of Evansville, Ind.; a son, Richard Sharp, New York City, and a daughter, Mrs. Fern Lamb, Lebanon. Also surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Clara Johnson, Dahlgren; Mrs. Alice Finney, Springfield and Mrs. Bessie Greenwell, Denver, and two brothers, Herschel Sharp, St. Louis and Ivan Sharp, here. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday at the Pully funeral home at Mount Vernon. The Daily Advocate, Belleville, St. Clair county, Illinois 18 Jul 1949 *************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. **************************************************************** This file has been submitted for inclusion in the USGenWeb Archives by: Nancy Giles