ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. Obituary for: SHARP, BERTHA JENKINS Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. Source: E.J. Fielding Funeral Home, Covington, La. Died: Tuesday, June 7, 2016 ======================================================================= Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml ======================================================================= SHARP, BERTHA JENKINS July 7, 1935 - June 7, 2016 ========== A photo is available for this file. Please go to http://usgwarchives.net/la/sttammany/obits/dateobits/2016/st1606.htm and click to view list of photos. ========== Bertha Jenkins Sharp passed away on Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at the age of 80. Beloved wife of the late Berlin Douglas Sharp. Loving mother of Douglas Sharp (Becky), Latimore Sharp (Summer) and Horace Sharp (Saundra). Beloved daughter of the late Aner Barber Jenkins and John Abner Jenkins. She is survived by one sibling, Rebecca Jenkins Sharp; twelve grandchildren and twenty-two great-grandchildren. She is predeceased by one grandson, Lt. Douglas Wade Sharp and her other siblings. Mrs. Sharp was a native and lifelong resident of Bush where she was a member of Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church. She was a former employee of Rutter Rex Garment Plant, First National Bank and Southeast Louisiana Hospital. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral services at E.J. Fielding Funeral Home, 2260 W. 21st Avenue, Covington, LA 70433 on Friday, June 10, 2016 at 1:00 PM with visitation on Thursday evening from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM and on Friday from 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM. Interment will follow in Sharp Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in memory of Mrs. Sharp to be made to Home Away from Home at this website, https://littlerockchurch.org/serve/home-away-from-home/hafh-gifts/. ===================