Lamar Co., TX - Obits: Scott Tharp ************************************************ Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Kathy Guinn Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************ Scott Tharp, 48, Buried at Cooper. COOPER, (Special).--Funeral services for Scott Tharp, 48 years old, who died of a stroke Friday afternoon at his home here, were held Saturday afternoon at the Church of Christ, Elder Sam Cochran of Powderly officiating. Burial was made at Oaklawn Cemetery, (should read Dawson Cemetary, Cedar Creek), Smith Brothers having charge. Mr. Tharp had lived here about 8 years, having come here from Ford's Academy community north of Paris where he had farmed the last 15 years. He leaves besides his wife, five children, Mrs. Roy Weeks and Mrs. Albert Green, Emberson; Scott Tharp, Jr., Paris; Geraldine and Lillie Tharp here, and six grandchildren, besides a brother and three sisters, Jim Tharp, Mrs. Ed Ferguson and Mrs. Joe Anders, Cooper and Mrs. Sybil Faulkner, Clarksville. *Note: My grandfather, Scott Tharp died on or about January 28, 1937 in Lamar County at Ford's Academy. -Kathy Guinn