Margaret Kathleen Sharp Lynn

LYNN, MARGARET KATHLEEN SHARP - age 81 of Sweetwater, TN, passed away Monday, September 26, 2011. Margaret was born on July 6, 1930 and was the last surviving child of Josiah Wilson Sharp, who was born in 1860, and his wife, Stella Josephine Richesin Sharp. In 1933, her family moved to the family farm in the New Hope Community, where Margaret resided for the remaining 78 years of her life. She was a 1948 graduate of Sweetwater High School. Margaret married the love of her life, Andy Baxter (A.B.) Lynn on December 30, 1949. A.B. preceded her in death on October 21, 2007. She was also preceded in death by her youngest son, William Robert Lynn on February 14, 1988; her brothers, Eliga M. Sharp, Kenneth K. Sharp, William Denton Sharp, Andrew Jackson Sharp, Thomas Earl Sharp and her sisters, Lennie Sharp, Gladys Marie Sharp and Bonnie Sharp Goodman. She is survived by her sons, Douglas A. Lynn and wife, Susan of Sweetwater, TN and David B. Lynn and wife, Kelly of Harrison, TN; her grandchildren, Adam Hunter Lynn, Hayley Anne Lynn, Amy Gann and husband, Chris of Knoxville and Matt Brown of Harrison. Margaret was a committed and faithful member of New Hope United Methodist Church, Loudon County, where she served as church secretary/treasurer for more than fifty years. She was actively involved in her sons' lives when they were in elementary and secondary school, serving yearly as room mother and as a volunteer for 4-H and church related activities. All her life she took care of those around her, visiting those who were sick and shut in and nurturing her immediate and extended families over the years. Her sons will never forget her will, strength of character, sense of values and devotion to her family, friends, farm and church. Her sons are grateful to those who called and visited Mother during the last years of her life and are especially grateful to Susie Watson Yearwood and Dawne Henderson Tunkel, her great niecece, for the love and care they gave to Mother during this time. The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. at Kyker Funeral Home in Sweetwater on Thursday. The funeral will be conducted at New Hope United Methodist Church on Friday at 1 p.m. with the Reverend Julian Walton and Reverend David Jackson officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Kyker Funeral Home, Sweetwater in charge of arrangements.

Margaret Kathleen Sharp Lynn

July 6, 1930 - September 26, 2011