Gloria Darby Sharpe

CHESTER?..Mrs. Gloria Darby Sharpe, 61, died Friday, January 15, 2010, at her residence. A funeral service will be 2:00PM Monday, January 18, 2010, at First Free Will Baptist Church with Rev. Jimmy Sanders officiating. Interment will be in Chester Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Sharpe was born April 22, 1948 in Chester, S.C ., a daughter of Clyde Walters and the late Dorothy Carpenter Walters. She was a graduate of Chester High School and formerly employed with Springs Industries. She was an active member of First Free Will Baptist Church. Surviving are her father Clyde Walters of Chester, husband Felder Richard Sharp, one daughter Kim Beam and husband Mike of Chester, five grandchildren Andy Hall and fiancé Jessie Cudd, Rikki Burch, Kevin Hall, Brooke Burch, and Jessica Beam, one great grandchild Kayleigh Burch, two brothers Terry Darby of Chester and Gene Darby of Knoxville, Tenn., a son in-law Randy Hall of Chester. She was preceded in death by a daughter Kay Hall, her mother Dorothy Walters and a brother Butch Walters. A heartfelt thanks goes out to Hospice Care of S.C. and Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Philadelphia, Branch. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00PM at First Free Will Baptist Church 790 Hawthorne Road Chester, S.C., 29706 In leiu of flowers donations may be made to Hawthorne Christian Academy 790 Hawthorne Road Chester, S.C., 29706 Online condolences to the family may be made at www.barronfuneralhome.com