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1927 - 2015 (87 years)| Name | May Clarke BYNUM [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] | |
| Birth | 9 Nov 1927 | Tuomey Hospital, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina  |
| Gender | Female | |
| HIST | of Columbia, South Carolina MAY SHARP Posted Tuesday, January 27, 2015 6:00 am May Clarke Bynum Sharp, 87, widow of Robert Glenmore Sharp, died on Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, at Covenant Place. She was born on Nov. 9, 1927, at Tuomey Hospital, Sumter, the only daughter of the late Esther Clarke and William Edwards Bynum. The second of four Bynum children, she adored her brothers, Billy, Henry and Alvis and their families, with whom she gathered around the major holidays and as often as possible her entire life. She graduated from Edmunds High School in 1944 and Converse College, Spartanburg, in 1948 with a bachelor's degree in child psychology. Returning to Sumter from college, she taught school in Sumter County until 1949 when she married Robert Glenmore Sharp, who predeceased her in 2013. In the early part of her 63-year marriage, she had two daughters, Esther Bynum Sharp and Elise Brown Sharp (Moore). In addition to her jobs as teacher and mother, Mrs. Sharp was a compassionate and active volunteer in the civic and cultural life of her home town. Over the years, she donated her time to the Sumter Art Association; the Junior Welfare League; the Red Cross; as a Sunday school teacher at Trinity United Methodist, her church home; and Tuomey Hospital, where she visited patients and worked in the canteen. She was a member of the Colonial Dames, Daughters Book Club and Women's Literary Club. As an alumna of Converse College, she served as class representative, class agent and Sumter area representative. In 1998, she received the Mae Elizabeth Kilgo Spirit Award for her service to the college. She was nominated for the award by a classmate who said, "It is May who keeps the Class of 1948 a united body. Her enthusiasm for her school and her interest in each and every classmate makes us all excited about Converse. All of us come back to Converse because of May." Mrs. Sharp is survived by her daughters, Esther Bynum Sharp and Elise Brown Sharp (Moore) and son-in-law, Wayne Moore, all of Pawley's Island; two brothers, Henry Bynum and Alvis Bynum, both of Sumter; grandsons, Chad and Ford Moore, Galen Haggerty and Tommy Hearn; and her beloved extended family members and close friends. Bettie Lue Burch maintained the Sharp home and watched over the children for many years. She was predeceased by a brother, William "Billy" Bynum. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. today at Trinity United Methodist Church with Dr. Stephen Holler and the Rev. Phil Jones officiating. A reception will follow at the home, 211 Wactor St. Private burial will be held at Sumter Cemetery. Mrs. Sharp recently lived at Covenant Place, where she was lovingly cared for by Angela Cooper, Eve Mack, Mary Martin, Sara Perry, Ebony Singleton, Minnie Thomas, Juanita Weston and Melissa Wheeler. Her family also wishes to thank the staff at Covenant Place as well as Shelly Hopkins and Kim Griffin with TRI-County Hospice for their dedicated care of Mrs. Sharp. In lieu of flowers, please send memorials to Converse College, 580 E. Main St., Spartanburg, SC 29302-1931. http://www.converse.edu/ Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386. [3, 4] | |
| HIST | of Columbia, South Carolina MAY SHARP Posted Tuesday, January 27, 2015 6:00 am May Clarke Bynum Sharp, 87, widow of Robert Glenmore Sharp, died on Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, at Covenant Place. She was born on Nov. 9, 1927, at Tuomey Hospital, Sumter, the only daughter of the late Esther Clarke and William Edwards Bynum. The second of four Bynum children, she adored her brothers, Billy, Henry and Alvis and their families, with whom she gathered around the major holidays and as often as possible her entire life. She graduated from Edmunds High School in 1944 and Converse College, Spartanburg, in 1948 with a bachelor's degree in child psychology. Returning to Sumter from college, she taught school in Sumter County until 1949 when she married Robert Glenmore Sharp, who predeceased her in 2013. In the early part of her 63-year marriage, she had two daughters, Esther Bynum Sharp and Elise Brown Sharp (Moore). In addition to her jobs as teacher and mother, Mrs. Sharp was a compassionate and active volunteer in the civic and cultural life of her home town. Over the years, she donated her time to the Sumter Art Association; the Junior Welfare League; the Red Cross; as a Sunday school teacher at Trinity United Methodist, her church home; and Tuomey Hospital, where she visited patients and worked in the canteen. She was a member of the Colonial Dames, Daughters Book Club and Women's Literary Club. As an alumna of Converse College, she served as class representative, class agent and Sumter area representative. In 1998, she received the Mae Elizabeth Kilgo Spirit Award for her service to the college. She was nominated for the award by a classmate who said, "It is May who keeps the Class of 1948 a united body. Her enthusiasm for her school and her interest in each and every classmate makes us all excited about Converse. All of us come back to Converse because of May." Mrs. Sharp is survived by her daughters, Esther Bynum Sharp and Elise Brown Sharp (Moore) and son-in-law, Wayne Moore, all of Pawley's Island; two brothers, Henry Bynum and Alvis Bynum, both of Sumter; grandsons, Chad and Ford Moore, Galen Haggerty and Tommy Hearn; and her beloved extended family members and close friends. Bettie Lue Burch maintained the Sharp home and watched over the children for many years. She was predeceased by a brother, William "Billy" Bynum. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. today at Trinity United Methodist Church with Dr. Stephen Holler and the Rev. Phil Jones officiating. A reception will follow at the home, 211 Wactor St. Private burial will be held at Sumter Cemetery. Mrs. Sharp recently lived at Covenant Place, where she was lovingly cared for by Angela Cooper, Eve Mack, Mary Martin, Sara Perry, Ebony Singleton, Minnie Thomas, Juanita Weston and Melissa Wheeler. Her family also wishes to thank the staff at Covenant Place as well as Shelly Hopkins and Kim Griffin with TRI-County Hospice for their dedicated care of Mrs. Sharp. In lieu of flowers, please send memorials to Converse College, 580 E. Main St., Spartanburg, SC 29302-1931. http://www.converse.edu/ Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386. | |
| _UID | BF84F308215F4567A0A1CF8E9E910597D323 | |
| _UID | BF84F308215F4567A0A1CF8E9E910597D323 | |
| Death | 23 Jan 2015 | Covenant Place, (Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina) |
| Burial | 27 Jan 2015 | Sumter Cemetery, 700 W. Oakland Avenue, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina [4] |
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| Person ID | I225043 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 11 May 2015 | |
| Father | William Edwards BYNUM, Sr. d. Bef 29 Apr 2006 | |
| Mother | Adelaide Esther CLARKE d. Bef 21 Nov 2013 | |
| _UID | 0224C7A94C8B4FD2A4E57534432CEDFC183F | |
| _UID | 0224C7A94C8B4FD2A4E57534432CEDFC183F | |
| Family ID | F121818 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family | Robert Glenmore “Glen” SHARP, b. 18 Sep 1921, Grovanie, Georgia d. 26 Jan 2013, Covenant Place, (Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina) (Age 91 years) | |||||
| Marriage | 1949 [2, 4] | |||||
| _UID | 90A19E9EAB06452FB5FC212D1913A8E348BB | |||||
| _UID | 90A19E9EAB06452FB5FC212D1913A8E348BB | |||||
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| Family ID | F152156 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||
| Last Modified | 29 Jan 2015 | |||||
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