Ms. Lois Sharp, 74, of Phenix City, AL passed Tuesday, May 18, 2021 in Columbus, GA.

Funeral service will be held 1:00 p.m. EST, Tuesday, May 25, 2021 in the C.T. Chapel of Taylor Funeral Home with Rev. Javon Jackson, officiating. Interment will follow in Good Hope Baptist Church Cemetery, Phenix City, AL. Visitation is Monday, May 24, 2021 from 1-5 p.m. EST.

Three Scores and Ten plus four is the time the Lord blessed us with Lois Jean Sharp and we are so grateful he did. She was born on April 7, 1947 to the late Ms. Dora Lee Mott and Mr. Willie Pate (Almurtha) Heard in Lee County, Alabama.

She attended Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church and later moved her membership to Phillips Temple C.M.E. where she was a faithful member. A true missionary as she was always inviting everybody to Friends and Family Day.

Lois graduated from South Girard High School where she was a Cheerleader, Miss FBLA, Most Attractive, and was on the Blue Streak Court. She was a proud participating member of the Class of 1965 Alumni where she worked on the class reunion committee and attended every event. She worked at Fieldcrest Cannon Mill for over 40 years and ended her working days as a Foster Grandparent at Ridgecrest Elementary School. She loved family gatherings, shopping, watching Gunsmoke, and most of all her pride and joy, her two sons. She departed this life on May 18, 2021. She was preceded in death by her loving cousin; Susie Pearl Sharp, brother; Carl Heard and grandson; Keon Simmons.

She leaves to cherish her memories, two devoted sons, Christopher Sharp, Sr. and Taurus (Tara) Sharp, Sr. both of Phenix City, Alabama; two brothers, Earl (Anna) Heard of Gadsden, Alabama and Jerold (Wanda) Heard of Hamton, Virginia; one sister, Yvonne (Terry) Jakes of Salem, Alabama; eight grandchildren, Christopher Sharp, Jr. of Nashville, Tennessee, Keosha Sharp, Kyla Sharp, Jabria Davis, Kyron Sharp, Tyra Sharp, Taurus Sharp, Jr., and Taraji Sharp of Phenix City, Alabama; five great-grandchildren, Londyn Sharp, Paris Sharp, Ke’Edric Simmons, Kashmir Burks, and Kaillou Sharp of Phenix City, Alabama; six first-cousins(more like siblings), Milton Sharp of Atlanta, Georgia, Brice (Earnestine) Freemon, Mary Barnes, Anne Ruth Thompson of Phenix City, Alabama, Shirley Johnson of Augusta, Georgia, and Jennie (Alvin) McDowell of Decatur, Georgia; just a few special classmates; Laura Allen, Peggy Benton, Doris Pharrams, and John Joseph; God sisters; Izola McCaughlin, Kim (Mark) Womack, and Contessa Calhoun; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and an array of friends.