LARRY RAY SHARP

MINDENMINES- Services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Greenlawn Funeral Home North for Larry Ray Sharp, 79, Mindenmines, who died Monday, Dec. 16, 2019. Pastor Daryl Gaddy will officiate. Burial will be in Mt. Comfort Cemetery.

The funeral home is located at 3506 North National, Springfield.

Survivors include his wife, Patricia, of the home; two sons, Brad and wife Barbie and Steven and wife Yvonne and two daughters, Sheila Van Deudekom and husband Jerry, all of the state of California and Lynn Dennis, Ruidoso, N.M.; his mother, Frances (Sharp) Harralson; 12 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his father, Waldie and a younger brother, Danny.

Mr. Sharp was born April 30, 1940, in Dallas County, Mo., to Waldie and Frances (Erwin) Sharp. He married Patricia on April 15, 1974, in Albuquerque, N.M. He spent his whole life breeding and training Quarter Racing Horses. He was the trainer of two World Champions: Tiny Gay and Osage Juana.