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Sharp 98th
Virginia Lonnon Sharp was born October 11, 1925, as the only child of Jim and Myrtle (Ivy) Lonnon who lived and farmed on the Barton/Stafford County line south of Great Bend. Joining Baker Avenue Baptist Church as a young adult, she began dating her neighbor, Leonard Sharp, a lifetime member of Baker Avenue/Central Baptist Church who lived on a farm 2 miles west down that same county line. Marrying in 1948, they raised a family of four children teaching them about hard work and giving them the knowledge of how their food is grown and how to cook and preserve that food for their meals.
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