Myrtle Christine Sharp Rexroat, 106, of Rexroat Road in Russell Springs, KY passed away peacefully on Thursday evening, May 30, 2024 at her home. She was born in Dunnville, KY on October 29, 1917 to the union of the late William T. and Flora Emerson Sharp Perryman.
She was a homemaker and a charter member of Good Tidings Baptist Church. Ms. Myrtle was a hard worker throughout her life, having owned and operated a farm with her husband and being a well-known seamstress. She would make clothing for her family and neighbors, only using a Singer foot pedal sewing machine. If she didn’t have a pattern for her sewing needs, she would make it. When Ms. Myrtle was in her 70’s, she received her GED and later took college classes. She was commissioned a Kentucky Colonel by Governor Matha Lane Collins.
SURVIVORS:
1 son: George Ronald (Ann) Rexroat of Russell Springs
Son-in-law: Billy Sprague of Russell Springs
Daughter-in-law: Nadine Rexroat of Jamestown, Tennessee
15 grandchildren; 6 step-grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; & 21 great-great-grandchildren
In addition to her parents, Ms. Myrtle was preceded in death by her stepfather, Luther Perryman; her husband, Hollie Pierce Rexroat, Sr., who passed away on November 3, 2001; three sons: Johnny Rexroat, Hollie Pierce Rexroat, Jr., and William “Bill” Neat; one daughter, Ohreta Sprague; two daughters-in-law: Ann Marie Rexroat and Donna Neat; one brother, Oscar Sharp; and two sisters: Donnie Sharp Hart and Ila Bunker.
Funeral Service: Monday, June 3, 2024 at 1:00pmCT at Bernard Funeral Home with Bro. Miles Landon Wilson officiating
Burial: Good Tidings Cemetery (beside her husband)
Visitation: After 10:00amCT on Monday at the funeral home
Pallbearers: Her grandsons
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Hospice of Lake Cumberland, 100 Parkway Drive, Somerset, Kentucky 42503.
Funeral arrangements are under the care and direction of Bernard Funeral Home. An online guestbook is available at www.bernardfuneralhome.com.
