Mamie Othel Tharp, age 90, of Hohenwald, died Friday, January 30, 2004 at Maury Regional Hospital in Columbia. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, February 2, 2004 at 1:00 PM in the funeral home chapel. Jack Tharp and David Jackson will officiate. Burial will follow in the Swiss Cemetery. Survivors include four sons, George L. Tharp of Pinckneyville, IL,, J.W. Tharp of Murray KY, James David Tharp of Minooka IL,, and Thomas Tharp, Jr. of Alexis, NC, three daughters, Virginia Romain of Paducah, KY, Mary McElhone of Hohenwald and Rachel Graham of Tulsa, OK. Also one brother, Jessie Shanes of Hohenwald, twenty two grandchildren, forty-three great-grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren. Mrs. Tharp was born December 28, 1913 at Only, TN. She was the daughter of the late Joseph and Alma Hill Shanes. She is preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Lester Tharp, and two sisters, Frances Yates and Nell Brown along with her parents. She was a homemaker.

Information received from Richard Tate, Funeral Director for the McDonald Funeral Home, Hohenwald, TN.