Fred Tharpe, Jr.

Mr. Fred Tharpe, 76, of Paris died Thursday, February 7, 2019, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.

Services will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, February 16, 2016, at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery.

Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. on Saturday at the church.

He was born November 5, 1942, in Springville. He was the son of the late Fred Tharpe and Viola Porter Wilson.

He is survived by three daughters: Tamara Watkins of Puryear, T’Ayra Hoofman of Paris and Shonna Oglesby of McKenzie; five sons: j. Andre Swann of Lexington, Jeremy Hoofman of Paris, M. Dominic (Terica) Tharpe of Nashville, Anthony Tharpe of Chicago and Adrian (Stacey) Humphreys of Kenosha, Wis.; three sisters: Joyce (Roland) Atkinson and Gloria (Richard) Thomas, both of Paris, and Ada Cowan of Denver; seven brothers: Comus (Mildred) Tharpe, William (Benita) Wilson and J. Darnell (Anita) Wilson, all of Paris, James L. (Diane) Wilson of Henry, Ricky (Minnie) Tharpe and Timothy Tharpe, both of Denver, and Frankie D. (Linda) Tharpe of Petersburg, Va; and thirteen grandchildren.

He was a maintenance operator at Wal-Mart for 27 years.

Rawls Funeral Home - Paris 731-642-1515