Hiwaitha Tharpe

Mr. Hiwaitha Tharpe, Sr., 86, of Paris died Saturday, March 20, 2021, at AHC Paris.

Services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 27, 2021, at Rawls Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery.

Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. on Saturday in Rawls Funeral Home Chapel.

He was born on November 3, 1934, to John and Estella Teague Tharpe in Mansfield, TN. He was married to Elsie Hudson Tharpe on July 18, 1954. He was a member of Sparks Street Church of Christ and a retired employee of the former Emerson Electric.

In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by two sons, Donald Ray and Thomas Paul Tharpe ; brothers, Willie, Arthur and John L Tharpe; a sister, Addie Dickey.

He leaves behind his wife, Elsie Tharpe; children, Betty (Robert) Willis, Hiwaitha Tharpe, Jr., Elroy Tharpe and Imogene (Jose Mendsoa) Tharpe; brothers, Odell Tharpe, Raymond (Barbara) Tharpe and Robert Earl (Lillian) Tharpe; a sister, Katherine Walls; six grandchildren; twelve great grandchildren and a host of other relatives.

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