Does anyone know what the connection was between the Sharps and Berrys? "If" my memory serves me correctly, this Mr. Sharp visited my father Lawrence Berry here in Warren in the late 80's or early 90's......they were both railroad engineers and I recall my dad mentioning carrying his father, John Howard Berry, down to visit the Sharps down below Eagle-Lake Crossroads. Was there any other connection or were they just "good friends?" Mike Berry > [Original Message] > From: <lsdixietwo@aol.com> > To: <ARBRADLE@rootsweb.com> > Date: 3/26/2007 7:12:55 PM > Subject: [ARBRADLE] OBIT: ROSCO JOHNSON (DUDE) SHARP > > Rosco Johnson (Dude) Sharp, age 89, went Home to his Heavenly Father, Sunday, March 11 at his home in Fairhope, Al. A native of Vick, Arkansas, he made Mobile his home 1941 until moving to Fairhope in 1999. On November 5, 1942 he married Ellie Wilkerson who survives him. He worked as a meat cutter at Delchamps Food Store, Bay and Gulf Food Store, and Namans Food Store. He went to work for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad and retired in 1981 after 42 years as a locomotive engineer. He served the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers as a Legislative Representative during the 1970���s. He was named Honorary Lt. Col. In the Alabama State Militia by Gov. George C. Wallace. He was the last of his family and is preceded in death by his parents, Charlie Columbus Sharp and Lula Johnson Sharp, brothers - Corbit, Kern, Leo, Woodry, Glen, and Billy Joe; sisters, Mae Ola, Ladola and Nathalie. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Ellie Wilkerson Sharp, daughter���s Linda (Stephen) Smith of Saraland, AL.; Brenda (Roger) Doggett or Fairhope, AL; a nephew whom he raised as his own, Rodney (Angela Garrison) Wilkerson of Enterprise, A L; grandchildren Chaplin (Capt.) Brian (Carissa Shope) Smith or Ft. Carson, Colorado; Kimberly (Stephen) Ridgeway of Saraland, AL; great-niece, Daphne Wilkerson o(Rusty) Locklar of Enterprise, AL; great-grandchildren, Hayley and McKenzie Plemons , and Stephen Ridgeway II of Saraland, AL, Gabriel Smith of Ft. Carson, Colorado; nieces, nephews, cousins and many friends. LInda Sharp Smith RESEARCHING, Adams, Anderson, Arnold,Arrants, Bagwell, Bennett, Boggs, Boyles, Callaway, Calloway, Collins, Craig, Drake, Dungan, d'Toney, Hendry, Gould, Johnson, Latham, McIntosh, McKnight, Nobilin, Pine, Ross, Sharp, Sloane, Smith, Tadlock,Toney, Watts,Weaver, Whitehead, Wiley, Wilkerson, Wright, Yancy, Youngblood and others ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ARBRADLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Mike, as far as I know they were probably just friends. I haven't seen any Berry's in my research. Daddy loved visiting people and anytime we were up there we traveled all the roads, pigtrails and rabbit trails visiting just about everyone he knew in the county. It was always interesting because Daddy knew so many people. I don't know how old your father was in the '80s but Daddy would have been in his 60"s and newly retired probably. He knew several of the "oldtimers" who worked on the rails up there because of catching rides into Warren from Eagle-Lake/Crossroads at Vick. LInda Sharp Smith RESEARCHING, Adams, Anderson, Arnold,Arrants, Bagwell, Bennett, Boggs, Boyles, Callaway, Calloway, Collins, Craig, Drake, Dungan, d'Toney, Hendry, Gould, Johnson, Latham, McIntosh, McKnight, Nobilin, Pine, Ross, Sharp, Sloane, Smith, Tadlock,Toney, Watts,Weaver, Whitehead, Wiley, Wilkerson, Wright, Yancy, Youngblood and others -----Original Message----- From: h2oberry@earthlink.net To: arbradle@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 4:14 AM Subject: Re: [ARBRADLE] OBIT: ROSCO JOHNSON (DUDE) SHARP Does anyone know what the connection was between the Sharps and Berrys? "If" my memory serves me correctly, this Mr. Sharp visited my father Lawrence Berry here in Warren in the late 80's or early 90's......they were both railroad engineers and I recall my dad mentioning carrying his father, John Howard Berry, down to visit the Sharps down below Eagle-Lake Crossroads. Was there any other connection or were they just "good friends?" Mike Berry > [Original Message] > From: <lsdixietwo@aol.com> > To: <ARBRADLE@rootsweb.com> > Date: 3/26/2007 7:12:55 PM > Subject: [ARBRADLE] OBIT: ROSCO JOHNSON (DUDE) SHARP > > Rosco Johnson (Dude) Sharp, age 89, went Home to his Heavenly Father, Sunday, March 11 at his home in Fairhope, Al. A native of Vick, Arkansas, he made Mobile his home 1941 until moving to Fairhope in 1999. On November 5, 1942 he married Ellie Wilkerson who survives him. He worked as a meat cutter at Delchamps Food Store, Bay and Gulf Food Store, and Namans Food Store. He went to work for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad and retired in 1981 after 42 years as a locomotive engineer. He served the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers as a Legislative Representative during the 1970‘s. He was named Honorary Lt. Col. In the Alabama State Militia by Gov. George C. Wallace. He was the last of his family and is preceded in death by his parents, Charlie Columbus Sharp and Lula Johnson Sharp, brothers - Corbit, Kern, Leo, Woodry, Glen, and Billy Joe; sisters, Mae Ola, Ladola and Nathalie. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Ellie Wilkerson Sharp, daughter’s Linda (Stephen) Smith of Saraland, AL.; Brenda (Roger) Doggett or Fairhope, AL; a nephew whom he raised as his own, Rodney (Angela Garrison) Wilkerson of Enterprise, A L; grandchildren Chaplin (Capt.) Brian (Carissa Shope) Smith or Ft. Carson, Colorado; Kimberly (Stephen) Ridgeway of Saraland, AL; great-niece, Daphne Wilkerson o(Rusty) Locklar of Enterprise, AL; great-grandchildren, Hayley and McKenzie Plemons , and Stephen Ridgeway II of Saraland, AL, Gabriel Smith of Ft. Carson, Colorado; nieces, nephews, cousins and many friends. LInda Sharp Smith RESEARCHING, Adams, Anderson, Arnold,Arrants, Bagwell, Bennett, Boggs, Boyles, Callaway, Calloway, Collins, Craig, Drake, Dungan, d'Toney, Hendry, Gould, Johnson, Latham, McIntosh, McKnight, Nobilin, Pine, Ross, Sharp, Sloane, Smith, Tadlock,Toney, Watts,Weaver, Whitehead, Wiley, Wilkerson, Wright, Yancy, Youngblood and others ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ARBRADLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ARBRADLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.