Earl Sharp
Full Name: William Earl Sharp
Birth date: August 24, 1910
Death date: June 26, 1999
Birth date: August 24, 1910
Death date: June 26, 1999
Terms of Service
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House,
48th
(1)
(2)
Legislature
1/12/1943 - 2/6/1943
Democrat
(2) Cecil Storey, in special election 3/6/1943, sworn 3/11/1943, succeeded Earl Sharp, resigned 2/6/1943. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
Biographical Notes and Resources
Photographs
- Photograph. Earl Sharp, State Preservation Board
Other Resources
- World War II service, Sergeant, "Legislature Faces Problem of Absences: Men in Armed Forces Can't Get Leave to Attend Sessions," 1/1/1943. Dallas Morning News .
- United States Army, Staff Sergeant, World War II. Military grave marker, William Earl Sharp, birth date 8/24/1910, death date 6/26/1999, burial in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, New London, Rusk County. Find a Grave .
- "He is first lieutenant and commanding officer of headquarters detachment of the 32nd Battalion of the Texas Defense Guard." "Earl Sharp Goes to Camp Wolters," 8/13/1942, p. 1; Member of the Army since 8/1/1942. Resignation letter to Gov. Coke Stevenson 2/6/1943, statement to citizens of Gregg and Harrison counties. "Sharpe Quits State Office; Is In Service," 2/7/1943, p. 1; Texas State Guard, First Lieutenant. "Judge Sharp is Given High Post in State Guard," 8/21/1946, p. 3. Longview News-Journal .
- Obituary, William Earl Sharp, and "Former Gregg County Judge William Earl Sharp Dead at 88," 6/27/1999, p. 16. Sharp was elected to the Legislature in 1942. Longview News-Journal .