Funeral service for SSG (Retired) Clyde H. Sharp will be 1:30 p.m. Monday, June 20, 2016 in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Chaplain (MAJ) James O'Neal officiating.

Burial with full military honors will be in Post Cemetery, Fort Sill.

Visitation for the family and friends will be held on Monday morning from 9:30 am to 11:00 am at the funeral home.

Clyde Sharp passed away Tuesday, June 14, 2016 at the VA Medical Center, Lawton, Okla.  Born in Harlan, KY, he and his wife and best friend, Maria Sharp, became longtime residences in Lawton after retiring from the U.S. Army in 1967.  His overseas tours included assignments in Germany, Hawaii, and Vietnam.  Following his retirement, Clyde established a very successful career in the insurance industry servicing all the local areas in south-central regions of Oklahoma.

Survivors include his son-in-law, Walter Schnellbaecher, granddaughter, Petra Wagner and companion Richard Chandler, and great- grandson, Justin Wagner all from Framersheim, Germany.  Special friends who are like family: John and Susan Taylor from Peachtree City, GA; Mike and Heather Taylor from Lawton; David Taylor from Peachtree City, GA; Jason and Katie Taylor from Birmingham, AL; Brigitte Schemonia, Bill and Kathy Schemonia, and Tyler and Ryan Schemonia all from Lawton; Gerald and Elaine Hanley and family from Lawton; and many more too numerous to name.

He was preceded in death by his parents Elijah and Laura (Stuard) Sharp; wife Maria (Herold) Sharp, daughter, Christa Schnellbaecher; and several brothers and sisters formerly from the Kingsport, TN area.