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mercial fruit growing and beef cattle operation in Washington, Virginia, and was a pioneer in the introduction of dwarf apple tree cultivation in Rappahannock County. He was a member of St. Peter Roman Catholic Church in Washington, Va., the Knights of Columbus, the U.S. Naval Institute, the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, and the International Dwarf Fruit Tree Association, and served as past president of the Rappahannock Lions Club and he was on the Board of Directors of the Virginia State Horticultural Society.
Sally L. Sharp, his wife of 46 years, died in 1999.
He is surv n f'd by three sons, Alexander Sharp VII, William Lightle Sharp, and Edward Janin Sharp; a daughter, Mary Power Sharp; six grandchildren, Lauren Ervin, Rachel Sharp, Alexander Sharp VIII, William Sharp, Katherine Sharp, and Daniel Sharp; and two great grandchildren Madison Rose Ervin, and James Alexander Ervin.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held Monday, Jan. 9 at 2 p.m. at St. Peter Roman Catholic Church with Rev. Robert J. DeMartino officiating. Burial will follow Thursday, Jan. 19 at 2 p. m. at Arlington National Cemetery with military honors.
Note: On 17 and 18 December 1944 as Admiral William Halsey’s Third Fleet was operating in support of General MacArthur’s invasion of the Philippines, the Third Fleet encountered Typhoon Cobra, a tropical cyclone more powerful than any western Pacific encounter with the Japanese. Three Destroyers are lost as the Third Fleet ducks into the storm’s punch. Nearly 800 sailors perished and dozens of ships are damaged.
Here is the passage about Lieutenant (j.g.) George H. Sharp’s actions during the typhoon, from p. 113 of Typhoon: The Other Enemy; The Third Fleet and the Pacific Storm of December 1944, by Captain C. Raymond Calhoune, U.S. Navy (Retired)
At 15:15 he (Commander Plage of the USS Tabberer) picked up seven more survivors. This group included Lieutenant (j.g.) George H. Sharp, chief engineer of the Hull, who had lashed his group of seven together early that morning to make them more visible and facilitate their rescue. When they had sighted the Tabberer early that morning, several had
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