The George W. and Alvena Sharp Family History: LILLIE BEATRICE SHARP

LILLIE BEATRICE SHARP

Lillie Beatrice Sharp was born on March 31, 1910, in Trenton, Grundy County, Missouri to George W. and Alvena E. (Maxey) Sharp. She married John Edward Nothnagel on December 24, 1928 in Chillicothe, Livingston County, MO. They had three children during their marriage, Ruth (7-15-1930-7/29/1930 Ann Arbor, MI) Ronald Edward (10/22/1932-10/1/2022 Boulder, CO) and 1 surviving daughter. Lillie and her husband John, moved to Wayne County, Michigan soon after their marriage, where they lived for 47 years, from 1928-1979. They moved to Charlotte, NC, where they lived from 1979-1984, after which they moved to Dayton, TN.

They were owners of Wayne Music Center in Wayne, Michigan until John retired in 1963. John died in 1988 and Lillie died on June 13, 2006, in Waxhaw, North Carolina, at the age of 96, the last surviving child of George and Alvena Sharp.

Lillie worked with John in the family business in Wayne, Michigan. She was a member of First Baptist Church where she taught Sunday School and sang in the choir. She enjoyed sewing, reading, traveling and being with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

John Nothnagel was born March 17, 1909 in Chillicothe, Livingston County, MO to George and Rose Nothnagel. John was a member of the Rotary International and the Wayne Chamber of Commerce. He was very active in the First Baptist Church in Wayne, Michigan where he served as a deacon, trustee, church moderator and Sunday School superintendent. John died October 13, 1988 in Dayton, TN.

CENSUS

1910 - Jefferson, Grundy County, MO - Lillie is living with her parents and 8 siblings.

1920 - Jackson, Grundy County, MO - Lillie is living with her parents and 7 siblings. She is going to school.

1930 - Wayne, Wayne County, Michigan - Lillie is living with her husband John. She is listed as a homemaker.

1940 - Could not find them in the federal census for 1940, although John's obituary stated they lived in Wayne, Michigan from 1928-1979. There is a city directory for Nashville, TN in 1941 showing John E. & Lillie Nothnagel with 2 children, owning a home at 1418 Highland Avenue.

1950 - Nankin, Wayne County, Michigan - Lillie is living with her husband, John, and their 2 children. John is the proprietor of a retail music shop and Lillie worked part time as a clerk there.