Born about in Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Milton Stribling Killen
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Milton Stribling Killen Jr.
Died about
at about age 45
in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
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Minnie Louise Sharp was born about 1918 to William Edgar Sharp and Cynthia E. Morrison Sharp. She passed away about 1963.
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Minnie Louise Sharp Killen BIRTH 1 Jun 1905 Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA DEATH 7 Aug 1968 (aged 63) Athens, Limestone County, Alabama, USA BURIAL Roselawn Cemetery Athens, Limestone County, Alabama, USA PLOT Lot #1103
Published in The Alabama Courier, Athens, Alabama, Thursday, August 8, 1968.
Funeral services for Mrs. Minnie Louise Sharp Killen, 63, Brown's Ferry Road, will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Market Street Church of Christ. She was the widow of Milton Stribling Killen Sr. Mrs. Killen was president of Sharp and Killen, Inc., which includes Sharp and Killen Department Store and S&K Fabric Shop in downtown Athens. She assumed the position after the death of her husband in November of 1963. The Killens moved to Athens in 1952 after they had purchased the Rosenau Brothers Store in 1947. The store was then named Sharp and Killen. One of her sons, Don Killen, who is immediate past president of the Athens-Limestone County Chamber of Commerce, is manager of the two stores here. She was a member of the Athens-Limestone County Chamber of Commerce and the Market Street Church of Christ. She was also a former member of the Athens Business and Professional Women's Club. Mrs. Killen died at 6 a.m. Wednesday at the Athens-Limestone Hospital. Burial will be in the Athens Roselawn Cemetery, Sewell Hall and Don Osborne officiating, McConnell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Surviving Mrs. Killen are four sons, LTC Milton Stribling Killen Jr., Ft. Belvoir, Alexandria, VA, William Sharp Killen, Jimmy Eugene Killen and Don Sherron Killen, all of Athens; a sister, Mrs. W. D. [Virginia] Irby, Memphis, TN; a brother, Edgar C. Sharp, Houston, TX; and 10 grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Milton Stribling Killen Sr.; parents, William Edgar Sharp and Cynthia E. Morrison Sharp; and two sisters, Mary Morrison Sharp Hunt and Blanche Anderson Sharp.
Married Milton S. Killen on March 16, 1926, Florence, Lauderdale Co, AL.
Family Members Parents William Edgar Sharp 1866–1937 Cynthia Emanola Morrison Sharp 1872–1929
Spouse Milton Stribling Killen 1903–1963 (m. 1926)
Children Milton Stribling Killen 1927–2019 Jimmy Eugene Killen 1931–2009 Don Sherron Killen 1934–2011
Siblings Virginia Sharpe Irby 1893–1990 Mary Morrison Sharp Hunt 1896–1957 Edgar Chisholm Sharp 1898–1981 Blanch Anderson Sharp 1907–1914
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