Mallie Earl Sharp Hargis, 89, of Henderson, Kentucky, passed away at 5:40 p.m. Tuesday, June 28, 2016, at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Newburgh, Indiana.

She was a charter member of Airline Baptist Church, where she had taught Sunday school at a younger age. For 27 years, Mallie worked at Wal-Mart as a greeter. She enjoyed music and dancing and going to the Henderson Senior Citizen Center. She loved her family and spending time with them. Above all, Mallie was a Christian and loved the Lord.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred Hargis, Jr.; one son, Edward Earl Hargis; one grandson, Matthew Scott Hargis; one great-grandson, Steven Curtis Jones, II; her parents, Donnie Earl and Susie Wood Sharp; and three brothers, Toby, Perry, and Wesley Sharp.

Survivors include four daughters, Doris Jones and her husband, Pete, and Diane Hargis, both of Henderson, Deborah Wilke and her husband, Mike, of Owensboro, and Venita Jo Hooper and her husband, Tim, of Campbellsville, Kentucky; one son, Charles "Herbie" Hargis and his wife, Cathy, of Naples, Florida; one brother, Alan Sharp and his wife, Pauline, of Henderson, Kentucky; 15 grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews; sisters-in-law; brothers-in-law; and one aunt.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Rudy-Rowland Funeral Home. The Reverend Nathan Whisnant will officiate. Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Gardens.

Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and until service time Friday at the funeral home.

Pallbearers will be Neil, Clay, and Glen Hooper, Brendan, Arcadia, and Ryan Kassel, and Eli Jones.