Mrs. Rubie Sharp Baxter

June 26, 1925 - January 23, 2018

Funeral services for Mrs. Rubie Sharp Baxter, 92, of Henderson, will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 25, 2018, in the chapel at Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home with Rev. Bill Kuykendall and Rev. Frank Lane officiating. Interment will follow at Lakewood Memorial Park under the direction of Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday, January 24, at the funeral home. Mrs. Baxter passed from this life on January 23, 2018, at ETMC in Henderson. She was born to the late Jim and Grace Tennison in Cherokee County on June 26, 1925. Rubie loved the Lord and tried to serve Him as best she could. She started a senior citizens lunch in the community and carried the shut ins at home a plate lunch of food each time they met. Rubie loved helping them. She worked on many jobs as a seamstress and was a member of Martin's Chapel Church of the Nazarene. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands Ivan Sharp and Barney Baxter, twin sons Ronnie and Monte Sharp, brother Floyd "Buck" Tennison, sisters Faye Williams, Vivian Hamilton, Frances Tillison, Rose Lee Tennison, an infant sister, and daughter-in-law, Wanda Sharp. She is survived by her three sons Marc Sharp of Henderson, Justin Sharp and wife Judy of Henderson, and Rex Sharp of Longview, three brothers J.W. Tennison and wife Mary of Henderson, Graham Tennison and wife Shirley of New Summerfield, and Vester Tennison and Sheila of Troup, grandchildren Chase Sharp and wife Shawna, Whitleigh Doss and husband Bo, Connor Sharp, Tanner Sharp, Hannah Sharp, and Coby Sharp, and great-grandchildren Kyler Sharp, Aiden Doss, Brycen "Luke" Doss, and Jacie Sharp. Pallbearers will be Chase Sharp, Connor Sharp, Tanner Sharp, Coby Sharp, Bo Doss, and Blake McElroy. Words of comfort may be shared with the family at www.crawfordacrim.com.