Birth date: May 6, 1981 Death date: Nov 26, 2024
Elizabeth Bowles Sharp, age 43, passed away peacefully at Circle of Life Hospice in Springdale, Arkansas, on November 26, 2024, after a courageous four-and-a-half-year battle with metastatic breast cancer. Elizabeth was born on Ma Read Obituary
Elizabeth called me one day. There was always so much that see what up to there was little hope in guessing what she had on her mind. It turned out that in one of her many meetings on campus at CMU there was a decision made to try to add a Touch Rugby activities class. Elizabeth let them know that she had someone to teach the class and she would reach out to him. She remembered that I had played, knew that I loved the game, understood my ministry to college students, believed in my ability to teach the class (very encouraging even in a step of faith on her part!) and knew how to pitch the idea to me. I taught the class for several semesters and loved it.
It’s a quick little story and many people have very similar experiences, but that was Elizabeth. She was devoted to helping people help people, teaching people to teach other people, providing places for believers to help people believe.
I had Elizabeth in multiple undergraduate and graduate classes, and she was our office worker, graduate assistant, and was an instructor for us. In all aspects she was incredibly diligent, studious, hard working, creative, and professional. She was also fun to be around and mature beyond her years. She was very goal driven. She knew what she wanted, what was important, and didn't falter to the left or right. Her love for Christ was so evident, and I was thankful to have her as a friend. She loved and lived life to its fullest.
One of my favorite, funny memories of her was when Dr. Holeyfield found Lindsay and her, as graduate students, hiding in the closet adjacent to the Human Performance Lab in hopes of hearing Dr. Holeyfield and me talking in the lab!
What a joy and privilege to have had her in my life! I look forward to seeing and spending eternity with my sister in Christ!
