Melba (Sharpe) Day

Mrs. Melba Sharpe Day, age 75, of Montgomery County, passed away Wednesday, February 26, 2025, peacefully into the arms of Jesus at the Community Hospice House in Vidalia after an extended illness.  She was born November 22, 1949, to the late Houston Sharpe and Willie Mae Mercer Sharpe.  She lived in Montgomery County all of her life and was a 1967 graduate of Montgomery County High School.  She worked at Ailey Manufacturing, was manager at Red & White Grocery in Mt. Vernon, and retired from Tumi Luggage Works.  She was a homemaker and a member of Bear Creek Baptist Church.  Melba enjoyed spending time outside in her flowerbeds, gardening, working with vegetables, cooking wonderful meals, and attending gospel sings.  There was nothing more she loved than spending time with her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.  They truly were the light of her life and they knew it as she doted on and told them constantly.  In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by a grandson, Bradley Helms; six brothers, Houston, Jr., Melvin, Wendell, William, Buddy, and Billy Joe Sharpe; and two sisters, Alice Sharpe Watts and Mary Sharpe Toler.

Her family includes her loving husband of thirty years, Jack Day; children, Rodney Helms and wife Leigh Anne, and Michael Helms and wife Charlotte; three grandchildren, Hunter, Brent, and Adrianna Helms; one great-granddaughter, Kensley Helms, all of Ailey; bonus children, Mike Day and Randy Day and wife Alicia, all of Uvalda; several bonus grandchildren and great-grandchildren; one sister, Carlene Sharpe McBride and husband Gene of Mt. Vernon; and numerous nieces and nephews.

The funeral service will be Friday, February 28th, 2025, at 3:00 in the chapel of Ronald V. Hall Funeral Home with Pastor Reece Mincey and Pastor Owen Waters officiating.  Burial will follow at Long Pond Cemetery near Uvalda.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday afternoon from 1:30 until just prior to the service.

Pallbearers are Hunter Helms, Brent Helms, Chris Watts, Pedro Sharpe, Josh Day, and Mason Connell.

Honorary pallbearers are Ronald Sharpe, Russ Connell, Jamie Beasley, William Cauley, and Patrick Day.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be sent in memory of Melba, to Bear Creek Baptist Church, 1607 Bear Creek Road, Mt. Vernon GA 30455.

Ronald V. Hall Funeral Home of Vidalia is in charge of arrangements.     

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