Pearl Chao Sharp, 72, of Lawrenceville, wife of Roving Photographer Frank Sharp, passed away October 1 at Northside Hospital in Lawrenceville from pancreatic cancer. She was born on February 7, 1949, in China, but escaped to Taiwan during the war with China.
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She taught mathematics 1971-1973 at the National Ching-Hsing Senior High School in Taiwan and came to the United States in 1973. She was a 1975 graduate of Western Kentucky State University in 1975 and started working at Tennessee Valley Administration in 1983, as a database analyst in Knoxville, Tenn.
She moved to Atlanta and worked for the Veteran’s Administration in DeKalb County. Later she was a computer specialist at the Center for Disease Control, where she retired.
She particularly loved to travel, and with her husband of 30 years traveled to the six continents, including many countries and cities throughout the world. Each year they sought to travel to a different place. She could speak fluent Mandarin and was an excellent travel guide.
Pearl and her husband were active for years in the Lawrenceville Senior Center in Lawrenceville. She was a member of the Chinese Christian Church in Tucker.
Besides her husband, she is survived by sons, Terry Sharp of Macon and Henry Sharp of Chicago Ill., brother, Joshua Chao of Hong Kong, and sisters, Cindy Chao and Chia-Chen Chao, both of Taiwan, Helen Chao of California, and Chia-Chu Chao of China.
The funeral will be conducted on October 18 at 10 a.m. at Lee Funeral Home, 4067 Industrial Park Drive, Norcross.
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