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For someone so tiny she loved so BIG Paula Raye Hearrell Sharp passed away on June 2nd, 2025 at her home in Ravia, Oklahoma. She was born on December 15th, 1976, in Tishomingo, Oklahoma, to Dewey Paul and Mable Ann (Snodgrass) Hearrell. Paula graduated from Tishomingo High School with the class of 1995. She attended Southeastern Oklahoma State University where she graduated with a Bachelors of Arts in Psychology. She was a licensed Home Health Administrator and Case Manager. She worked at INCA as a Head Start Supervisor and Family Engagement Coordinator. Paula came from INCA from working as a case manager for Victory Home Health and Hospice, before this she was the administrator and owner of Sisterly Care Home Health Services. She married Dustin Wade Sharp on February 16th, 1996, and together they built a family, sharing many years until 2017. Paula had a deep love for nature, finding enjoyment in gardening, caring for plants, and admiring sunsets over creeks and ponds. She had such a thrill of live and lived her life free, and to know her was to love her. She was a phenomenal mother and grandmother to her children and grandkids. Becoming a mother and grandmother were among her greatest blessings, and she treasured the life she built with her family. Her faith was also a cornerstone of her life, as she found peace and purpose in her relationship with the Lord. She was profoundly grateful for the love and guidance of her parents, who instilled in her the values of unconditional love and resilience. Paula shared a special bond with her father, her best friend, with whom she often enjoyed sunsets and peaceful moments by the water. Even when battling lung disease, she lovingly cared for her mother though her journey with dementia. Paula was preceded in death by her father, Dewey Paul Hearrell, and her beloved daughter, Karley Ann Sharp. She leaves behind cherished memories with her mother, Mable Ann Hearrell; her children, Triston Wade Sharp and wife Maya Elizabeth Sharp, Kami Dawn Sharp and Ethan William Vinson; her adored grandchildren, Maverick Wade Sharp, Sutton Rose Elaine Sharp, Truett Wayne Sharp, and Stephan Paul Vinson; and her sisters, Pamela Watkins of Marlow, Tracy Parks of Tishomingo, and Christonia Tucker and Kelly Tucker of Iowa Park, Texas. Paula’s kindness, strength, and love will forever be remembered by those who knew and loved her. Her unconditional and fierce love for her children and grandchildren will be missed daily. She was a one of a kind person with an adventurous and wild soul that will be deeply missed. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, June 6, 2025, at DeArman-Clark Funeral Home Chapel in Tishomingo. Interment will follow at Moore Cemetery in Clarita, Oklahoma. Family hour will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Thursday at the funeral home. Those serving as pallbearers will be Joedan Bigham, David Harcrow, Jeremy Holt, Josh Carroll, Brent Wood, Lauren Hearrell, and Jeremy Wellman. Honorary pallbearers are Dusty Hearrell, Jarrod Hearrell, Justin Hearrell, Brian Hearrell, Jeff Barker, and David Paul Waller. Arrangements are under the direction and care of DeArman-Clark Funeral Home.

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Paula Raye Hearrell Sharp

December 15, 1976 - June 2, 2025