Vance Sharpe III, 74, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, passed away on March 30, 2009, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was born on February 12, 1935 in Gainesville, Texas to Vance K. and Rubie (Mullins) Sharpe. He was a graduate of Shidler High School. He attended OSU where he played football and was member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. He graduated with a B.S. degree in Geology and pursued his career in the oilfields of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. He married the love of his life Mary Jean Page in 1954. Vance was a member of Asbury Methodist Church in Tulsa, OK.

Vance is survived by his wife Mary of the home; a son and daughter-in-law, Vance Page and Donna Sharpe of Edmond, OK; a daughter and son-in-law Kathy and Tom Holland of Tomball, Texas; his grandchildren Vance Page Sharpe Jr. and wife Cassidy of Oklahoma City, Kirsten and Katelyn Holland of Tomball, TX, Tim J. Holland and wife Jodi of Stillwater, and Jennifer Woolley and husband Rusty of Humble, TX; a brother Ed Sharpe and wife E lly of New York City; a niece Sara Tobin of Washington, D.C.; and a nephew Zack Sharpe of New York City. The family will receive friends and relatives at Powell Funeral Home in Hominy, OK on Friday, April 3, 2009 at 12:30 p.m.

Graveside services will follow at A.J. Powell Cemetery in Hominy, OK at 2:00 p.m. Powell Funeral Home 223 N. Wood Ave., Hominy, OK 74035.