BRIAN LEE THARP, age 47, passed away Thursday, December 15, 2011, at HPH Hospice in Inverness.
Mr. Tharp was a funeral director at Roberts Funeral Home of Dunnellon and previously at Davis Funeral Home, Inverness. He enjoyed landscaping and fishing, was a professional drummer, and past president of Inverness Sertoma Club.
Mr. Tharp was a graduate of Dale Carnegie Institute of Public Relations and a 1984 graduate of Gupton Jones College of Funeral Service.
He is survived by his loving wife Marie Steed Tharp, his mother Violet (Wilbert) Keller; brothers Lawrence R. Tharp, Jr. of Dubuque Iowa; Charles R. (Kim) Tharp of Dubuque, Iowa; sisters Bernadine (John) Geer of Crystal River; Deborah Grassel of Paige, TX; Marilyn Tharp-Smith of Inverness; step-daughter, Amanda Lynn (Mark) Bloxton and step-grandchild Memphis.
An evening Memorial Service will be held at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 20, 2011, at The Church of God, Inverness, with Pastor Larry Powers officiating.
Those who wish, may make contributions to Sertoma Club Scholarship Fund www.invernesssertoma.org