Elizabeth “Honey” Sharp

Elizabeth (Honey) Crawley Sharp, beloved daughter, wife, and mother, left this world on Saturday, February 21, 2026, to join her heavenly family. Elizabeth was born near Wilmot, Arkansas on October 27, 1937, on the Crawley farm. She was the ninth child and youngest daughter of Alexander Stewart Crawley and Velma Elizabeth Turner Crawley. 

She graduated from Wilmot High School in 1955 and attended college at what was then known as Arkansas A&M in Monticello, Arkansas. It was there she met a handsome young man – George Sharp of Hermitage, Arkansas. On December 21, 1958, George and Elizabeth married and she began her 33-year teaching career with a position as a Home Economics teacher in Cedarville, Arkansas.

In 1960, the young couple and their first child moved back to Monticello where she continued her teaching career with a position at Drew Central High School. Their path in life led them next to DeValls Bluff, Arkansas where she taught Home Economics and George taught math.

By 1965, the couple moved to Arkadelphia, Arkansas and Elizabeth initially worked as a lab technician at a local hospital and physician’s office until a position opened at Bismarck High School, where she spent the remainder of her teaching career. Elizabeth loved teaching at Bismarck and was there almost 30 years until she retired in the early 1990s.

The couple opened Kregs Catfish restaurant in the early 1980s and after her husband’s death she operated the restaurant until she retired to spend time and travel with her two grandchildren. She also loved to garden and work in her yard and travel with her friends Mary and Jerry Francis of Francis Custom Tours. She will be remembered for her kindness, gentle spirit, gracious nature, and unwavering love for her family and students.

Elizabeth is survived by her daughters, Rhonda Elizabeth Sharp of Little Rock and Karen Sharp Halbert (Lance) of Little Rock; her grandson, Jared Ryan Halbert of Bentonville, Arkansas; and her granddaughter, Audra Elizabeth Halbert of Kansas City, Kansas. She is also survived by her sisters, Jenny Washam of Bastrop, Louisiana, and Avis Harrelson of Warren, Arkansas; her brothers, Robert Crawley of Little Rock and Alex Crawley (Dixie) of Tulsa, Oklahoma; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband George Thomas Sharp, and sisters Perrene Vail, Earlene Jackson, and Carolyn Breazeal Warrington.

Pallbearers will be Jared Halbert; nephews Keith Sharp, Chuck Crawley and Max Breazeal; and friends David Parish and Ravuth Em.

Visitation is from 10-11 AM on Thursday, February 26 at Welch Funeral Home, 202 S 4th Street, Arkadelphia, AR 71923. The service will be held at 11:00 AM at Welch Funeral Home with Pastor Craig Seals of Park Hill Baptist Church officiating. Interment will be in Rest Haven Memorial Gardens in Arkadelphia.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Team Arkansas to Cure T1D, 179 Courts Lane, Little Rock, AR 72223. The 501(c)3 charity was dear to her heart as it was founded by her daughters to help fund research to find a cure for Type 1 Diabetes.