Sharon Horner
JULY 23, 1946 – FEBRUARY 19, 2020
On Wednesday, February 19, 2020, Sharon Horner PO1 U.S. Navy (Ret), loving wife and mother of three children, passed away at age 73.
Sharon was born on July 23, 1946 in Temple, Texas to Michael and Maynette Alessandro. She graduated from Riverside, Calif. Poly High school in 1964, and joined the Navy, which began her twenty-year military career.
On July 28, 1979, she married Christopher Horner in Smithfield, Va. Together they raised two sons, Michael and Brian, one daughter, Donna and one grandson, Samuel.
Sharon was active in volunteer activities throughout her lifetime. She loved working with the youth and was a successful girl scout troop leader in her 20’s.
After retirement, Sharon devoted over 21 years as an active Munford High School Band Booster. With the help of her husband, she stored, maintained, and oversaw the band equipment vehicles. She also accompanied and chaperoned over 150 band competitions, football games and parades across America. She was a huge music lover, working at a radio station in California, and teaching the Beach Boys how to dance in her family’s living room as a teenager.
Sharon was preceded in death by her daughter, Dianna; her father Michael and her mother, Maynette.
She is survived by her husband Chris; her sisters, Teri and Toni; her three children, Michael, Donna and Brian; five grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Visitation and service will be held on Thursday, March 5, at Munford Baptist Church at 5:30 p.m. A service will follow at 7 p.m.
Flowers may be sent to Munford Funeral Home although donations, preferred in lieu of, will be accepted at the service.
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