Allison Elizabeth Sharp Obituary. Published by the Tampa Bay Times on
Jan 25, 2017, page B6.
Allison Elizabeth Sharp, 27, passed on Saturday,
January 21, 2017, from injuries suffered in a car accident. Allison leaves
behind her parents, Susan Heath Sharp of Tampa, and William M. Sharp Sr. of
Pass-A-Grille Beach; her maternal grandmother, Marlay Barbee; sister, Amy
Heath Patenaude and husband, Jeffery Patenaude; brother, William M. Sharp
Jr. (Wiley) and wife, Laura Jagielski; her stepmother Jane Elizabeth
Shivers; her stepbrothers Clay Shivers and Will Shivers; and her nephew,
Jeffrey Heath Patenaude. She was preceded by her sister, Jennifer Heath
Sharp.
Allison was born on April 27, 1989 in Tampa. She attended St.
John's Episcopal Day School, where she excelled in sports, theater, and
student government. In high school Allison went on to become an all-star
volleyball player and played on two state champion high school teams,
Berkeley Preparatory School and then Plant High School. Allison played om
the Emory University varsity volleyball team and graduated from Emory,
majoring in business. She attended the Society of International Business
Fellows Cambridge Program in the United Kingdom and spent a summer on the
Semester at Sea, traveling the world. She especially loved spending New
Year's in Paris. All of this sparked Allison's interest in international
business and entrepreneurial ventures. After college she launched a
business sourcing products in India and then earned her Masters in Business
Administration degree at the University of Miami. She became a Sales
Manager for Revlon (Elizabeth Arden), a position she held until her
passing. Allison was blessed with many business role models from her
internships at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, the Arthur Blank
Foundation, CNN and Bacardi. She loved marketing, traveling, sales,
fashion, flag football, social media, and her many friends and family.
