Mrs. Iva Ann Hope Tharpe, 86, of Coffeeville, passed away Thursday, December 29, 2022 at her residence.  She was born September 20, 1936 in Pope to Robert and Edna McGee Hope.  Ann enjoyed watching hummingbirds, working in her flowers and fishing with a cane pole.  Mrs. Tharpe was a member of Elam Baptist Church.  She will be lovingly remembered as a devoted wife and a doting mother and grandmother.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday, January 4, 2023 at Elam Baptist Church with Rev. Ron Sessum officiating.  Interment will follow in the church cemetery.  The family will receive friends from 12:00 noon until service time Wednesday at the church.

Survivors include her husband of 65 years, Will Tharpe; two daughters, Rene' Shaw of Coffeeville and Tanya Tharpe of Wichita, KS; two sons, Steven Tharpe(Jean) of Las Vegas, NV and William Tharpe, III of Tupelo; three sisters, June Moore of Memphis, Mary Presley of Pope and Martha Benson of Hattiesburg; fourteen grandchildren, Jaimi Saylor, Laurie Tharpe, Jessica Tharpe, Meghan Blubaugh, Josh Tharpe, Adam Shaw, Cali Schmitt, Christopher Shaw, Matthew Sharkey, Tamara Tharpe, Hunter Shaw, Stuart Shaw, Jayson Gazaway Tharpe and Justin Tharpe; 31 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild on the way.

She was preceded in death by her parents; son, Philip Wesley Tharpe; grandson, Jeremy Cole Tharpe; sister, Barbara Hope and two brothers, Bobby Gene Hope and Jimmy Hope.

Pallbearers will be Matthew Sharkey, Adam Shaw, Christopher Shaw, Hunter Shaw, Justin Tharpe and Josh Tharpe.  Honorary Pallbearers will be Stuart Shaw and Jayson Gazaway Tharpe.

Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.mckibbenandguinn.com .

Arrangements have been entrusted to McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service in Grenada, (662-307-2694).