Obit – Mrs. Brenda Joyce Maynard Sharp

Mrs. Brenda Joyce Maynard Sharp, age 75, of Crossville, TN passed away on Sunday October 5, 2025 in Knoxville, TN.

Mrs. Sharp was born February 7, 1950 in Carthage, TN a daughter of the late Wirt Lee Maynard and Helen Marie Wheeler Maryard. She was a 1968 graduate of Gordonsville High School. Mrs. Sharp was preceded by husbands: Jerry Preston, James Hancock, and Gary Sharp; brothers: Terry Lee Maynard, and Wirt Wayne Maynard; son-in-law, Jeff Greenwood; step-father, James Howard Maynard. She was a loving mother, grandmother and sister who had a heart of gold

Mrs. Sharp is survived by companion, John McClain of Crossville, TN; children: Jerry Wayne Preston of Crossville, TN, Christie (Derrek) St. John of Elmwood, TN and Angela Greenwood of Crossville, TN; grandchildren, Johnny Wayne Preston, Cierra Preston, Rhiannon Preston, Kayla (Matt) Hughes, Joshua (Melissa) Kirby, Jessica Davis, Kendra (James) Morris, Scott Greenwood, Dylan Greenwood, Austin Greenwood, and Isabella Greenwood; fifteen great-grandchildren; sisters, Cathy (Jimmy) Holmes of Baxter, TN, Deborah Lamping of Brentwood, TN, Vicky (William) James of Lebanon, TN and Vinnie (Flynn) Neal of Lebanon, TN; sister-in-law Sandra Maynard of Lancaster, TN.

Mrs. Sharp was at the Gordonsville Chapel of Bass Funeral Homes where funeral services were conducted on Saturday October 11, 2025 at 1 PM by William James. Interment followed in the Gordonsville Cemetery.

Mrs. Sharp’s family request memorial donations in her memory be made to Bass Funeral Home to help with funeral expenses.

BASS of GORDONSVILLE