Sharon L Rodricks

SHARON WAS BORN ON AUGUST 06, 1946 IN SAN ANTONIO TEXAS. SHE WAS ADOPTED BY CLARENCE AND MARTELL SMITH. SHARON GREW UP IN THE EAST SIDE OF HOUSTON AND ATTENDED IMMACULATE CONCEPTION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, INCARNATE WORD ACADEMY AND WAS A 1964 GRADUATE OF MILBY HIGH SCHOOL. SHARON WENT ON TO GRADUATE FROM HOUSTON BUSINESS ACADEMY AND CHOSE A CAREER IN THE HOUSTON BUSINESS COMUNITY. SHE ENJOYED BEING THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY TO SOME OF HOUSTONS LEADING CEO'S AND PRESIDENTS.SHE MARRIED HER BELOVED HUSBAND GIL RODRICKS ON FEBRUARY 3, 1967. GILS MILITARY SERVICE IN THE U.S. NAVY BEGAN A FEW MONTHS LATER. AFTER GIL'S BASIC TRAINING IN SAN DIEGO, SHE JOINED HIM AND FOUND A JOB AS SECRETARY TO A BANKING EXCUTIVE TO SUPPLEMENT THE MILITARY PAY GIL WAS RECEIVING. THEY TRULY ENJOYED THE TIME THEY SHARED TOGETHER IN SAN DIEGO BEFORE GIL RECEIVED ORDERS TO SERVE WITH THE 1ST MARINE DIVISION IN VIET NAM AS A COMBAT CORPSMAN. HE WAS DEPLOYED ON FEBRUARY 3, 1968 THEIR FIRST WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. SHARON DELIVERED THEIR FIRST SON SHAWN DAVID WHILE GIL WAS IN VIET NAM. THIS BEGAN HER ROLE AS A DEVOTED AND LOVING MOTHER TO SHAWN AND CHRISTIAN RODRICKS AND SUBSEQUENTLY TO SIX BEAUTIFUL GRANDCHILDREN AND ONE GREAT GRANDSON. AS THE BOYS GREW, SHARON DIRECTED HER PERSONAL INTEREST TO SHARE WITH HER SONS. SHE BECAME AN OUTSTANDING CUB SCOUT LEADER AND PROVIDED EXCITEMENT, AMAZING ADVENTURES AND SOUND GUIDANCE FOR MANY YOUNG BOYS, SEVERAL WHO WENT ON TO OBTAIN THE HIGHLY COVETED EAGLE SCOUT AWARD AND WHO STILL MAINTAINED CONTACT WITH HER INTO THEIR ADULT YEARS. SHARON ALSO INVOLVED HERSELF IN THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 654 THAT HER HUSBAND SERVED AS BOTH ADJUTANT AND HISTORIAN. SHE EVENTUALLY SERVED A TERM AS PRESIDENT OF THE LADIES AUXILLIARY AND WAS LOVED AND RESPECTED BY ALL IN THE POST. SHARONS HEALTH BEGAN TO DECLINE AS A RESULT OF MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY AND SHE TURNED ALL HER ATTENTION TO HER HUSBAND AND FAMILY. SHE CONTINUED TO ENJOY HER LIFE EVEN WITH HER RAPID LOSS OF MOBLILTY AND HEALTH. ON FEBRUARY 3, 2018 SHARON AND GIL CELEBRATED THEIR 51ST WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. SHARONS HOBBIES WERE SPENDING TIME WITH HER FAMILY AND SHOPPING WITH HER DAUGHTER IN LAW. SHE LOVED SCRAPBOOKING AND CREATED A LIBRARY OF FAMILY MEMORIES AND EVENTS. THESE WILL FOREVER BE CHERISHED AND WILL BE THE POSTERITY SHE SO LOVED AND LONGED TO LEAVE .SHARON IS PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY HER FATHER AND MOTHER CLARENCE AND MARTELLE SMITH, HER FATHER IN LAW, GILBERT RODRICKS SR., HER BROTHERS IN LAW, KENNETH RODRICKS AND WILLIAM “BILLY” CARLTON.SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER LOVING AND DEVOTED HUSBAND GIL RODRICKS JR., SONS SHAWN RODRICKS AND CHRISTIAN RODRICKS, DAUGHTER IN LAW TANIA RODRICKS, GRAND CHILDREN RYAN, AUSTIN, DEVON, JAVION, MADISON AND SHARON MARIE RODRICKS SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HER DEAREST MOTHER IN LAW MARIE RODRICKS, TANIA'S FATHER AND MOTHER, JUAN AND ESPERANZA MEZA, NEPHEWS JOHN KENNETH RODRICKS, ERIC RODRICKS, COLTON RODRICKS AND NEICE SKYLAR JOHNSON.

WE ARE TRULY HEARTBROKEN AND SHE WILL BE IN OUR HEARTS AND MINDS FOREVER