Emma graduated Bossier High School where she played the clarinet in the school band. She worked after school at Lerner Vogue in downtown Shreveport with her mother, Mary Tharp. She worked in clothing retail for many years and later retired from a career in insurance. Emma always had projects and ongoing events. Sewing, arts and crafts, water skiing, sailboat, sororities, and traveling were some of the many things she enjoyed. She loved her family more than life and was a devoted Christian where she served God daily. She was a Sunday school teacher and enjoyed going to local nursing homes and sharing Bible studies. She loved working in her yard and her dogs were her rock. She was a strong woman and would go all in on everything she did. She was a mentor for the many lives she touched by her endless donations to multiple charities. Her personality was contagious and she had the ability to blend in any environment and draw people to her. She will be dearly missed by family and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Glen and Mary Tharp of Bossier City; six brothers, Glen (Ann) of San Antonio, Joe of Tampa; Bobby of Corning, Johnny of California, Danny (Diane) of Bossier City, and Jimmy (Georgeanne) of Bossier City; two sisters, Ann (Tharp) Alexander of Oceanside and Kay Tharp of Bossier City; nephews, Gary, Kevin, Kelly and Jimmy D. Tharp.
Emma is survived by her two sons, David Hampton of Doyline, and Jack Hampton, Jr. of Tampa; three grandchildren, Kambria Dwyer of Lafayette, Wade and John Hampton of Florida; nephews, David Michael, Wendell and Jay Tharp; nieces, Christine Tharp, Gayle Spinosa, Lynn Marie Lowe, Janet Berquist, Beverly Keller, Sandy Templeton, and Paula Maynor; and sisters-in-law, Margaret Tharp of Tampa, FL and Lorraine Tharp of California.
A visitation for Emma will be held Friday, October 6, 2023 from 10:00 am to 11:00 am at Hill Crest Memorial Funeral Home Chapel in Haughton with Funeral Services at 11:00 am. Interment will follow in Hill Crest Memorial Park.
Honorary pallbearers are her late brothers, Glen, Joe, Bobby, Johnny, Danny, and Jimmy.
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