Sharon Greco Morel

Sharon Greco Morel, age 72, passed away on Saturday, May 4, 2019, after a long battle with breast cancer. She was born August 5, 1946, in New Orleans, LA, to John T. Greco and Bessie Liggett Greco. She married Robert (Bob) Morel on May 27, 1969, at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Miami Beach, FL.

Sharon graduated from Annunciation High School, class of 1964. She attended Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, LA, where she graduated with a BA Degree, class of 1968. While at SLU, she was on the Lionettes dance team that performed in school sporting events and parades. Sharon loved to dance. She met her husband Bob while at SLU and because he also like to dance, it was a great romance.

Sharon had a few jobs after college. She worked for Urban Transportation, Bank Americard, and the US Post Office. In 1990, she went to work at Advance Paper Co., a company that her father help start. In 2001, she moved to Auburndale, FL, to be near her first grandchild. While in Florida, she went to work for Edward Jones. In 2015, she and Bob retired and moved to Wiggins, MS. Sharon considered herself a big child and loved to play cards, board games, color and play corn hole with her grandchildren.

Sharon is survived by her husband Robert (Bob) Morel; her two children and their families: daughter Michelle Morel Cambre, her husband Lucien (Skip) Cambre and their children Courtney Cambre and Robert Cambre; her son Michael Paul Morel, his wife Jessica Ferguson Morel and his children Jade Morel and Johnna Morel; her sister Sandra Greco Bauer, niece Sheri Bauer and grandniece Hannah Bauer; and her very close sister-in-law Joan Morel Carver; plus all of her nieces and nephews.

A Memorial Mass will be held for Sharon on Saturday, May 25, 2019, at St. Luke the Evangelist Catholic Church, 910 Cross Gates Blvd. Slidell, LA 70461. Visitation begins at 9:30 with mass to follow at 11:00. In lieu of flowers, a donation to the American Cancer Society would be appreciated.

White Funeral Home, (601) 795-4982.

www.whitefuneralhomepoplarville.com