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Conard Cornelius Tharpe, Jr., 94, of Mooresville, NC passed away on Saturday, January 11, 2025. He was born on June 29, 1930, in Ronda, NC to the late Conard C. Tharpe, Sr. and Mary Ada Johnson Tharpe. Conard was a 1949 graduate of Elkin High School. He then attended and played football at Gardner Webb College for a year before enlisting in the US Army, where he served his country during the Korean War. He met his future wife, Gene, after his return, and they married in June 1955. He received a bachelor's degree at NC State and a master's degree at Appalachian State. Conard was an Industrial Arts teacher and taught at Mooresville Junior High School, Dunbar School, and Mooresville Senior High School and ended his career as the vocational director for the Mooresville Graded School District. He was a longtime member of First Baptist Church, Mooresville and the Mooresville Rotary Club. Conard was an outdoorsman who enjoyed gardening, hunting and fishing from Manteo to Murphy. During retirement, he and his wife Imogene "Gene" enjoyed traveling throughout the United States and Canada. He did volunteer work after retirement, working in the Mooresville Soup Kitchen at First Baptist Church and, along with other retirees, built handicap ramps for those in need. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his loving wife, Imogene "Gene" Covington Tharpe; brothers and sisters: Frank Tharpe and wife, Betty, Charlie Tharpe and wife, Nina, Lewis Tharpe and wife, Sue, Susie Poplin and husband, Jack, Ada Lou Dimmette and husband, Charlie, Frances Key and husband, Arlie, Ruth Pardue and husband, Sec, Hope Combs and husband, Hoover, and June Tharpe. Those left to cherish Conard's memory are his daughter, Ann Schultz and husband, Scott and his grandson Tyler Schultz. A memorial service will be held as 3:00 PM, on Saturday, January 25, 2025 at First Baptist Church Mooresville with Pastor Seth Denney and B.J. Dillard officiating. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Baptist Church 150 S Church Street, Mooresville, NC 28115 or Richard's Coffee Shop & Military Museum 165 N Main Street Mooresville, NC 28115. Cavin-Cook Funeral Home, Mooresville is proudly serving the Tharpe family. Condolences may be made to the family at www.cavin-cook.com.

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Conard Cornelius Tharpe, Jr.

June 29, 1930 - January 11, 2025