MARCH 17, 2026 | About 25 members of Frank Sharp’s high school class in Maynardville, Tenn., gathered Saturday at a restaurant like they do every six months. Some would learn of the death of their classmate, while all recalled memories of him.
GwinnettForum will remember that, for perhaps 15 years, Frank Sharp of Lawrenceville was a regular contributor of both photographs and travel articles. While there are no paid employees of the Forum, he was so regular that we named him Roving Photographer. He sent us local photographs but also others from his far-reaching travel adventures. He also put his blown-up photos on exhibits in local libraries and community centers.
A couple of years ago, Frank’s photos and stories stopped coming in. We lost track of him. Then recently we got a call from Jim Steiner of Knoxville, Tenn., wanting to know if we had heard from Frank Sharp. He and his classmates of the 1960 class of Horace Maynard High School hadn’t heard from him either. Frank would make the long trip (about 250 miles) to their meetings. That call emphasized to us that we had not heard from Frank, and put us searching.
Frank’s wife, Pearl, died on Oct. 1, 2022, and it shook Frank hard. One of Frank’s activities was to attend regularly the Lawrenceville Senior Center luncheons. We learned last week from Joan Moliki of Dacula, who also attended these lunches and was a friend of Frank, that he had died…