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Sharon Kay Needham, age 82, of Oak Hill, Ohio passed away after a brief illness at Holzer Senior Living in Gallipolis, Ohio with her family at her bedside. She was born September 3rd, 1942, in Gallipolis, Ohio to the late James Albert and Sally (Jacobs) Hutchison.
Sharon was a 1960 graduate of Jackson High School. She completed her undergraduate degree in 1965 at Rio Grande College. She then went on to obtain her graduate degree in 1988 from the University of Dayton.
Due to a statewide shortage, Sharon began her teaching career after two years of college known as the Cadet Program. Sharon taught in Springfield, Ohio after her college graduation and marrying her husband, Paul she took a job teaching 5th and 6th graders reading. She also taught at Central School in Oak Hill, Ohio and eventually at Blackfork Elementary finishing out her 36-year teaching career.
Sharon was

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