Deb, how fitting! There will never be another Sharon. She was a special gem in God's treasure chest!

I never got to meet her in person, but I still miss her. A gem indeed.

Sharon was in the process of painting a portrait of my dog Jack; it will forever remain unfinished. Sharon was generous with her time, her kind words, her advice - always sensible advice. I think about writing her a Treemail sometimes when I need advice but...

Ah, Greene. You should get in touch with her daughter and see if she could send it to you. I never met her either, but we had several personal communications that I will always treasure.

Me too.

Ditto. Good memories...

Isn't it odd how someone you've never met can stir such emotion and fondness. Miss you, Sharon

How true Vicki. I miss her too. I copied and pasted all her articles from Dave's for her while I still had access. She was going to write a book. I am so grateful I have copies for myself. I adored her stories. That is how I ''met'' Sharon and later was on Blue Chat with her. God broke the mold after he made her.

Sharon was such a special person and made an impression on so many. I never met her, but still felt I knew her from her stories and tree mails that we exchanged.

Sally YOU were the friend. She told me a friend had copied all her work for her but did not say who. She had this noncompete thing she had to work around.

I did not ever meet her. She emailed me one day to say she liked something I wrote and that was that.. we had a good abiet too short friendship. ...
she got a huge kick when I scolded her for not telling me she was in hospital... I did not know how to learn her status and I knew she was prone to significant "spells" ...i told her the truth...I kept checking the damn obituaries in her home town. She loved that!

Bonehead said:Ah, Greene. You should get in touch with her daughter and see if she could send it to you.

I thought about trying to contact someone but first, I did not want to intrude while they were grieving, plus I would not know who to contacts. And two, the painting was not finished. I'd like to think that Sharon would have wanted it to be complete before sharing with the world. Sharon had a rule. She would never show a partially completed painting to a person. She broke that rule and showed me the painting of Jack while it was in progress, so at least I have that.

Remembering, Sweet Sharon

She was a wonderful lady who will always be remembered with great fondness and love, her kindness and generous spirit were so special. I never had the honor of meeting Sharon in person but from the first time I met her on the forums at DG, then the move to Cubits, All Things Plants (garden.org) and Facebook, I felt like I had known her forever.

Sharon was a caring and compassionate lady whose stories were loved by so many. The stories about life growing up in the Appalachians, time spent with her Ninna and especially her treks through the mountains with her Aunt Bett ... she had a way of writing that just made the reader feel as though they were right there with her! I too, hoped that her daughters would be able to make a compilation of her wonderful stories, to be published in a book in her memory.

I saw photos of some of Sharon's artwork and In June 2012, she donated one of her beautiful paintings for a raffle prize that many of us hoped to be the recipient of; ValleyLynnn was the lucky winner of that gorgeous painting which can be seen here (for best view, click to enlarge the photo): https://garden.org/thread/view...

A year or so later, Sharon and I chatted via email about her doing a painting for me and she added me to her project list; she had three or four folks ahead of me, which of course was no surprise. She inquired about what type of painting I wanted; subject, colors, etc. and I told her that I didn't care, I'd be happy with anything that she painted but of course she wanted me to be more exact so I told her that I really loved the Hibiscus in her earlier painting and so we decided on a Hibiscus bloom. She made note of my preferred color choices, size of canvas, etc. but then health issues arose and she never got a chance to start on my painting and I don't know how many on her list that she was able to completed but after her first hospital stay, she felt bad about the unfinished projects.

I like to think the ever present beauty in our world; the flowers, the colors of the sky at sunrise or sunset ... is our Sweet Sharon.

Lin...I do believe that you hit that nail square on the head

Agree with all above...she thought I looked like her brother. She helped name Plato suggesting the Greek philosopher over my original thought of Shakespeare (one of her projects was to paint Plato, she passed about the time wife and I finally decided on a pic for her to paint).

Greene, if I were you I'd seriously consider contacting the family about the unfinished painting of Jack; that would be a wonderful memento of Sharon for you. I imagine someone here would know who you could contact

Weedwhacker said:Greene, if I were you I'd seriously consider contacting the family about the unfinished painting of Jack; that would be a wonderful memento of Sharon for you. I imagine someone here would know who you could contact

If someone has contact information I would appreciate it. Maybe the family hasn't yet tossed out the unfinished painting of my dog.

@Greene Are you on Facebook? Sharon had a FB page (Sharon Webb Browne) and one of her daughters posted there after her mom passed. Maybe you could contact her that way?

Rosie,
That made me smile. She was going to paint a flower for me as thanks, but never had time. Just knowing she would was enough. We sure thought she would walk out of the hospital.

Lin,
The painting is gorgeous!

Sharon had one daughter, Ashley, and one son ,Allen. You may be able to get contact info from @vic here on NGA. She and
@abhege were able to attend Sharon's memorial service.

Arlene put this lovely collage together as we remember our dear friend that left us a year ago today.