Gloria Jean Houpe Obituary – April 26, 1939 – May 12, 2020

Gloria Jean Houpe, 81, of Avon Park, Fla., went into the arms of Jesus, Tuesday, May 12, 2020.
Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Friday, May 22, with family receiving friends beginning at 10 a.m. at Avon Park Lakes Baptist Church with Rev. George Hall officiating. Interment will follow in Bougainvillea Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Jude Children’s Hospital or Avon Park Lakes Baptist Church.
She was born April 26, 1939 to R.V. and Ester (Spencer) Sharpe. She was co-owner and operator of Tom-Glo, Inc. After retirement, she was a volunteer at the Florida Hospital for 10 years, where she loved on a lot of people that she served. She also made it one her life’s contributions by being a blood donor for 60 years.
She was a member of Avon Park Lakes Baptist Church, the American Legion and the Moose Lodge of Avon Park and had been a resident since 1979, coming from Memphis.
She is survived by her husband, Tom Houpe of Avon Park, Fla.; daughters, Reneè (Jeff) Scott Weiss of Kodak and Susan (Devon) Donaldson of Avon Park, Fla.; eight grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her parents and daughters, Denise Vinson and Sherry Houpe McMullen.