Earnestine Harpe “Teenie” Tapley

Holman-Abbeville Mortuary & Cremations

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Posted by: Holman Mortuaries
holmanmortuaries.com
334-585-5261
Date: Mar 25 2022 11:51 AM

ABBEVILLE. . .Earnestine Harpe “Teenie” Tapley, a resident of Abbeville, died Thursday afternoon, March 24, 2022, in a Dothan hospital. She was 88.

 Graveside services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, March 27, 2022, in the Abbeville Memorial Cemetery-East with Reverend Clyde Hancock, Jr. officiating. The family will receive friends following the graveside services. Holman-Abbeville Mortuary & Cremations is in charge of arrangements.

 Flowers will be accepted or memoral contributions may be made to the Calvary Baptist Church “Bread of Life Fund”, 310 Dothan Road, Abbeville, AL 36310.

 Mrs. Tapley was born and reared in the Union Community of Henry County, daughter of the late Joseph Oree Hancock and Osa Lee Hendley Hancock. She lived in Abbeville all her adult lifetime. Mrs. Tapley was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church and the Abbeville Garden Club. She was retired from the United Insurance Company as an insurance agent. In earlier years, Mrs. Tapley was employed by WestPoint Stevens and also owned and operated Teenie’s Clothing in Abbeville. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Floyd Harpe and Clarence Tapley, a son, Herbert F. Harpe, Jr., sisters, Nell Bedsole, Ruby Mims, Mary Lou Beasley, Maggie Carter and brothers, Robert Hancock, Clyde Hancock, Sr., Thomas Hancock, Wilford Hancock and William Hancock and a step-son, Gene Tapley.

 Surviving relatives include her son, Andy Harpe (Valerie), Abbeville; step-children, David Tapley, Hannah Braswell and Darlene Jones; a sister, Peggy Culpepper, Abbeville; sisters-in-law, Gisela Hancock and Judy Hancock; two grandsons, Drew Harpe (Lauren), and Cory Harpe (Torri); great-grandchildren, Camille Harpe, Griffin Harpe, Ashlyn Roberson, Brittany Roberson, Chase Elliott and Connor Elliott; special friends and caregivers, Jennifer Wyatt (James), and Holly Norman; numerous nieces and nephews.

HOLMAN ABBEVILLE MORTUARY & CREMATIONS IS IN CHARGE OF FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS. Phone 334-585-5261.You may sign a guest register at www.holmanmortuaries.com. This firm does not own a crematory.

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