Michael B. Sharpe

We mourn the passing of Michael (Mike) Brent Sharpe, age 61, after an accident took his life on his property in Rogers, Arkansas. Mike grew up in Santa Barbara where he graduated from Santa Barbara High School in 1980. He was an active member of the water polo team and an award-winning diver for the Dons. Mike was also a drummer and enjoyed his time in several local rock bands through the decades.

Due in part to his father’s influence, Mike developed a passion for building homes early in life. He worked in various areas of home construction and management, eventually obtaining his contractor’s license. He moved to Arkansas in 2021 to escape the bustle of LA life and found peace working as a contractor and remodeling his sister’s lake cabin on Beaver Lake. He later started work on a home of his own on a wooded property with chickens and his dogs. He found fellowship with his neighbors in his small lakeside community and often shared his farm fresh eggs with them.

Mike held a strong faith in the Lord and was baptized early last year at his church in Arkansas. He is succeeded in death by his mother, Margie Sharpe, and his father and best friend, Don Sharpe. We have comfort knowing he is with them and peacefully in the arms of God.

Mike is survived by his stepmother, Kay Sharpe, and his siblings, Doug Sharpe (Debbie), Steven Sharpe, Peter Sharpe (AnnaMarie), Cindy (Sharpe) Lancaster (Arne), Whitney (Sharpe) Grist (Evan), Meagan (Sharpe) Orris (Mike), his cousin Jennifer Benbury, and his many nieces and nephews.

A small, private memorial will be held in Arkansas on his little oasis. In lieu of flowers, because of his kind heart and soft spot for animals in need, please send donations in his name to the Santa Barbara Humane Society, 5399 Overpass Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93111. Donations can also be made online through their website: https://sbhumane.org/.