Sharon D. Gough

Sharon Denise Gough, 71, passed away on April 5, 2026. Services will be Saturday, April 18, 2026 beginning with visitation at 12 noon and funeral service to follow at 1 pm at New Zion Baptist Church, 1501 Louis Coleman Jr. Drive.

Sharon was born November 16, 1954, in Louisville, Ky., To the late Irene Barbour and John Gough. Sharon accepted Christ into her life at an early age and became a member at Von Spiegel Baptist Church. She attended Jefferson County Public Schools and was a Graduate of Central High School in May of 1972.

Sharon worked for years at Central State Hospital, The Cabinet for Family and Children Services, Vocational Rehabilitation, Farm Boys, Marks Quick Stop, and a handful of other places. She was the kind of person you did not forget. She was funny, outspoken, full of personality, and never afraid to be exactly who she was. She could make you laugh when you needed it most and always had a way of saying what everyone else was thinking. She brought life, humor, and honesty everywhere she went, and the people who loved her will always remember her for the joy and realness she brought into their lives.

More than anything, Sharon loved her family. She was fiercely protective of the people she loved. If you were hers, you were loved hard, defended loudly, and cared for deeply. That was just who she was. She was strong, loving, one of a kind, and impossible to replace. The space she leaves behind is enormous, but so is the love and laughter she gave during her life.

She leaves behind a legacy of love in her beloved siblings, three Sisters; Beverly Gough, Jacqueline Gough and Sandra Wheeler, Seven Brothers; Gregory Gough, Abdur Rahim Shareef, Byron (Barbara) Wheeler, Roderick Wheeler, William (Kim) Barbour, Kevin Barbour, Eric (Tyanda) Barbour. Aunt Charlene Crawford, Georgetta (Melvin) Owens, Delores Scott, Shirley Foster. She also leaves behind a host of nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews that she loved and cared for as if they were her own children and other family and friends.