Larry Wayne Tapp

Larry Wayne Tapp 77 of Charlestown, IN passed away on Sunday August 8, 2021, at Clark Memorial Hospital in Jeffersonville, IN.

Larry was born on July 6, 1944, in New Albany, IN to Lora E and Lloyt Markert Tapp.  He was a retired telephone repairman for Indiana Bell Telephone and AT&T and was very active in Ham Radio.  Larry was very active with the Boy Scouts of America. He was a Wood Badge Instructor and received the Silver Beaver Award and was a recipient of the George Meany Award for the C.W.A. Local Union #4703 in New Albany.  Larry was also a very active member of Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church in Charlestown.

Survivors include his wife, Hilda Hutchison Tapp; his daughter, Ruby Elizabeth Penny Rainbolt and her husband David of Charlestown; and a brother in law Steve Schiller of Clarksville, IN.  He was also preceded in death by his sisters, Loretta Fowle and Lucille Schiller.

Life Celebration Services will be on Friday August 13, 2021 at 1:00 pm at Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church.  Visitation will be at the church from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm on Thursday and after 10:00 am on Friday.

Expressions of Sympathy to the Lincoln Heritage Council Boy Scouts of America, 12001 Sycamore Station Place, Louisville, KY 40299 or Fisher House Foundation, 12300 Twinbrook Parkway ,Suite 410, Rockville, MD 20852.