Sharon grew up in a Christian home in Midland City, Alabama. She trusted Christ as her Savior when she was a child and gave her life to serve the Lord in lifetime ministry as a teenager.  Sharon married her high school sweetheart, Tim Rabon, July 27, 1979.In 1981 they were asked to join the staff of Beacon Baptist Church in Raleigh, NC. In 1997, her husband became the pastor of that same church. Sharon is director of ladies’ ministries, serves as her husband’s secretary and speaks at ladies’ conferences. She is the mom of two sons and one daughter, all of which are married and serve in lifetime ministry. She is known as Nana to 7 Cute Kids!