Local Obituaries for Tharp Funeral Home
William Thomas Phillips
Jan 23, 2022
William T. Phillips, age 102, died January 23, 2022. Born to Thomas Phillips and Emma Lewis Marsh Phillips, he was a Lynchburg native. Bill was employed by Lynchburg Foundry Company for 38 years after graduating Virginia Tech in 1941. He was an industrial and mechanical engineer and became a professional engineer in 1964. Bill served 4 years in the army...
Thomas W St. John
Jan 23, 2022
Thomas Wayne St. John, 72, of Lynchburg passed away on January 23,2022 after a long illness. Thomas was preceded in death by one son; Christopher Cofer; and numerous brothers and sisters. He is survived by his wife of 43 years, Wanda St. John; four children, Stinky (his beloved dog), Wayne St. John and his wife Betty Joe, Brandy Jackson and...
Anne Cabell Giles
Jan 23, 2022
Anne Cabell Giles passed away in Blackstone, Virginia on January 23, 2022, at the age of 91. She was born in Lynchburg, VA to Guy Cabell and Valentine Cabell, both deceased, and was married to Melvin G. Giles, Sr. for 48 years before his death. One of eight children, she grew up on Clifton Farm on the James River near...
Faye Lynn Bruffy Brooks
Jan 22, 2022
Faye Lynn Bruffy Brooks, 70 of Lynchburg, was called home to be with the Lord on Saturday, January 22, 2022, at her residence. She was the wife of Donald Brooks for 37 years.Faye was born February 1, 1951, in Lynchburg to the late James Hamlet Bruffy and Nellie Bruffy Breeden. She was preceded in death by her stepfather Russell M....
Barbara Lynn Tuggle Mcgraw
Jan 22, 2022
Barbara Lynn Tuggle McGraw, 46, of Rustburg went home to be with Lord suddenly on Saturday, January 22, 2022.Born on September 29, 1975, in South Boston, Va. she was a daughter of the late Bobby Lee Tuggle and the late Catherine Crews Tuggle. Along with her parents she was preceded in death by her grandparents, Eddie and Gracie Crews and...
Jesse Carl Gaines
Jan 21, 2022
Jesse Carl Gaines Jr. of Forest past away unexpectedly on Friday, January 21st 2022.He was born to Jesse Carl Gaines Sr. and Martha P. Gaines of Lynchburg.Jesse is survived by his wife of 52 years; Doris C. Gaines, three children: Wendy G. Walkup(Kevin), Shawn P. Gaines(Monica), Dameon K. Gaines(Tracey), nine grandchildren and one sister: Bonnie Cofer(Marshall).Jesse was a veteran of...
Kimberly Witt Snyder
Jan 21, 2022
Kimberly Witt Snyder, 49, passed away on Friday, January 21st, 2022, at the University of Virginia Medical Center. Born in Bedford, VA, on March 11th, 1972, she was the daughter of Roy and Patricia Witt.She is survived by her husband Dale Snyder, and mother, Patricia Witt; three children Devin Grubbs, Ryan Grubbs and Jasmine Monroe and husband Montana; sister Bonnie...
Frances Irene Dolan Bryant
Jan 20, 2022
Frances Irene Dolan Bryant, 93, of Madison Heights, Virginia, passed away on Thursday, January 20th, 2022. Francis was born in Nelson County on May 10th, 1928, to the late Clifford P. Dolan and Carrie Stinson Dolan.Frances is survived by her sister, Eva D. Brooks and husband, Lyle; a special cousin, Helen L. Bates; a nephew, Robbie Ore and wife, Shelly;...
Alice Hunt
Jan 19, 2022
Ms. Alice “Frutie” Hunt transitioned peacefully on Wednesday January 19, 2022 at Liberty Ridge Health and Rehabilitation Center in Lynchburg, VA.She was born November 13, 1940. She was the daughter of the late James and Olivia Clark Smith. She was also preceded in death by her husband Barney Hunt and her brother James Jimmy William Smith Jr.She joined Cross Road...
Ruby Irene White
Jan 19, 2022
Ruby Irene White 88, went to be with her Lord Wednesday, January 19, 2022. She was the wife of the late Grat White.Born May 12, 1933, a daughter of the late John and Myrtle Robins.Ruby was a devoted mother to her children and owned her own cleaning business before her retirement.In addition to her husband and parents she was proceeded...
Dawn Morgan
Jan 18, 2022
Dawn Morgan, 57, of Lynchburg, died Tuesday, January 18, 2022.Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory, Lynchburg, is assisting the family.
Daniel Wayne Walker, Jr.
Jan 18, 2022
Daniel Wayne Walker, Jr. 21 of Madison Heights, VA, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, January 18, 2022. Born in Lynchburg, VA he was the son of Daniel Wayne Walker, Sr. and Jessica Mitchell Walker.Daniel was an avid outdoorsman and loved to hunt and fish. He had a true passion for cars and worked as a mechanic for Kevin’s...
John Daniel White Iii
Jan 18, 2022
John Daniel White III, 76, of Lynchburg, VA, died Tuesday, January 18, 2022. He is survived by his devoted wife of 53 years, Jane Woody White.John was born February 28, 1945, in Lynchburg, VA, oldest son of the late John Daniel White Jr. and the late Elizabeth Ralph White. He was a graduate of EC Glass High School (Class of...
Tina E. Butler Cline
Jan 18, 2022
Tina Eloise Butler Cline, 62, of Montvale, passed away on Tuesday, January 18, 2022. Tina was born in Giles Co. on August 7, 1959. She was the daughter of the late John Thomas Butler, and Elizabeth Ernestine Stowers Bolick She was preceded in death by her husband of 46 years, Steve Cline and her beloved son, Todd Cline.Left to cherish...
Gilberto Paul Olivas Iii
Jan 18, 2022
Gilberto Paul Olivas III, 49, of Forest, VA, died Tuesday, January 18, 2022.Born Friday, December 01, 1972, in Tucson, AZ, Gilberto, also known as Gil, Paul and Paco, was a son of Diane Katherine Martin Sullivan and Gilberto Jose Olivas, Jr.In addition to his mother Paul is survived by two daughters Hannah Jane and Sara Grace Elizabeth Olivas and a...
Walter Frank Hunt
Jan 17, 2022
Walter ‘Frank’ Hunt, 89, of Moneta passed away on January 17, 2022, in Bedford. He was born in Hornell, NY on October 18, 1932. He was the son of the late Loie “Ione” (nee Butler) and Howard Hunt. He was also preceded in death by his siblings, Robert, Gene Tillman, Wilbur, and Alice Dwyer.He is survived by his wife, Ann...
Bernell Gooding Miller
Jan 17, 2022
Bernell Gooding Miller (“Bernie”), 88, of Lynchburg, entered his heavenly home on January 17, 2022. He was the loving husband of Carolyn Jenkins Miller for 30 years.Born at home on February 4, 1933, in Beulaville, NC, he was a graduate of Beulaville High School, Wake Forest, and served in the U.S. Army in Korea and Japan.Moving to Lynchburg in 1960,...
Edward Henry Jones, Jr.
Jan 17, 2022
Edward Henry Jones, Jr. son of the late Edward Henry Jones, Sr. and Susie Crews Jones was born October 25, 1937, in Lynchburg, VA.On Monday January 17, 2022, at 11:08 a.m. God sent his angels into Ed’s room at 1287 Walnut Hollow Road and whispered Ed come with me your time here is over no more pain or suffering. Ed...
George Edward Mccormick
Jan 17, 2022
On January 17, 2022, George E. McCormick, Sr. closed his eyes on Earth and opened them in Heaven. He was born January 30, 1941, in Buena Vista, Va. He is survived by his wife Joyce A. McCormick, his honey, who he married June 11, 1960, in Sparta, N. C.He was preceded in death by his father Raymond D. and mother...
Betty Joanne Humphrey Gimbert
Jan 17, 2022
Betty Humphrey Gimbert passed away on January 17, 2022, surrounded by her family at her home in Bedford, VA. Betty was born on her family farm in Louisa, VA on October 27, 1936, to the late Frank Patterson Humphrey and Virginia Shipp Humphrey.Betty spent her childhood on her farm, then in her teens moved to Charlottesville, VA where she met...
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