Local Obituaries for Tharp Funeral Home
Kathryn Bragg Graybill
Dec 10, 2021
Kathryn Bragg Graybill, 75, of Lynchburg, VA, died peacefully Friday, December 10, 2021 at her residence. She was the loving wife of Roger Graybill for 38 years.Born January 3rd 1946 in Richmond VA, Kathryn was a daughter of the late Gordon Hugh and Margaret Wirt Bragg of Appomattox VA.In addition to her husband, she is survived by a son Gordon...
Dorothy L. Faulkner
Dec 10, 2021
Dorothy L. Faulkner, 92, Summerfield, Florida went to be with the Lord on December 10, 2021, at her Chatham Glen Healthcare Center in The Villages, Florida.Dorothy was born on March 20, 1929, in Breckenridge, Kentucky to her parents Marvin Compton. Sr. and Ida (Macy) Compton. Dorothy had worked in many different careers throughout her life, but her last position was...
Carolyn Mclean Cumming Seals
Dec 10, 2021
Carolyn McLean Cumming Seals of Lynchburg, VA, formerly of Edenton, NC, Yorktown, VA and Hampton, VA, died on Friday, December 10, a day shy of her 85th birthday.Carolyn was preceded in death by her loving husband of 67 years, Kenneth Alfred Seals, her mother, Mattie May Topping Hume, her father, William McLean Cumming, and her stepmother, Georgianna Sinclair Cumming.Carolyn was...
Kathryn "Kathy" Throckmorton Shiflett
Dec 10, 2021
Kathryn Lee Shiflett, 62, of Lynchburg, VA, died Friday, December 10, 2021. She was the wife of Aaron Charles Shiflett for 42 years.Born Tuesday, January 13, 1959, in Halifax County, VA, Kathy was a daughter of the late Noel Throckmorton and the late Blanche Juanita Saunders Throckmorton.In addition to her husband Charles, she is survived by her daughter Kaitlin S....
Cierra E. Lovelace Campbell
Dec 9, 2021
Cierra Eden Lovelace Campbell (CiCi), 32, of Forest, VA, passed away December 10th, 2021. She is survived by her Grandparents Robert & Katherine Switzer and Steve Lovelace Sr., Mother Jennifer Lovelace, Brothers Jacob Lovelace and Devan Lovelace, love of her life Marcus Anderson, three children, Ashton Campbell, Suri Lovelace, and Legaci Anderson, as well as multiple uncles, aunts, and cousins.She...
Dr. James Edward Blackburn, Ii
Dec 9, 2021
Dr. James “Jim” Edward Blackburn, II went home to be with the Lord on December 9, 2021, surrounded by his family.Jim was born in Frankfort, Ky. on January 29, 1935 to Dr. Winfrey Porter Blackburn and May Viehe Blackburn. After graduating from Frankfort High School, he went on to receive a BS degree from Vanderbilt University. Jim fulfilled his dream...
James Martin Elson
Dec 8, 2021
James Martin Elson, 501 V.E.S. Road, Lynchburg, died of natural causes on December 8, 2021 with family at his bedside. He was 89 years old.Dr. Elson is survived by his daughter, Elizabeth Joan Elson, and her partner, Hari-kirtana das, of Washington, D.C.; his daughter, Christina Elson Sloan, her husband, Christopher Sloan, and their three children, Iola, Oliver, and Leif, of...
Harriett White Payne
Dec 8, 2021
Harriett White Payne, 92, of Lynchburg, Virginia, departed this life Wednesday, December 8, 2021. She was the wife of the late Richard H. Payne.She was born March 22, 1929, in Bedford County, Virginia to the late Davis and Helen Richie White. She joined Reed Creek Baptist Church, in Big Island, Virginia at an early age where she was a devoted...
Lennis Preston Wade
Dec 7, 2021
Lennis Preston Wade, 88, of Lynchburg, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 7, 2021, while at Lynchburg General Hospital. He was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, in 1933 to the late Mr. and Mrs. Lennis Robert Wade.Preston attended EC Glass High School, where he and the late Coach Bryan later established the Bryan-Wade Fund for athletes. He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic...
Mildred Sale Sharman
Dec 6, 2021
On Monday, December 6, Mildred Sale Sharman passed away in Lynchburg, Virginia. She was born February 11, 1934, to the late Forest Edward Sale and Nell Campbell Sale in Amherst County.Mildred or “Mikey” to her beloved husband, close family members and friends, is survived by her husband of 67 years, O.C. and four children: Jan (Rodney), Sharon (Marvin), Owen (Rick)...
Nancy Anthonette Ayala-Cash Garcia
Dec 6, 2021
Nancy Anthonette Ayala-Cash Garcia, 59, of Lynchburg passed away Monday, December 6, 2021. She was the loving wife of Domingo Garcia.Nancy was born in Brooklyn, New York on April 25, 1962, a daughter of the late Vincent Ayala and Kathryn Gladwell Ramos. Nancy was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend to all and was a member of Faith...
Geraldine Juanita Smallwood Reynolds
Dec 5, 2021
Geraldine Juanita “Gerri” Smallwood Reynolds, 90 of Moneta, passed away on Sunday, December 6, 2021. She was born on March 27, 1931, in Roanoke, VA. A daughter of the late, Edgar Pearly Smallwood and Ethel Edna Light Smallwood. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Richard Melvin Reynolds, Sr. daughters Carolyn Diane Reynolds and...
Christine Elliott Burnette
Dec 5, 2021
Christine Elliott Burnette “39 and holding” of Lynchburg gained her angel wings Sunday, December 5, 2021. Christine was born September 16th in Lynchburg, a daughter of the late George Robert Elliott and Pearl Virginia Lerner Elliott.She was with the love of her life, Edward “Eddie” Lee Burnette, for over 67 years. In addition to her husband, she is survived by...
Christina Dawn Mawyer
Dec 4, 2021
Christina Dawn Mawyer, 46, of Lynchburg died Saturday December 4, 2021.Christina was born November 1, 1975, in Lynchburg, Virginia a daughter of the late Calvin Carroll Mawyer, Sr. and Eva May Stinnett Mawyer. She is survived by a brother Calvin C. Mawyer, Jr. of Lynchburg, VA., a sister Cathy Witcher (Doug) of Moneta, VA., a nephew Chris Ellis, Sr. (Tia)...
Margie Carol Joseph
Dec 4, 2021
Margie Carol Joseph, 77, of Lynchburg went to be with her Lord Saturday, December 4, 2021. She was the loving wife of Joseph David Joseph for 59 years.Carol was born in Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania on July 30, 1944, a daughter of the late John Teeter and Ruth Camerer Teeter. Carol was a devoted homemaker for her family and a member...
Alvin Jackson “Jack” Ballard, Jr
Dec 3, 2021
Alvin Jackson “Jack” Ballard, Jr. was born on April 14, 1939, to loving parents, Alvin Jackson Ballard, Sr. and Edna Lee Craft Ballard. He grew up in Covington, Virginia on Pocahontas Street.Jack was a hard worker and an explorer from a young age, helping his family while hunting and fishing on his own. He used the first wages that he...
Colonel Kenneth John “Ken” Hacker
Dec 3, 2021
Colonel Kenneth John “Ken” Hacker, U.S. Air Force, Ret., 77, of Lynchburg passed away Friday, December 3, 2021, in a local hospital.He was born on February 22, 1944, in Minneapolis, Minnesota and grew up in New Ulm, Minnesota. He served in the U.S. Air Forces as a pilot in the field of aviation security until his retirement. He was a...
Jimmie Campbell
Dec 2, 2021
Jimmie Rogers Campbell, Sr. of Altavista passed away on December 2, 2021 at the home of his son, Jimmie, Jr. also of Altavista. He was 83 years old. Born on June 25, 1938, in Amherst County VA, his parents were Betty Pearl Cash Campbell and Bernard T. Campbell of Clifford VA. He was the husband of Shirley C. Campbell (deceased)....
Edward Lee Gardner
Dec 2, 2021
Edward Lee Gardner, 90, of Lynchburg, Virginia, went to be with his Lord and Savior at 12:25 p.m. on Thursday, December 2, 2021. He was born in Hudgins, Kentucky on Friday, September 11, 1931, to Virgil Starling and Lora Elma Gardner. On January 2, 1953, three months after meeting her, he married the love of his life Susie Eleanor Bates. ...
Rachel M. Singleton
Dec 1, 2021
Rachel M. Singleton, died on December 1, 2021, after a slow, but relentless decline in health, following a stroke suffered in 2005. She carried herself with grace and dignity in spite of her many physical limitations, and maintained her sense of humor and joyful spirit into her last days.Born on November 27, 1930 in Campbell County, she had just celebrated...
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