Local Obituaries for Tharp Funeral Home
Donald Franklin Tyree, Sr.
Jan 11, 2021
Donald Franklin Tyree, Sr., 81 of Madison Heights went to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, January 11, 2021.Don retired from Norfolk Southern after 27 years of service. He served in the U. S. Marine corps and the U. S. Navy. After retirement he was a transporter for Pinkerton Chevrolet. He enjoyed playing softball, baseball and bowling and...
John William “Bill” Howell
Jan 11, 2021
John William “Bill” Howell was born in Bedford on July 25, 1942 to the late Hessie Vivian Payne and Jeter Carl Howell; grandparents the late Johnnie and Elberry Mitchell Payne and William Bailey and Lura Plymall Howell.Bill grew up in Huddleston on his parent’s dairy farm. He graduated from Huddleston High School in 1960. He attended Ferrum College and received...
Johnny Gilbert “Geeze” Henry
Jan 10, 2021
God called home Johnny Gilbert “Geeze” Henry to rest on Sunday January 10, 2021 at Oakwood Manor Health and Rehabilitation Center in Bedford, VA.He was born on July 11, 1949 in Bedford County to the late Bertha Henry. Johnny attended Western Light Baptist Church at an early age. He was educated in Bedford County Public School System where he attended...
Dennis Jeffrey Austin
Jan 9, 2021
Dennis Jeffrey Austin, 64 of Evington is celebrating on the streets of gold as of January 9, 2021. He was the devoted love of Pat Whitehouse for nearly 45 years.Dennis was born in Lynchburg, Virginia on June 24, 1956. He was the son of Curtis Austin and the late Margaret Austin, along with his step-mother Connie Austin.In addition to his...
Pellegrino Papa
Jan 9, 2021
Pellegrino (Bill) Papa, age 84, passed away on January 9, 2021 at his home in Moneta, Virginia.Bill was born in Pasquarielli, Italy on July 25, 1936, later moving with his parents, Clemente and Ida and siblings, Filomena, Anthony and Dora, to Naples, Italy. In 1952, just days before his 16th birthday, his father sent him to New York even though...
Richard R. Cooke, Jr.
Jan 9, 2021
Richard R. Cooke, Jr., 69, of Lynchburg, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family and friends.Born in Syracuse, N.Y., he graduated from Jamesville-Dewitt High School in 1969. He worked for the railroad before moving to Virginia with his wife, Kathy, in 1978. He owned and operated Cooke’s Glass Service until he retired in 2020.Buzzy had a love for...
Wesley Guill
Jan 9, 2021
Wesley Guill, 89, formerly of Lynchburg, VA, passed away peacefully Saturday, January 9, 2021 at Farmville Health & Rehabilitation Center in Farmville, VA.Born September 8, 1931, Mr. Guill learned a trade at an early age and later moved with his young family to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the high rise commercial construction industry. He later returned to...
Sharon Y. Lozier
Jan 8, 2021
Sharon Y. Lozier, 86, of Lynchburg, VA, passed away on Friday, January 8, 2021. For the past 18 months she has been living in Runk & Pratt Memory Care in Forest, VA. Even though it has been a difficult year for family to visit, we were blessed to have a family member with her when she went home to be...
Dale Donnell Morris
Jan 7, 2021
The well-known “City of Lynchburg Knuckle Boom Operator” and “Dallas Cowboys Fan” Dale Donnell Morris, age 61, of Lynchburg, received his heavenly wings on Thursday, January 7, 2021 at 8:15 a.m.Dale Donnell Morris was born September 16, 1959 in Lynchburg, the son of the late Ralph Lee Morris and Geraldine Bayes Morris.Dale Morris is survived by his children, daughters, Latasha...
Dorothy L. Stone Joyner
Jan 7, 2021
Dorothy Lorraine Stone Joyner, 98, of Cave Spring Place, died January 7, 2021. She was born July 5, 1922 in Norfolk, VA, the daughter of the late George Washington Stone and Helen Marie Clemmer Stone. She was preceded in death by her husband, James N. Joyner, Sr., brothers, Harry Clemmer Stone, and George Washington Stone, Jr., and daughter-in-law, Barbara H....
Robert “Rob” Joseph Nosenzo
Jan 7, 2021
Robert “Rob” Joseph Nosenzo aka “The Big Dadu,” born September 20, 1949, in New York, NY and resided in Forest, VA. passed away early on the morning of Thursday, January 7, 2021 with his family by his side.He is survived by his wife, Maryann Elizabeth Nosenzo; brother, John Nosenzo and wife, Debbie; along with sons Michael and wife, Elizabeth Nosenzo...
Margaret Moorman Banks Kehrer
Jan 7, 2021
Margaret Moorman Banks Kehrer, born July 29, 1922, in Bolivar, TN, was brought to Virginia Episcopal School at one month of age by her parents, Joseph Kentworth Banks, Sr., and Margaret McAnulty Banks.After growing up on the VES campus where her father taught for 43 years, and attending Lynchburg public schools, Margaret graduated from Randolph-Macon Woman’s College in 1943. A...
Elizabeth Bremer Bell
Jan 7, 2021
Elizabeth Bremer Bell, 99, died peacefully on January 7, 2021 in Hillsborough, North Carolina. She formerly resided in Fayetteville, North Carolina and Lynchburg, Virginia, as well as military posts in North Carolina, Kansas, Japan, New York, and Pennsylvania.Surviving immediate family include sons, Richard Randolph Bell, Jr. (Martha) of Chapel Hill, NC; John Michael Bell (Jennifer) of Clarksville, GA; three grandchildren,...
Elma Richeson Tankersley "Skinny"
Jan 7, 2021
On Thursday morning, January 7, 2021, God quietly returned to claim one of his own, Elma Richeson Tankersley, 94 of 1300 Enterprise Drive, Lynchburg, VA.Elma was born on February 24,1926 in Amherst, VA to the late Abraham & Maude Richeson, Sr. On April 12, 1948, she was united in Holy Matrimony to James A. Tankersley, Sr. This union was blessed...
Vicki A. Whitmire
Jan 6, 2021
Vicki Ann Whitmire, 68, of Bedford, passed away on Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at her home.Born on June 19, 1952 in Roanoke she was the daughter of the late Herman Van Whitmire, Sr., Annette Clemons Whitmire, and Stepdad, Robert Brown.Vicki is survived by her Stepmom: Hazel Brown; Half-brothers: K. Michael Whitmire, Van Whitmire, Jr.; Half-sisters: Vanessa Fentress, Joanne Bryant; Stepsisters:...
Lloyd Solberg
Jan 5, 2021
Lloyd Solberg departed this life on January 5, 2021. Born in Brooklyn in 1949, Lloyd honorably served his country in Vietnam. With his wife late Diane, he spent many years doing charitable work here and around the world.He is survived by his wife of last 9 years, Deborah Power of Lynchburg; his two children with Diane, Crystal Solberg of Appomattox ...
Betty Tyree Peters
Jan 5, 2021
Betty Tyree Peters was reunited with her parents, Paul and Lena Tyree on Tuesday, January 5, 2021. Born in Lynchburg, Va., on January 7, 1940 she was known to all for her love of family, flowers, and mischief.Betty married her high school sweetheart Paul R. Peters Sr. on September 19, 1958 and together they raised four children, Ricky (Brenda), Roger,...
Andrew Wood Elliott
Jan 5, 2021
Andrew Wood Elliott, 90, of Forest, VA, died Tuesday, January 05, 2021. He was the husband of the late Marilyn Jean Reeve Elliott for thirty two years.Born Saturday, June 14, 1930 in Campbell County, Andrew was a son of the late Cecil Elliott and Annie Wood Elliott.Andrew is survived by his children, Gary Proffitt, and his wife, Renée, Richard Caughey...
Thelma May Stinnett
Jan 4, 2021
Thelma May Stinnett, 87, of Lynchburg passed at her home on Monday, January 4, 2021. She was born on May 14, 1933 in Bedford. A daughter of the late Samuel E. Gibbs and Margaret Wilmer. She is survived by her brother Samuel E. Gibbs, Jr. and her devoted sister Gwendolyn (Bennie) Craig both of Goode.Thelma was the wife of the...
Patricia Lawless Rafferty
Jan 4, 2021
Patricia Lawless Rafferty, 82, of Rockbridge Baths, Va., passed away on Monday, January 4, 2020 in Lynchburg from complications of COVID-19, after suffering with dementia for several years. She was born on March 12, 1938, in Scranton, Pa., the daughter of the late Marion M. and John P. Lawless.Pat cherished and was loved by her family: her husband of 58...
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