Local Obituaries for Tharp Funeral Home
James Randy Board
Jan 31, 2022
Randy James Board, 65, of Thaxton, passed away on Monday, January 31, 2022, at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was born on April 25, 1956, in Roanoke to James Edward Board and Elsie Bramlett Board.Randy worked for many years at the Roanoke Valley Juvenile Detention Center as a maintenance supervisor. He attended Shady Grove Baptist Church and after retirement became very...
Scott Alan Graham
Jan 30, 2022
Scott Alan Graham was called home by his Lord on Sunday, January 30, 2022. Scott was born on November 15, 1959 and is the son of Madeline Graham and the late Robert “Bob” Graham. He is preceded in death by his oldest brother Robert.Scott was married to the love of his life, Vicki, for 42 years. Scott was the proud...
Caswell Kincaid Turpin
Jan 30, 2022
Caswell Kincaid (Red) Turpin, 91, of Bedford, passed away peacefully at home with his family by side, on January 30, 2022. He was born in Bedford on March 1, 1930. He was the son of the late Otha William Turpin and Mary Lowrey Turpin. He was preceded in death by his three sisters, Nancy M. Perella, Dorothy L. Harlow and...
Alfred J. Horton
Jan 30, 2022
Alfred Junior Horton, 80, of Roanoke, passed away on Sunday, January 30, 2022, at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was born in Tazwell, Virginia on November 9, 1941. Alfred was the loving husband of the late Peggy Ann Shrewsbury Horton. He is also preceded in death by a brother: Bobby Joe Murray and a sister: Patsy Sue Greer.Left to cherish his...
Alfred George Goetz
Jan 30, 2022
Alfred George Goetz, a kind and gentle man, passed away on Sunday, January 30, 2022. He was born in Brooklyn, New York on May 1, 1934.He is predeceased by his parents George and Christina Nau Goetz; sisters Madeline Murphy, Dolores Goetz, and Margaret Mary Eytzinger; stepson Herbert Eayres.He is survived by his wife Trudy Puleio Goetz; children Michael Goetz (Angela),...
Joyce Lee Burgess
Jan 29, 2022
Joyce Lee Burgess, 73, of Lynchburg, VA, died at home surrounded by her family on January 29, 2022.Joyce was a member of Clifford Baptist Church. Joyce taught school in Campbell County at J.J. Fray Elementary and in Lynchburg at Marvin Bass and Bedford Hills Elementary for over 25 years. Joyce was born in Roanoke and grew up in Bedford where...
Julian Calvin Watson
Jan 29, 2022
Julian Calvin Watson of Lynchburg, Virginia, passed away on January 29, 2022, at the age of 77. He leaves behind the love of his life, Gloria Nell Watson, to whom he was married for 55 years. In addition to his wife, he is survived by his sons, Fred (Cindy), Bobby, and Joey (Lisa), his grandchildren, Abby and Ben, and his...
Edith H. Harris
Jan 28, 2022
Mrs. Edith Hancock Harris transitioned from this earthly life on Friday, January 28, 2022, at Lynchburg General Hospital to her eternal home.She was born in Charlotte County on February 1, 1943, to the late Wiley and Cammie Mitchell Handcock. She was the wife of the late Lawrence E. Harris, Jr. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...
Joyce Pearl Thalke Gloudemans
Jan 28, 2022
Joyce Pearl Thalke Gloudemans, 82, of Lynchburg, passed away peacefully Friday, January 28, 2022, surrounded by her family. She was the wife of the late James Robert Gloudemans.She was born on April 20, 1939, in Milwaukee, Wisc. She retired as a 20 year educator at Dunbar Middle School.She is survived by five children: J.R., David, Liz, John, and Julie; and...
Rodney Gene Adams
Jan 28, 2022
In Vancouver, Washington, February 23, 1948, Rodney Gene Adams was born in a terrible storm that almost took his father’s life out on the Columbia River. He grew up in Vancouver; lived in Scottsdale, Arizona for a while and then moved to Virginia 40 or more years ago.A tall, lanky character, Rod Adams was a walking study of contradictions. He...
Chester Thomas Wright
Jan 28, 2022
Chester T. Wright, Jr., 61, of Roanoke passed January 28, 2022.He was proceeded in death by his Father Chester T. Wright, Sr. He is survived by his mother Daisy (Kay) Dixon Wright, his sister, Patricia (Trish) King, his brother-in-law & lifetime friend, Gary King. Also surviving are his Aunt Norma & her husband Bill Martin, Aunts Donna Floyd, Jenny Barrett...
Carl Strempke
Jan 28, 2022
Carl Cleo Strempke, 83, of Campbell County, VA, lost his fight to Parkinson’s disease and passed peacefully from this world on Jan. 28, 2022. Born in 1938 in Buchanan County, Iowa to the late Carl Rhinehart Strempke and Margaret Hultz Strempke, Carl was the 9th of 12 children. He grew up in and around the family farm; he enjoyed sports...
William Maxwell Fittro
Jan 27, 2022
William “Bill” Maxwell Fittro, 84, of Rustburg, passed away Thursday, January 27, 2022. He was the loving husband of Margaret Williams Fittro for 62 years.William was born on April 7, 1937 in Clarksburg, W. Va., a son of Clarence and Edna Fittro.William was retired from Babcock & Wilcox after 31 years of service. He was also co-owner and operator of...
Phyllis Anne Thomas Hicks
Jan 27, 2022
Phyllis Anne Thomas Hicks, 83, of Lynchburg, passed away Thursday, January 27, 2022. She was the wife of the late Eddie Stanton Hicks.Born on September 20, 1938 in Gordonsville, Va. she was a daughter of the late Norman Lewis Thomas and the late Lorraine Vogt Thomas. She attended Orange County High School and Lynchburg College where she obtained a Master’s...
Pamela Ramsey Cooter
Jan 27, 2022
Pamela Ramsey Cooter, 66, of Lynchburg, died January 27, 2022, at Lynchburg General Hospital. Born March 23, 1955, in Bedford Virginia, she was the daughter of late Albert Harrison Ramsey and Margaret Abbott Ramsey.Pam spent her early adult years working as a Laboratory Technician; she later stopped working to stay home with her children. Most recently she worked as an...
Philip Alexander Lamm
Jan 26, 2022
Philip Alexander Lamm passed into the arms of the Lord on the morning of January 26, 2022. He was 69 years old.He was preceded in death by his mother and father, Elizabeth and Otis Lamm; and by his son Christopher Lamm. He will be deeply missed by his wife of 45 years, Sue Wilkerson Lamm; his sons Kevin and Josh...
Richard Alexander Carrington, Lll
Jan 25, 2022
Richard Alexander Carrington, III, of Lynchburg, VA, passed peacefully on January 24, 2022. Dick was the loving husband of Sandra Sims Carrington for 64 years.Born on February 11, 1933, in Lynchburg, Dick was the son of the late Richard Alexander Carrington, Jr., and the late Anne Harrell James Carrington. In addition to his parents, Dick was preceded in death by...
Louise Leffler
Jan 25, 2022
Louise Leffler, 92, passed away on January 25, 2022 at Runk and Pratt Leesville Road. She was the loving wife of Philip Leffler for 53 years.Louise was born on November 26, 1929 to the late Louis Dietz and Alice Weaver. She is survived by her faithful husband Philip and she will be greatly missed.Tharp Funeral Home, Lynchburg, is assisting the...
Wade Dallis Locy, Jr.
Jan 25, 2022
Wade Dallis Locy, Jr., 84, of Lynchburg, VA, went Home to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, January 25, 2022.Wade was born on July 6, 1937, in Washington, D.C., a son of the late Wade Locy, Sr. and Alice Elliott Locy. Wade was a retired teacher and professor in public and private education. He was also a retired...
Mabel Dalton Soyars Deas
Jan 25, 2022
In the still of the night our Good Lord sent his Angel down and took “ SUNNY”home where she will no longer be in pain. He thought a little sweeter sunshine for the flowers and hummingbirds would be a good thing. She loved watching those hummingbirds. SUNNY is what a lot of you called her. Her husband Vann gave her...
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