Local Obituaries for Tharp Funeral Home
Carl Royer
Oct 13, 2018
Carl Royer 91, of Royersford Pa died Saturday, October 13, 2018. He was the son of the late David and Emma Royer.Carl owned and operated Royer’s Mower Shop in Royersford for many years.He is predeceased in death by his wife Betty Jane Yost Royer. Carl and Betty were married for 69 years on October 1 and were separated in death...
Wayne Eugene Thacker Sr.,
Oct 13, 2018
Wayne Eugene Thacker Sr., 78, of Lynchburg died Saturday, October 13, 2018.Born December 31, 1939, he was a son of the late Leroy and Violet Hunt Thacker.In addition to his parents Wayne is preceded in death by a brother, Wesley Thacker; sister, Violet Marie; brother, Ronnie Lee and son, Ronald Scott Burchette.Wayne is survived by his wife, Rebecca B, Thacker;...
Betty Jane Yost Royer
Oct 12, 2018
Betty Jane Yost Royer, 89, of Royersford Pa., died Friday, October 12, 2018. She is the daughter of the late Frederick Yost and Edith Yost Mosteller.She is survived by her loving husband of 69 years D. Carl Royer; daughter, Kathleen (Royer) Garber of Venice, Fla; son, Matthew S. Royer of Forest, Va.; grandchildren, Angel Girard, Lee Garber, Kari Garber-Hynek, Kaitlin...
Melvin Barbour
Oct 12, 2018
On October 12, 2018, Melvin Dillard Barbour Sr., 85, went to his heavenly home surrounded by his family, at Heartland Health Care Center, in Lynchburg, Virginia.Melvin was born November 1, 1932, in Campbell County, Virginia, to the late Theodore and Gertrude Barbour Sr.Melvin was preceded in death by his loving wife Evelyn Thorpe Barbour, one son Melvin “Blukey” Barbour Jr.;...
John Michael Yates
Oct 11, 2018
John Michael Yates, 89, of Moneta, VA, passed away Thursday, October 11, 2018 at Woodhaven Nursing Home in Montvale, VA. He was the loving husband of Shirley Lou Yates for 63 and one half years, and passed away in her arms.Also surviving are daughter, Candace E. Helmondollar (Richard) of Mc Gaheysville, VA; son, Brett Ashton Yates (Regan) of Roswell, GA;...
Joyce Kirkpatrick Houston
Oct 10, 2018
Joyce K. Houston, born on December 11, 1925, died on Wednesday, October 10, 2018.She was predeceased by her parents, Harry R. and Maude M. Kirkpatrick; her husband of 59 years, Johnnie R. Houston; her brothers James, Thomas, Reginald, and Edwin Kirkpatrick; sisters Nannie Kirkpatrick, Mildred Beard, Arlene Hackett, and Naomi Major; sister-in-law Margaret Kirkpatrick.Joyce is survived by her son Russell...
Tara Lee Williams
Oct 10, 2018
Tara Lee Williams, 43, of Lynchburg, died Wednesday, October 10, 2018.Born on November 17, 1974 in Morristown, N.J., she was the daughter of Donald Robert Williams and Sandra Romaine Williams.In addition to her parents Tara is survived by her brother, Jonathan Williams and his wife, Tara; nephew and nieces, Chris Kidd, Cierra Lewis and Cameron Lewis.Tara was a customer service...
Daimon Coles
Oct 10, 2018
Daimon Stephen “Dee” Coles, 32, of Lynchburg, passed away September 15, 2018 in Cambridge, Ohio. He was predeceased by his maternal grandmother Iris Coles.Daimon was born September 19, 1985 a son of Michelynne D. Johnson and Carl Brown.Daimon was a kind spirited man who had a heart of gold. He loved his video games, movies, and dancing but most of...
Margaret Ann “Maggie” Malone Gelven
Oct 9, 2018
Margaret Ann “Maggie” Malone Gelven, 77, of Lynchburg, died Tuesday, October 9, 2018.She was the wife of the late Joseph William Gelven Jr.Born Sunday, February 9, 1941 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, she was the daughter of the late James Malone and the late Cora Demorest Malone.Maggie graduated from Marquette High School in Oklahoma. She met her husband Bill while attending Mount...
Robin Lee Chenault
Oct 6, 2018
Robin Lee Chenault, 65, of Evington died Saturday, October 06, 2018.A Memorial Service will be held at 12:00 noon Saturday, November 3, 2018 at Tharp Funeral Home Lynchburg.Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory, Lynchburg, is assisting the family.
June Fizer Tyler
Oct 6, 2018
June Fizer Tyler, 90, of Bedford passed away Saturday, October 6, 2018 at Lynchburg General Hospital. She was the loving wife of the late Arthur Freeman Tyler.Born October 26, 1927 in Bedford, she was a daughter of the late Charles Henry Fizer, Jr. and Marion Pauline Burton Fizer. June is also preceded in death by two sisters: Margaret Mabry, Marion...
Donald Russell Redmond
Oct 5, 2018
Donald Russell Redmond, 79, passed away on Thursday, September 27, 2018, at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, Virginia, following a brief illness. Don was born on August 11, 1939, in Columbia, South Carolina, to the late John Gideon Redmond and Mildred White Redmond of Greensboro, N.C. He graduated from Curry High School in 1957 and attended Guilford College for two...
Alice Chambers Dooley
Oct 4, 2018
Alice Susie Chambers Dooley, 90, of Lynchburg, VA died Thursday morning, October 4, 2018 at Heritage Green, Lynchburg, Va. She was the beloved wife of William (Bill) Adams Dooley for 65 years. Born on Friday, November 25, 1927, Alice was the daughter of the late Robert Lee Chambers and the late Susie Pauline Flint.Alice is survived by a son William...
Shirley Mckinney Arrington
Oct 4, 2018
Shirley McKinney Arrington, 78, of Goode passed away on Thursday, October 4, 2018 at her residence. She was born on January 21, 1940 in Halifax Co., Virginia. She was a daughter of the late Henry McKinney and Fannie Jennings McKinney. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Carl Vaughan Arrington, SR.; son, Bruce Arrington;...
Blanche M. Ullmann
Oct 4, 2018
Blanche B. Ullmann, 84, of Forest, died Thursday, October 4, 2018.Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory, Lynchburg, is assisting the family. To send condolences, please visit obituaries.tharpfuneralhome.com.
Margaret Fitzgerald
Oct 4, 2018
Margaret Fitzgerald, 94, of Lynchburg, passed away peacefully at her residence on October 4, 2018. Margaret was born June 30, 1924. . She is preceded in death by her late husband Hobson Fitzgerald Jr.Margaret is survived by her daughter Cheryl Crouch (Robert Crouch), her grand-daughters ; Jeri Lynn Fanney, Heather Peters (Jason Peters ), and her great grandchildren; Makenzie, Ian,...
Sylvia C. Crapper Cochran
Oct 2, 2018
Sylvia Catherine Crapper Cochran,84, of Thaxton passed away peacefully Tuesday, October 2, 2018. She was the wife of the late Maynard Cochran.Born in Nottingham, England on May 12, 1934, she was a daughter of the late Frederick Crapper and Beatrice Brown Crapper. Sylvia was also preceded in death a son: Tracy C. Stallard.Sylvia enjoyed knitting, music, dancing, and she loved...
Margaret Ziegler Kirkpatrick
Oct 2, 2018
Margaret Ziegler Kirkpatrick, 78, of Forest passed away Tuesday, October 2, 2018.Born May 21, 1940, she was a daughter of the late George Frederick Ziegler and Ruth Perkins Carson.Margaret graduated from Cumberland County High School and later attended nursing school at Johnston Willis Hospital in Richmond, VA. She was an Operating Room Technician at Lynchburg General Hospital for 39 years...
Linda Peregoy Holton
Oct 2, 2018
Linda “Cissy” Peregoy Holton, living in her 70th year of life, of Lynchburg went to be with the Lord Tuesday, October 2, 2018.Cissy was born September 22, 1949 in Christiansburg, a daughter of the late George Spencer Peregoy and Theodosia Perdue Peregoy. She was a proud 1998 graduate of Randolph-Macon Women’s College with a Bachelor’s in Art History.She is survived...
Catherine Sue Grout
Oct 2, 2018
It is with much grief, but even greater hope in the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, that we announce that on October 2nd, 2018, Catherine Sue (nee Armbruster) Grout of Forest, Virginia fell asleep in the Lord at the age of 67 after a recent diagnosis of Acute Myeloid Leukemia.Catherine was born on April 18, 1951 in Iowa City,...
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