Local Obituaries for Tharp Funeral Home
Mary A. Bryant
Jan 5, 2017
Mary Anderson Bryant, of Forest, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, January 5, 2017. She was the loving wife of Fred L. Bryant.She was born March 16, 1930, in Nathalie, the daughter of Claudie and Elsie Anderson; she was preceded in death by her parents and her brother, C.W. Anderson.She leaves behind to cherish her memory, her...
Jean Tandy Cook
Jan 4, 2017
Jean Cook, beloved friend, wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully in her sleep on January 4, 2017, with family by her side.Born in Buncombe County, North Carolina on May 19, 1931, Jean was the daughter of the late Ruth Reynolds and Oscar Garrott Tandy. She graduated from Lee Edwards High School in Asheville, N.C., and she attended Woman’s...
John Paul Barnard
Jan 3, 2017
John Paul Barnard, 53, of Altavista, died Tuesday, January 03, 2017. He was the husband of Lori Davis Barnard for 29 years.Born Tuesday, September 17, 1963 in Lynchburg, John was a son of the late John Baptist Barnard and the late Lillie Witt Barnard.In addition to his parents, John was preceded in death by a brother, Donald Barnard.In addition to...
Jane Ann Wheby
Jan 2, 2017
Jane Ann Wheby, 62 of Roanoke, died Monday, January 2, 2017 in Roanoke. The Roanoke Chapel is assisting the family.
Wayne Butler
Jan 2, 2017
Mr. Wayne D.G. Butler of Bedford, VA passed away at home unexpectedly on Monday, January 2nd, 2017. Wayne was born to parents Owen and Teresa (Gray) Butler on January 15th, 1952, in Houlton, ME. Wayne was raised in Maine and Virginia, and made his home in Western Virginia since the early 1970’s. He was a businessman, community activist, and inveterate...
George Joseph Higgs
Jan 2, 2017
George Joseph Higgs , 64, of Lynchburg, Va. died Monday, January 2, 2017.Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory, Lynchburg, is assisting the family.
Matilda Rendenbach Barberis
Jan 2, 2017
Matilda Rendenbach Barberis, 100, of Melbourne, Fl., and previously of Bedford, passed away Monday, January 2, 2017 at VITAS Inpatient Hospice Unit in Merritt Island, FL. She was the loving wife of 70 years, to the late Louis Emelio Barberis.Born December 26, 1916 in New York City, she was a daughter of the late, Theodore and Susan Rendenbach. She is...
Richard Ruby Henty
Jan 1, 2017
Richard Ruby Henty, 92, of Moneta, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 1, 2017 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. He was born on September 21, 1924 in Oneida, NY. He was a son of the late Ralph Henry Henty and Olive Ruby Henty. In addition to his parents Richard was preceded in death by his loving wife,...
John Otha Tuck
Dec 31, 2016
John Otha Tuck, 85, loving husband of Ann (Newman) Tuck, passed away peacefully on December 31, 2016 in Lynchburg, Virginia, surrounded by family and loved ones.John was born to the late Otha and Bertha Tuck on April 9, 1931 in the house his father built on the family farm in Moneta in Bedford County, Virginia. The youngest of three children,...
Lawrence W. Falwell
Dec 31, 2016
Lawrence W. Falwell, 94, of Lynchburg, Va., went to be with the Lord on Saturday, December 31, 2016. Lawrence was born Sunday, January 29, 1922, in Campbell County, VA, a son of the late Charles Warren Falwell, Jr. and Etta Watkins Tanner Falwell. He was also predeceased by his loving wife of 71 years, Jean Calhoun Falwell and his brother,...
Samuel Turner Dawson
Dec 30, 2016
The life of Samuel Turner Dawson, 55, of Rustburg, was tragically cut short on Friday, December 30, 2016. He was born November 18, 1961, a son of Kenneth R. Dawson and the late Rachel Tanner Dawson.He was a loving and devoted husband and proud father. He cherished his time hunting and fishing with his family and friends. He worked all...
Lucy Ann Franklin Haupt
Dec 29, 2016
Lucy Ann Franklin Haupt, of Lynchburg, Va. aged three months and seventeen days, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family on Wednesday, December 28, 2016. She was born Sunday, September 11, 2016 at University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville, Va.Left to cherish her memory are her parents, Julie Franklin and Zach Haupt; siblings, Quentin and Sophia; grandparents, Dana...
Robert W. Bogle
Dec 29, 2016
Robert Williams Bogle passed away quietly, Thursday, December 29, 2016, at home in the company of his loving family. He was born June 9, 1944, in Pulaski County, Virginia to Mary Otey Bogle and John Williams Bogle. He was preceded in death by his parents and his beloved wife, Sallie McWillie Freeman Bogle. His survivors include his children, Elizabeth Bogle...
Margarie White Coffee
Dec 28, 2016
When weary with the toilsome journey, tis sweet to rest awhile, Margarie White Coffee, 94, of Forest died Wednesday, December 28 at 2:18 am. She was the wife of the late H. Noell Coffee for 62 years.Born in Blacksburg, Va., July 1, 1922, Margarie was the oldest child of the late John Edward and Myrtle May White.Margarie is survived by...
Jay Howard Anderson
Dec 28, 2016
Jay Howard Anderson, 77, of Moneta passed away on Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at his residence. He was born on September 13, 1939 in Brooklyn, NY, a son of the late Howard Jay Anderson and Gertrude Pitts Anderson.Jay loved spending time with family and friends and never met a stranger. He had a great sense of humor and told a...
Mary Ruth Belcher
Dec 27, 2016
Mary Ruth Belcher, 86, of Bedford, passed away on Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at Carriage Hill.Born November 19, 1930, in Grundy, she was the daughter of the late Wallace and Nell Robinson Belcher. She is also preceded in death by her brothers, George and Robinson Belcher.Visitation will be Friday, December 30, 2016 from 4 until 6 p.m. at Tharp Funeral...
Rita Adams Formon
Dec 25, 2016
Rita Adams Formon, 60, of Lynchburg, Va., died Sunday, December 25, 2016. She was the loving wife of Michael Formon for twenty-three years.Rita was born Friday, February 17, 1956, in Chatham, Va., a daughter of the late Olivia Turner Adams and the late Roy Neal Adams. She worked as a bank teller for over thirty-five years. She was an avid...
Robert Lyn Hite
Dec 25, 2016
Robert Lyn Hite passed away on December 25, 2016, at home.Robert was preceded in death by his parents, Donald B. Hite, Sr. and Evelyn B. Hite; and his brother, Donald B. Hite Jr.He is survived by his sister, Donna H. Clark and her husband, Norman; his nephew, Norman Clark, Jr.; his nieces, Laurie C. Agnew, Lisa Lyman and her husband,...
Gary Alvin Clark
Dec 24, 2016
Gary Alvin Clark died on Saturday December 24th at home.He was predeceased by his first wife, Marlene Winkler Clark, to whom he was married for thirty-nine years until her death in 1992, and his second wife, Donna Schewel Clark, to whom he was married for twenty-two years until her death in 2015. Gary is survived by one son, Jordan Schewel...
Audrey L. Webster
Dec 24, 2016
Audrey L. Webster saw her last sunset on Christmas Eve, 2016. She was born on October 29, 1926, to Albert Lee Guy and Beulah Doudna Guy in Guide Rock, Nebraska. She was preceded in death by an infant daughter as well as her older brother and sister.Audrey loved growing up in the small town of Red Cloud, Nebraska, where she...
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