Local Obituaries for Tharp Funeral Home
Andy G. Voorhees
Dec 8, 2016
Andrew G. “Andy” Voorhees (Givens), 20, of Lynchburg, formerly of Chattanooga, Tenn., passed away on Thursday, December 8, 2016.He was a son of Edward and Sondra Voorhees and Karen and David Givens.Andy was born on September 12, 1996, in Chattanooga, Tenn. He was a graduate of E. C. Glass High School, class of 2015. Andy never met a stranger and...
Sherman Pierce
Dec 7, 2016
Sherman Hunter Pierce age 95 passed away on December 7, 2016 in Farmville, VA. He was born on October 31, 1921 in Bedford County, VA. He was a World War II veteran, having served in the U. S. Navy. He subsequently began a career in the Newport News Shipyard, Newport News, VA, where he retired in 1987 as an inspector....
Neal Donald Thompson
Dec 7, 2016
Neal Donald Thompson, 93, passed away Thursday, December 7, 2016 peacefully in his sleep at his residence in Lynchburg, VA. He was a World War II Veteran who retired from the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, AL.He was devoted to his church, and family was the center of his life. He loved to watch and cheer for Alabama football. He enjoyed...
Martha Moore Clarke
Dec 5, 2016
Martha Moore Clarke, 71, passed away peacefully on December 5, 2016. She was born Martha Jane Gilhooley on December 3, 1945 in Christiansburg, Virginia to Thomas Edward Gilhooley and Mildred Strong Gilhooley.Martha is survived by her loving husband John Parker Clarke, Jr., her beloved children Laura Ann Clarke and James Benton Moore III, her granddaughter Ellery Keira Moore, her daughter-in-law...
Julia Elizabeth Garbee
Dec 4, 2016
Julia Elizabeth Schmitt Garbee, 87, of Forest passed away on Sunday, December 4, 2016.Born January 18, 1929, in Lynchburg, Va. to the late Elwood Julius Schmitt and Hazel Reynolds Schmitt. She was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, Clyde L. Garbee Sr.She is survived by her children, C. Lewis Garbee Jr. and his wife Molly, Joyce G....
Rose Dawson
Dec 3, 2016
Rose Wilmore Dawson, 88, of Lynchburg died Saturday, December 3, 2016. She was the wife of the late Hunter Kennon Dawson.Rose was born August 20, 1928 in Lynchburg, a daughter of the late Harry Wilmore and Margaret White Wilmore Eades.She is survived by her daughters, Susan Morrison and her husband Norwood and Margaret Ramsey and her husband Pete, all of...
Lillian Oulds Jones
Dec 3, 2016
Lillian “Tillie” Oulds Jones, 75, of Evington, Va., departed this life after a long battle with cancer on Saturday, December 3, 2016. She was preceded in death by a devoted husband Lawrence J. Jones.Born January 21, 1941, in Lynchburg, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Stephen M. Oulds and Lillian A. Oulds of Evington, Va. She was also...
Nannie Erma Goff
Dec 3, 2016
On Saturday, December 3, 2016, at the age of 91, Nannie Erma Campbell Goff of Big Island walked through the gates of heaven to hold the hand of her devoted husband, Emmett Goff. They were married for 70 years. Born May 25, 1925 in Nelson County, to the late Lawson and Bethel Angus Campbell. In addition to her husband and...
Jane B. Dooley
Dec 2, 2016
Jane Baker Dooley passed away in her sleep on Friday, December 2, 2016, at Guggenheimer Health and Rehabilitation in Lynchburg. She is preceded in death by her parents, Maggie Elizabeth Pistole Baker and Charles Sterling Baker, and her younger brother, Charles Wilmer Baker.Born in Mobile, Ala., on January 18, 1931, she was raised in Mobile and in Selma, Ala., where...
Phillip Graydon Cocks
Dec 2, 2016
Phillip Graydon Cocks, 75, of Lynchburg, went to be with his Savior on Friday, December 2, 2016, at his home after a courageous challenge with cancer.Born May 29, 1941, in Lynchburg, Phillip was the son of the late Arlene Clark Cocks and Elwood Whitfield “William” Cocks. He is survived by his wife of 54 years Barbara Gilliam Cocks; a daughter,...
Jeannette Elizabeth Hughes
Dec 1, 2016
Jeannette Elizabeth Hughes of 501 VES Road, Lynchburg, VA died December 1, 2016, at the age of 96. She was born May 17, 1920, in Lynchburg to the late Lillian Scott Hughes and James Scott Hughes. In addition to her parents she was predeceased by a sister Lucy Mae Coarsey of Florida.Jeannette is survived by a niece, Kathy Coarsey Richardson...
Emory Lee Noell, Jr.
Nov 30, 2016
Emory Lee Noell, Jr., 84, of Lynchburg passed away on Wednesday, November 30, 2016.He was the loving husband of Jeannine Mays Noell for 57 years.Emory was born in Lynchburg on June 26, 1932, a son of the late Emory Noell, Sr. and Mary Mildred Jones Noell. He served his country in the U.S. Navy and retired from Cherry Point Air...
William Fines
Nov 30, 2016
William Fines, of Lynchburg, died November 30, 2016. Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory, Lynchburg, is assisting the family.
Douglas Ray Bevington
Nov 30, 2016
Douglas Ray “Uncle Doug” Bevington, 87, of Forest, died Wednesday, November 30, 2016. He was the husband of Patricia Mae Bevington for 50 years.Born Thursday, January 17, 1929 in, Chardon, OH, Doug was the son of the late Thomas Bevington and the late Goldie Deem Bevington.In addition to his wife, Doug is survived by his children, Mark Bevington and his...
Betty Lindvahl Dahlgren
Nov 29, 2016
Betty Lindvahl Dahlgren, age 80, lived at Westminster Canterbury in Lynchburg, Virginia, where she passed away peacefully on November 29th. She was born April 22, 1936, in Rockford, Illinois, the daughter of Leroy and Elsie Lindvahl.Betty graduated from high school in Rockford and then attended Augustana College, in Rock Island, Illinois, where she met her loving husband, Wayne Dahlgren.In 1958,...
Kelvin David Reed
Nov 28, 2016
Kelvin “Kelly” David Reed, 50, of Lynchburg, formerly of Glasgow, died Monday, November 28, 2016.Kelly was born September 20, 1966 in Lexington, a son of the late James Darwin Reed, Sr. and Naomi Carol Reed. Kelly worked for many years at Apple Auto Glass in Lynchburg and was a former member of the Glasgow Baptist Church.He is survived by his...
James Stephen Bateman
Nov 28, 2016
James Stephen Bateman, 61, of Lynchburg, died Monday, November 28, 2016.Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory, Lynchburg, is assisting the family.
Warren Davis Ayres, Iii
Nov 28, 2016
Warren Davis Ayres III, breathed his last late Monday night, November 28, 2016.A man of many skills and many nicknames to many friends, “Speck” “Fuzzy” “Snidley” “Sprockett” and “Smeck”, was the son of Warren D. Ayres Jr. and Jennie Mae Macleod Ayres. Speck was born November 6, 1944. He grew up on Riverside Drive where his grandparents also lived. While...
Richard Byrd Hamilton
Nov 26, 2016
Richard “Dickie” Byrd Hamilton, 86, of Concord, died on Saturday, November 26, 2016.Born on July 12, 1930, Dickie was a son of the late James Cyrus Hamilton and Edith Pearl Whitehead Hamilton.In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his daughter, Cynthia Mae Tyree; and his siblings, Edward Hamilton, Nelson Hamilton, James Hamilton, Randolph Hamilton, Lorena McMillan,...
Margaret Nash Moore
Nov 26, 2016
Margaret Nash Moore, 79, of Forest died Saturday, November 26, 2016. She was the wife of Edward Moore for 60 years.Margaret was born on April 8th, 1937, the daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Nash of Concord, Virginia.She was an employee of Kroger for over 40 years. She enjoyed taking trips with her sisters, arranging flowers, and spending time with her...
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