Local Obituaries for Tharp Funeral Home
Marilyn Kilian
Dec 13, 2016
Marilyn Jean Kruse Kilian, 76, of Goode, passed away on Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at her residence in Goode. She was the loving wife of Herbert Ludwig Kilian. Born on December 18, 1939 in Wisconsin, she was a daughter of the late Alan George Henry Kruse and Marion Peterson Kruse. Marilyn enjoyed cooking, square dancing, traveling, camping with her family...
Minnie Tomlin Oliver
Dec 12, 2016
Minnie Tomlin Oliver, 96, formerly of Big Island, Va., died Monday, December 12, 2016.She was born, April 2, 1920 in Amherst, Va. the daughter of the late Linwood Tomlin and Josie Tomlinson Tomlin.Minnie was retired from the Craddock-Terry Hotel and was member of Temple Baptist Church.Left to cherish her memory are her daughters, Donna L. Tucker of Middle River, MD...
Patricia “Gayle” Nicholas Brown
Dec 10, 2016
Patricia “Gayle” Nicholas Brown, 70, of Madison Heights died Saturday, December 10, 2016. She was the wife of the late Steven B. Brown.Gayle was born November 5, 1946 in Lynchburg, a daughter of the late Montague Mason Nicholas, Jr. and Virginia O’Dell Bailey Nicholas. Gayle worked as a program analyst with the State of Virginia. Gayle loved being a grandmother...
Eugene Hobert Farley, Jr.
Dec 9, 2016
Eugene Hobart Farley, Jr., devoted husband, loving father, grandfather, credit union champion, community servant, and Virginia gentleman, went to be with the Lord on Friday, December 9, 2016 at the age of 82.Born on Sunday, November 4, 1934 in Blackstone, VA, Gene was the son of the late Eugene Hobert Farley and the late Mary Wooten Farley.He is survived by...
Bobby Phillips
Dec 9, 2016
Bobby Lee Phillips, 69, of Bedford went to be with the Lord on Friday, December 9, 2016. He was the loving husband of Shirley Smith Phillips. Born July 3, 1947 in Gary, West Virginia he was the son of the late Joseph and Betty Justice Phillips. He was preceded in death by a sister: Diane. In addition to wife, Shirley,...
Dreama Hickenbotham Webb
Dec 8, 2016
Dreama Jean Hickenbotham Webb 62, of Roanoke, passed away on Thursday, December 8, 2016 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She was born in Clifton Forge, VA on November 28, 1954. A daughter of the late James David Hickenbotham and Dena Gertrude Waldron Hickenbotham.Dreama was a member of Kingdom Hall Jehovah’s Witnesses in Salem. She loved her family and friends. She...
Glenice Verlene "Howe" Smith
Dec 8, 2016
Glenice Verlene “Howe” Smith , 81, of Forest, passed away Thursday, December 8, 2016. She was the loving wife of the late Herbert George Smith for 61 years.She was a daughter of the late Clois Howe and the late Jessie Flo Howe. Glenice was preceded in death by her brother Dexter Howe; her sister, Beatrice Peacock; and her special niece...
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.
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