Local Obituaries for Tharp Funeral Home
Mary Gray
Apr 20, 2016
Mary Catherine Fields Gray, 91, of Montvale, passed away on Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at her residence. She was born on July 2, 1924 in Grundy, VA. She retired from Roanoke City Nursing Home. Mary loved the outdoors, gardening, flowers, spending time with her family and friends and most of all cooking. She will be missed dearly by all her...
Gina Maria Avery
Apr 18, 2016
Gina Maria Avery, 54, of Lynchburg, died Wednesday April 18 2016.Gina was born on February 23, 1962 in Falls Church, VA, she was a daughter of Valentine and Kathleen Scalise who both preceded her in death.She was a proud mother to her four children: Rebeka, Timothy (Brogain), Daniel, and Andrew. In addition to her children, her survivors include her grandchild...
Carolyn Doremus Knipher Bagley
Apr 17, 2016
Carolyn Doremus Knipher Bagley, 92, of Bedford, passed away on Sunday, April 17, 2016 at her residence. She was born on April 7, 1924 in Montclair, NJ. She is the daughter of the late, Frederick Karl Knipher and Cornelia Morrison Doremus Knipher. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her loving husband, Leon Bagley and one...
Meta Carson Gibson Gilchrist
Apr 16, 2016
Mrs. Meta Gilchrist passed away on April 16th 2016, at the Carrington Nursing Home. She was the loving wife of the late Curtis Wilson Gilchrist. She is survived by her daughter Kerry Gilchrist.Born on December 23, 1921, Meta was the daughter of the late Ernest and Annie Gibson. Meta was born and raised on a farm in Rockbridge County where...
Sandra Hicks
Apr 16, 2016
Sandy Hicks, 68, of Rustburg passed away Saturday, April 16, 2016,She was the wife of the late “A.C.” Hicks Jr., for 43 years.Born March 6, 1948 in Lynchburg, VA, she was a daughter of Thomas Claude Robertson, who preceded her in death, and Doris Robertson.Sandy was employed by Sam’s Club, was a member of the Moose Lodge #715, and the...
Mary Kathryn Burton Moomaw
Apr 15, 2016
Mary Kathryn Burton Moomaw died at Westminster-Canterbury April 15, 2016, 3 days after her eighty-third birthday.She was born on April 12, 1933, in Knoxville, Tenn. to the late Aubrey Baxter and Esther Chandler Burton. She was the wife of Benjamin Franklin Moomaw, Jr.Mary Kathryn attended public schools in Lynchburg and graduated from Salem Academy in Winston-Salem, N.C. She later attended...
Susanne L. Mann-Moore
Apr 14, 2016
Susanne L. Mann-Moore AKA “W0MAN” died Thursday, April 14, 2016. Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory, Lynchburg, is assisting the family.
Lawrence Stephen Ouellette
Apr 14, 2016
Lawrence Stephen “Larry” Ouellette, 74, of Lynchburg, passed away Thursday, April 14, 2016, at Virginia Baptist Hospital. He was the loving and devoted husband of Edna M. Ouellette for 51 years.Larry was born in Wyandotte, Michigan on October 11, 1941. He joined the U.S. Navy in 1960, serving his country with honor and distinction until his retirement in 1981 with...
Evelyn Webb Hodges
Apr 14, 2016
Evelyn Webb Hodges, formerly of Howard Drive, Lynchburg, died April 14 at Heritage Green Assisted Living Community.Evelyn was born August 27, 1929 in Lynchburg, Virginia, the daughter of Evelyn Pinkston Webb and Thomas Harper Webb. She was educated in Lynchburg schools, graduating in the Class of 1946 from E. C. Glass High School. She was in the clerical world from...
David Ross
Apr 14, 2016
David Bryan Ross, 63, of Birmingham, AL, died Thursday, April 14, 2016.Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory, Lynchburg, is assisting the family.
Harris Talmadge Carroll
Apr 13, 2016
Harris Talmadge Carroll , 66, of Evington, Va., died Wednesday, April 13, 2016. He was the devoted husband of Patricia Carroll.Harris was born Monday, September 12, 1949 in Bedford, Va. He worked for the Lynchburg Foundry Company until his retirement. He enjoyed classic antique vehicles and car racing. Harris was a loving man and father who will be sorely missed...
Robert Edward Ryan
Apr 13, 2016
Robert Edward Ryan, beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, died on Wednesday, April 13, 2016. He was born in Oil City, Pa., February 10, 1919, son of Edward S. and Anna May Ryan. His brother, William J. Ryan, and sister, Betty Ryan Roddy, preceded him in death.He graduated from University of Pittsburgh after serving in The South Pacific with the...
Marguerite Williams Gottschall
Apr 12, 2016
Marguerite Williams Gottschall, 94, of Madison Heights, died Tuesday, April 12, 2016. She was the wife of the late Willaim Henry Gottschall.Marguerite was born July 24, 1921, in Lynchburg, a daughter of the late Frank Williams and June Bayne Williams. Marguerite was a licensed beautician working from her home for many years following her retirement from Baldwin’s Beauty Salon and...
Jeanne Delpha Sherburne
Apr 12, 2016
Jeanne Delpha Sherburne , 79, of Lynchburg, Va., died Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at Lynchburg General Hospital.Jeanne was born Tuesday, July 28, 1936 in Rutland, VT, the daughter of the late Robert and Louise Delpha. She is survived by her husband of sixty years, Joel Bradford Sherburne; two children: daughter, Leigh Anne Cunningham, and husband, Gary of Manhattan, KS and...
George Allen Robertson
Apr 12, 2016
George Allen Robertson, 57, of Lynchburg, Va., died Tuesday, April 12, 2016. George was born Tuesday, September 30, 1958 to the late George Lee Robertson and Thelma Jamerson Robertson. He was raised by his devoted grandparents, the late Allen and Mary Jamerson.He most recently was employed at Richland Hills Exxon as a master technician until his battle with cancer began.He...
Perry Lynn Pendleton
Apr 10, 2016
Perry Lynn Pendleton, 58, of Moneta, passed away Sunday, April 10, 2016 at his residence. His life was cut short by cancer but cancer was helpless against Perry and his will to live life to the fullest.Born May 21, 1957 in Bedford, he was preceded in death by his loving mother, Myrtle Lansdown Gibson.Perry is survived by his two daughters:...
Joann Margaret Saari
Apr 10, 2016
Joann M. Saari, 86, of Lynchburg passed away Sunday, April 10, 2016 after a brief illness.She was preceded in death by her parents Albino and Susan Gessini, her husband of 29 years Ray J. Saari and her four brothers.She is survived by her four children Karen and Tanis Smith, Julie and Mark Bedner, Sue and Craig Soss, Michael and Harriet...
Mazina Pearl Hannabass Broesamle
Apr 8, 2016
Mazina Pearl Hannabass Broesamle, 77, of Bedford, died Friday, April 8, 2016 in Oakwood Health & Rehab. She was the loving wife of Corwin Hazen “Sam” Broesamle.Born November 27, 1938 in Bedford, she was the daughter of the late Willie Everett Hannabass and Lizzie Blanche.Pearl is also preceded in death by her son: Edward William “Boo” Broesamle; and her brother:...
Elizabeth Liz Gardner
Apr 7, 2016
Elizabeth “Liz” Margaret Gardner, 90, of Lynchburg, died on Thursday, April 7, 2016.She was the wife of the late Warren Aulton Gardner.Born September 20, 1925 in Akron, Ohio the daughter of the late John and Elizabeth Tippel Sr.,In addition to her husband and parents she was preceded in death by her brother John Tippel Jr., sister-in-law, Helen Moore and nephew...
Dorothy Mays Perrow
Apr 7, 2016
Dorothy Mays “Dot” Perrow, 89, of Lynchburg, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, April 7, 2016 at Virginia Baptist Hospital.Born on December 17, 1926, in Amherst County, she was the daughter of the late Paul Eugene Mays and the late Ada Massie Mays.Dot was a devoted member of Central Baptist Church. She retired from Lynchburg College,...
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