Local Obituaries for Tharp Funeral Home
Thomas Owen Montgomery
Aug 6, 2016
Thomas Owen Montgomery, 85, of Evington, passed away on Saturday, August 6, 2016.Born on October 14, 1930, he was the son of the late Frank Edward Montgomery and the late Evelyn Waller Montgomery.In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his daughter, Kimberly Anne Montgomery.Left behind to cherish Thomas’ memory are his daughter, Teresa West and her husband, Carlton,...
Edward W. Smith
Aug 4, 2016
Edward W. “Ed” Smith, 70, of Forest, passed away Thursday, August 4th, 2016, after battling cancer for over a year. On March 1st of this year, he and his wife Peggy, celebrated 50 years of marriage.Ed was born in Greenville, SC to the late Hoyt Thomas Smith and the late Corrie Bell Hollingsworth Smith.He was a Vietnam Veteran proudly serving...
Donald R. Marsh
Aug 2, 2016
Donald R. (Don) Marsh was born on a cold day in November 1, 1917 in Carlisle, Iowa. His mother was Maud Myrtle (Henry) Marsh, and his father was Vernon Marsh.His only sibling, brother Theodore (Ted) Henry Marsh was born two years later. At the age of seven Don accepted Jesus Christ as his Savior in a service at a small...
Ronald William Cyrus
Aug 1, 2016
Ronald William Cyrus, 59, of Rustburg, died Monday, August 1, 2016 at his residence. He was the husband of Lois Cyrus.Born on December 9, 1956, he was preceded in death by his parents Claude Cyrus and Kitty Taylor, a twin brother Donald Cyrus and a sister Claudia Carter.In addition to his wife, he is survived by his three daughters: April...
John Watkins Carrington
Jul 30, 2016
John Watkins Carrington, 87, of Lynchburg, died Saturday, July 30, 2016. He was the devoted husband of the late Nancy Lee Maddox Carrington and wonderful father to his daughter, Cee Cee.John was born August 12, 1928, in Forest Hills, NY. He was the son of the late Alfred Randolph Carrington, II, and Gladys Louise Watkins Carrington. John graduated from Virginia...
James Wilson Davis
Jul 30, 2016
James Wilson Davis, 57 of Lynchburg passed away July 31, 2016. He was born December 21, 1958 and lived in Fluvanna County, Va. until age eleven, at which time he moved to England with his family. He was educated in boy’s prep schools there and graduated from the University of Kent in Canterbury, England. It was there that James met...
Betty Hall
Jul 29, 2016
Betty Floyd Hall, 77, of Bedford, died Friday, July 29, 2016 at her residence. She was the wife of the late Paige R. Hall. Born April 27, 1939 in Lynchburg, she was the daughter of the late Russell Mayo and Elizabeth Mayo. Betty is survived by her son: Michael Brenkman and wife, Jennifer; grandchildren: Cole and Cameron Brenkman; great-grandchild Casen...
Adrian Gagesteyn
Jul 29, 2016
Adrian Gagesteyn, 83, of Lynchburg, VA, died Friday, July 29, 2016. He was the husband of Peggy Caprise-Gagesteyn.Born Sunday, December 04, 1932 in Union City, NJ, Adrian was the son of the late Adrianus Gagesteyn and the late Anna Secker Gagesteyn.Adrian was preceded in death by his first wife, Helen White Gagesteyn.In addition to his wife, Adrian is survived by...
Mary Nevils
Jul 28, 2016
Mary Ellen Atwell Nevils Mary Ellen Atwell Nevils, 61, of Bedford, died peacefully, at her home Thursday, July 28, 2016.Born in Texas on July 27, 1955, she was the daughter of Della Mae Rose Berger and the late William Oley Atwell.She is preceded in death by a son: James Edward Sines, III; three sisters: Linda Ward, Catherine Wiekel, Brenda Atwell;...
Edith Seibert
Jul 28, 2016
Edith Williams Seibert, 95, of Bedford died Thursday, July 28, 2016. Edith was born in DeWitt, VA, May 29, 1921, number 6 in a family of 12 children on a tobacco farm. She graduated from Sunnyside McKenny High School in 1938 back when Virginia only had 11 grades. She worked at Tuckers Lunch Room where she flirted with the truckers...
Jane Searle Frisa
Jul 28, 2016
Margaret Jane Searle Frisa of Lynchburg, Virginia, died peacefully at her home on Thursday, July 28, 2016, surrounded by her family and friends. Born on August 1, 1946, at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, she was a daughter of the late Capt. Willard F. Searle Jr. USN and Margaret Jackson DuBois. She was a proud Phi Beta Kappa/summa cum...
Pastor Shirley Mercer
Jul 27, 2016
Pastor Shirley Mercer went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at her residence in Big Island Va.She is preceded in death by her parents, Clarence and Ruth Strandburg and her husband, Pastor Ira Vincent Mercer. She is survived by two loving children, Ruthie Mercer and Vincent Mercer, along with other relatives and friends.A memorial service will...
Betty Ann Cox Hurt
Jul 26, 2016
Betty Ann Cox Hurt, 83, of Lynchburg, Va., went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday July 26, 2016, at Westminster Canterbury in Lynchburg, Va. Betty was born November 20, 1932, in Winston-Salem, N.C. to the late Eli Leslie Cox and Ida Matlock Cox. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Fuqua Hurt, and her...
Wayne Creshaw Helms
Jul 26, 2016
Wayne Crenshaw Helms, 69, of Lynchburg, VA, died Tuesday, July 26, 2016.Born Friday, November 1, 1946 in Roanoke, Wayne was a son of the late Thomas Christopher Helms and Martha Anne Francis Helms.In addition to his father, Wayne was preceded in death by a brother, Freddie Helms.In addition to his mother, Wayne is survived by his children, Laura Turpin and...
Donna Smith
Jul 25, 2016
Donna Louise Peyre-Ferry Smith Donna Louise Peyre-Ferry Smith, 77, of Goodview died Monday, July 25, 2016.Born September 4, 1938, she was the daughter of the late George Peyre-Ferry, and Margaret Rolph Peyre-Ferry. Donna is also preceded in death by her daughter: Robin Smith.Donna is survived by her grandchildren: Proud Shane, David Marino, Amber Mooneyham; greatgrandchildren: Mason and Ellie Mooneyham, Payton...
Maxine Ivey Crabtree
Jul 25, 2016
Maxine Ivey Crabtree, 87, of Lynchburg, Virginia, passed away Monday, July 25, 2016. She was the widow of Jesse Earnest Crabtree, Jr. They were married for over 41 years.She was born May 3, 1929, in Petersburg, Virginia, and was the daughter of the late Dorsey (David) Edward Ivey, Sr. and Charlotte Louise Cox Ivey Clark. Maxine loved to travel, go...
William Goff Jr.
Jul 24, 2016
William Watkins Goff Jr. of Vesuvius passed away Sunday, July 24, 2016 at Virginia Baptist hospital with the love of his life, Lesa Solomon, by his side.Bill was born in Lynchburg on November 20, 1951 to the late William Watkins Goff, Sr. and the late Martha Quick Goff.In addition to Lesa, he is survived by his children: Michael Goff (Whitney)...
Jerry Wayne Evans
Jul 22, 2016
Jerry Wayne Evans, 67, of Lynchburg, passed away on Friday, July 22, 2016.Born in Lynchburg on August 19, 1948, he was a son of the late Edgar and Kathleen Evans. Jerry served in the U.S. Coast Guard during the Vietnam War era, and worked as a mechanical engineer for Sentry Equipment for 25 years.He was a loving husband, father, and...
Peter Jay Gutzwiller
Jul 22, 2016
Peter Jay Gutzwiller , 69, of Huddleston, VA, died Friday, July 22, 2016.Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory, Lynchburg, is assisting the family.
Leona B. Hardesty
Jul 22, 2016
Leona Beulah Hardesty, a joyful 100 years old, died peacefully in her sleep on Friday, July 22, 2016 at English Meadows Elks National Home Campus in Bedford, Virginia. She was born on February 10, 1916 in Buckingham, Virginia, the daughter of Reuben H. and Matilda Wharam. Leona was preceded in death by her three husbands. She and her first husband,...
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