Local Obituaries for Tharp Funeral Home
Raleigh Earl Wright
Dec 20, 2016
Raleigh Earl Wright, of Madison Heights, Va. died Tuesday, December 20, 2016.Born January 24, 1937 in Madison Heights, Raleigh was the son of the late Aubrey Earl Wright and the late Flora Lois Wright. He loved baseball, blue grass music and Dr. Pepper. His kind and thoughtful nature will be remembered by all who knew him.Raleigh is survived by his...
Alice Wilson Martin
Dec 19, 2016
Alice Cleola Wilson Martin, 82, of Blue Ridge, passed away on Monday, December 19, 2016 at the home of her daughter’s residence in Amherst. She was the loving wife of the late Bobby Wayne Martin. Born September 10, 1934 in Bedford County, she was a daughter of the late Council James Wilson and Cleola Margaret Spencer Wilson. She is also...
Robert Ocie Tweedy
Dec 16, 2016
Robert Ocie Tweedy, 82, of Lynchburg, Va. died Friday, December 16, 2016.Born July 13, 1934 in Lynchburg, Robert was a son of the late Hunter Ocie Tweedy, Jr. and the late Helen Evans Tweedy. Bob was a good-natured and outgoing man who never met a stranger. He was an active member of the REACT Safety Club until the local club...
Kevin Carmine Barnett
Dec 16, 2016
Kevin C. Barnett was born August 10, 1978, in Lynchburg, Va. He passed away December 16, 2016. He was preceded in death by his father, Warren Barnett; grandmother, Marie Barnett; grandfather, Bill Barnett and grandfather, Edward Osborne.He is survived by his son, Avonte A. Barnett; his sister, Dena Y. Ware; his mother, Mary Elizabeth Smith; step-father, Charles H. Smith; grandmother,...
Randy “Byrd” Brooks, Jr.
Dec 16, 2016
Randy “Byrd” Brooks, Jr. died Friday, December 16, 2016.Byrd was born August 29, 1992, in Bedford, son of Tracy B. Ragland and Randy Byrd Brooks, Sr. Byrd, was a professional welder by trade and attended Blue Ridge Community Church.He is survived by his mother, Tracy B. Ragland and her husband, Kevin of Lynchburg; his father, Randy B. Brooks, Sr., and...
Emory C. "Chip" Justis Jr.
Dec 14, 2016
Emory C. “Chip” Justis Jr. joined our Lord in heaven on December 14, 2016.Chip was 69 years of age and was the son of the late Emory C. Justis Sr. and Clara Minnick Justis of Lynchburg.He is survived by his wife Sandra R. Justis, two sons, Donivan L. “DJ” Justis and his wife, Tonya Phillips Justis of Lynchburg, Emory C....
John Mcconnaughey
Dec 14, 2016
Dr. John Sickles McConnaughey, 61, died Dec. 14, 2016, at the home he built on Smith Mountain Lake, with his family around him.Born Aug. 10, 1955, to David Allan Makepeace McConnaughey and Gloria Hoffman McConnaughey in Okinawa, Japan. He grew up in Santa Rosa, California, and the New Hollin Hills community of Fairfax County, Virginia. He knew from childhood that...
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...
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