Local Obituaries for Tharp Funeral Home
Carter Scott Craft
Feb 7, 2016
Carter Craft, 19, of Lynchburg, Virginia, died February 7, 2016, at Roanoke Memorial Hospital from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident Friday, February 5, 2016. He was born in Lynchburg on June 26, 1996, to Kendall S. Craft and Martha A. (Coleman) DeJarnette. He was a graduate of Jefferson Forest High School 2015, was a sales executive at Billy Craft...
Clifford Johnston
Feb 6, 2016
Clifford Johnston, 59, of Lynchburg, passed away Saturday, February 6, 2016 at his residence.He was preceded in death by his parents, John Milton Johnston and Evelyn Vivian Turner Johnston of New York; and one brother Mark Johnston of California.He is survived by his wife of nine years, Ashley Edlin Johnston; his son, William Clifford Johnston; three brothers, Eric Johnston and...
Bernard Clinton Yeatts
Feb 5, 2016
View Tribute VideoBernard Clinton Yeatts, 87, of Forest, Virginia, went to be home with the Lord on Friday, February 5, 2016.Bernard was born on April 16, 1928 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia and was the oldest son of the late Clarence Yeatts and the late Lora Towler Yeatts. He joined the United States Navy in 1945 during the last months of...
Randall Fischer
Feb 5, 2016
Randall “Randy” Fischer died Friday, February 5, 2016. His parents were Mildred and William Fischer, both deceased, of Buffalo Lake, MN.Randy grew up on his parents’ farm. He graduated from Buffalo Lake High School and attended Augsburg College in Minneapolis and then the University of Minnesota, St. Paul campus.He enlisted in the U S Air force in 1952. After basic...
Betty Ann Carlton Ritter
Feb 4, 2016
Betty Ann Carlton Ritter, 84, of Forest, died Thursday, February 04, 2016. She was the devoted wife of the late Clay Jessup Ritter for 59 years.Born August 6, 1931 in Plant City, FL, Betty was a daughter of the late Chester Clarence Carlton and the late Ora Mae Stock Carlton.In addition to her husband, and parents, Betty was preceded in...
David Benjamin Wallace
Feb 4, 2016
David Benjamin Wallace, 84, of Lynchburg, passed away peacefully Thursday, February 4, 2016. He was born in Duluth, Minnesota, January 23, 1932, a son of the late Alan Lockhart Wallace and Esther Henby Wallace. He was also preceded in death by a son David Benjamin Wallace Jr., who passed away January 28, 2015. David graduated from New Trier High School...
Charlotte Karnes
Feb 4, 2016
Charlotte Leona King Karnes, 82, of Bedford, went to be with our heavenly Father on Thursday, February 4, 2016 at Bedford Memorial Hospital. She was the wife of the late John Bennett Karnes, Jr.Born August 27, 1933 in Dante, VA she was the daughter of the late Delmar King and Beulah Thomas King. Charlotte had several jobs outside the home....
Allan Frederick Tuthill
Feb 4, 2016
Allan Frederick Tuthill, 74, of Forest, died on Thursday, February 4, 2016. He was the husband of Helen Wernikowski Tuthill for fifty-two years. Allan was born on November 14, 1941 in Long Island, NY a son of the late Sherrill H. Tuthill and the late Hazel Hadel Tuthill.Allan retired as Chief Accountant for Suffolk County in Riverhead, NY. He was...
Jesse Cox
Feb 3, 2016
Jesse Cox, of Altavista, died Tuesday, February 3, 2016.Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory, Lynchburg, is assisting the family.
Tony Gray Short
Feb 2, 2016
Tony Gray Short, 81, died Saturday, January 30, 2016 at Runk & Pratt Senior Living Communities, Hardy, VA.He was born in Mt. Airy, N.C., but grew up in Greensboro, N.C. He served in the US Army in the Korean War and retired as Chief of Internal Review with the Department of Defense in 1988.He is survived by his wife of...
Kathy Brammer
Feb 1, 2016
Kathy Marie Lovern Brammer, 61, of Thaxton, died Monday, February 1, 2016 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She was the wife of Maurice Howard Brammer. Born March 22, 1954 in Blacksburg, she was a daughter of the late Wiley Minor Lovern and Dorothy Lee Cromer Lovern. She is also preceded in death by one sister: Emma D. Hughes.Kathy also leaves...
Mary Scott Dias
Jan 31, 2016
Mary Scott Sutherland Dias, 50, of Woodbridge, Virginia, passed away on January 31, 2016, after a long illness.Born in Lynchburg on March 27, 1965, she was the eldest daughter of Doris Hanson Sutherland and the late Sidney Everette Sutherland III.Mary Scott was a graduate of Villa Maria Academy and E. C. Glass High School. She earned her BA from the...
Charles Fuqua Hurt
Jan 30, 2016
Charles Fuqua Hurt, P.E., 84, of Lynchburg, Virginia, went to be with his Lord and Savior, on Saturday, January 30, 2016, at Westminster Canterbury.Charley as he was often known was born October 13, 1931 in Abingdon, Virginia to the late Wallace Owen Hurt and Mary Helen Bickley Hurt. He attended William King High School in Abingdon and Virginia Polytechnic Institute,...
Lillian Edith Wilkerson Thompson
Jan 30, 2016
Lillian Edith Wilkerson Thompson of Rock Hill, South Carolina and formerly of Lynchburg, Virginia passed away January 30th, 2016 at White Oak Manor of Rock Hill.A native of Lynchburg, Virginia, Mrs. Thompson was born April 24, 1919, the daughter of Homer Bradley and Virginia Lee Wilkerson. She was a homemaker who spent many hours sewing, cooking, canning and gardening which...
Nina Collins
Jan 30, 2016
Nina Inge Collins, 76, of Lynchburg passed away, Saturday January 30, 2016.Nina was born June 7, 1939 in Lynchburg a daughter of the late Aubrey Early Inge and Margaret Phelps Inge. Nina worked as a nurse’s aide at the Central Virginia Training Center.She is survived by her three children: Jeffrey L. Vaughan and his wife Wanda of Lynchburg; Bo L....
Adeline Gehrig Ford
Jan 30, 2016
Adeline Adelaide Ford, 92, of Forest, died Saturday, January 30, 2016. She was the wife of the late Henry Webster Ford.Born Wednesday, March 7, 1923 in Manhattan, NY, a daughter of the late Frank A. Gehrig and the late Josephine Hendricks Gehrig.Adeline is survived by two daughters, Jane Rega Brunett, of Forest, and Evelyn Rega Macguire and husband Tom, of...
Shirley Mae Luce Snell
Jan 27, 2016
Shirley May Luce Snell, 80, of Forest, went to be with her Savior, Jesus Christ, on Wednesday, January 27, 2016 after a brief illness.Shirley was born in Dansville, NY on November 19, 1935.She was preceded in death by her parents, Stanley and Carol Luce; her brothers Gordon and Ronald; and one sister Donna.She is survived by her husband of 60...
M. Robert "Bob" Rubin
Jan 27, 2016
Bob passed away on January 27, 2016, at the Hospice House in Lynchburg after a battle with pancreatic cancer.Bob and his saintly wife, Sharlene, raised their family in Michigan City, Indiana, where he owned and ran a sporting goods store, appropriately named, “Bob’s Sporting Goods”. He and Shar retired to Crystal River, Florida in 1980, living on a beautiful rural...
Lonnie Strader
Jan 26, 2016
Lonnie Lee Strader, 51, of Moneta, died Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at his residence. He was the loving husband of Desiree Elaine Hannon Strader.He is preceded in death by his mother, Inta Penvas Strader.In addition to Desiree, Lonnie is survived by his father, Dave Strader, his son, Austin Strader, and his sister, Juanita Hayward.Lonnie taught Karate in Moneta for a...
Walter David Roberts
Jan 24, 2016
Walter David Roberts, 90, died, January 24, 2016 at Lynchburg General Hospital after a short illness. He is survived by his devoted wife of thirty-six years, Joan Campbell Roberts.Born the youngest child of the late Helen Carey Roberts and Charles Roberts Sr., in Phillipsburg, New Jersey on January 13, 1926. He was predeceased by his siblings; James Douglas Roberts, Charles...
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