Local Obituaries for Tharp Funeral Home
Barbara L. Mccole
Apr 4, 2016
Barbara Lynn McCole, 73, of Forest died Monday April 4, 2016. She was the loving wife of Robert Richard McCole for over 51 years.Barbara was born in Orange, New Jersey on February 23, 1943 a daughter of the late Thatcher John Levens and Ethel Eck Levens. Barbara was retired as a office manager and devoted homemaker. She loved camping with...
Pamela Pierce
Apr 3, 2016
Pamela Louise Pierce, 62, of Smith Mountain Lake in Moneta, Virginia, passed away peacefully Sunday, April 3, 2016. She went home to be with her Lord and Savior.Born in Arlington, Virginia, she was a loving wife of forty five years to her husband, Phillip Michael Pierce, Sr., and a wonderful mother to her daughter and son.In addition to her husband,...
Ruby Viola Branch
Apr 3, 2016
Ruby Viola Floyd Booth Woodson Branch, 83, of Bedford, passed away peacefully and went to be with her Lord in Heaven on Sunday, April 3, 2016. She was born on July 3, 1932 in Amherst County. She is the daughter of the late Earnest P. and Vivian Tomlin Floyd. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by...
Eleanor Bondurant Carwile
Apr 2, 2016
Eleanor Bondurant Carwile, 80, of Lynchburg, went to be with her Lord on Saturday, April 2, 2016. She was the loving wife of the late Claude Morgan Carwile, Jr., for 63 years.Eleanor was on born February 2, 1936 in Campbell County, a daughter of the late Charles Henry Bondurant, Sr. and the late Virginia Mayberry Bondurant.Eleanor is survived by her...
Gertrude Powers Lawson
Apr 2, 2016
Gertrude “Trudy” Powers Lawson passed away peacefully at her home Saturday, April 2, 2016 after a long journey with Alzheimer’s.Trudy was born in 1927 in Simsbury, Connecticut to Lucy and Robert Powers. She is survived by daughters, Cindy Ward of Lynchburg, Terri Bardi of Santa Rosa Beach, Florida; son, Tom Lawson and his wife, Cyndi, of Keller, Texas. Trudy has...
Larry Allen Bruffy, Sr.
Apr 1, 2016
Larry Allen Bruffy, Sr., 68, of Lynchburg, Va., went to be with the Lord Friday, April 1, 2016.Larry was born Thursday, January 22, 1948 in Lynchburg, Va., a son of the late Edward Samuel Bruffy and Sophia Ayers Bruffy. He proudly served our country in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.Left to cherish Larry’s memory are his daughters, Evelyn...
Kendall Yoder
Apr 1, 2016
Kendall Earl Yoder, born May 14, 1991, entered heaven on April 1, 2016. He was preceded in death by his infant brother, Jonathan David Yoder. He is survived by the love of his life, his wife and best friend Catherine Poss Yoder; loving and loyal parents Robert “Bob” Yoder Jr. and Almaria Zehr Yoder; sister Cherie Cobb and husband Samuel;...
Daniel K. Hogan, Sr.
Apr 1, 2016
Daniel K. Hogan, Sr. 80, born in Botetourt County and lived most of his life in the Lynchburg area. Dan departed this life on April 1, 2016, with his wife by his side at his home in Forest after an extended illness with cancer.He is an inactive member of Lakewood Baptist Church, Masons Philanthropic Lodge #168, and American Legion 16.Mr....
Marjorie W. Adams
Mar 30, 2016
Marjorie W. Adams, 91, of Lynchburg, died Wednesday, March 30, 2016.Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory, Madison Heights, is assisting the family.
Calvin C. Mccormick, Jr.
Mar 28, 2016
Calvin C. “Red” McCormick, Jr., died Monday, March 28, 2016, after a one year battle with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He was preceded in death by his parents, Calvin C. McCormick, Sr. and Margaret Gallier McCormick, both of Lynchburg.Calvin was born on December 31, 1946. He was a 1966 graduate of E.C. Glass High School, and served in the U.S. Navy. He...
Thomas Woodruff Stewart
Mar 27, 2016
Dr. Thomas Woodruff Stewart, 94, of Lynchburg, Va., went to be with the Lord Sunday, March 27, 2016. He was the loving husband of Selene Carson Stewart.Thomas was born Tuesday, June 14, 1921 in Pelham, N.Y., a son of the late Thomas Stewart, Sr. and Martha Hall. In 1945, he graduated from Columbia University, N.Y., earning a Medical Degree. He...
Brenda Ann Paige Harris
Mar 24, 2016
Brenda P. Harris fell asleep in death March 24, 2016 at Centra Hospice House. She was born October 31, 1947 to the late Samuel Walker and Mattie Mariah Paige. She was preceded in death by her second youngest brother, Vincent R. Paige.Brenda was known as a very sweet, kind and caring person. She will be remembered for visiting the sick,...
Rebecca Faye O'Connor-Wuergler
Mar 24, 2016
Rebecca Eubank O’Connor-Wuergler (Becky) went to meet her Lord on Thursday, March 24, 2016, after a long battle with cancer.She was preceded in death by her parents, Thurman Hampton Eubank and Clara Reynolds Eubank, and her husband Ronald M. Wuergler. She is survived by her daughter Michelle O’Connor Harmony, son-in-law Mike Harmony, granddaughters Lauren Michelle Harmony and Ashley Renea Harmony,...
Anna Widor Beach
Mar 21, 2016
Anna Jean Belladone Widor Beach of Forest, Virginia, formerly of Culpeper, Virginia and Newburgh, New York, left this life on Monday, March 21, 2016. Born in Highland Falls, New York on January 20, 1937, to Vincent and Margaret Belladone, she was a 1955 graduate of Highland Falls High School and a retiree from IBM in Manassas, Virginia.She was preceded in...
Jesse C Gaines, Sr.
Mar 19, 2016
Jesse Carl Gaines, of Bedford, passed away on Saturday, March 19, 2016, after a long illness. One of nine children, he was born to Merceders and Archie J. Gaines of Charlotte Court House, VA.Jesse served in the U.S. Navy. He retired from the Lynchburg Police Department with 34 years of service and 18 years as a U.S. Marshall. He was...
Ann Cyrus Sullivan
Mar 19, 2016
Precious in The Sight of the Lord is The Death of His Saints Psalm 116:15Ann Cyrus Sullivan of Lynchburg, VA, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, March 19, 2016.She was born on February 1, 1928 in Appomattox County, the youngest daughter of Elizabeth Mann Cyrus and Wince Edward Cyrus. She was preceded in death by her husband of...
Edward Joseph Repke
Mar 18, 2016
Edward Joseph Repke, 91, of Huddleston, died Friday, March 18, 2016 at Oakwood Manor.Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory, Bedford is assisting the family.
Luke Nolan Raines
Mar 18, 2016
Luke Nolan Raines, 23, passed away on March 18, 2016. Luke was a resident of Lynchburg, Va., a 2010 graduate of E.C. Glass, and a student at CVCC. Born in Ripon, Calif., he moved to Virginia in 2000. He loved science, hiking in the outdoors, music, working with his hands, and most of all, his friends.Preceding him in death were...
William Waldo Johnson
Mar 18, 2016
William Waldo Johnson, 75, of Bedford, died peacefully at his home surrounded by his loving family Friday, March 18, 2016. He was the loving husband of Dorothy Mitchell Johnson.Born March 4, 1941 in Bedford, he was the son of the late Waldo Mortimer Johnson and Eunice Mitchell Johnson. William proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy.In addition to his...
Julois ”Sue” Ann Hubbard
Mar 18, 2016
Julois “Sue” Ann Hubbard, of Bedford, the beloved wife of Robert Hubbard, passed away on Friday, March 18, 2016.Sue was the daughter of the late Claiborne and Ora Maxey, born in Wolf, West Virginia on March 14, 1947. She was preceded in death by her sister, Rosa Fulwiler; and her granddaughter Amber Nicole Simms her angel unaware.She is survived by...
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