Local Obituaries for Tharp Funeral Home
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...
John Morgan Gilliland
Jan 23, 2016
John Morgan Gilliland, 86, of Forest Va., died Saturday, January 23, 2016. He was the loving husband of Mildred Toler Gilliland for 65 years.He was born November 17, 1929 in Charlotte County, a son of the late James Bates Gilliland and the late Annie Palmer Gilliland. In addition to his parents he was proceeded in death by three brothers, James,...
Alvin Paige Farmer
Jan 22, 2016
Alvin Paige Farmer Jr., 57, of Madison Heights passed away Friday, January 22, 2016.Born July 20, 1958, he was the son of the late Alvin Paige Farmer Sr. and Arlene Shaner Farmer. He was preceded in death by his sister Jeanette Shaner Minnick, and brother Jimmy Shaner.Paige is survived by his brother Jonathan Wayne Shaner, and wife Carolyn. Paige is...
Dorothy Helen Limehouse Richards
Jan 20, 2016
Dorothy Helen Limehouse Richards died on Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at Fairmont Crossing in Amherst.Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory, Madison Heights, is assisting the family. To send condolences, please visit obituaries.tharpfuneralhome.com.
Barbara Anne Drifmeyer
Jan 20, 2016
Barbara Anne Rychlik Daniels Drifmeyer, 62, of Bedford, passed away on January 20, 2016 at her residence after a very courageous battle with breast cancer. Barb was born on September 30, 1953 in Holyoke, MA a daughter of the late Maj. Stanley Joseph Rychlik and Esther Howarth Whittaker Rychlik. Barb earned her associates degree in management while working full-time as...
Rodger Lee Barbour
Jan 19, 2016
Rodger Lee Barbour, 64, of Huddleston died Tuesday January 19, 2016.Rodger was born July 18, 1951 in Lynchburg, a son of the late Kermit Lee Barbour and Iris Williams Barbour. Rodger was a skilled worker and could do anything with his hands. He was also an active member of the American Legion Post #16.He is survived by his son Marcus...
Charles "Charlie" Wilmer Russell
Jan 19, 2016
Charles Wilmer “Charlie” Russell, 89, of Lynchburg, passed away on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 after a short illness. He was the husband of the late Betty Jordan Russell and the son of the late Mary Mignonette Hayden and Benjamin Dawson Russell. Charlie was born in Washington, DC on August 10, 1926. He graduated from Holy Cross Academy and Lynchburg College...
Eugene Frasco
Jan 18, 2016
Eugene Joseph Frasco, 85, of Moneta, passed away on Monday, January 18, 2016 at Oakwood Manor Health & Rehab in Bedford. He was born on November 19, 1930 in Peoria, IL. A son of the late Fred Frasco and Agnes Rodgers Frasco. In addition to his parents Eugene was preceded in death by a brother, Corky.Eugene served his county in...
Carl Coleman
Jan 17, 2016
Carl Musgrave Coleman, 87, of Lynchburg died Sunday, January 17, 2016. He was the husband of the late Charlene Peery Coleman.Carl was born February 4, 1928 in Bedford County, a son of the late Robert Lee Coleman and Dessie Martin Coleman. Carl honorably served his country and was retired from the U.S. Army, and served during World War II. He...
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