Local Obituaries for Tharp Funeral Home
Patricia Quackenbush
Aug 15, 2016
Patricia Quackenbush passed away peacefully on August 15, 2016 following a long illness.Pat was born on April 15, 1947 in Manhattan, N.Y. to the late, Bertha and Arthur McBride. She attended State University of New York (SUNY) at Potsdam, N.Y., and in 1968, she married Edward Quackenbush. In the 1970s, they settled in Westport, N.Y. where they raised their four...
David Crowther Campbell
Aug 15, 2016
We have lost a great friend and an all-around good human being. David Crowther Campbell left this life on August 15, 2016, after battling cancer for nearly two years.Born in Lynchburg in 1938, Dave was the son of Willie Crowther and Mary Louise Ruhland Campbell. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy serving on the USS Richard E. Kraus...
James Ray Harmon
Aug 15, 2016
James “Jim” Ray Harmon, 69, of Big Island, passed away on Monday, August 15, 2016. He was the beloved husband of Trish Harmon.Born on October 13, 1946, in Tennessee, Jim was a son of the late James G. Harmon and the late Susie M. West Harmon.In addition to his wife, Jim is survived by three daughters, Mary Sue Dayhoff, Jamie...
Dana Tyree
Aug 14, 2016
Dana Mae Rodgers Tyree, 94, went to be with her Lord, Sunday, August 14, 2016. Born March 8, 1922 in Campbell Co. She was preceded in death by her parents, Hubert and Hilda Rodgers; her husband, Robert W. ; son, Walter Tyree; two sisters, Mary White and Bettie Doss.She is survived by one sister, Ruby Kirby; three sons, Brent Tyree(Carole),...
Angela Marlene Brown
Aug 14, 2016
Angela Marlene Brown, 49, of Evington, VA, died Sunday, August 14, 2016.Born Tuesday, March 21, 1967 in Lynchburg, Angie was daughter of the late William Ralph Brown Jr. and Glenda Dale Hall.In addition to her father, Angie was preceded in death by grandparents William R. Brown Sr., Mildred Moore Brown, and Ethel Adkins Hall.In addition to her mother, Angie is...
Margaret H. Elder
Aug 12, 2016
Margaret Hite Elder passed away on Friday, August 12, 2016 at Lynchburg General Hospital after a sudden illness.She was born in Covington, VA on December 30, 1935 to Russell R. Hite and Sadie Hite. Margaret suffered through the effects of Polio her entire childhood but still persevered to become a nurse and graduated from Lynchburg General Hospital Nursing School in...
Ashton Short
Aug 12, 2016
Ashton Casey Shawn Short, 21, of Goode passed away Friday, August 12, 2016. He is survived by his loving family: mother; Shawn Wilson Short; father: Vincent Andrew Short; brothers: Alden Vincent Short and wife, Jennifer, Andrew Jarrett Short; sister: Alainey Nanette Short; paternal grandparents: Sonny and Pat Short; maternal grandparents: Pearl and Jake Gross; god parents: Harvey and Janet Mays;...
Bobby Ray Epperson
Aug 12, 2016
Bobby Ray Epperson, 63, of Brookneal, VA, died Friday, August 12, 2016.Born Sunday, August 17, 1952 in Gladys, VA, Bobby was a son of the late Floyd Dick Epperson and the late Emma Jones Epperson.In addition to his parents, Bobby was preceded in death by two brothers, Hubert Epperson and Thomas Edward Epperson.Bobby is survived by a daughter, Shannon Moon,...
Dorothy Deshazo
Aug 12, 2016
Dorothy Elizabeth DeShazo 91, of Bedford, VA. died Friday, August 12, 2016. She was born in Orlando, Fla. January 29, 1925, daughter of the late George M. Overstreet and Dessa Burnett Overstreet. She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Tazewell DeShazo, Jr. of Roanoke, VA.Left to cherish her memory are two daughters; Deborah DeShazo and Dianne Fain of...
Robert Milton Bailey, Sr.
Aug 12, 2016
Robert M. Bailey (Bob), 84, of Lynchburg passed away on Friday, August 12, 2016. He was born on September 14, 1931, the youngest of ten children, to Edward Smith Bailey and Mary Fannie Bailey. He attended E. C. Glass and was fortunate to play basketball for Jimmy Bryan, who became a role model for him. He earned a basketball scholarship...
Fred J. Noble
Aug 10, 2016
Fredrick “Fred” J. Noble, 91, of Lynchburg, Va., died Wednesday, August 10, 2016. He was the loving husband of the late Gaynelle Ashby Noble.Fred was born Friday, December 12, 1924 in Anderson, Ind., a son of the late Fred Noble and Leafy Harrison. He was retired from Windsor Group Insurance where he was an insurance salesman.Left to cherish Fred’s memory...
Daisy Wood
Aug 9, 2016
Daisy Wood, 96, of Lynchburg, died Wednesday, August 9, 2016. She was the wife of the late Whittie Thomas Wood.Daisy was born in Campbell County, a daughter of the late George Lee Smith and the late Mary Elizabeth Childress Wood. She was a member of Bethesda Presbyterian Church and retired from G.E.She is survived by her children; Douglas Wood and...
Mark Davette Murphy
Aug 9, 2016
Mark D. Murphy, 64 of Augusta, Georgia, formally of Bedford, Virginia, passed away on Tuesday, August 9, 2016. Born May 23, 1952, he was a son of the late Wilbur and Alice Murphy of Bedford. He is also preceded in death by a grandson; Karavi Murphy and a sister; Rachel Minnis. Mark is survived by his wife, Sheila Murphy; five...
Wilma Minnix Mccoy
Aug 7, 2016
Wilma Minnix McCoy, 87 of Forest, Va., left this world behind on Sunday, August 7, 2016, to join her husband Duane Ivan McCoy in the place our Lord has prepared for them. The couple had been blessed with 60 years of marriage.Wilma was born on June 11, 1929, in Huntington, W.Va. She was the daughter of the late Bennard Boyd...
Carol A. Foreman
Aug 7, 2016
Carol A. Foreman , 85, of Lynchburg, VA, died Sunday, August 07, 2016.Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory, Lynchburg, is assisting the family.
Shirley Hartmann Kirby
Aug 7, 2016
Shirley Hartmann Kirby, 80, of Lynchburg, passed away on Sunday, August 7, 2016. Born on May 22, 1936, in Ohio, she was the daughter of the late John Walter Hartmann and the late Kathryn Lofty Hartmann.Shirley was the loving wife of Vernon Douglas Kirby. She and Doug were high school sweethearts at Brookville High School, and then went on to...
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...
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