Local Obituaries for Tharp Funeral Home
Louise Stanko Kennedy
Jul 12, 2015
Louise Stanko Kennedy, 91, of Lynchburg, died Sunday, July 12, 2015.
Maggie Laura Wright
Jul 11, 2015
Maggie Laura Wright, age 72, of Appomattox, Va., went to be with the Lord Saturday, July 11, 2015, at Lynchburg General Hospital after a long illness. She was the wife of Bobby Wright.She was the daughter of the late Harry C. and Maggie W. Cash. She was preceded in death by her son, Danny “Bones” Blankenship; her brother, Clinton H....
James Anderson
Jul 11, 2015
James Arthur (Jim) Anderson, passed away Saturday, July 11, 2015 at his residenceafter several years of declining health. He was the beloved husband of Elizabeth (Liz)Anderson for 59 years, who survives him.Born February 18, 1938 in Lynchburg, he was a son of Glen Arthur Anderson andFannie Brooks Anderson, who predeceased him, along with a brother, Lewis, and a sister,Grace Anderson...
Robert Lee Arrington
Jul 10, 2015
Robert Lee Arrington, 66, of Forest, passed away on Friday, July 10, 2015.Born on March 2, 1949, Robert was a son of the late Leonard Booker Arrington and the late Louise Tyree Arrington. He was a devoted Christian, and drove a school bus for Bedford County Public Schools for many years. Also, he was an avid Washington Redskins fan and...
Barbara Mccray Rucker
Jul 10, 2015
Barbara Ann McCray Rucker, 80, of Amherst, passed away Friday, July 10, 2015. She was the wife of the late Hayward Scott Rucker, Sr.Along with her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents, George McCray and Agnes McCray; brothers, Donnell McCray, Allen McCray, Harvey McCray, Ruben McCray; sisters, Alma Branch, Clara Perry, Adlean Lacy.She is survived by her...
Mable Allie Apperson
Jul 9, 2015
Mable Allie Apperson, 92, of Lynchburg, died on Thursday, July 9, 2015. She was the wife of the late William D. Stratton and the late Thomas Fox Apperson.Mable was born in Rustburg, Va. on May 9, 1923, a daughter of the late Sidney Caldwell and the late Zephna Caldwell. She was a long time member of Court Street United Methodist...
Rosalie Kerrigan Nichols
Jul 8, 2015
Rosalie (Rosella) Kerrigan Nichols, age 91, of Bedford, Virginia, passed into eternity on July 8, 2015 having been surrounded by family, friends, and caregivers. Mrs. Nichols was predeceased by her beloved husband, Samuel Kent Nichols, his two brothers and two sisters, and her four brothers and five sisters. She was born April 30, 1924 in Hartford, Connecticut into a large...
Richard Walter Williams Ii
Jul 5, 2015
Richard Walter Williams II, 69, of Colonial Heights, formerly of Lynchburg, VA, passed away Sunday, July 5, 2015. Born on July 10, 1945, Richard was the son of the late Charles Berkley Williams and Nancy Gowen Williams. He is survived by his wife Carol Williams, a daughter Laura Paige Brooks and her husband Brian and granddaughter Sophie; a step daughter...
Garland P. Taylor
Jul 4, 2015
Garland P. Taylor, born September 2, 1915, passed away on July 4, 2015. He was preceded in death by his parents, Fleming Taylor and Lillian Watts Taylor, brothers Willie, Roy and Clarence Taylor, sister Ruth Taylor Horsley and Thelma Taylor Smith, and niece Carolyn Horsley Branch.He is survived by his nephew Thomas Abbitt Horsley, Jr. and wife, Carolyn, great nephews...
Ethel Elizabeth Cole Bischoff
Jul 3, 2015
Ethel Elizabeth Cole Bischoff 91, of Lynchburg, died Friday, July 3, 2015 following a very brief illness.Born September 18, 1923, in New Jersey, Ethel was a daughter of Addie Rush Cole and Edgar Russel Cole.Ethel was predeceased by her husband, Rev. Fred Christian Bischoff, a stillborn son, John Bischoff, half-brothers Harry, Donald and Heston Shoemaker.Her sister, Sarah Crouse died June...
Allen Stanley Faw
Jul 2, 2015
Allen Stanley Faw, 70, of Moneta, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, July 2, 2015, after a long battle with cancer.Born on Christmas Eve 1944, Allen was a son of the late Allen Thomas Faw and the late Evelyn Nesbeth McCoy Faw. He proudly served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, and worked at J.M....
Anna Devening Lyons
Jul 1, 2015
Anna Peacock Dulany was born January 12, 1927, the only child of Henry Chamberlaine Dulany of Broad Run, Virginia, and Anna May Peacock Dulany of Lexington, North Carolina.She died July 1, 2015. She was predeceased by her former husbands, Donald C. Devening of Shelbyville, Indiana, and by G. Keith Lyons of Manassas, Virginia.She is survived by her four sons, Donald...
Elbert Durell Guthrie, Jr.
Jun 30, 2015
Elbert Durell “Coley” Guthrie Jr., 76, of Lynchburg, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, June 30, 2015. He was the beloved husband of the recently passed Vercie “Vickie” Manlor Viar Guthrie for forty-four years.Born Saturday, December 10, 1938, Elbert was raised in Lunenburg County and Chase City, Va. He was a son of the late Ethel Craig...
Margaret Thacker Steppe
Jun 28, 2015
Margaret Thacker Steppe, 89, of Lynchburg died Sunday June 28, 2015. She was the devoted wife of Lewis Bailey Steppe, Jr.Margaret was born in Lynchburg July 6, 1925 a daughter of the late Hunter Thacker and Alpha Thompson Thacker. She worked as an office manager with Montague Betts and then later with Seven Hills Nursing Home. She loved to sing...
Benjamin Neal Long, Sr.
Jun 28, 2015
Benjamin Neal Long, Sr., 51, of Huddleston, died Sunday, June 28, 2015. He was the loving husband of Aimee Elizabeth Welch Long.Born May 18, 1964 in Lexington, Benjamin was the son of the late, James Marian Long and Phillis Cecelia Early Long.In addition to his wife, Benjamin is survived by his children; Amber Shiree Bowers, (Rex), Benjamin Long Jr., (Chantel...
Eva Smith Burger
Jun 27, 2015
Eva Smith Burger died peacefully in her sleep at NHC Nursing Home in Murrell’s Inlet, South Carolina at the age of 93. She was born in Paint Rock, AL and was a lifelong resident of Huntsville. Eva retired from the Army as an Executive Assistant in 1980.She was preceded in death by her parents, all of her siblings, and her...
Kamron B. Seamster
Jun 26, 2015
Kamron Brooke Seamster, beloved infant daughter of Miranda Crago and B.J. Seamster, went to be with the Lord on June 26, 2015.In addition to her parents, she is survived by her grandparents, Gina Crago and Danny Ray Shoemaker of Rustburg, Billy and Mandy Seamster of Gladys; great-grandparents, Lewis and Susan Shoemaker of Amherst and Robert Crago of Rustburg; two uncles,...
Clyde Lewis Garbee, Sr.
Jun 25, 2015
Clyde L. Garbee Sr., 89 of Forest, passed away on June 25, 2015. He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Julia Schmitt Garbee, a brother, Keith Garbee and his wife Adreana and one sister-in-law, Rachael Garbee of Arlington. He was a member of Lakewood Baptist Church.Clyde was born on January 25, 1926 to the late William Tyler Garbee...
Lula Marshall
Jun 25, 2015
Lula Rowland Marshall, 90, of Lynchburg passed away Thursday, June 25, 2015 at her home with her loving family at her side.She is survived by her husband of 54 years, William Henry Marshall; a daughter, Joan Mayhew Easterling of Cheraw, S.C.; two grandchildren, Crystal Mayhew McQuage and husband Jason of Southport, N.C., Rebecca Mayhew Cassidy of Cheraw, S.C.; one great-grandson,...
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