Local Obituaries for Tharp Funeral Home
Lucy West Key Brooks
Nov 11, 2014
Lucy West Key Brooks, 94, of Florida, died Tuesday, November 11, 2014. The family will receivefriends from 11 AM – 12 Noon, Saturday, November 15, 2014 at Tharp Funeral Home, Bedford.Burial will follow in Suck Spring Baptist Church Cemetery. Arrangements by Tharp Funeral Home& Crematory, Bedford, (540) 586-3443.
Odessa Minnick Falls
Nov 10, 2014
Odessa Minnick Falls, 88, of Lynchburg passed away Monday, November 10, 2014. She was the loving wife of the late Floyd Shirly Falls for 57 years.Odessa was born in Bedford County June 23, 1926; a daughter of the late Wyatt W. and Pearl Burks Minnick. She is survived by her son, Roger N. Falls and wife, Yvonne of Madison Heights;...
Kenneth Warren Jamerson, Sr.
Nov 9, 2014
Kenneth Warren Jamerson, Sr., 79, of Lynchburg died Sunday November 9, 2014. He was the devoted husband of Betsy Jones Jamerson for 59 years.Kenneth was born on December 9, 1934 and grew up in Spout Spring, VA, a son of the late Hunter Jamerson and the late Eva Meredith Jamerson. He was a graduate of the Virginia State Police Academy....
Sharyn Ann Mitchell
Nov 9, 2014
Sharyn Ann Mitchell, 65, of Forest, went to be with her Lord, Sunday, November 9, 2014. She was the loving wife of Michael Mitchell for 40 years.Sharyn was born May 14, 1949, in Maddock North Dakota. She was a devoted and beloved wife, mother, and friend. Sharyn graduated from Arizona State University and was an elementary school teacher in Orange...
Franklin Delano Smith
Nov 9, 2014
Franklin Delano Smith, 80, of Madison Heights, passed away Sunday, November 9, 2014. He was born on Saturday, October 27, 1934 to Harris and Myrtle Smith.He was a member of Thomas Road Baptist Church. Mr. Smith was a proud honorable service man who humbly served his country in the United States Navy. He was a retired employee of General Electric/Ericcson.In...
Jonathan David Gregoire
Nov 8, 2014
Jonathan David Gregoire, 21, of Wilbraham, MA, and a student of Liberty University, passed away on Saturday, November 8, 2014. Tharp Funeral Home, Lynchburg, is assisting the family, (434) 237-9424.
Franklin Cury Crance
Nov 8, 2014
Franklin C. Crance, 78, of Madison Heights, died on Saturday, November 08, 2014. Tharp Funeral Home, Madison Heights, is assisting the family, (434) 929-0055.
Charles Lynwood Roberts
Nov 7, 2014
Charles Lynwood Roberts, 93, of Bedford, died on Friday, November 7, 2014, at the English Meadows-Elks National Home Campus. He was the husband of the late Mildred Virginia Saunders.Lynwood was born on December 19, 1920 in Bedford County, to the late Charles Bruce Roberts and Helen Cheek Roberts. Lynwood is also preceded in death by his sister, Marie Roberts and...
Hustin Martin
Nov 5, 2014
Hustin “Pappy” Martin, 60, went home to be with his Lord, Wednesday, November 5, 2014 with his family by his side. He was the loving husband of Helen Louise Wood Martin and daddy to his two yorkies, Pippa and Luna, but he loved the Lord even more.Born in Roanoke September 8, 1954, he was the son of the late Houston...
Mary Page Thurmond Pettyjohn
Nov 5, 2014
Mary Page Thurmond Pettyjohn of Lynchburg died November 5, 2014 after a long illness.She was born May 13, 1948 in Lynchburg, the daughter of Jane Ransone Thurmond and Philip Thomas Thurmond. She was preceded in death by her parents and her beloved husband, Clunet Holmes Pettyjohn, Jr.A graduate of E.C. Glass High School and St. Mary’s Junior College in Raleigh,...
Nancy Cleveland White
Nov 4, 2014
Nancy Cleveland White of Lynchburg died Tuesday, November 4, 2014, at her residence.She was born in Lynchburg on March 14, 1927, a daughter of the late Lemuel Wills White, Sr. and Nannie Frazier White. Nancy was the youngest of their eight children and was the last one surviving.Nancy studied at Ferrum College, Lynchburg College, and Duke University. She earned her...
Robert Abbott
Nov 4, 2014
Robert Abbott, 84, of Lynchburg, passed away on Tuesday, November 4, 2014.Born on July 13, 1930, Robert was the son of the late Robert Abbott and the late Jane Pope. He proudly served the U.S. Army in Germany during the Korean Conflict, and worked at Babcock and Wilcox for over thirty years.Left behind to cherish Robert’s memory are his three...
Virginia Cyrus Radford
Nov 4, 2014
Virginia Cyrus Radford, 76, of Forest died on Tuesday, November 4, 2014. She was the widow of Charles Aaron Radford, her husband of more than fifty years.Born in Campbell Country, she was the daughter of the late Samuel M. and Elizabeth Moore Cyrus. She was a graduate of Rustburg High School, and she was also a longtime employee of General...
Vickie Gail Quinn
Nov 3, 2014
Vickie Gail Quinn, 64, of Lynchburg, died on Monday, November 3, 2014. Tharp Funeral Home, Lynchburg, is assisting the family, (434) 237-9424, www.obituaries.tharpfuneralhome.com.
Clarice Virginia Rosser Adams
Nov 3, 2014
Clarice Virginia Rosser Adams, 101, of Lynchburg, passed away on Monday, November 3, 2014. She was the loving wife of the late Julian O. Adams.She was born in Evington, Virginia on October 14, 1913, to the late Frank Wilmer Rosser and the late Virginia May Mitchell Rosser.Clarice loved her family and was devoted to them. She enjoyed and was very...
Tyler Andrew Addison
Nov 3, 2014
Tyler Andrew Addison, age 21, of Columbus, passed away November 3, 2014.He was preceded in death by his father, David Addison and his paternal grandfather, Les Addison.Surviving are are his mother, Gretchen Addison; his daughter, Sophie Addison,; grandparents: Peter and Elizabeth Miller of Hilliard, OH and Betty Addison of Forest, VA.A graveside service and burial will be held at 2:00...
Alpha Mae Watson Nance
Oct 30, 2014
Alpha Mae Watson Nance entered peacefully into eternal rest on October 30, 2014. Born December 2, 1918 in the Moneta community, she was the second of four children from the union of the late Edna Mae Burnette and James Kone Watson. For 64 years she was the loving and respectful wife of Elisha Ray Nance until his passing in 2009....
Evelyn Ann Reichel
Oct 30, 2014
Evelyn Ann Reichel, 68, of Lynchburg, VA, passed away on Thursday, October 30, 2014. She was the wife of the late Peter August Reichel, Sr. for 24 years.Evelyn was born November 15, 1945, in McKees Rocks, PA, the daughter of the late Kathryn Mikovitz Sakara. She worked for Flight Environments in Paso Robles, CA for nine years.Left behind to cherish...
Christie Rose Gembach Anderson
Oct 29, 2014
Christie Rose Anderson, born October 29, 1937, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by family and friends on Saturday, April 26, 2014, following a lengthy battle with cancer. She is originally from East Stone Gap, VA and spent most of her adult life in Florida and Tennessee before moving to the Smith Mountain Lake area. She graduated from East...
William Preston Holbrook
Oct 29, 2014
William Preston Holbrook became heaven bound on October 29, 2014 following a courageous battle with cancer with his loving family by his side.He grew up in Roanoke County and attended Cave Spring High School graduating in 1972. Preston lived in Bedford County for the remainder of his life with his wife, Amy, of 38 years and children, Matthew, Kristin, and...
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