Local Obituaries for Tharp Funeral Home
Traute Dannath Zagora
May 15, 2014
Traute Dannath Zagora, 87, of Madison Heights died Thursday, May 15, 2014. She was the loving wife of the late Waldemar Karl Zagora for almost 60 years.Born September 4, 1926, in East Prussia, Germany, Traute was a daughter of the late Margarete Dannath. Traute is survived by her daughter Regina Tyree and her husband Marvin “Smokey†of Madison Heights, two...
Emma Marie Scheeler Jacobs
May 13, 2014
Emma Marie Scheeler Jacobs, 88, of Bedford, died, Tuesday, May 13, 2014. Born January 6, 1926 in Baltimore, MD, a daughter of the late William Scheeler and Agnes Miller Scheeler.Emma was a retiree of Baltimore Inner Harbor Hospital and a member of United Brethren Methodist Church.In addition to her parents, Emma was preceded in death by her husband, Sylvester Charles...
Augusta Mckinney Pribble
May 13, 2014
Augusta McKinney Pribble, 84, of Lynchburg died Tuesday May 13, 2014. She was the wife of the late Collie Steptoe Pribble, Jr.Augusta was born March 25, 1930 in Lynchburg a daughter of the late James McKinney and the late Blanche Cox McKinney.She is survived by her two daughters: Ava Tomlin and husband Harold of Lynchburg and Linda Womack and her...
Cordelia Ann Bruce
May 12, 2014
Cordelia Ann Bruce, 71, of Hunt Valley, MD and formerly of Bedford, VA died Monday, May 12, 2014 at her residence. She was born May 25, 1942, a daughter of the late Rawlings Edward Bruce and Dorothy Irene Gibbs Bruce.In addition to her parents, Cordelia was preceded in death by her sister, Virginia Bruce.Cordelia was a member of Main Street...
Helen Louise Vyhnalek
May 12, 2014
Helen Louise Kushner Vyhnalek passed on May 12, 2014 at age 87. Helen was married for 48 years to the late Louis T. Vyhnalek of Parma, Ohio, after which she moved to Lynchburg, Virginia.Helen was preceded in death by her infant son, Tommy, as well as her parents Martin Kushner and Anna Aschcroft Kushner and her brothers and sisters.Helen’s father...
Charlie Mathews, Sr.
May 12, 2014
Charlie “Dick†William Mathews, Sr. of Lynchburg died Monday, May 12, 2014 at Virginia Baptist Hospital. He was the husband of the late Cora Rebecca Mays Mathews. Born October 21, 1929 in Amherst County he was the son of the late Charlie Wesley Mathews and Effie Moore Mathews. Charlie was a retired truck driver and a member of Beulah Methodist...
Shirley Burnham
May 10, 2014
Shirley Kearney Burnham, 89, wife of the late Frank Spalding Burnham, died in Lynchburg on Saturday May 10, 2014. Born October 29, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Thomas F. Kearney and the late Hannah D. Kearney of East Windsor Hill Connecticut. Shirley was predeceased by her older brother John T. Kearney also of East Windsor Hill, Connecticut.Shirley...
Hunter Everette Nash
May 10, 2014
Hunter Everette Nash, 94, died Saturday May 10, 2014 at Odd Fellows Home, Lynchburg, Virginia. He was born August 22, 1919 in Appomattox, VA, a son of the late Lloyd Everette Nash and the late Mattie Harvey Nash.He is survived by his wife of 74 years, Opal Beatrice Townsend Nash and two sons, Wiley L. Nash (Dianne) Forest, and Harold...
Starr Sorenson
May 9, 2014
Starr Evangaline Niles Sorenson, 63, of Moneta, died Friday, May 9, 2014 at her residence. She was the loving wife of Stanley L. Sorenson.Born July 11, 1950 in Warren, PA, she was the daughter Avalon Powers Niles and the late Kelly J. Niles. Starr was a travel nurse with Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital.Starr is also survived by her children: Steven...
Vivian Collier Little
May 9, 2014
Vivian Collier Little, a resident of Westminster-Canterbury in Lynchburg, Virginia, did May 9, 2014 at the age of 100. She was born August 1, 1913, in Portsmouth, Virginia to Edward Lee Collier and Manie Blanche Revere Collier. She grew up in Norfolk, Virginia.In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Mildred Collier Knight in 1963...
Patricia Burley Irby Williams
May 8, 2014
Patricia Burley Irby Williams, 64, of Lynchburg died Thursday May 8, 2014. Twice widowed she was the wife of the late Roy Irby and the late Bennie Williams.Patricia was born December 5, 1949 in Lynchburg, a daughter of the late Bernard Alvin Burley and Lucille Hudson Burley of Lynchburg.In addition to her mother she is survived by her daughter Barbara...
Ann Bedsworth
May 8, 2014
Ann Bedsworth Super Hero dies unexpectedly. Ann Bedsworth of Lynchburg, died unexpectedly at home on Thursday, May 8, 2014, at the age of 83. After moving to Lynchburg in 2009, she hung up her cape and enjoyed her retirement in her new hometown. As the mother of three boys, Michael, Patrick and Jon (deceased), she always put her family’s needs...
Clara Etta Mahan
May 7, 2014
Clara Etta Mahan 92, of Lynchburg, formerly of Valdosta, Georgia passed away peacefully at home Wednesday, May 7, 2014. She was preceded in death by her husband of 40 years Wayne Cordell Mahan.She is survived by her children Susan Morykon (Mike) of Lynchburg, Virginia, Judy Lewis (Robert) of Winooski, Vermont, Marilyn Shahan (Tom) of Gate, Oklahoma, Gary Smith (Deanna) of...
Virginia Pearce Packert
May 7, 2014
Virginia Elizabeth Pearce Packert, of Lynchburg, Virginia, died May 7, 2014, at the age of 86, as a result of a bout with pneumonia. She was born on June 21, 1927, on her family’s cotton plantation on the banks of Bayou Boeuf in Cheneyville, Louisiana, the daughter of Cornelia Elizabeth Fullilove and Paul Reed Pearce.She grew up and attended schools...
Paul Shields
May 4, 2014
Paul Berman Shields, 88, of Lynchburg died Sunday, May 4, 2014. He was preceded in death by his wife Juanita Epps Shields, and first wife Ruth Curd Shields.Paul was born November 21, 1925 in Altavista, a son of the late Henry and Ruthie Shields. Paul was in the U.S. Navy and served in World War II. He received multiple honors...
Eva Marie Stephenson
May 4, 2014
Eva Marie Donald Stephenson, 70, of Evington, passed away Sunday, May 4, 2014. Born November 28, 1943 in Lynchburg; she was a daughter of the late William Hubert Donald and Alice Vest Donald.Eva is survived by her husband Leroy Stephenson of Evington; her daughters, Katherine Marie Smith and her husband Bobby of Altavista and Jennifer Renee Barrett and her husband...
Jack Joseph Noll
May 3, 2014
Jack Joseph Noll, 79, of Lynchburg died Saturday, May 03, 2014 at his residence. He was the husband of Bonnie Tate Noll. Born in 1934 at North Ridgeville, Ohio, a son of the late Joseph Wendell Noll and the late Helen Noll.Jack is survived by his devoted wife, as well as his adopted son: William Keith Noll of Sugar Hill,...
Elsie Marie Hesson
May 2, 2014
Elsie Hesson, 92, of Lynchburg, VA, died Friday, May 2, 2014, at Lynchburg General Hospital in Lynchburg, VA. She was the wife of the late Edward Hesson.She was the daughter of the late Joseph Dewey Crawford and the late Rose Crawford.In addition to her parents, Elsie was preceded in death by her siblings, Bill G. Crawford, Joseph Crawford, and Mary...
Katherine Ann Cooke
May 2, 2014
Katherine Ann Brown Cooke, 59, died at Liberty Ridge on May 02, 2014, with her family by her side.Kathy was born January 30, 1955 in Syracuse, New York, to Jean and Jim Brown, of Lynchburg, Virginia. In addition to her parents, Kathy is survived by her husband of 39 years Richard (Buzzy) Cooke, Jr., one son BJ Cooke and his...
Kaleah D'Shay Jefferson
May 1, 2014
Monday, 05 May 2014 Our hearts and prayers are with your family. May God comfort and hold you during your time of loss.Cheryl & Shirley James
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