Local Obituaries for Tharp Funeral Home
Frank Wyatt Shorter
Mar 1, 2015
Frank Wyatt Shorter, 85, of Rustburg died Sunday, March 1, 2015, surrounded by his family Born August 16, 1929, Frank was a son of the late John Shorter and Janie Green Shorter. Frank was a member of the Boonsboro Ruritan Club, Moose Lodge 1727, where he was known as the “Bingo Man,” and was a lifetime member of Rivermont Avenue...
James Daymond Little
Mar 1, 2015
James Daymond Little, 68, of Lynchburg, lost his battle with lung cancer on Sunday, March 1, 2015, at Virginia Baptist Hospital. He was the husband of Iris Arrington Little for forty-four years.Jim was born on May 14, 1946, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a son of the late Paul Daymond and Mary Aljean Little. He was retired from the Old Dominion...
Larry John Riffee
Mar 1, 2015
Larry John Riffee went to be with his Lord after more than a ten-year courageous fight with cancer. He went peacefully at home with his wife present at his side on March 1, 2015.Larry was born November 17, 1941 in Charleston, West Virginia. The only child of the late Walter and Lorena Riffee, and grandson of the late Ezra and...
Louis Frank Sette
Feb 28, 2015
Louis Frank Sette, born May 17, 1946, stepped out of this life and into life eternal with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ at 8:45 am on Saturday, February 28th, 2015 after more than two years battling leukemia. Born to an Italian American neighborhood in South Hackensack, New Jersey, Louis graduated from Paramus High School in 1964, where he was...
Edith Hull Dalton
Feb 26, 2015
Edith Hull Dalton, of Bedford, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on February 26, 2015 at the age of 86.Edith was born and raised in Bedford, Virginia in 1929. A daughter of the late Kitty Ola Moran Hull and Joseph McMahon Hull. Edith was a member of Holy Name of Mary Catholic Church. She loved spending time with...
Joseph F. Healy, Jr.
Feb 25, 2015
Joseph F. Healy, Jr., a loving husband and father, died peacefully at his home in Lynchburg, VA on February 25th. He was 84 years old. Mr. Healy had long and distinguished career in law and aviation, serving as General Counsel and senior executive for numerous U.S. Major air carriers. Born in the Jackson Heights section of Queens, New York on...
James Russell Lampman
Feb 24, 2015
James Russell Lampman, 98, died February 24, 2015, in Lynchburg, Virginia. He was born March 7th, 1916, in Lansing, Mich.He was the husband of the late Jeanne Francis Houghton Lampman for 62 plus years. He worked as a chemist for over 33 years for General Electric Company at several locations, including Syracuse, N.Y., Cocoa Beach, Fla., Valley Forge, Pa., and...
Dr. Earl Sidney Mills, Jr.
Feb 24, 2015
Dr. Earl Sidney Mills, Jr., August 16, 1929 – February 24, 2015, age 85, resident of Lynchburg, Virginia, after a courageous fight with liver disease, passed peacefully at his home, surrounded by his family and was welcomed into the kingdom of Heaven. Earl was born and raised in Michigan, where he received his doctorate in education. Before entering a long...
Douglas "Doug" Raymond Joiner
Feb 23, 2015
Douglas Raymond “Doug” Joiner, 58 of Forest died Monday February 23, 2015. He was the “king” and loving partner to Donna Stratton for over ten years.Doug was born February 13, 1957, in Pittsburgh, Penn. and was a son of Carolyn Houglin Joiner and the late Reverend Donald J. Joiner. Recently retired, Doug was employed by Bristol-Myers Squibb and later AstraZeneca...
Robert Douglas Ellett
Feb 23, 2015
Robert Douglas Ellett, 90, died on Monday, February 23, 2015 in Lynchburg, VA. Born on August 20, 1924, he grew up in downtown Lynchburg, became an Eagle Scout and graduated from E.C. Glass High School. Mr. Ellett attended Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, VA on a scholarship, leaving temporarily to serve in WWII (Pacific) and returning to graduate in the...
Mary A. Oremland
Feb 23, 2015
Mary A. Oremland, age 74 of Lynchburg passed away Monday, February 23, 2015 in a local hospital.She was born March 5, 1940 to the late William and Margaret Edgeworth in Muncy PA. She was preceded in death by her first husband: Matthew D. Fortado formerly of Gloucester, MA.She is survived by her husband, Robert Oremland of Lynchburg; two daughters: Jennifer...
Fannie Byrd Kidd Thornhill
Feb 23, 2015
Fannie Byrd Thornhill, 92, of Lynchburg, died on Monday, February 23, 2015 at Westminster Canterbury in Lynchburg, Va.Born August 30, 1922, in Lovingston, Va., she was the daughter of Dr. Estes C. Kidd amd Frances Wood Kidd. She was preceded in death by her husband, J. Steven Thornhill, and her daughter, Kim Thornhill Spencer. She is survived by her son,...
Gertrude Agnes Gasper Frye
Feb 22, 2015
View Tribute VideoGertrude Agnes Gasper Frye (a.k.a. Gert, GG, Trouble), 90, passed away in the early morning hours of February 22, 2015. She was the loving wife of the late Durward G. Frye for 59 years until his passing in January 2010.Gert was born January 28, 1925, in Blair Four, Pa. to George and Catherine Gasper, and was the youngest...
Cheryl Anderson Carter
Feb 21, 2015
Cheryl Anderson Carter, of Lynchburg, died February 21, 2015. She was the wife of the late Sanford Carter.She is survived by her mother, Alroy M. Anderson; three sisters; four daughters, Alexis Cabell, Takia Tinsley, Syreeta Carter, and Unita Carter; eight grandchildren; and numerous extended family and friends.Services will be held at Galilee Baptist Church, 180 Old Galilee Road, Gladstone, VA...
Helen Maudell Monahan
Feb 20, 2015
Helen Maudell Monahan, 74, of Lynchburg, died on Friday, February 20, 2015. A memorial service celebrating Maudell’s life will be held at Rustburg Baptist Church on Tuesday, March 3, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. Tharp Funeral Home, Lynchburg, is assisting the family, (434) 237-9424.
Ruby Moore Evans
Feb 19, 2015
Ruby Moore Evans, 86, of Concord, passed away on Thursday, February 19, 2015, at Virginia Baptist Hospital in Lynchburg.Ruby was born on December 9, 1928, in Flat Top, WV to the late Gilbert Stewart and the late Sadie Underwood Denton.In addition to her parents, Ruby was preceded in death by her first husband, Doyle McKinney Moore, of Moore’s Well Drilling...
James Steven Garber
Feb 16, 2015
James Steven “Steve” Garber, 73, died on Monday, February 16, 2015, at his home in Lynchburg, Virginia. Mr. Garber was born on June 29, 1941, in Washington, D.C. the son of the late John Sherman “Jimmy” Garber and Grace Aileen Ridgway Garber Crews. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his infant twin sister, his brother,...
Mary Forbes Hogan
Feb 16, 2015
Mary Forbes Hogan, 83, of Lynchburg, went Home to be with our Lord on Monday, February 16, 2015. She was the loving wife of William H. Hogan.Mary was born in Roanoke County on May 26, 1931, as the daughter of the late Walter and Myrtle Forbes.In addition to her husband, whom she loved affectionately, she is survived by her two...
James Strother Coleman
Feb 16, 2015
James Strother Coleman, age 93 of Big Island, VA, passed away Monday, February 16, 2015. He is survived by his beloved wife of 68 years, Mabel Katherine Reynolds Coleman.He was preceded in death by his eldest son, Asa Lee Coleman of Big Island in 1993.Left behind to cherish his memory are his loving children: Ronald Coleman (wife Cindy) of Lynchburg,...
Virginia Hopkins
Feb 16, 2015
Virginia “Ginny” Hopkins, 69, of Amherst passed away at home on Monday, February 16, 2015. She was the wife of Dr. Edward Meeks Hopkins.Born in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania on November 9, 1945, she was the daughter of the late Mary Evans Cobb and Kenneth Robinson Cobb. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a precious two-year-old grandson,...
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