Local Obituaries for Tharp Funeral Home
Edward Paul Parker
Sep 3, 2014
Edward Paul Parker, 76, of Rustburg, passed away Wednesday, September 3, 2014. Born July 3, 1938 in Washington, DC; he was a son of the late Jesse Paul Parker and Mattie Foreman Parker.Paul is survived by his wife of 40 years, Hermenia Patterson Parker; sons: Edwin LaSalle Jackson and wife, Jeannette of Wheaton, MD, Edward Paul Parker, Jr. and, Colin...
Mary Spencer Jack Craddock
Sep 2, 2014
Mary Spencer Jack Craddock, 101, died on Tuesday, September 2, 2014, at her residence in Lynchburg, Virginia. Born in Greensboro, Alabama, on December 12, 1912, she was the daughter of Dr. Theodore Henley Jack (former President of Randolph-Macon Woman’s College) and Alice Searcy Ashley. Her beloved husband, Dr. George Barksdale Craddock, died December 11, 1985. She is survived by her...
Damon Lee Andrews
Sep 2, 2014
Damon Lee Andrews, 39, of Bedford passed away Tuesday, September 2, 2014 at Bedford Memorial Hospital.Born May 2, 1975 in Bedford, he is the son of Carolyn Anne Creasey. Damon also leaves behind his financee Debra Karnes; son Damon Lee Andrews, Jr.; daughter Danica LeeAnne Andrews; brother Reggie Bryant; Uncle Jimmy Andrews; cousin Austin Andrews; Aunts Janice Hodges, and Diane...
John Edwin Booth
Sep 2, 2014
John Edwin “Jack” Booth of Sturbridge, MA died unexpectedly Tuesday September 2, 2014. Born in Abingdon VA on February 2, 1952 to James Edwin Booth, Jr and Mildred Louise “Peggy” Gentry Booth.Jack went to Thomas Dale High School where he was an All-State Lineman. He received a full scholarship at Virginia Tech and started as a defensive lineman on the...
Pamela Jean Crosby
Sep 2, 2014
Pamela Jean Crosby passed away peacefully in her home at Smith Mountain Lake September 2, 2014, after a short battle with cancer. She was 70 years old.She was born to the late William and Helen Stuart of Milwaukee, WI, December 7, 1943. She married the love of her life, Guy Crosby, on June 27, 1964. They built their life together...
Dolores May Frantom Haggerty
Sep 1, 2014
Dolores May Frantom Haggerty, 93, of Bedford, died Monday, September 1, 2014 at Campbell’s Rest Home. She was the wife of the late Francis William Haggerty.Born January 5, 1921 in Baltimore, Maryland she was a daughter of the late Earl Frantom and Celestra Fitzpatrick Frantom.Dolores is survived by two daughters: Sylvia Joyce Mattison of Colonial Beach, VA and Dolores Ann...
Chima Henry Obi
Sep 1, 2014
Chima Henry Obi, 53, of Madison Heights died Monday September 1, 2014. He was the devoted husband of Mary Jane Obi.Chima was born in Nigeria on December 1, 1960, a son of the late Augustine E. Obi and Jessey Oduonye Obi who resides in Nigeria. Chima worked at C.R. Hudgins for over 27 years as a production manager, where he...
Thelma Louise Trail Hylton
Sep 1, 2014
Thelma Louise Trail Hylton, 96, of Bedford, passed away Monday, September 1, 2014 in a local hospital.She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Frederick R. Hylton. She is survived by three daughters; Ellen A. Hylton of Roanoke, Diane Hylton of New York, NY, and Donna H. Walker of Bedford, two grandsons; Rick Walker of Roanoke and...
Anne Stephens Dejarnette
Sep 1, 2014
Anne Stephens DeJarnette, 82, of Lynchburg, passed away peacefully on Labor Day, September 1, 2014, at the Heritage Green facility. Anne lived in the Rustburg community for over 46 years.Born in Rural Retreat, Virginia, she attended both Radford Women’s College and Lynchburg College, graduating with two Master’s Degrees. While at Radford, she met and married her husband of fifty years,...
Russell Walter Busch
Aug 31, 2014
Russell Walter Busch Russell Busch, born July 29, 1920, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, died early Sunday morning, August 31, 2014, at the Westminster Canterbury Home in Lynchburg, Virginia. A resident of Westminster Canterbury for the past twenty years, he received its Volunteer of the Year Award in 2001, and along with a small group of fellow residents, hand-carved the facilities signature...
Tammy Renee Mitchell Blunt
Aug 31, 2014
Tammy Renee Mitchell Blunt, 41, of Lynchburg died Sunday August 31, 2014. She was the loving wife of Anthony Dwight Blunt.Tammy was born October 29, 1972 in Lynchburg a daughter of John Wayne Mitchell and Susan Morgan Mitchell. Tammy worked as a Certified Medical Assistant at Lynchburg Hematology and Oncology Clinic and was a Methodist by faith.In addition to her...
Marion Louise Caldwell Weaver
Aug 27, 2014
Marion Louise Caldwell Weaver, beloved wife of D. Bruce Weaver for sixty-three years, passed into Glory at her home on August 27, 2014. Born on February 2, 1929 in Conestoga, Pennsylvania, she was the eighth of nine children to Blaine and Grace Caldwell. She is survived by a son, Greg Weaver and his wife, Clare of Lynchburg, a daughter, Gayle...
Robert Gordon Burnette, Jr.
Aug 27, 2014
Robert G. Burnette, Jr. passed away August 27, 2014 at his home after a courageous and long battle with cancer. Born August 1, 1938, son of Robert Gordon and Bessie Overstreet Burnette. He attended Brookhill School and graduated in 1957 from New London Academy. He was employed with C&P Telephone Company, later Verizon, right out of High School. He continued...
Doris Jean Shelton Davidson
Aug 27, 2014
Doris Jean Shelton Davidson, 86, long-time resident of Gretna,VA, died August 27, 2014 at The Oaks of Lynchburg.Since early 2012 she resided at The Oaks and greatly enjoyed The Oaks’ Staff, serenity and care. The Family wants to also give special thanks to the Centra Hospice Staff and Harmon Eye Center.Born September 30, 1927, she was the daughter of the...
Glyads Torrence Fix
Aug 26, 2014
Gladys Torrence Fix, 87, of Lynchburg died Tuesday August 26, 2014. She was the loving wife of the late Robert Henry Fix.Gladys was born December 5, 1926 in Campbell County a daughter of the late Willie Davis Torrence and Esther Tweedy Torrence. She was a devoted homemaker and a member of Fort Hill United Methodist Church.She is survived by her...
Carlton Melvin Fisher
Aug 26, 2014
Carlton Melvin Fisher, Sr. 78, of Evington, passed away Tuesday, August 26, 2014. Born June 28, 1936, he was the last surviving child out of 11 children born to the late James Edward Lee Fisher and Mary Tucker Fisher.Carlton was a member of Rustburg Baptist Church. He retired as a supervisor from Automated Conveyor System in 1998.Carlton loved his wife,...
Kathleen Jones Swann
Aug 25, 2014
Kathleen Jones Swann, 93, of Lynchburg, passed away at her home Monday, August 25, 2014.Born August 22, 1921, on Springfield Farm in Earls, VA, she was the daughter of the late Franklin and Ethel Williamson Jones. A graduate of Longwood Teachers College, Kathleen enjoyed a long career with the Lynchburg Public Schools. Many in the Lynchburg area still fondly remember...
Nellie Sarah Reid Brabant
Aug 25, 2014
Nellie Sarah Brabant of Bedford, Virginia, passed away August 25, 2014, at her residence at the age of 90. Nellie was born in Point Pleasant, NJ. She is survived by a sister, Edith Kolivaski, two sons, Joseph Edward Tilton and Richard Kenneth Kierstead, three daughters, Linda Sue Tilton, Gloria Jean Kierstead, and Nellie Sarah Landes, and numerous grandchildren. She was...
Ruth Brown Evans
Aug 25, 2014
Ruth Brown Evans, 76, of Lynchburg died Monday August 25, 2014. She was the wife of John T. Evans, Jr.Ruth was born September 5, 1937 in Clendenin, West Virginia a daughter of the late Robert H. Brown and Hazel Dye Brown. She was a devoted homemaker and a parishioner of St. John’s Episcopal Church.In addition to her husband she is...
Rupert Royal Armentrout
Aug 24, 2014
Rupert R. Armentrout, 94, of Lynchburg, passed away Sunday, August 24, 2014. A Graveside service will be conducted Noon, Friday, August 29, 2014 in Sunset Memorial Cemetery, Erbacon, WV.Tharp Funeral & Crematory, Lynchburg, 434-237-9424, is assisting the family.
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