Local Obituaries for Tharp Funeral Home
Jo Anne Bass
Aug 23, 2014
On Saturday, August 23, 2014 we as a community of family and friends lost our beloved Jo Anne Roberts Bass. She passed away comfortably in her home with her husband G.W. Bass beside her, a home in which she greatly loved, along with the views.Jo Anne was born and raised in Amherst County by her parents Virginia Harris Roberts and...
Shirley Curd Powell
Aug 23, 2014
Shirley Curd Powell, 77, passed away at Guggenheimer Nursing Home in Lynchburg, VA on Saturday, August 23, 2014 after a seven month battle with cancer.Mrs. Powell was born in Monroe Virginia March 23, 1937 to Haywood Lee Curd and Sadie Katherine Hume Curd.She is survived by her children, Katherine Iseman Grinstead (Donald) of Stuarts Draft, Va; Kevin Staples Iseman (Teresa)...
Anselm Lynch Ward, Iii
Aug 22, 2014
Anselm Lynch Ward, III, a retired photographer and antique dealer, died Friday, the 22nd of August at his home in Lynchburg after a long struggle with diabetes. He was 77.Mr. Ward was born on April 22, 1937 in Lyncburg, the son of the late Anselm Lynch Ward, Jr of Lynchburg and Gladys Hunt Hamilton of Thomson, GA. He attended Lynchburg...
Anna Elaine Justice Smith
Aug 22, 2014
Elaine Justice Smith, 76, of Forest, VA, died Friday, August 22, 2014. She was the wife of the late Raleigh Merriman Smith.Born Thursday, January 13, 1938 in Erwin, TN, Elaine was a daughter of the late Karl Lee Justice and the late Magdalene Broyles Justice.In addition to her husband and parents, Elaine was preceded in death by a brother and...
Hazel Marion Gibbons
Aug 22, 2014
Hazel Marion Gibbons, 80, of Lynchburg passed away Friday, August 22, 2014.Hazel was born March 31, 1934 in Amatramic Michigan, a daughter of the late John Lynn Daniels and Marion Hackathorn Cooper.She is survived by her son; Bradley Gibbons and wife Christine of Lynchburg, daughter; Karin Gibbons of Portland Oregon, four grandchildren; Ashley Gibbons of Lebanon Missouri, Danielle Gibbons, Audra...
Myrtle Martin Carr
Aug 22, 2014
Myrtle Martin Carr, 83, of Lynchburg died Friday August 22, 2014. She was the loving wife of the late John Thomas Carr, Sr.Myrtle was born March 31, 1931 in Coffee, VA, a daughter of the late Walter Martin and Inez Johnson Martin. Myrtle worked in her younger years at Craddock Terry and was also a devoted homemaker who enjoyed gardening,...
Kathleen Mcneely Smith
Aug 21, 2014
Kathleen McNeely Smith, 92 of Lynchburg, went to be with the Lord, August, 21, 2014 with her children by her side. She was the beloved wife of the late Howard Owen Smith.Kathleen was born August 19, 1922 in Amherst County. She was the daughter of the late Bernard Ethel McNeely and the late Mary Jordan McNeely.She is survived by a...
Claude William Neighbors
Aug 21, 2014
Claude William Neighbors, 90, of Lynchburg died Thursday, August 21, 2014 at his home with his family by his side.Claude was born in Campbell County and was a son of the late Thomas Homer Neighbors and the late Josephine Mason. He also served in the Army during World War II.He was the loving husband of Sadie Elizabeth Campbell Neighbors for...
Wilbur Stevens Metcalf, Jr.
Aug 21, 2014
Wilbur Stevens “Bill†Metcalf, Jr., 96, loving and beloved husband of Jacqueline Mattox “Jackie†Metcalf, passed away on Wednesday, August 21, 2014, in Lynchburg, VA.Born in Johnson City, TN, on April 11, 1918, he was the son of Wilbur Stevens Metcalf and Anne Louise Morrisette Metcalf. A sister, Margaret Gordon Nelson, predeceased him.Bill grew up in Washington, D.C., graduated from...
Betty Ann Gallier
Aug 21, 2014
Betty Ann Gallier of Forest, born December 15, 1941 in Memphis TN, went to be with her Lord and Savior on August 21, 2014 surrounded by her loving family.She was the daughter of the late Cribbin Owen and Dorothy Simpson Owen.She was the wife of Lawrence Edward Gallier for 57 years. She was preceded in death by one sister, Charlotte...
Clyde Edmund King
Aug 20, 2014
Clyde Edmund King, 93, of Madison Heights, VA, died Wednesday, August 20, 2014. He was the loving husband of Sarah Davis Stephens King.In addition to his parents, Clyde was preceded in death by his first wife, Marie Estella King, four brothers: Ernest, Harvey, Claude, and William Timothy King, Jr.; and a sister, Elsie Jeanette King.Born Thursday, February 03, 1921 in...
Russell Barry Turpin
Aug 19, 2014
Lt. Col. Russell Barry Turpin, USMC-Ret., 62, of Goode, passed away August 19, 2014. He was born July 25, 1952 in Lynchburg, VA, the son of Emma Rhodes Abbott of Bedford and the late Russell Cridlin Turpin.A graduate of Hampden-Sydney College, Barry was a lifelong public servant. He was commissioned as an officer of the United States Marine Corps, retiring...
Curtis Arnett Cook
Aug 18, 2014
Curtis Arnett Cook, 39, of Lexington, S.C., went home to be with his Lord on Monday August 18, 2014.Curtis was born March 11, 1975 in Waynesboro a son of the late Curtis Ray Cook and the late Sonja Dunaway Somers. Curtis worked at Larry’s Sub Shop in Lexington and was an active member of Calvary Chapel Lexington.He is survived by...
Addalu Tuttle
Aug 18, 2014
Addalu “Lu†Tuttle, 80, of Goode, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, August 18, 2014. She passed away peacefully in her home.Born September 25, 1933 in Wycliffe Ohio, she was the daughter of the late James Emory McDaniel and Carrie Standt McDaniel. She lived many places through her married life but considered Florida to be her home....
Nancy Diane Martin
Aug 18, 2014
Nancy “Diane†P. Martin, 71, of Lynchburg passed away Monday, August 18, 2014. Born August 27, 1942 in Spartansburg, SC; she was the daughter of the late Joseph Richard Prince and Willodene Weathers Prince.Diane loved quilting and reading. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church.Diane is survived by her husband of 53 years, Obediah Allen Martin; children, Sandra Blader...
Juliann Marie Sebastiano Goodman
Aug 17, 2014
Juliann Marie Sebastiano, 63, of Lynchburg died Sunday August 17, 2014.Juliann was born April 21, 1951 in Staten Island, NY a daughter of the late Pasquale Sebastiano and Rose Galletta Sebastiano. Juliann worked as a medical receptionist and was a member of the Red Hat Society and Thomas Terrace Baptist Church.She is survived by her children: Stacey Johnson, Kerri Dieppa,...
Vera Everette Baer
Aug 16, 2014
era “Nell†Everette Baer, affectionately known as Mama Baer, joined her husband Erwin in celebration of a new life on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014. Nell was born on Sept. 3, 1925 in Lynchburg, a daughter of the late James H. Everette, Sr. and the late Vera Allen Everette.She married the love of her life on July 26, 1947 at Holy...
David Ray Johnson
Aug 14, 2014
David Ray Johnson born January 14, 1957 to Inez Owen Johnson Tolley of Lynchburg and the late Oscar Johnson of Brookneal passed away August 14, 2014 at the Hospice Care Center.He was preceded in death by beloved wife Priscilla Clement Johnson, brothers James Oscar Johnson, Tony Carrol Johnson and stepfather John Wyatt Tolley.He is survived by his mother Inez Tolley,...
Rawley Dennis Kelly
Aug 14, 2014
Rawley Dennis “Splash†Kelly, 63, of Rustburg, died on Thursday, August 14, 2014. Dennis was born on June 21, 1951 the son of the late Rawley Kelly and the late Geraldine Bullock Kelly.Dennis is survived by two daughters, Cheryl Kelly and her children, Christopher and Sarah Mills of Gretna and Tammy Fuller and husband, Brady and their children, Collin, Jett...
Dorothy Elizabeth Becker Chimenti
Aug 13, 2014
Dorothy Elizabeth Chimenti, 73, of Lynchburg, VA, died Wednesday, August 13, 2014. She was the beloved wife of Frank Anthony Chimenti for 50 years.Born Thursday, June 26, 1941 in Dubois, PA, Dorothy was a daughter of the late Otto Becker and the late Vera Malasky Becker.In addition to her husband, Dorothy is survived by her children: Stefanie Prokity and her...
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