Local Obituaries for Tharp Funeral Home
Malcolm Lee Perrow
Jul 31, 2014
Malcolm Lee Perrow, 56, of Lynchburg passed away suddenly at his residence, Thursday, July 31, 2014. For 30 years, he was the loving husband of Judy Parrish Perrow.Born January 30, 1958 in Lynchburg, he was the son of the late Malcolm Watkins Perrow and Billie Williamson Perrow. Malcolm was a member of Providence United Methodist Church and also attended Indian...
Philip Charles Frank
Jul 30, 2014
Philip C. Frank died on July 30. He was born August 29, 1929 in Brooklyn, N.Y.Since his retirement from the Federal government he has donated 27,000 hours of volunteer service at Virginia Baptist Hospital. Phil enjoyed travelling, opera, and was a talented carpenter.He was predeceased by his son Eric Frank.He is survived by his daughter Carin Walton and husband Michael...
Vincent Ayala
Jul 30, 2014
Vincent Ayala, Sr., 81, of Elyria, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, July 30, 2014. Born March 23, 1933 in Rio Piedras Puerto Rico; he was the son of the late Pablo Ayala and Victoria Gotay.Vincent worked for the City of Elyria Ohio for 29 years. He also served in the United States Army.In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...
Isabelle Austin Wagner
Jul 29, 2014
Isabelle Austin Wagner, 96, died Tuesday July 29, 2014, in the Virginia Baptist Hospital.She was born on March 26, 1918, in Boston, Massachusetts, a daughter of the late Alva Carlos Austin and Ada Stevens Austin. She was preceded in death by her brother, Arthur C. Austin and sister, Dorothy Austin. Isabelle is survived by her two daughters, Evelynn W. Hotz...
Winifred Cleveland Wright
Jul 27, 2014
Winifred Cleveland Wright, 85 of Rustburg, passed on Thursday, July 24, 2014, at Virginia Baptist Hospital. She was the loving wife of Joseph Wright for 58 years.Born Saturday, July 20, 1929 in Champaign, Illinois, she was the daughter of the late Warren Cleveland and the late Edit Swaback Cleveland.Winnie was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church where she played the...
Gordon Eskil Peterson
Jul 26, 2014
Lt. Col. Gordon Eskil Peterson Jr., 81, of Lynchburg, went to be with the Lord Saturday, July 26, 2014. He was the devoted husband to Elena T. Peterson for 49 years.Born Tuesday, March 14, 1933 in Auburn, NE, Gordon was the son of the late Gordon Eskil Peterson, Sr. and the late Cornelia Tackett Peterson. He attended Auburn High School...
James Wesley Weston
Jul 26, 2014
James Wesley Weston, 77, of Lynchburg, passed away Friday, July 26, 2014 in Michigan. He was the loving husband of Linda L. Weston for 53 years.Born November 18, 1936 in Peck, Michigan, James was a son of the late Hazel Eveleigh Weston and the late Kenneth Otto Weston.In addition to his wife, James is survived by his sons: Michael Weston...
Opal Spivey Edwards
Jul 25, 2014
Opal Spivey Edwards, 90, of Bedford passed away Friday, July 25, 2014 at Bedford County Nursing Home. She was the wife of the late Warren Jefferson Edwards.Born December 5, 1923 in Galax, Virginia she was the daughter of the late James Fred Spivey and Marietta Hall Spivey.Opal retired as a houseparent from Holston United Methodist Home for Children in Greeneville,...
Addie Glenola Trent
Jul 25, 2014
Addie Glenola Trent, 93, born June 21, 1921, passed on July 25, 2014. She was the loving wife of Hurley T. Trent for 72 years. She is survived by her children, Glenda Lalone, and her husband, Bob; Cheryl Tate, and her husband, Donnie, Meryl Smith, and her husband, Bob, and Hurley Thomas (Tom) Trent, Jr., and his wife, Valinda, and...
Dorice Lee Bennett Harding
Jul 25, 2014
Dorice Bennett Harding, 85, of Lynchburg, went to be with her Lord Friday, July 25, 2014. She was the wife of Charles Walker Harding for 63 years.Born May 16, 1929 in Sandy Level, she was a daughter of the late Henry Coleman Bennett and the late Mae Davis Bennett.She was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, and a devoted mother...
Carol Alice Redgate
Jul 21, 2014
Carol Alice Redgate, 79, of Forest, passed away Monday, July 21, 2014. She was born June 2, 1935 in Plymouth, MA and was a daughter of the late Astore Scagliarini and Nella Boccacci Scagliarini.Carol graduated from Whitman-Hanson High School and went on to receive her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Bridgewater State University in Bridgewater, MA. She married John
Tammy Lee Piper
Jul 20, 2014
Tammy Lee Piper, 57, of Forest died on Sunday, July 20, 2014. She was born in Tom Green County, TX on May 30, 1957, the daughter of Lee Wootton Von Winkle of TX and the late August Piper, Jr. In addition to her mother, Tammy is survived by two sons, Mitch Athearn of Lynchburg and Trent Athearn of FL and...
Loreen Yeatts Stephens
Jul 19, 2014
Loreen Yeatts Stephens, Loving Wife, Mother, Grandmother and Great-grandmother, 80, of Forest, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, July 19, 2014. She was the wife of John P. Stephens for 61 years. Loreen was born in Lynchburg on May 21, 1934, a daughter of the late Clarence Coleman Yeatts and the late Lora Towler Yeatts.In addition to...
James Gluck
Jul 19, 2014
James Gluck, 88, of Lynchburg, VA died Saturday, July 19, 2014.Tharp Funeral Home, Lynchburg, is assisting the family, (434) 237-9424, www.obituaries.tharpfuneralhome.com.
Ruby Irene Wildman Laughon
Jul 19, 2014
Ruby Irene Wildman Laughon, 73, of Evington, died Saturday, July 19, 2014. She was born February 18, 1941 in Evington, VA a daughter of the late Elton Wildman and Dorothy Hackworth Wildman.Ruby was an active member of St. John’s Episcopal Church and a retired Guidance Counselor of Heritage High School. She loved volunteering for the American Red Cross Blood Drives,...
Jane King Weeks Murray
Jul 18, 2014
Jane King Weeks Murray, 98, of Bedford, VA died Friday, July 18, 2014 at Oakwood Health & Rehabilitation. She was born May 9, 1916 in Roanoke, VA to the late Hallie Woods Weeks and T. A. Weeks. She was preceded in death by her husband, Guy E. Murray, Sr., her sister, Phyllis Martin, and her grandson, Wade D. Murray. Survivors...
Martha Barksdale Carter Franklin
Jul 17, 2014
Martha Barksdale Carter Franklin, 75, of Westminster Canterbury 501 VES Road Lynchburg Virginia and formerly of Farmville Virginia and Hampden Sydney, Abilene and Darlington Heights in Prince Edward County passed away Thursday, July, 17, 2014.Martha was the faithful and supportive helpmate for 48 years to her husband, The Reverend A. Howell Franklin who served 36 years in the Virginia Annual...
Frances Carolyn Blankenship
Jul 17, 2014
Frances Carolyn Blankenship, 71, of Lynchburg, died Friday, May 16, 2014.Born Friday, July 17, 1942 in Lynchburg, Frances was a daughter of the late Arthur Wright and the late Hilda Stewart Wright Southworth.Frances is survived by her children: Deanna Carol Blankenship, of High Point, NC, Michelle Skinner and her husband, John, of Lynchburg, and Scott Winston Blankenship and his wife,...
Laura Lee Stickley Slayton
Jul 16, 2014
Laura Lee Stickley Johnson Slayton died July 16, 2014. She was the daughter of Robert Palmer and Alpha Lee Crump Stickley. Robert Palmer Stickley Jr., her brother, preceded her in death.Allen Easley Johnson, her husband of 50 years, died in 2001. Her second husband, Lee Slayton, died in 2008. Laura Lee married her current husband and dear friend, John Pelissier...
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