Local Obituaries for Tharp Funeral Home

John William Campbell, 68 of Dry Fork, Virginia died on Sunday, December 22, 2013, at   in Dry Fork, Virginia. Born Saturday, September 8, 1945 in Lynchburg, Virginia, he was the son of the late Alfred Campbell and the late Bonnie Owings Campbell. He was the husband of Doris Hinds Campbell. After 27 years, John retired as a Nuclear Field Engineer...

Sadie Frances Terry Johns, 96, of Amherst, died Thursday, June 2, 2011.Born in Amherst County, November 16, 1914.Sadie is survived by five children; 21 grandchildren; numerous great and great-great-grandchildren.The family will receive friends from 12:30-1:30 p.m., Saturday, June 4, 2011 at Tharp Funeral Home.A private Graveside service will follow.Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory, Lynchburg, is assisting the family, 434-237-9424.  Condolences...

Robert Harry Alvis, Jr. 82, of Lynchburg, died Thursday, January 14, 2010.  He was the husband of the late Ann McKenna Alvis for 62 years.Born April 25, 1927, Harry was the son of the late Robert Harry Alvis and Lorraine Noel Alvis.  He was a member of Fort Hill United Methodist Church.  Harry was a Navy veteran of WWII.  He...

Curtis Harris McLane, 79, of Lynchburg, died Wednesday, January 19, 2011.  He was the husband of Barbara Padgett McLane for 58 wonderful years.Mr. McLane was born Wednesday, December 22, 1931 in Lynchburg, a son of the late Joseph McLane and Suzie Bell McLane Stanley.  He proudly served our country in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict.  He owned and...

Corinne \"Corky\" Zell Godfrey Welch, 85, of Huddleston, died Sunday, September 29, 2013 at her residence.Born November 9, 1927 in Detroit, MI, she was the daughter of the late Edward Carter Godfrey and Cathrine Hansena Christensen. She was a member of Patmos United Methodist Church.She is survived by son, Matthew J. Welch; daughter, Stacey D. Welch; granddaughter, Sarah R. Brown;...

Betty Wright Winslow, 85, of Lynchburg, died Monday, March 21, 2011 at Medical Care Center. She was the wife of the late Frederic Charles Winslow.Born in Lynchburg, September 14, 1925, she was a daughter of the late Charles Benjamin Wright and Edna Simpson Wright. Betty retired as a nurse and was a Hill City Master Gardner.She is survived by a...

Deborah Lynn Birckhead, 54, passed away Saturday, October 2, 2010 at Lynchburg General Hospital in Lynchburg, VA after an extended illness.  She was a native of Montgomery County NC born to the late Wiley and Mabel Birckhead of Troy, NC. Debbie was a graduate of the University of NC at Greensboro and the school of nursing at Lynchburg College.  She...

Allen Scott Leath, 47, of Bedford, Virginia died unexpectedly on Saturday, August 24, 2013, at Bedford Memorial Hospital in Bedford, Virginia after a brief illness.Allen was born on Monday, June 20, 1966, in Winston Salem, NC.A graduate of West Forsyth High School in 1984, he also graduated from Surry Community College in Dobson, NC, with a degree in machine technology...

 Ronald Thacker Foster, Sr., 72 of Madison Heights, died on Monday, April 15, 2013, at Virginia Baptist Hospital in Lynchburg.  He was the husband of Joan Gowen Foster for 49 years.Born Wednesday, April 2, 1941, in Lynchburg Ronnie was a son of the late Hamner G. Foster and the late Cecil F. Foster.In addition to his wife, Ronnie is survived...

Ruth Evelyn Biddison Woodburn, 95, of Amherst, died peacefully at home on December 26.  Born in Stuart, Ohio in 1915 to Silas J. Biddison and Hattie Brill Biddison, Mrs. Woodburn devoted her life to teaching and her family.  She graduated from Ohio University and the University of Maryland, where she earned a Masters degree in Business and Accounting.Mrs. Woodburn taught...

Billy James Hodges of 137 Howard Drive, husband of Evelyn Webb Hodges, died on April 19, 2013 at Medical Care Center. He was born December 2, 1926 in Lynchburg, Va., the son of Eliza Stinnett Hodges and Samuel David Hodges. Billy was educated in Lynchburg, Va. schools, graduating in the Class of 1944 from E.C. Glass High School. He served...

Gloria H. King, 84, died on June 25, 2011, surrounded by her family in Jupiter, Florida, her winter home. She is survived by her husband of 47 years, Lawrence P. King, and her 7 children, Michelle A. Thomas and husband Sydney, Thomas F. Hoade, Lonnie F. Hoade   and husband Paul Webster, John M. Hoade and wife Pam, Francis L. King...

Mary Dooley \"Jim\" Orange, 90 of Montvale and recently of Deptford, NJ went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, June 9, 2010, surrounded by her family. She was born in Bedford County on December 24, 1919, a daughter of the late William Corbett Dooley and Della Rebecca Heck Dooley.She was preceded in death by her husband, Huston Davis Orange,...

William L. McCarthy Jr., 84, of Lynchburg, VA, died Saturday, October 19, 2013. He was the husband of Kathleen (Frances) McCarthy.Born Thursday, January 03, 1929 in Covington, VA, Bill was a son of the late William Leroy McCarthy and Ethel Secrist McCarthy.In addition to his wife, Bill is survived by a son, William L. McCarthy, III (Mack) and his wife,...

Shirley M. Mehl of Lynchburg, Virginia, died Thursday night, July 18, at Virginia Baptist Hospital. Born in Silver Spring, Maryland on July 30, 1934 to Stephen P. and Mae Rose James, originally of Hazel Green, Kentucky, Mrs. Mehl graduated from Montgomery Blair High School before going overseas to attend the American University of Beirut in Beirut, Lebanon. Mrs. Mehl was...

Alise Bowling Wilkes Campbell, 92, of the Elks National Home, Bedford, died Saturday, November 20, 2010, at the home. She was born in Bedford County on March 28, 1918, a daughter of the late Thomas E. Bowling and Sally Saunders Bowling.She was a longtime member of Bedford Presbyterian Church, attended Bedford High School, and was a retired employee of the...

Margaret \"Peggy\" Brooks Burruss died September 28, 2011.  Born in Lynchburg, April 17, 1923 and was the daughter of Benjamin Lee Brooks, DDS and Grace Showalter Brooks.  She was the wife of the late State Senator Robert Sidney Burruss, Jr. At her death she was a resident of Westminster Canterbury in Lynchburg.Mrs. Burruss was educated in the Lynchburg Public Schools...

Sue Kelly Droog, 64, of Rustburg died Monday December 12, 2011 in Lynchburg.Sue was born January 14, 1947 in Lynchburg a daughter of the late Rawliegh Kelly and Geraldine Bullock Kelly. Sue worked as a licensed CNA and loved spending time with her grandchildren and her \"four legged companions\". Sue was a member of Rustburg Baptist Church.She is survived by...

Richard F. Novak , 61, of Bedford, VA, died September 23, 2011. He was the son of the late John H. Novak and Mary Ann Dorcso Novak. Richard was born May 31, 1950, in Penn Valley, PA. He was retired from his work in the Parks Department for the Lower Merion Township. Richard was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church....

David Millar Rainey, 79, passed away Wednesday morning, May 26, 2010, at his residence after a brief illness.  Dave was born on September 22, 1930 in Lynchburg, Va, to the late Cecil Dubois Rainey and Mariamna Rucker Rainey. He was predeceased in death by his beloved wife of 55 years, the former Ann Shoaf Rainey, of Roanoke.  He is survived...