Local Obituaries for Tharp Funeral Home

Stanford Roland Shearer, Jr., 86 of Moneta, passed away on Friday January 17, 2014 at South Roanoke Nursing Home. He was the husband of the late Caroline Jane Menditto Shearer and the late Margaret Marie Underwood Myers Shearer. Born February 20, 1927 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Stanford Roland Shearer, Sr. and Lillian Nace. Stanford...

Zackary Dustin Flower, 25, of Berea, KY went to be with the Lord Monday November 21, 2011.Zackary was born January 10, 1986 in Johnson City, TN a son of Mark and Laurie Flower of Lynchburg. He honorably served his country in the U.S. Army National Guard during the Iraq War and was a graduate of the University of Kentucky. Zackary...

Leonard William Monteith, Sr., 67, of Bedford, died Saturday, November 2, 2013. Born May 5, 1946, in Farmville, he was a son of the late James Burlin Monteith and the late Annie Pearl Quinn Monteith. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a brother, James Lee Monteith.Leonard was a self-employed auto mechanic for 25 years. He...

 Faye Patterson Burnett, 80, of Lynchburg, Virginia, passed away peacefully on February 15, 2014. She was born in Lynchburg on April 4, 1933, the only child of Kenith and Thelma Patterson. She and her husband, Eugene Franklin Burnett, raised three children and were married for nearly 45 years. Prior to her retirement, she worked as a graphic artist for General...

Gerald Bryan Scruggs, 51, of Evington, VA, died Wednesday, August 15, 2012. He was the devoted husband of April Phipps Scruggs for 29 years. Gerald was born Friday, February 24, 1961 in Lynchburg, VA, a son of Reginald Dennis Scruggs and Doris Torian Scruggs. He was employed with Centra Health where he was HVAC Supervisor. He was a man of...

Mary Lee Noell Hughes, 82, of Lynchburg died Wednesday November 16, 2011. She was the wife of Spencer Monroe Hughes of Lynchburg.Mary Lee was born October 11, 1929 in Lynchburg a daughter of the late Emory Lee Noell, Sr. and Mary Mildred Jones Noell. Mary Lee retired from Randolph-Macon Woman\"™s College where she was the Admissions Office Secretary for 21...

David Gene Johnson, 57, of Lynchburg, died on Sunday, April 17, 2011. He was the husband of Martha Lise Kjeseth-Johnson for seventeen years. David was born in Great Falls, Montana on February 16, 1954, a son of the late Robert W. Johnson and the late Rosemarie Funk Johnson.David is survived by his son, Hunter Pharis Johnson; his daughters, Siri, Steena,...

Raymond Triplett, 68, of Lynchburg died Thursday July 29, 2010 at his home. He was the loving husband of Brenda Welch Triplett.Raymond was born December 5, 1941 in Tazewell County the son of the late Mack Triplett and Ida Hardy Triplett. He worked as a supervisor at the Central Virginia Training Center for 37 years, loved hunting and fishing, and...

Marjorie Bickford Zito, 95, of Stuarts Draft, VA (formerly of Lynchburg) passed into the arms of her Savior on Tuesday March 12, 2013 at Shenandoah Nursing Home, Fishersville, VA where she had been cared for lovingly for the past five years.. She was the loving wife of the late Benjamin Joseph Zito.Marjorie was born April 28, 1917 in Upper Darby,...

Healing has come and faith became reality for Ida Lillian Moore Claytor, age 80, of Rustburg, VA on Saturday, December 10, when she went home to be with her Lord and Savior and was reunited with her husband of 53 years, Paul P. Claytor, who preceded her in 2002. Ida was born August 24, 1931 in Campbell County, VA.She was...

Alpha Hildren Cumbie Monroe, 93, of Forest, passed away on Tuesday, November 19, 2013, at Runk & Pratt in Forest. She was the loving wife of the late Alfred Carlton \"Carl\" Monroe.Born May 1, 1920 in Lynchburg, she was a daughter of the late David Wesley Cumbie and Pearl Green Dudley Cumbie.Alpha is also preceded in death by two sons,...

Nancy D. Redwood, 53, of Goode, passed away Monday March 14, 2011 with her strong faith and surrounded by her loving family. For a short time she fought a courageous battle with Brain Cancer. Nancy was such a wonderful person, inspiration to so many, and a true mentor to many who needed guidance. She was the loving wife of Barry...

Cheryl Ann Wesley, 49, of Appomattox, VA, died Wednesday, August 18, 2010.The family will receive friends from 10-11:00 a.m. on Friday, August 20, 2010 at Bible Baptist Church.A celebration of Cheryl's life will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. on Friday at Bible Baptist Church with Pastor Robert E. Lee officiating.  Interment will follow in Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery.Tharp Funeral Home...

Vivian Martha Bernheim Meeker, 90, of Moneta, died Saturday, June 18, 2011. Vivian was born in Irvington, New Jersey on March 23, 1921, the daughter of the late B. Wilson Bernheim and Viola Gertrude Stokes Bernheim. In addition to her parents she was proceeded in death by her husband Frank Norman Meeker. Vivian was a Sunday school teacher and a...

Mary Elizabeth Proctor, 90, of Evington, died Thursday, April 18, 2013. She was the widow of Ras Proctor. Born January 25, 1923 in Erwin TN, she was the daughter of the late Henry Clay Moore and Ada Chapman Moore. She was retired from Churchland High School Cafeteria in Portsmouth, Va. Mary is survived by her daughter Linda Johnson of Lynchburg,...

Eleanor Canady Padgett, 72, of Goode, VA, died Friday, June 15, 2012 at Avante. Born Sunday, September 10, 1939 in Bedford, VA, she was a daughter of the late Roy Miller Canady and the late Nancy Geneva Padgett. She was the wife of the late Andrew Lyle PadgettIn addition to her parents, and her husband, Eleanor was preceded in death...

Joyce Arlette Poe Hunter, 84, of Lynchburg, VA, met her Lord and Savior on Thursday, July 26, 2012. Joyce was born on October 2, 1927, in Chattanooga, TN, a daughter of the late Herman Mitchell Poe and Jewell Lucille Howard Poe. Joyce was a member of Beulah Baptist Church and was retired from Shoney\"™s.. She is survived by a daughter:...

Amy Woody Melkonian, 32, died Friday, January 11, 2013. She was the wife of Chris Georges Melkonian for 8 wonderful years.Born Saturday, June 28, 1980 in Lynchburg, VA, Amy was the daughter of Michael Gordon Woody.In addition to her husband and father, Amy is survived by a beloved son, Jackson Melkonian, a sister, Amanda Rowles and her husband, Shane, her...

Richard E. Parshall died late in the evening of February 12, 2014 after a brief & sudden illness. He was the son of Dallas D. Parshall & Maude E. Carey.Born in 1924, he grew up in Darien, CT, served in the Army Air Corp & left Pratt Institute to work as Art Director at his brothers NYC studio. He managed...

Anne Coleman Phillips, 85, of Lynchburg, VA, went to be with her Lord on Friday, January 11, 2013.Born Thursday, July 21, 1927 in Lynchburg, VA, Anne was a daughter of the late Addison B. Coleman and the late Annie Pearson Coleman.Anne is survived by three daughters: Pat Eubank, Peggy P. Pritchett and her husband, Wayland, and Penny P. Tolley and...