Local Obituaries for Tharp Funeral Home
Marie Maureen Timoney Szorosy
Sep 8, 2014
Marie Maureen Timoney Szorosy 63, of Wirtz, Virginia passed away September 8, 2014, at her residence. Born October 3, 1950 in Hoboken, New Jersey, she was a daughter of the late Joseph Lawrence Timoney and Doris Vivian Ising Timoney. In addition to her parents, Marie was preceded in death by her brothers, Joseph John Timoney and Robert Edward Timoney.Marie is...
Lester Payne Harris
Sep 8, 2014
Lester Payne Harris, 82, of Lynchburg, VA, died Monday, September 08, 2014. He was the loving husband of Sadie McConville Harris for 61 years.Mr. Harris was born Thursday, April 21, 1932 in Lynchburg, VA, a son of the late Joseph Thomas Harris and the late Alma Hudson Harris. He was a Carpenter by trade, who enjoyed building. He was a...
Jean Shannon Paul Fringer
Sep 6, 2014
Jean Paul Fringer, 86, of Lynchburg, VA, died Saturday, September 06, 2014. She was the wife of Denny Lewis Fringer Jr., for 64 years.Born Jean Shannon Paul on Wednesday, November 23, 1927 in Lynchburg, Jean was a daughter of the late Harry August Paul and the late Frances Satterfield Paul.In addition to her husband, Jean is survived by her children:...
Sean Christopher Wuttke
Sep 5, 2014
Sean Christopher Wuttke, 33, of Roanoke passed away Friday, September 5, 2014.Born September 17, 1980 in Queens, New York, he is the son of Wolfgang Gehardt Wuttke and Judy Anne DeGregory Hilton.Arrangements are by Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory, Bedford, 586-3443.
Robert Ted Younger
Sep 4, 2014
Robert Ted Younger, 74, of Lynchburg, VA, passed into the arms of our Lord while surrounded by his family on September 4, 2014. His death came after a long and valiant struggle against cancer and emphysema.Born on August 3, 1940, Ted was the only child of the late Robert C. Younger of Lynchburg and Willie (Billie) Vernon Quill of Appomattox....
Arlene Tyree Floyd
Sep 3, 2014
Arlene Tyree Floyd, 79, of Concord died Wednesday, May 21, 2014, at home with her family by her side.Born September 3, 1934, in Lynchburg, Arlene was a daughter of the late James Lacy Tyree and the late Edna Shepherd Jennings.In addition to her parents, Arlene was preceded in death by a son, Melvin Dale Floyd.Arlene is survived by her two...
Lilliam Frances Mason
Sep 3, 2014
Lillian Frances Mason, 76, of Madison Heights went to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, September 3, 2014. She was the loving wife of Thomas “Loyd” Mason for 36 years.Born May 27, 1938 in Lynchburg, Frances was the daughter of the late Alec D. Brooks and the late Gertrude Mann Cofer.In addition to her husband, Frances is survived...
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...
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