Local Obituaries for Tharp Funeral Home
Doris Jean Shelton Davidson
Aug 27, 2014
Doris Jean Shelton Davidson, 86, long-time resident of Gretna,VA, died August 27, 2014 at The Oaks of Lynchburg.Since early 2012 she resided at The Oaks and greatly enjoyed The Oaks’ Staff, serenity and care. The Family wants to also give special thanks to the Centra Hospice Staff and Harmon Eye Center.Born September 30, 1927, she was the daughter of the...
Glyads Torrence Fix
Aug 26, 2014
Gladys Torrence Fix, 87, of Lynchburg died Tuesday August 26, 2014. She was the loving wife of the late Robert Henry Fix.Gladys was born December 5, 1926 in Campbell County a daughter of the late Willie Davis Torrence and Esther Tweedy Torrence. She was a devoted homemaker and a member of Fort Hill United Methodist Church.She is survived by her...
Carlton Melvin Fisher
Aug 26, 2014
Carlton Melvin Fisher, Sr. 78, of Evington, passed away Tuesday, August 26, 2014. Born June 28, 1936, he was the last surviving child out of 11 children born to the late James Edward Lee Fisher and Mary Tucker Fisher.Carlton was a member of Rustburg Baptist Church. He retired as a supervisor from Automated Conveyor System in 1998.Carlton loved his wife,...
Kathleen Jones Swann
Aug 25, 2014
Kathleen Jones Swann, 93, of Lynchburg, passed away at her home Monday, August 25, 2014.Born August 22, 1921, on Springfield Farm in Earls, VA, she was the daughter of the late Franklin and Ethel Williamson Jones. A graduate of Longwood Teachers College, Kathleen enjoyed a long career with the Lynchburg Public Schools. Many in the Lynchburg area still fondly remember...
Nellie Sarah Reid Brabant
Aug 25, 2014
Nellie Sarah Brabant of Bedford, Virginia, passed away August 25, 2014, at her residence at the age of 90. Nellie was born in Point Pleasant, NJ. She is survived by a sister, Edith Kolivaski, two sons, Joseph Edward Tilton and Richard Kenneth Kierstead, three daughters, Linda Sue Tilton, Gloria Jean Kierstead, and Nellie Sarah Landes, and numerous grandchildren. She was...
Ruth Brown Evans
Aug 25, 2014
Ruth Brown Evans, 76, of Lynchburg died Monday August 25, 2014. She was the wife of John T. Evans, Jr.Ruth was born September 5, 1937 in Clendenin, West Virginia a daughter of the late Robert H. Brown and Hazel Dye Brown. She was a devoted homemaker and a parishioner of St. John’s Episcopal Church.In addition to her husband she is...
Rupert Royal Armentrout
Aug 24, 2014
Rupert R. Armentrout, 94, of Lynchburg, passed away Sunday, August 24, 2014. A Graveside service will be conducted Noon, Friday, August 29, 2014 in Sunset Memorial Cemetery, Erbacon, WV.Tharp Funeral & Crematory, Lynchburg, 434-237-9424, is assisting the family.
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...
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