Local Obituaries for Tharp Funeral Home

Joseph Page Johnson, 94, of Bedford, died on Sunday, August 14, 2011 at Oakwood Manor Nursing Home. Born on October 21, 1916 in Bedford County, VA. A son of the late Elisha James Johnson and Virginia Elizabeth Powers. In addition to his parents Joseph was preceded in death by three brothers, Lewis Johnson, Floyd Johnson and Roy Johnson, a sister,...

Daniel Scott Bowes, 46 died Sunday November 14, 2010. He was the husband of Darlene Annette Bowes for 25 years.Daniel was born October 29, 1964 in Richmond the son of Evelyn Cooper Crisman of Caroline County, VA. For over 20 years Daniel worked as the Regional Supervisor for Dodson Brothers Pest Control.In addition to his wife he is survived by...

Elmer E. Overstreet, 81, of Bedford, passed away Friday, February 3, 2012. Born on November 3, 1930 a son of the late Richard Harris Overstreet and Annie Orange Overstreet. He was a member of Bedford Presbyterian Church. He was a Sergeant with the Bedford City Police Department where he served for 28 years while also working for Schewels Furniture.He is...

 Robert Elwood Chaney 52, of Bedford, VA died on November 7, 2010 at home after struggling with lung cancer. He was born on March 20, 1958 in Annapolis, Maryland a son to Clara & Elwood Chaney of Gambrills, Maryland.Robert grew up in Maryland moving to Virginia in 2001. He is preceded in death by his mother, Clara Mitchell and survived...

Thomas Edward Phelps, 73, of Huddleston, died Sunday, May 12, 2013 at Oakwood Health & Rehab. He was born May 24, 1939 in Falls Church, Virginia, a son of the late Owen Clyde Phelps and Sarah Elizabeth McMillan Phelps.He is also preceded in death by his brother, David Owen Phelps.Thomas was a retired insurance salesman. He loved fishing, hunting, and...

 John Howard Denny, Jr. 82, of Lynchburg, passed away Sunday, April 29, 2012. Born September 29, 1929 in Lynchburg; he was the son of the late John Howard Denny and Gladys Counts Denny. A member of Quaker Memorial Presbyterian Church; John was a man of many interests including music, photography, and local history. In addition to his parents, John was...

Jackie \"Jack\" Garland Triplett, 61, of Rustburg, died August 3, 2010. He was the loving husband of Laura May Blankenship Triplett for 42 years.Born November 24, 1948 in Tazewell, VA, he was the son of the late Lawrence Triplett and Frances Shultz Triplett.A strong man with a gentle heart. His signature and ethic was working hard and doing munificence for...

Evlyn (Joni) Johnson Calvert of Lynchburg died October 19, 2010.  She was the wife of the late Bernard Yancey Calvert, Jr.Joni was born October 12, 1921, in Tishomingo, OK, the youngest of four children of the late Rose Herrin Johnson and Edgar Alexander Johnson.  She was educated in the Tishomingo public schools and Oklahoma State University.She was a member of...

Elizabeth "Libby" Tuck Hammersley passed peacefully away on May 25, 2010.  She was born May 13, 1926 to the late Willie and Lewis Bailey Tuck.  Libby was predeceased by her late husband, J. Kenneth Hammersley Sr., with whom she developed and operated Kenneth Hammersley Motors in Lynchburg for more than 30 years.  After his death, she continued to operate the...

Barbara Niday Ramsey, 83, of Bedford, passed away Monday, September 26, 2011, in Lynchburg General Hospital. Born July 19, 1928; she was a daughter of the late Christine Niday Goodman. In addition to her mother, Barbara was preceded in death by her husband Curtis E. Ramsey. She is survived by her brother; Charles Goodman and his wife Betty, brother-in-law; Joseph...

Franklin Hubert Farish, 72, of Lynchburg, went to be with the Lord, Monday, January 25, 2010.  He was the husband of Janet Hawks Farish for 53 years.Born October 14, 1937 in Charlottesville, VA, he was a son of the late Robert Franklin Farish and the late Josephine Dudley Farish.  He proudly served our country in the U.S. Navy during the...

Mary Frances Reynolds, 85, of Lynchburg died after an extended illness on Saturday, June 5, 2010, at The Carrington.  She was the loving wife of the late Allen Reynolds.Frances was born June 15, 1924 in Richmond, VA, a daughter of the late James L. Jordan, Sr. and Lucy Bennett Jordan Bennefield. She retired from Revco Drug after many years of...

Kathleen Edith Carter Taylor, 93, of Lexington, VA and formerly of Big Island, VA, died Monday, February 14, 2011 in Havenwood Assisted Living. She was born June 7, 1917 in Amherst County, a daughter of the late Nannie Belle Burks Carter and William Jess Carter. Kathleen was a member of Big Island United Methodist Church where she sang in the...

Andrew \"Lee\" Croft, 83, died Monday, April 4, 2011, at St. Joseph of the Pines Health Center.Mr. Croft was born Feb. 2, 1928, in Bedford, VA, to the late Roy S. Croft and Mabel Cross Croft. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. He retired with the N.C. Department of...

Daniel "Duran" Walter Powell On Wednesday, November twenty-first Dan went to sleep on the couch and woke up in heaven. Retired from construction, he was a talented woodworker. Born and raised in the Windy City he loved ice hockey and all Chicago teams. Transplanted to Lynchburg he became an avid hunter and enjoyed escaping to the mountains.He is survived by...

David Andrew Hutchinson, \"Hutch\", 18, passed away, Friday, November 4, 2011 at his residence.  He was the loving son of David Todd Hutchinson and Lisa Kaye (Melton) Hutchinson. He was a Boy Scout for many years, a member of the National Honor Society at Brookville High School and the captain of the tennis team. Throughout his life, he touched many...

Rhoda Lott Williamson Dunlap, 91 of Lynchburg, Virginia died on Friday, October 25, 2013, at Lynchburg General Hospital in Lynchburg, Virginia. She was twice married, first to the late Dr. Mervyn W. Williamson and second to the late Phelan Anderson Dunlap.Born Tuesday, June 6, 1922 in Laredo, Texas, she was a daughter of the late Reuben Byron Lott and the...

Thelma Florine Wood, 98, of Bedford, died Sunday, July 24, 2011 at Oakwood Manor Nursing Home. Born Saturday, April 7, 1913 in Bedford, VA, she was the daughter of the late Ernest B. Wood and Mary Willie Key Wood.In addition to her parents she was proceeded in death by three brothers, Douglas Wood, Ralph Loyd Wood, and Carol Key Wood;...

Debbie Trent Grishaw, 50, of Lynchburg, died on Tuesday, March 9, 2010, at her residence. Born October 8, 1959, in Lynchburg, she is the daughter of Shelby Carson Trent and Clayton Delaware Trent.Debbie is survived by her husband of 20 years, David Lee Grishaw, her brother, Richard Trent and his wife, Amy Coutee Trent, of Lynchburg, her grandmother, Ruth Carson,...

Joyce Theresa Green, 81, of Lynchburg passed away Tuesday, September 27, 2011 after a long illness. Born May 6, 1930 in Washington DC, she was the daughter of the late Leonard S. and Norah C. Bussler. Her husbands, Robert A. Thibodeau Sr. and Vernon J. Green, as well as her brother, Rowland L. Bussler and her sister Beverly B. Noone,...