Local Obituaries for Tharp Funeral Home
Nancy Gayle Torode Speight
Aug 4, 2014
Nancy Gayle Torode Speight, 55, of Bedford, went to be with Jesus on Monday, August 4, 2014. She was wife of John Speight.Born on July 30, 1959 she was the daughter of Richard Torode Sr. and wife Beverly and Barbara Lawhorn and husband Marvin.Nancy was a member of Bedrock Community Church and was employed at Dollar General Store.In addition to...
George Edward Witt
Aug 3, 2014
George Edward “Ed†Witt, 73, of Montvale went to be with God on August 3, 2014 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Born in Bedford County on September 12, 1940, a son of the late Hubert Broaddus Witt and Elsie Christine Roop Witt.Ed was a member of Walnut Grove Union church. He was retired with 30 years of service from Yokahoma...
Mary Cary Chipley
Aug 2, 2014
Mary Cary Chipley died Saturday August 2, 2014 at Westminster Canterbury of Lynchburg. She was the daughter of Elizabeth Allen Chipley and Hunter Dixon Chipley and a lifelong resident of Lynchburg.Mary Cary attended Randolph-Macon Woman’s College after which she began a forty-five year career as a legal secretary for Frank G. Davidson Jr. She was a member of Westminster Presbyterian...
Nancy Miller Overstreet Byerle
Aug 1, 2014
Nancy Miller Overstreet Byerle, 85, died August 1, 2014, in the Virginia Baptist Hospital. The widow of Michael Paul (Jimmy) Byerle III and the daughter of Frances Elizabeth Arrington and William Miller Overstreet, Nancy was born on June 10, 1929, and lived her entire life in Bedford, where she worked and volunteered for the good of the community, town, and...
Raymond Allen Mccann
Aug 1, 2014
Raymond Allen McCann, Jr. 74, of Goodview passed away Friday, August 1, 2014 at his residence. He was the loving husband of Donna Avery McCann.Born May 21, 1940 in New York he was the son of the late Raymond Allen McCann Sr. and Elizabeth Fenster McCann. Raymond was a U.S. Navy veteran.Raymond was the loving father of daughter: Kathleen Elizabeth...
Charles Michael Johnston
Jul 31, 2014
Charles Michael Johnston, 62, of Bedford passed away Thursday, July 31, 2014 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was the loving and beloved husband of Gwenn Hereford Johnston for 33 years.Born August 19, 1951 in Roanoke, he was a son of the late Lawrence Drayton and Kitty Frith Johnston. He is also preceded in death by his sister, Kathleen Johnston...
Terrell Wayne Reynolds
Jul 31, 2014
Terrell Wayne Reynolds, 76, of Rustburg passed away Thursday, July 31, 2014 at Lynchburg General Hospital. For 56 years, he was the loving husband of Ann Turner Reynolds.Born August 31, 1937, he was a son of the late John P. and Grace Dudley Reynolds.Terrell was a U.S. Navy veteran, he retired as district supervisor of Westvaco Corp. He was an...
Malcolm Lee Perrow
Jul 31, 2014
Malcolm Lee Perrow, 56, of Lynchburg passed away suddenly at his residence, Thursday, July 31, 2014. For 30 years, he was the loving husband of Judy Parrish Perrow.Born January 30, 1958 in Lynchburg, he was the son of the late Malcolm Watkins Perrow and Billie Williamson Perrow. Malcolm was a member of Providence United Methodist Church and also attended Indian...
Philip Charles Frank
Jul 30, 2014
Philip C. Frank died on July 30. He was born August 29, 1929 in Brooklyn, N.Y.Since his retirement from the Federal government he has donated 27,000 hours of volunteer service at Virginia Baptist Hospital. Phil enjoyed travelling, opera, and was a talented carpenter.He was predeceased by his son Eric Frank.He is survived by his daughter Carin Walton and husband Michael...
Vincent Ayala
Jul 30, 2014
Vincent Ayala, Sr., 81, of Elyria, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, July 30, 2014. Born March 23, 1933 in Rio Piedras Puerto Rico; he was the son of the late Pablo Ayala and Victoria Gotay.Vincent worked for the City of Elyria Ohio for 29 years. He also served in the United States Army.In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...
Isabelle Austin Wagner
Jul 29, 2014
Isabelle Austin Wagner, 96, died Tuesday July 29, 2014, in the Virginia Baptist Hospital.She was born on March 26, 1918, in Boston, Massachusetts, a daughter of the late Alva Carlos Austin and Ada Stevens Austin. She was preceded in death by her brother, Arthur C. Austin and sister, Dorothy Austin. Isabelle is survived by her two daughters, Evelynn W. Hotz...
Winifred Cleveland Wright
Jul 27, 2014
Winifred Cleveland Wright, 85 of Rustburg, passed on Thursday, July 24, 2014, at Virginia Baptist Hospital. She was the loving wife of Joseph Wright for 58 years.Born Saturday, July 20, 1929 in Champaign, Illinois, she was the daughter of the late Warren Cleveland and the late Edit Swaback Cleveland.Winnie was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church where she played the...
Gordon Eskil Peterson
Jul 26, 2014
Lt. Col. Gordon Eskil Peterson Jr., 81, of Lynchburg, went to be with the Lord Saturday, July 26, 2014. He was the devoted husband to Elena T. Peterson for 49 years.Born Tuesday, March 14, 1933 in Auburn, NE, Gordon was the son of the late Gordon Eskil Peterson, Sr. and the late Cornelia Tackett Peterson. He attended Auburn High School...
James Wesley Weston
Jul 26, 2014
James Wesley Weston, 77, of Lynchburg, passed away Friday, July 26, 2014 in Michigan. He was the loving husband of Linda L. Weston for 53 years.Born November 18, 1936 in Peck, Michigan, James was a son of the late Hazel Eveleigh Weston and the late Kenneth Otto Weston.In addition to his wife, James is survived by his sons: Michael Weston...
Opal Spivey Edwards
Jul 25, 2014
Opal Spivey Edwards, 90, of Bedford passed away Friday, July 25, 2014 at Bedford County Nursing Home. She was the wife of the late Warren Jefferson Edwards.Born December 5, 1923 in Galax, Virginia she was the daughter of the late James Fred Spivey and Marietta Hall Spivey.Opal retired as a houseparent from Holston United Methodist Home for Children in Greeneville,...
Addie Glenola Trent
Jul 25, 2014
Addie Glenola Trent, 93, born June 21, 1921, passed on July 25, 2014. She was the loving wife of Hurley T. Trent for 72 years. She is survived by her children, Glenda Lalone, and her husband, Bob; Cheryl Tate, and her husband, Donnie, Meryl Smith, and her husband, Bob, and Hurley Thomas (Tom) Trent, Jr., and his wife, Valinda, and...
Dorice Lee Bennett Harding
Jul 25, 2014
Dorice Bennett Harding, 85, of Lynchburg, went to be with her Lord Friday, July 25, 2014. She was the wife of Charles Walker Harding for 63 years.Born May 16, 1929 in Sandy Level, she was a daughter of the late Henry Coleman Bennett and the late Mae Davis Bennett.She was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, and a devoted mother...
Carol Alice Redgate
Jul 21, 2014
Carol Alice Redgate, 79, of Forest, passed away Monday, July 21, 2014. She was born June 2, 1935 in Plymouth, MA and was a daughter of the late Astore Scagliarini and Nella Boccacci Scagliarini.Carol graduated from Whitman-Hanson High School and went on to receive her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Bridgewater State University in Bridgewater, MA. She married John
Tammy Lee Piper
Jul 20, 2014
Tammy Lee Piper, 57, of Forest died on Sunday, July 20, 2014. She was born in Tom Green County, TX on May 30, 1957, the daughter of Lee Wootton Von Winkle of TX and the late August Piper, Jr. In addition to her mother, Tammy is survived by two sons, Mitch Athearn of Lynchburg and Trent Athearn of FL and...
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