Local Obituaries for Tharp Funeral Home

Mary Stover Dills, 88, of Moneta, died on Wednesday, July 6, 2011 at Smith Mountain Lake Retirement Village, Runk & Pratt. She was born on February 22, 1923 in Myerstown, PA. A daughter of the late Raymond John Stover and Edna Walborn Stover. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by two sisters, Neva Kathryn Miller and...

Millard Fillmore Hanger Jr., \"Papa Millard\", 81, of Lynchburg, VA, went home to be with his Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ Wednesday, August 31, 2011.  He was the husband of the late Marjorie Vest Hanger. Born December 16, 1929 in Detroit Michigan, the son of the late Millard F. Hanger Sr. and Viola E. Mayer. He was a science teacher...

Lon \"Jack\" Jackson Esteppe, Jr, 85, of Lynchburg went to be with the Lord he so loved Wednesday, April 6, 2011. He was the loving husband of Ruby \"Mopsy\" Hosey Esteppe. They met at Marshall University on the dance floor and spent the next 65 years dancing together.  Born in Williamson, WV, December 17, 1925 he was a son of...

Joan Marie Thornhill Young, 64, of Goode passed away Friday, October 7, 2011. Born September 22, 1947 in Lynchburg, she was the daughter of Beatrice Casebolt of Forest and the late Russell Casebolt. She is survived by her loving and devoted husband Tracy R. Young, Jr.; three children and two step-children, Rusty Thornhill and wife Katherine of Austin, TX, Cindy...

Pearl Hale Massie, 84, of Forest, formerly of Bedford County, died Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at Runk & Pratt in Forest. Born May 21, 1928, a daughter of the late William Carey Hale and Nannie Driskoll Witt Hale. She was the widow of Frank Rucker Massie.In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a sister,...

Linda Sue Andrews, 63, of Moneta, passed away on Monday, July 9, 2012 at her residence. A daughter of the late William G. Andrews and Marian Lang Andrews, she was born on October 15, 1948 in Roanoke, VALinda is survived by a son, Scott G. Andrews of Richmond, VA; a sister, Diane A. Turner and her husband, Rick of Greenville,...

Doris Harlowe Dooley, 91, of Lynchburg, died, July 12, 2011.  She was the loving wife of the late Aubrey Mark Dooley.Born in Lynchburg, July 28, 1919 she was a daughter of the late Walter Floyd Harlowe and Pearl Trent Harlowe.  Doris was the Owner of Creditor Service Agency, and a member of College Hill Baptist Church.She is survived by a...

Edward Lee Bell, 77, of Bedford, passed away on Friday, December 14, 2012 at his residence. He was born in Somerset, KY on November 19, 1935, a son of the late Ruel Lee Bell and Dorothy Mae Bell. In addition to his parents Edward was preceded in death by his loving wife, Phyllis Katherine Bell. Edward is survived by four...

George Beverly Fuller, 91, of Lynchburg, died Thursday, January 9, 2014. Born January 16, 1922 in Bluefield, West Virginia; he was a son of the late Orby Lee Fuller and Alice Juanita Mahood Fuller.In addition to his parents, George was preceded in death by two sisters, Margaret Duncan and Evelyn Williams.George is survived by his devoted wife of 64 years,...

Clarence Edward Tomlin, 83, of Big Island went to be with his heavenly father on Monday, July 25, 2011 in Virginia Baptist Hospital. He was born in Coleman Falls on August 17, 1927, a son of the late Linwood Walter Tomlin and Josie Virginia Tomlinson Tomlin.Ed was a member of Hunting Creek Baptist Church and was a retired Assistant Superintendent...

Cleo Speight Iovinetti, 88, of Lynchburg passed away Saturday, April 17, 2010 at Lynchburg General Hospital. She was the loving wife of the late Rudolph Iovinetti.Cleo was born December 26, 1921 in Fountain, NC, a daughter of the late Charlie Speight and Nettie Mae Eason Speight.  She was a member of Stanton River Baptist Church.She is survived by her children,...

Walter Clyde Erwin, Jr., 88, died Thursday, October 7, 2010, at The Summit following a brief illness.  He is survived by his wife of more than sixty years, Agnes Burgess Erwin. Clyde retired from Babcock and Wilcox (McDermott) in 1986 following a long career as a metallurgist engineer. At the time of his death, he was a member of Quaker...

Elwood Clayton Kidd, 75, of Madison Heights passed away on Saturday, February 19, 2011. Service arrangements will be planned at a future date. Arragements by Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory, Bedford, 540-586-3443.

Irene Charlotte Marlowe Mitchell, 86, Bedford, died Tuesday, November 30, 2010. Born May 30, 1924 in Rochester, New York a daughter of the late Edward Joseph Marlowe and Irene Rogers Marlowe. She was a communicant of Holy Name of Mary Catholic Church. In addition to her parents, Irene was preceded in death by her husband, Ziny John Mitchell; a son,...

Floyd Withers (Sonny) Merryman, Jr., 89, of Rustburg, Virginia passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 7, 2013. He is survived by his devoted wife of 60 years, Frances Taylor \"Lou\" Merryman of Rustburg; daughter A. Patricia \"Pat\" Merryman of Rustburg; son Floyd W. Merryman, III of Smith Mountain Lake and grandson M. Lee Merryman of Rustburg. Sonny was pre-deceased by...

James Mason Rucker, 85, born in Petersburg, VA, May 18, 1926 died November 25, 2011. He was the son of the late Claude L. and Mildred L. Rucker.He was a U. S. Merchant Marine Veteran of three wars serving in the Pacific, Atlantic and Mediterranean war zones in World War II, Korea and Vietnam during those wars.   At various times...

Jami Danielle Putt- of Lynchburg, VA passed away (unexpectedly) on Saturday September 10, 2011 after a long and difficult illness. Jami was born August 28, 1985 in Burlington NC. She was the 2nd daughter of Robert and Vicky Putt. Jami graduated from Chatham High School in Pittsylvania County in 2003 and achieved her CNA license in 2008. She was employed...

Robert Donald Charlton, 82, of Lynchburg died Monday, May 23, 2011. He was the devoted husband of Jean Hanes Charlton for 55 years.Robert was born March 1, 1929 in Mannington, WV, a son of the late J. Everett Charlton and Russie Shreve Charlton. He enjoyed a 30-year career in public health, culminating as director of public health in several North...

Ainsley Amelia Lorraine Trost, six month old daughter of William and Crystal Trost, of Forest, was called home to heaven on Tuesday, October 11, 2011.Ainsley loved being with her family more than anything.  She enjoyed sucking on her fafa, listening to classical music, and watching \"Tom and Jerry\" with her brothers and sister.  She was an angel sent to touch...

Frederick William Hanning of the Elks National Home in Bedford, VA, formerly of Connestee Falls, Brevard, NC, Incline Village, NV, and Tampa, FL, passed away Sunday, January 16, 2011. He was born January 12, 1923 to the late Theodore W. and Mary Forbes Hanning in Washington, CT. He is survived by his beloved wife of 64½ years, Betsy Hotchkiss Hanning.Fred...