Local Obituaries for Tharp Funeral Home

Catherine Noel Newman, 84, of Lynchburg, passed away Saturday, April 28, 2012. Born December 23, 1927; she was the daughter of the late John Calvin Noel and Maude Crawford Noel and the widow of Roland Hawkins Newman.Born in Lynchburg, Virginia; she was a graduate of E.C. Glass High School.In addition to her husband and parents, Catherine was preceded in death...

William \"Bill\" Sellars passed away at home in Moneta, Virginia on Thursday, May 23, 2013 at the age of 78. Bill is predeceased by his parents, Blake and Lamar Sellars. Bill is survived by Shirley, his loving wife of 57 years.Bill was born on April 9, 1935 in Pauline, South Carolina. He graduated from Petersburg High School and received a...

Paul William \"Bill\" Leftwich, 77, of Bedford died Friday, June 4, 2010 after a long courageous battle with cancer.  He was born on February 27, 1933 in Bedford County, the son of the late Ruby Agee and Paul B. Leftwich.Bill is survived by his loving and devoted wife of 58 years, Lorraine Holdren Leftwich, a son, Dale Leftwich (Peggy) of...

Richard Stuart Mears, 67 of Lynchburg, died on Wednesday, August 22, 2012, at Virginia Baptist Hospital after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Born Tuesday, September 19, 1944 in Fredericksburg, Virginia, he was the son of the late Dorsey Mears and the late Doris Carter Mears. He grew up in Colonial Beach, VA where he has many family and...

Ralph Junior Staton, 86, of Forest, passed away Wednesday, October 23, 2013, at Virginia Baptist Hospital. He was born October 17, 1927 in Buena Vista, VA. He served in the U.S. Navy and retired from General Electric.He is survived by his wife, Nancy Mason Staton; daughter, Wanda S. Mays; grandchildren, Travis Mays (Shamra), and Eric Mays; and one sister, Phyllis...

Mary Josephine Webster Satterwhite, 84, passed away Dec. 8, 2010, at Westminster-Canterbury after a brief illness. Born Nov. 17, 1926, in Washington, D.C., to the late Robert King Webster and Sarah Harrison Webster, she lived in Lynchburg all her adult life. Life threw Mary Jo numerous challenges, all of which she met straight on with courage and a sense of...

Lynda Susanne (Frailing) Benningfield, 61, of Moneta, died on March 4, at home, surrounded by her loving family.In the early minutes of that morning while the earth was still dark, she left behind the cancer that stole her breath away, and began her new life in the glorious light of God\"™s loving arms. Although she is gone, she will continue...

Betty Lou Gunter, 87, of Lynchburg died Monday November 5, 2012. She was the wife of the late Garland Otho Gunter.Betty was born April 10, 1925 in Denver, CO, a daughter of the late Edward William Gallenkamp and the late Montzilla Cosgrove Gallenkamp.She is survived by her daughter Helen J. Henson and her husband Bo of Lynchburg, two grandchildren: Kristin...

Colonel Frank James Pursley, 85 of Lynchburg, died Friday, November16, 2012. He was the widower of Dymple Edwards Pursley (1986) and Barbara McCombie Pursley (2007).Born May 5, 1927, in Durham, NC, Frank was the son of the late Alton James and Vesta Andrews Pursley.Frank is survived by two daughters, Cynthia Niles (Ray) of Fairfax Station and Susan Evans (Doug) of...

Carlton Gordon Meador, 86, of Bedford, passed away Tuesday, August 24, 2010. Born May 17, 1924 in Moneta, a son of the late Lizzie C. Hannabass Meador and Virgil A. Meador.He was retired from Montvale Shredded Products and was a member of Main Street United Methodist Church. He was a wonderful Christian who loved God, his family and bluegrass and...

An Immigrant Who Lived the American DreamUwe Hans Bruno Lewandowski (known as Bruno) was born January 22, 1937 in Lagerdorf, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany to Anne Margareta Wilma Hinz and Hermann Konrad Lewandowski.  He had no sisters or brothers.  Mr. Lewandowski died in his own home in Appomattox, at his own request, with his wife and his daughter on March 5, 2010...

Bronwyn Mae Farris, 15, of Forest died Tuesday, January 21, 2014 after an automobile accident.Bronwyn was born June 14, 1998 in Lynchburg the daughter of Rickey Lee Farris and Debbie Lynn Farris. She was a loving sweet girl full of life and shared it with people and animals alike, from the very young to the old she showed no discrimination,...

Edith Mae DeWitt Elliott, 75, of Bedford, passed away on Friday, November 23, 2012. She was born June 17, 1937 at Sedalia, in Bedford County, a daughter of the late Charlie S. DeWitt and Elsie Casey DeWitt. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Edward S. DeWitt and Jack E. DeWitt, and a little...

Nancy A. Johnson, 61, of Bedford, died Saturday, June 8, 2013. Born January 6, 1952, a daughter of Eleanor Marie Everingham and the late Benjamin Everingham.Nancy was a woman of many passions, her family, Christ and love of animals. She was owner/operator of Windy Ridge Kennel and also co-founder of the Bedford Humane Society. She spent 30 years caring for...

Sandra Lee Johnston, 69, of Lynchburg died Wednesday August 25, 2010.Sandra was born December 6, 1940 in Lynchburg, the daughter of the late Charlie E. Johnston and Mary Wolfrom Johnston. Sandra graduated from E.C. Glass High School and the College of William & Mary. She was a passionate school teacher who retired with over 30 years service at Concord Elementary...

Michael Darin Jeffreys, 44, of Edgewater, Maryland, died Monday August 16, 2010.Michael is survived by his mother, Peggy Noell Jeffreys, of Bedford, two brothers, William A. Jeffreys and Jack Todd Jeffreys and his wife, Angie of Annapolis. A niece Alexandra Isabel Jeffreys and a nephew, Jack Conner Jeffreys. His grandmothers, Margaret L. Noell of Bedford, VA and Madell Day, of...

Charles Aaron Radford, 74, of Forest died at his home Sunday following a lengthy battle with cancer.  He was the husband of Virginia Cyrus Radford. Born in Lynchburg, Chuck was the son of the late Charlie and Virginia Wood Radford.  He served his country in the U.S. Navy and was retired from GE/Ericsson.  He was a member of Forest Presbyterian...

Jean Hilton Wilson, 84, of Lynchburg passed away, Sunday, February 10, 2013 at Heritage Green. She was the wife of Robert Homer Wilson. Born March 31, 1928 in Maysville, Arkansas, she was the daughter of the late A. Lance Hilton and Ollie Wolford Hilton. In addition to her husband, she is survived by a son, Robert Hilton Wilson and wife,...

Audrey Lee Gray Gregg, 80, of Bedford, died Saturday, January 15, 2011 at Lewis Gale Medical Center in Salem. Born in October 3, 1930 in Bedford, VA, she was the daughter of the late Earl Luck Gray and Lula Anderson Gray. In addition to her parents, Audrey was preceded in death by her brother Earl Luck Gray, Jr. and a...

Franklin Alexander Bell, Jr., 82, of Goode, passed away on Sunday July 22, 2012 at Lynchburg General Hospital. Born in Wythe Co, VA on August 3, 1929, a son of the late Franklin Alexander Bell, Sr. and Louise Moles Bell. In addition to his parents Frank was preceded in death by a brother, Clarence Bell and a sister, Bonnie Swanson.Coon...