Local Obituaries for Tharp Funeral Home

Sally Rusher Kidd, born Bedford County 1918, formerly of Madison, VA, recently of Salem Health and Rehab Center in Salem, VA, passed away October 23, 2012, at the age of 94.  She was preceded in death by her parents Jesse Harry and Bessie Rusher, and her sister Margaret R. Nelson.  Sally was an active member of Beth Car Baptist Church...

Roger Andre Bessette, 61, of Goode died Friday, December 27, 2013. He was the loving husband of Pamela Fitzpatrick Bessette.Born April 10, 1952 in Plainfield, Connecticut, he was the son of the late Laurent and Beatrice Monroe Bessette. Roger retired with Babcock & Wilcox Co. as a manufacturing engineer. He was a member of Timberlake United Methodist Church. Roger was...

Thomas S. Gwynne, Jr., 81, of Forest, died on Wednesday, April 07, 2010, surrounded by wonderful friends and neighbors.  Born on December 11, 1929 in Ridley Park, PA he was the son of the late Thomas S. Gwynne, Sr. and the late, Marie Devlin Gwynne.In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by wife, Jean Watkins Gwynne.He is...

Services have been rescheduled due to inclement weather.  Visitation will be on Friday, December 17 from 6:00-7:00 PM and services will be Saturday, December 18 at 2:00 PM, both at Tharp Funeral Home, Lynchburg.Ronald Preston Wood of Lynchburg, went to Heaven Tuesday, December 14, 2010, to the loving arms of his Lord & Savior Jesus Christ.  He was the beloved...

Isabell Catherine Craig Johnson, 96, of Bedford, died Wednesday, April 11, 2012. Born June 10, 1915 in Bedford County; she was a daughter of the late Paschal Hopkins Craig and Luettie Jane Stevens Craig.Isabell was the last charter member of Bedford Church of God.In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Claude E. Johnson; a...

John Edward Fisher, 65, of Lynchburg, went to join his wife Donna in heaven on Thursday, April 1, 2010.Mr. Fisher was born Saturday, November 4, 1944 in Bedford, a son of the late Edward Davis Fisher and Ruth Krantz Fisher. He proudly served our country in the U.S. Navy.  He was retired from Aerofin where he worked in quality control. ...

Owen Lee Banton, Jr., age 67, of Madison Heights, died Tuesday, July 23, 2013, in Roanoke, VA.   Born October 13, 1945 in Lynchburg, Binky was a son of the late Madeline Woody Banton and the late Owen Lee Banton, Sr.Binky is survived by his sister Bonnie Gowen and her husband, Bernie, of Madison Heights, a nephew Bradley Stinnette, of Madison...

Edward Franklin Jordan, 91, of Lynch Station, VA, died Thursday, July 26, 2012. He was the husband of Frances S. Jordan. Edward was born Friday, July 15, 1921 in Lynchburg, VA, a son of the late Halsey Thomas Jordan and Eva Brooks Jordan. He proudly served our country in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was retired from...

Patricia Ann Blydenburg Wright, 76, of Bedford, died on Sunday, May 15, 2011 at Bedford Memorial Hospital. Born in Potsdam, New York, on July 20, 1934, a daughter of the late Frederick Blydenburg and Margery MacDonald Blydenburg. In addition to her parents Patricia is preceded in death by her husband, Jack David Wright and a grandson, Aaron Dean Wright.Patricia was...

Bobby Taylor Lee, 80, of Moneta passed away on Friday, January 31, 2014 at his residence. He was born in Beaver Dam, Kentucky on October 6, 1933. He was the son of the late Augusta Kay Whitecarver Bowling and James Taylor Lee. Bobby served his country in the United States Army. He loved to play tennis, was a private pilot,...

Christopher Sean Brennan, formerly of Long Island, NY, a Downs Syndrome angel and a gift to us all, Passed peacefully back to the loving arms of God, on August 9th. Preceded to Heaven by his Dad, B. Elliott. Survived by his mother, Margaret Mary; proud brothers, Peter Elliott, Robert Owen, and T. Patrick. Chris will rest with his Dad and...

On September 12, 2011, heaven was graced with the presence of a woman who lived her life with a servant's heart.  Dorothy M. Young fought a short but fierce battle with the demon cancer, and when her body gave up the fight, her soul soared to her eternal home with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  "To be absent from...

Richard Allison Lewis, Jr. passed away June 18 at his home in Rustburg, Va. after a short battle with cancer.  He was born in Raleigh, NC. August 19, 1933 the son of the late Richard Allison Lewis, Sr. and Gail Wimberley Lewis.  He was preceded in death by his father and mother-in-law Carl and Lois Powell also his brothers-in-law James...

Richard Thomas Sparks, 76, of Lynchburg, died Saturday September 17, 2011.  He was born March 1, 1935 in Springfield, MO, the son of the late Leonard Amos and Jewell Thomas Sparks.  He graduated in 1953 from Classen High School, Oklahoma City and in 1957 from Princeton University, and pursued an MBA at the University of Oklahoma. He was preceded in...

Jean Hudson Hamlet, 81, of Lynchburg died January 9, 2012 in Herndon, VA. Born December 30, 1930 she was the daughter of the late Robert Jackson Hudson and Maggie Cheatham Hudson of Lynchburg. She was the wife of the late Edward (Pete) A. Hamlet Jr., for 50-years. Her brother, a decorated World War II veteran, Hilton Cheatham Hudson also proceeded...

Wilson Junior Hartless, 85 of Monroe, was called home to be with the lord, on Monday, February 18, 2013,. He was the loving husband of Mae A. Proffitt Hartless for 62 years.Born Tuesday, June 7, 1927 in Forks of Buffalo, Virginia, he was the son of the late John Hartless and the late Ollie Staton Hartless.In addition to his parents...

Bronna Yvonne Willis died on Sunday, December 18, 2011, at Westminster-Canterbury of Lynchburg after a six-year battle with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP).Bronna was born on May 18, 1940, in Morehead City, NC, the daughter of the late Henry Delance and Olga Lewis Willis, and grew up in Beaufort, NC\""the origin of her love of the ocean and delicious seafood. She...

Lillian Estelle Crouch Creasy, 82 of Forest, went to be with her Lord on Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at Centra Lynchburg General Hospital. She was the wife of the late Morris Franklin Creasy.Lillian was born May 20, 1929 in Campbell County, a daughter of the late James William Crouch and the late Lizzie Ford Crouch. She was a member of...

Charles Edward Bowman, 72, of Madison Heights, VA, died Friday, November 4, 2011 at Virginia Baptist Hospital. Born July 19, 1939 in Cumberland, MD, he was the son of the late Charles Henry and Nelda Leone Bowman. Charles was the loving husband of Sybil Bowman for 48 years.Charles proudly served his country in the United States Air Force for 20...

Harry Lee Coleman, 86, of Lynchburg, died Thursday, January 13, 2011.Mr. Coleman was born April 19, 1924 in Lynchburg.  He proudly served our country in the U.S. Navy during World War II.  He was retired from Strother Drug where he was the Vice-President.  He was a member of Elks Lodge BPOE #321.He is survived by his son, James A. Coleman,...