Local Obituaries for Tharp Funeral Home

Sue Ann King, 48, of Lynchburg, went home to Heaven on Saturday August 7, 2010. She was the wife of Robert King.Sue was born August 6, 1962 in New Jersey, a daughter of the late Albert Arrent Schutte and Josie Lamring Schutte. She was retired from the Post Office. She was a member of Blue Ridge Community Church.She is survived...

Grace Horgaard Johnson, 89, of Lynchburg, formerly of North Dakota, died Saturday February 16, 2013.Tharp Funeral Home Lynchburg is serving the family 434-237-9424

Kathleen Theresa Fitzpatrick Cribbin, 74, of Moneta, passed away on Saturday, August 17, 2013 at Berkshire Health & Rehabilitation Center in Vinton, VA. She was the loving wife of Peter Anthony Cribbin.Born February 22, 1939 in New York City, she was the daughter of the late Michael Joseph Fitzpatrick and the late Mary Sullivan Fitzpatrick.She was blessed with three children:...

Virginia Christine Stinnett, of Lynchburg went home to be with her Lord on February 8, 2011 at Virginia Baptist Hospital at the age of 92. She is survived by her husband of 76 years Walter H. Stinnett. Virginia was born on February 11, 1918 in Cass, West Virginia. She was a retired seamstress with Imperial Reading. Virginia was preceded in...

Jessica\"Jessie\" Erin Hart, 17, of Montvale, passed away April 5, 2013. Left to remember her charm and witty sense of humor are her mother, Denise Lukehart Alt and Greg Looney; her surrogate father, John Stewart; grandparents, Sandy and Al Lukehart; aunts and uncles, Kim and Kevin Harris, Scott Lukehart; cousin, Sydney Harris; and many other family members and friends.Jessie was...

Wendy Sue Reynolds Rector, 33, of Huddleston, was called to be with the Lord on Thursday, December 19, 2013. Born in Bedford, VA on February 26, 1980, a daughter of Michael E. \"Mickey\" Reynolds and Wanda B. Reynolds. She loved taking road trips and traveling. She also loved spending time with her children, family and friends. Wendy was employed by...

Catherine Lee Woodford Ferguson, 96, of Bedford, passed away on Wednesday, January 15, 2014. Born August 9, 1917 in Bedford County; she was a daughter of the late William Osborne Woodford and Maggie Wooldridge Woodford.In addition to her parents, Catherine was preceded in death by her husband Jesse Ammon Ferguson, a brother, Jessie Lloyd Woodford and wife, Helen. She is...

William Lee Sligh, 72, of Lynchburg died Friday, February 19, 2010.Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory, Lynchburg, is assisting the family, 434-237-9424.

Evelyn Howland Burnop, 92, of Smith Mountain Lake, passed away Friday, February 7, 2014 at the Runk & Pratt Smith Mountain Lake Retirement Village.  She was predeceased by her loving husband of 71 years, George T. Burnop, on September 22, 2013. Born in Utica, NY on December 27, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Frank O. and Eloise...

Janice Irene Shively Tait, 75, of Vinton, passed away on Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at her residence. Born in Akron, Ohio, on September 21, 1935, a daughter of the late Stanley David Shively and Ethel Romaine Shuler Shively. Janice was a member of Lynn Haven Baptist Church in Vinton. She loved bowling, she was a great cook, and had a...

Vivian Burch Reynolds, 92, of Big Island died Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at Bedford County Nursing Home after a short illness. Vivian was a lifelong Virginian, and a retiree of Big Island Elementary School. She was a member of the Sedalia Baptist Church.She was born on July 25, 1920 in Amherst County, Virginia to Minnie and Myers Burch. She married...

Moultrie Miller, 94, passed away on January 8, 2012. Mr. Miller was born June 3, 1917, in Columbia, SC.He patriotically served his country in WWII for four years after which he was employed by the Long Island Railroad until his retirement in 1971. He raised his family in Yonkers, NY prior to his retirement and moved to Vero Beach, FL...

Mary Vallastro Stamps, 86, of Forest died Saturday July 6, 2013.Tharp Funeral Home Lynchburg is serving the family 434-237-9424

Patricia Griffith Rinker at the age of 74 lost her battle with cancer on Friday, May 28 in Lynchburg. She was the wife of Dennis B. Rinker D.D.S. for fifty years.Born, in Charlottesville, Pat was the daughter of the late Ardilla Maupin Griffith and Wilton A. Griffith.In addition to her husband, Pat is survived by her children, Bonnie Rinker, of...

Raymond Rollie Cress, 79 died May 2, 2013 at the Medical Care Center in Lynchburg, VA. Raymond was born in Hamilton, OH on February 8, 1934. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Janet Ash Cress. Raymond and Janet were married April 3, 1954 in Lake Charles, LA. Raymond proudly served in the US Air Force in the...

Melanie Louise Dudash , 64, of Moneta, VA, died Thursday, August 19, 2010 at her residence.  Born Monday, February 18, 1946 in Cincinnati, OH, she was a daughter of the late Cory Virgil Christian and Helen J. DeLarbre Christian.She was a member of The Women of the Moose, Lodge # 1951 Smith Mountain Lake who will miss her dearly. She...

Sandra McCraw Lewis, 77, of 369 Thames Street, Hagerstown, Maryland, passed away Wednesday, August 29, 2012. Born in Lynchburg, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Ernest Lyle McCraw and Bertha Lawhorne McCraw of Madison Heights, Virginia. Her husband, Charlie Daniel (Dan) Lewis preceded her in death in 1989.She was a 1952 graduate of Madison Heights High School and...

Ronald Wayne Parks, 65, of Evington, VA. Entered the Gates of Heaven on April 22, 2012 He was the loving husband of Patricia Miller Parks for 46 years. Ronald was born December 28, 1946 in Altoona, PA., son of the late George Leonard Parks and Clara Mae Carner Parks. In addition to his wife, Ronald is survived by a son,...

Betty Knight Wagner, 70, of Goode, passed away Monday, October 17, 2011, quietly at her home surrounded by her family. She was born July 1, 1941 in Staunton, VA.She is preceded in death by her mother, Archie Phillips Knight and her father Oren Knight of Staunton, and brothers Jimmy Knight of Covington and Charles Knight of Phoenix, Arizona.In addition to...

Roger \"Chipper\" Hartwell Hotchkiss Hanning, 64, of Bedford, passed away Monday, March 5, 2012. He will join his father Fred Hanning and brother-in-law, Tom Pettit in Heaven. He is survived by his mother, Betsy Hanning; sister, Mary Hanning Pettit; nieces and nephew, George and Margaret Yanchak, and Rebecca Pettit; grandniece and nephews, Joseph, Thomas, and Mary Jane; and many cousins....