Local Obituaries for Tharp Funeral Home
Sandra Louise Snell
Sep 28, 2025
Sandra Louise Snell, 79, of Lynchburg, VA, passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 28, 2025, surrounded by the love of her family. She was the devoted wife of the late Ronnie James Snell, with whom she shared a lifetime of cherished memories.
Sandra (Sandy) was born on Saturday, June 1, 1946, in Fairmont, WV. She was the daughter of the late...
Sandra Kaye Spence
Oct 24, 2025
Sandra Kaye Spence, 80, of Goode, passed away on Friday, October 24, 2025, at Lynchburg General Hospital. She was born on May 25, 1945, to the late William Spence and Hallie Burks Spence. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her siblings, Faye Ramsey, Gene Spence, Bobby Spence and Betty Waugh.
Sandra enjoyed going to vendor craft...
Watson Wallace
Oct 21, 2025
Watson Irving Wallace, 92, fondly known as “The Appliance Doctor,” passed from this life to his eternal home on Tuesday morning, October 21, 2025, just 5 days after his wife of 68 years, Clare.Born on June 21, 1933, in Port Jefferson, Long Island, New York, Irving was the son of the late Watson Samuel Wallace and Mary Bartholomew Wallace. His...
Clare Davis Wallace
Oct 16, 2025
Because of her belief in Jesus Christ as her Savior, Clare Davis Wallace, 92, stepped into heaven on Thursday morning, October 16, 2025. She was the devoted wife of Watson Irving Wallace for 68 years.Born Virginia Clare Davis in Lynchburg on July 2, 1933, she was the youngest child of the late James T. Davis, Sr. and Sue Adams Davis....
Nollner Morrissett Watts
Oct 16, 2025
Nollner Morrissett Watts of Lynchburg, Virginia, died on Thursday, October 16, 2025, at Westminster Canterbury. Nollner was born on June 3, 1936, in Lynchburg to the late Landon Dewey Morrissett and Annie Ruth Coleman Morrissett. She graduated from E.C. Glass High School in 1954 and Salem College in 1958.
A devoted and loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend, Nollner worked...
Kahdijah Waller Agnew
Oct 15, 2025
Kahdijah Waller Agnew, age 49, was peacefully welcomed into the arms of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on October 15, 2025, in Charlottesville, VA. She was a loving daughter, sister, cousin, mother, aunt, wife, grandmother, friend, and colleague whose presence brought warmth and joy to all who knew her.
Born on May 2, 1976, in Lynchburg, VA, Kahdijah was the...
Tammy Lynn Heddings
Oct 14, 2025
Tammy Lynn Cuddy Heddings, 53, of Bedford, Virginia passed away on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. She was the daughter of Willian Cuddy and the late Judith Gregory.
She was born on December 21, 1971, in Roanoke, Virginia. Tammy attended school at Patrick Henry, then pursued her Bachelor of Arts in Education at Randolph College. Upon graduation, she began teaching at R.S....
Frances Scott Lineberry
Oct 16, 2025
Frances Orrell Lineberry, 98, of Lynchburg, Virginia passed away peacefully on October 16, 2025. She was the daughter of Rev. S. Roy Orrell and Ina S. Orrell, and the wife of Berlin B. Lineberry, Jr.
Mrs. Lineberry was born on May 31, 1927, in Danville, Virginia. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Westhampton College of the University of Richmond,...
MaryJane Hobbs
Sep 20, 2025
Maryjane B. Hobbs passed peacefully at Westminster Canterbury surrounded by her family on September 20, 2025. She lived 100 amazing years.
Born in Lynchburg, VA in 1925, she was a graduate of E. C. Glass High School. Music was her life and she continued with her passion for music in her study of voice, piano and organ. She was a talented...
Jane Thomas Sigler
Oct 9, 2025
Jane Thomas Sigler passed away on October 9,2025. She was a lifelong resident of Lynchburg, born on September 28, 1928, in Virginia Baptist Hospital to Willard Franklin Thomas and Ellen Walker Thomas. She was a graduate of E. C. Glass and Salem College.
She was predeceased by her parents; her sister, Ellen Stewart Thomas; her husband, Harold Sigler, Jr.; her son,...
Irma Stiltner Reynolds
Oct 19, 2025
Irma Stiltner Reynolds, 86, of Roanoke, VA passed away on October 19, 2025. A daughter of the late Ezra and Eleanor Stiltner of Grundy, Irma was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, William “Bill” Reynolds and her brother, Paul, and sister, Jeanette Stiltner.
Irma graduated from Roanoke Memorial nursing school in 1961 starting her career as a registered...
Katharine Murray Arrowood Hicks
Sep 24, 2025
Katharine Murray Arrowood Hicks (“Kay”) departed this life on September 24, 2025, just three weeks shy of her 98th birthday.
Kay was born in Concord, North Carolina on October 15, 1927, to the Reverend Robert S. Arrowood, Sr., and Mary Dimock Murray Arrowood. After the death of her mother at a young age, she was raised by an aunt who became...
Joyce Ann Stulgis-Blalock
Oct 18, 2025
Joyce Ann Stulgis-Blalock, 82, of Bedford passed away on Saturday, October 18, 2025. She was born in New Kensington, PA on December 7, 1942. A daughter of the late Frank Anthony Stulgis and Rosalia Hotkowski Stulgis. In addition to her parents Joyce was preceded in death by her brother, Stephen Stulgis; Sister, Theresa Stulgis.
Joyce graduated from Plum Borough High School...
Nancy Virginia Crowder
Jul 25, 2025
The world became a little less bright on July 25, 2025, with the passing of Nancy Virginia Crowder who passed away peacefully at the age of 79. She was born on October 14, 1945, in Lynchburg, VA to Lola Virginia and Houston Maie Crowder.
She is survived by her loving brother and sister-in-law, Houston Maie Crowder, Jr. and Linda McLennan Crowder;...
Betty Ann Dooley Goff
Oct 21, 2025
Betty Ann Dooley Goff, 70, of Big Island passed away on Tuesday, October 21, 2025, at her residence. She was born on November 22, 1954, to the late Walter Clay Dooley and Roxie Agee Dooley.
Betty knew the meaning of hard work. She was always working beside her husband no matter what he was doing. She would help him garden, put...
John Michael Brooks
Oct 20, 2025
John Michael Brooks , 76, of Lynchburg, VA, passed away on Monday, October 20, 2025.
Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory, Lynchburg, is assisting the family.
Herb Winegard
Oct 19, 2025
Herb Winegard, 73, originally of Levittown, NY passed away peacefully after long illness, at home, in Lynchburg, VA surrounded by his loving wife and family. Herb built a life that was defined by intelligence, and humor. Herb attended school SUNY Stoney Brook graduating with a physics degree subsequently attended Washington University Law School in St. Louis. He was a gifted...
Donna Hamlet Ward
Oct 18, 2025
Donna Hamlet Ward, 80, of Lynchburg, VA passed away on Saturday, October 18, 2025. She was born on July 17, 1945, in Lafayette, Kentucky to the late James Hamlet and Frances Hicks Hamlet.
Donna attended E.C. Glass High School. She worked for many years as a Bank Teller. She was a member of St. Thomas Moore Catholic Church. Donna enjoyed bird...
Melba Leigh Perkins Martin
Oct 17, 2025
Melba Leigh Perkins Martin, 66, of Blacksburg, Virginia passed away on Friday, October 17, 2025. She was born March 12, 1959, to Mary Elizabeth Perkins and the late Gerald Perkins.
In addition to her mother, she is survived by her son, David Martin and wife, Kailie; daughter, Frances Stowe and husband, Daniel; grandchildren, Oliva Stowe, Lydia Davis, Alex Davis; and numerous...
John Wesley Ramsey
Oct 17, 2025
The Man. The Myth. The Legend.
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of John Ramsey on a peaceful Friday afternoon. Though he may have left us physically, his spirit, laughter, and legacy will live on in the countless lives he touched.
John was many things in his remarkable life—a son, a brother, a friend, an uncle, a husband,...
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