Local Obituaries for Tharp Funeral Home
Margaret Hughes Waters
Nov 3, 2023
Margaret Hughes Waters died peacefully on November 3, 2023 at the revered age of 102. Her beloved daughters were by her side.
Margaret, the daughter of Whittie Cylvester Hughes and Tommie Margaret Keeter Hughes, was born on October 6, 1921 in Colerain, North Carolina, one of 7 siblings. She attended and graduated from the Bertie County school system, where...
Rebecca Keene Davis
Nov 1, 2023
Rebecca Keene Davis, 71, of Rustburg, Virginia passed away on November 1, 2023. She was the daughter of the late Walter Morris Grant, Jr. and Maggie Martin Grant, and wife of the late Willie Burton Davis, Jr. Mrs. Davis was born on January 3, 1952, in Lexington, Virginia.
Mrs. Davis was a member of West Lynchburg Baptist Church and...
Estelle Dannel Wilson
Nov 1, 2023
Estelle Dannel Wilson passed away on November 1, 2023, at her home in Forest, VA surrounded by her family. She was the daughter of Harold and Elizabth Dannel and the beloved wife of Douglas Jerome Wilson for 59 years.
Estelle was born on March 19, 1942, in Roanoke, VA and graduated from Jefferson High School. She was a member...
Mark Aaron Sloman
Nov 1, 2023
Mark Aaron Sloman, 60, of Lynchburg, Virginia passed away on Wednesday, November 1st, 2023. He was predeceased by his parents Kenneth and Flora Sloman of Charleston, WV. Mark is survived by his wife of 34 years, Donna Sloman and daughters Sara Sloman (husband, Josh Goodwin) of Richmond, VA and Hannah Sloman of Pelham, NC. He is survived by his best...
Donald Ray Parker
Nov 1, 2023
"What we see now is like a dim image in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. What I know now is only partial, then it will be complete.” (1 Corinthians 13:12a)
Donald Ray Parker’s faith has now turned into sight as he fully sees the wonderful offerings of Heaven. Don’s childhood was spent in Bedford, VA and he...
Ronald Boyer
Nov 1, 2023
Ronald Boyer, 74, of Goode, Virginia died on Wednesday, November 1, 2023, at Oakwood Manor in Bedford, Virginia. He was the husband of Marianne Boyer for 33 years.
Born Saturday, November 13, 1948, in Coshocton, Ohio, he was a son of the late Richard Boyer and the late Janice Kitchen Boyer. After their death his Aunt Jean Watts treated...
Jacqueline Nielsen Vesper
Oct 31, 2023
Jacqueline Vesper passed away suddenly on October 31st, 2023. She was born on February 27th, 1945, in Watford, England to the late Elsie May Coffman and William Nielsen.
Jacqueline came to America when she was 18 months old. It was a part of her life she was extremely proud of. She was a loving wife to the late Phillip Vesper.
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Emily Anne (Kachmar) Odey
Oct 31, 2023
Emily Anne (Kachmar) Odey, a longtime resident of Concord, NH, entered eternal rest at the age of 85 on Oct.31,2023 in Lynchburg, VA, where she spent her last years close to her family. “Mimi” to her five grandsons, Emily was a cherished wife, mother, grandmother, sister, “cat- mom” and friend. She will always be remembered by her humor and kindness...
Benjamin T. "Tom" Garbee
Oct 31, 2023
Benjamin T. "Tom" Garbee, a cherished father, grandfather, brother, uncle and dear friend to many, age 75, of Lynchburg, VA, bid his final farewell in his home on the morning of October 31, 2023, stepping into the embrace of his Savior.
Born on January 12, 1948, as the eldest of three to the late Benjamin Thornton and Nellie Williams...
Jane Elizabeth Tatum
Oct 31, 2023
Jane Elizabeth Tatum, 80, passed away on October 31, 2023.
Born in Rocky Mount, NC, but raised in Wilmington, NC, she lived in the loving care of her mother until 2004. Jane had intellectual disabilities and lived at L’Arche until she became physically disabled. She flourished with the loving care that her caregivers provided at Deerfield Home in Amherst.
Survived...
Wayne Christopher Clark
Oct 30, 2023
Wayne Christopher Clark, 66, of Amherst, Virginia, passed away on Monday, October 30, 2023, at University of Virginia Medical Center. Born on March 25, 1957, in Bellow Falls, Vermont, he was the son of the late Joseph Leo Clark and Regis Geraldine Mayne Bowman. He was also preceded in death by a sister April Mayne.
Surviving are his partner in...
Jimmy Lee Pritchett
Oct 30, 2023
"To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord."
Jimmy Lee "Blackjack" Pritchett of Rustburg, VA went to his home in Heaven on October 30, 2023, at his residence. Blackjack was born in Lynchburg, VA on May 17, 1938. He was preceded in death by his parents, Lawson Wayne Pritchett, and Mildred Gunter Pritchett. He was...
Francene Brown Jackson
Oct 29, 2023
Francene Brown Jackson passed away peacefully in her home on October 29,2023 at the age of 74.
Born April 7,1949 in Lynchburg, Va to the late William Brown and Mary Wood Jones, she was also preceded in death by her Great Grandson Christopher Quarles Jr and her sister Brenda Watson.
She is survived by 3 children Lacy Jackson Jr of...
Lenora DeJarnette Marshall
Oct 29, 2023
Lenora DeJarnette Marshall, of Lynchburg, went to be with her Lord on October 29, 2023. She was born on July 4, 1926, a daughter of the late Edwin DeJarnette and Ira Ramsey DeJarnette.
After graduating high school in Campbell County, Virginia, she went on to attend business college for two years. After the birth of her daughter, Lenora became a...
Judy Brooks Parks
Oct 29, 2023
Judy Brooks Parks ,74 of Lynchburg, VA bravely passed away to her heavenly home on October 29,2023. After fighting a year long battle resulting from a car accident and a recent serious fall. Her spirit and determination was strong but her body could not heal.
Judy was born on November 11, 1948 to Earl Brooks ,Sr. and Dorothy (Dot) Riley...
Paul Meade Morrison
Oct 29, 2023
Paul Meade Morrison, Jr., 75, of Lynchburg, Virginia died peacefully at Westminster Canterbury on October 29, 2023. Born in Lynchburg on August 6, 1948, he was the son of the late Paul Meade Morrison and Helen Edwards Morrison. Paul graduated from Holy Cross Catholic School in 1966. He earned his B.S. ’70 in Marketing Education from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State...
Gregory Cooper
Oct 29, 2023
Gregory Wilson Cooper passed away at his residence on Sunday, October 29, 2023.
He was born on March 9, 1954 to the late Pascal Wilson (Jim) Cooper and the late Eleanor Crider Cooper. He graduated from Harrisonburg High School in 1972 and Michigan State University in 1976 with a degree in anthropology. Greg lived and worked most of his life...
Andre Darnell Taylor
Oct 28, 2023
Andre Darnell Taylor, also known as “Dre”, age 56, of Roanoke, Virginia was called to the house of our Heavenly Father on Saturday, October 28, 2023, in Roanoke, Virginia. Andre was born on December 19, 1966, in Lynchburg, VA to the late Vester Darnell Taylor and Raymond Frances Taylor.
Andre graduated from Brookville High School in Campbell County. Virginia. Andre...
Emmanuel Ornan
Oct 28, 2023
Emmanuel “Emmy” Ornan, 91, passed away at his Lynchburg home in the presence of his loving wife of 52 years, son and daughter. Born in Haifa, he served in the intelligence branch of the Israeli army, later graduating with a degree in electrical engineering from the Technion. In 1962, he moved to Paris to study French literature at the Sorbonne...
Nancy Gayle Nestor Johnson
Oct 28, 2023
Nancy Nestor Johnson has always had an adversarial relationship with death. She first triumphed over it at age fourteen, giving up only a spleen as penance. Over the years, she fought death again and again: two types of cancer, ehrlichiosis, a severed colon, traumatic brain injury from a horse-riding mishap, and others too numerous to name. Despite all these miraculous...
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