Geraldine “Jerry” Thomason Held, 95, of Huddleston, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, May 2, 2018. She was the loving wife of the late A.W. Held. She was also preceded in death by her sister, Shirley Humbird (Charles).Born February 15, 1923 in Galveston, Texas, Jerry was a daughter of the late George Thomason and Leila Thomason. Geraldine enjoyed...
Marvin Harris, of Newark, N.J., peacefully died at his home, Monday, April 30, 2018.A funeral service will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 12, 2018, at Tharp Funeral Home Chapel in Lynchburg. Interment following the service at Chapel Grove Baptist Church in Evington,Va.Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory, Lynchburg, is assisting the family. To send condolences, please visit obituaries.tharpfuneralhome.com..
Myrtle Lee Leftwich Hoback, 82, of Bedford passed away on Saturday, April 28, 2018 at her home. She was born on July 31, 1935 in Bedford County. A daughter of the late William Thomas Leftwich and Mary Zimmerman Leftwich. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her loving husband, Giles Cecil Hoback, Sr.; two sisters, Virginia...
Juanita Mason Johnson, 101 of Bedford, passed away on Friday, April 27, 2018 at Bedford County Nursing Home. She was born in Bedford Co. on August 6, 1916. A daughter of the late Patterson Wyckliffe Mason and Martha Bell Dearing Mason. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Robert Johnson; a son Gary L....
Robert Burton Massie, 89, of Bedford passed away on Friday, April 27th, 2018 at Bedford Hospice House. He was born in Bedford, Co. on August 22, 1928. A son of the late Clarence and Annie Layne Massie. In addition to his parents Robert was preceded in death by his loving wife, Eva Cleo Bowler Massie; son, Donald Massie; four brothers,...
Kevin Ralph Porter, 66, of Lynchburg, died Wednesday, April 25, 2018.Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory, Lynchburg, is assisting the family.
One Spring afternoon, April 24, 2018, God’s beloved daughter, Josephine E. Miller, 86, of 944 Cabell St., Lynchburg, Va., was called home by her heavenly Father, Jesus Christ at Lynchburg General Hospital. Josephine E. Miller was born September 23, 1931 to the late Fannie M. Slaughter and Morton J. Slaughter. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death...
Our dearly beloved Charles E. “Boots” Arrington, 76, of Lynchburg, died Wednesday, April 25, 2018. He was the husband of Barbara Moses Arrington. He was devoted to his family and friends; touched many lives; and will be deeply missed.Charles was born in Bedford County on November 10, 1941. He was a son of the late John Wesley Arrington, Jr. and...
Carole Elizabeth Turner Terrell, 75, of Madison Heights, passed away on Tuesday, April 24, 2018. She was the wife of the late Sidney Earl Terrell.Carole was born on July 20, 1942, in Moultrie, Ga., to the late William Bryant Turner and the late Doris Lee Foster Turner.She is survived by three children, Elizabeth Terrell Huffman and her partner, John Earl...
Bruce Anthony “Panama” Burkholder, 59, of Evington, died Saturday, April 21, 2018.Born Tuesday, March 10, 1959 in Lynchburg, Bruce was a son of the late George Burkholder, Jr., and Margaret Stinnett Francis.In addition to his father, Bruce was preceded in death by his grandparents, Eldridge and Blanche Stinnett, and George and Marian Burkholder; brothers, Steve Garwood and Jason Francis.In addition...