Sonja Delores Lawhorne Stephens, 59, of Lynchburg, VA, died Tuesday, October 23, 2012. She was the wife of the late Robert Lee Stephens.
Born Wednesday, December 31, 1952 in Lynchburg, VA, Sonja was a daughter of the late Jere Tucker and Marion Powell Tucker.
Sonja is survived by her daughter, Shawnee Acree and Anthony, of Lynchburg, a grandson, Quinten Stephens, of Lynchburg, two sisters: Myrna Saunders, and her husband, Bill, of Amherst, and Linda Seigla, of Lynchburg, a brother, Keith Michael Tucker, and his wife, Wanda, of Lynchburg, and a sister in-law Hope Lawhorne.
In addition to her husband and her parents Sonja was preceded in death by a brother, Carl Wayne Lawhorne.
Sonja was a loving and caring mother, grandmother and sister. She will be missed by all her family.
Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory, Lynchburg, is assisting the family, (434) 237-9424.