Michael James Burke

Jan 10, 2020

Michael James Burke, 46, of Lynchburg, died Friday, January 10, 2020.Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory, Lynchburg, is assisting the family.

Sarah Gerdine Southerland

Jan 10, 2020

Sarah Gerdine Southerland, a longtime resident of central Virginia, died in her home Friday January 10, 2020.  She went peacefully in the company of her friend Ed Hunt and her dog Gracie.Sarah was born in 1949 in Washington, D.C. She was predeceased by her parents  Edwin and Elizabeth Southerland and her sister Ann Southerland. Sarah is survived by her siblings,...

Ernest L. Lynn

Jan 10, 2020

Ernest L. Lynn passed from this life into Heaven to be forever with his Lord and Savior on January 10, 2020He was born in 1940 in PA to Walter and Pearl Lynn and was fondly known as Ernie.  He graduated from Warrior Run High School in 1959 and immediately enlisted in the Navy for 4 years.  Upon returning to civilian...

Laura Read Becker

Jan 7, 2020

Laura Read Becker, 55, of South Berwick, ME, formally Lynchburg, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, January 7, 2020.She is survived by her son Michael Edward Becker of Michigan and her son Steven Wyatt Ball and his father Robert Ball of ME. She is also survived by her father Dr. John T. Wyatt Read II; mother, Betty W. Read; brother Michael W....

Betty Tolley Reid

Jan 7, 2020

Betty Jean Tolley Reid, 65, of Roanoke died Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She was the loving wife of Albert Eldan Reid.Born October 5, 1954 in Roanoke, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Mary Sneed Tolley.In addition to her husband, Betty is survived by her children: Larry Hendrick, Melissa Williams and her husband, Eric,...

Winifred Vera May Hill

Jan 7, 2020

Winifred Vera May Hill , 96, of Forest, died Tuesday, January 7, 2020.Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory, Lynchburg, is assisting the family.

Janet Marie Robertson Clark

Jan 7, 2020

Janet Marie Robertson Clark, age 68, of Lynchburg, died on Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at Lynchburg General Hospital after a long period of declining health due to Parkinson’s disease.Janet was born on May 14, 1951 in the City of Lynchburg. She was a graduate of Brookville High School, Central Virginia Community College, and a member of Quaker Memorial Presbyterian Church....

Patricia Blair Massie

Jan 7, 2020

Patricia Blair Massie, 66, of Amherst, went to be with the Lord, on Tuesday, January 7, 2020, at Guggenhiemer Health & Rehab Center. She was widowed by the late Paul Michael Fisher.Patricia was born on July 6, 1953, in Waynesboro, Va., a daughter of the late Charles M. Blair and the late Dorothy Dodd Blair.She is survived by her five...

Carroll Hawthorne Abbott

Jan 6, 2020

Carroll Hawthorne Abbott, 71, of Goode, passed away on Monday, January 6, 2020 at Bedford Hospice House.Carroll was born on May 31, 1948 to the late Chester and Elaine Falls Abbott.He is survived by his wife of 41 years, Cathy Blankenship Abbott; his brother, Rudolph Abbott (Carol); his mother-in-law, Mary C. Blankenship; his brothers-in-law, Dave and Mark Blankenship; his sister-in-law,...

Ellen Cary Evans Hill

Jan 6, 2020

Ellen Cary Evans Hill, 98, died Monday, January 6, 2020, at her home in Lynchburg.Born May 2, 1921, she was the daughter of Joseph C. Evans and Olive Myers Evans. She is survived by her beloved husband of 75 years, Harry H. “Mike” Hill and two sons, Harry H. Hill III., and James K. Hill of Lynchburg.A graduate of Madison...