Marvin Minor Jr.

Sep 9, 2024

Marvin Minor Jr. of Lynchburg, passed away September 9th, 2024. 

A funeral service will be held at Tharp Funeral Home Lynchburg Chapel on Tuesday September 17tb, 2024 at 11:00A.M. A public visitation will be held one hour prior to service. Internment will follow at First Church of Jesus Church Cemetery.

Tharp Funeral Home Lynchburg, is serving the family.

Nancy Elrod Davis

Sep 9, 2024

Nancy Elrod Davis passed away on September 9, 2024. She was born in Boone, NC, on October 17, 1932, a daughter of the late Philip I. Elrod and Hazel Lawrence Elrod.

Nancy was co-owner of Westover Jewelers and Watch Repair; she was also a longtime member of West Lynchburg Baptist Church.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...

John Michael Holden

Sep 8, 2024

     John Michael Holden, of Lynchburg, VA, went to be with his Savior on Sunday, September 8th, 2024. 

     Mike is survived by his wife, Jeanne Holden; sons, Ronald Holden and his wife Shelly, Zeb Holden and his wife Stacy; grandchildren, Linda Shuhart and her husband Jordan, Nate Holden, Bryn Holden; and great grandchildren, Sidney Shuhart, Parker Shuhart.

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Preston Anderson

Sep 8, 2024

Early Sunday morning, September 8, 2024 God called the role unto Preston Anderson Senior and said come unto me all ye that labor in our heavy laden and I will give you rest. Preston graciously answered and departed to his heavenly home. Preston was born on February 12, 1944, in Madison Heights, Virginia to the late Margie Cooper, he was...

Samuel William "Bill" Daniels, Jr.

Sep 8, 2024

Samuel William “Bill” Daniels, Jr., 57, of Richmond passed away on Sunday, September 8, 2024. He was born on June 7, 1967, and raised in Bedford, VA. A son of Katherine Carter Daniels Taylor and the late Samuel William Daniels, Sr. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by his stepfather, Samuel Willis Taylor, Jr.; stepsister, Missy...

Kirk Sinclair

Sep 7, 2024

It’s easy for most of us to tick off a list of achievements in our lives: graduations and grade point averages, degrees and distinguished honors, promotions and performances, wins and wonders. But it’s sometimes hard to pinpoint the high point of one’s life, particularly for a huge spirit like Kirk Sinclair who drank life in gulps not sips. 

Maybe it was...

Noel Blankinship Draper

Sep 6, 2024

Noel Blankinship Draper passed away on September 6, 2024, at Westminster Canterbury in Lynchburg, VA. She was born on July 31, 1929 in Richmond, VA the only child of the late Robert Easley and Adelaide Noel Blankinship. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased in death by her husband of 53 years, Cosby Alvin Draper, Jr. She is survived...

Otis G. Wright

Sep 6, 2024

Otis G. Wright, 91, of Lynchburg, Virginia, passed away on Friday, September 6, 2024 at the Summit Health & Rehabilitation Center after having been a beloved resident for several years.

Otis was a man with a quick smile and a joke to share. He had worked for Lynchburg Detention Center for 29 years and sold men’s clothing at the Lynchburg Jobbing...

Linda Ann (Mays) Davis

Sep 6, 2024

Linda Ann Mays Davis, age 63, of Madison Heights, Virginia, passed away on Friday, September 6, 2024, in Lynchburg, Virginia. Born on January 26, 1961, in Virginia, she was the daughter of the late James Elmer Mays and Viney Morris Mays. 

In addition to her parents, Mrs. Davis is predeceased by her husband, James Davis, and brothers, John Mays and David...

Brian Lee Zimmerman

Sep 5, 2024

 On Thursday, September 5, 2024, Brian Lee Zimmerman of Roanoke, VA, died at his home in the presence of family. He was 72 years old.

 Brian was born in Roanoke on February 11, 1952, to Harold and Dolores Zimmerman. He attended William Fleming High School, and subsequently Roanoke College, graduating with a degree in psychology in 1974.

 Before his college graduation, Brian...