B. Leigh Drewry, Jr.
Dec 1, 2017
B. Leigh Drewry, Jr., peacefully died on Friday, December 1, 2017, with his family and friends by his side.Born in Richmond, Virginia he was the son of the late Burton Drewry, Sr., and Nancy Drewry.After spending his early years in Drewryville, Va., his family moved to South Hill, Va. where he graduated from Kenston Forest School. Leigh was a 1979...
James Richard Laprade, Jr.
Dec 1, 2017
James Richard LaPrade Jr., “Jim” 76, of Parrish, FL, passed away Friday, December 1, 2017. He was the husband of Judy Osborne LaPrade for 50 years and they had recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.Born Tuesday, April 22, 1941 in Halifax County, Jim was a son of the late James Richard LaPrade, Sr. and the late Lizzie Moorefield LaPrade.In addition...
Vincent J. Scully, Jr.
Nov 30, 2017
Vincent Joseph Scully, Jr., Sterling Professor Emeritus of the History of Art, Yale University, died on November 30, 2017, at home in Lynchburg, Virginia, where he has lived for the past six years. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on August 21, 1920, the only child of Mary Catherine McCormick and Vincent Joseph Scully, who was for many years...
Susan Housel Dillon
Nov 30, 2017
Susan Housel Dillon, 77, of Roanoke passed away on Thursday, November 30, 2017 at Lewis Gale Medical Center. She was born in New Jersey on November 8, 1940. A daughter of the late John Housel and Mary King Housel.Susan is survived by two children, Mitzi Marcinak and her husband, Larry and Frank Terry, Jr. and his wife, Angela; four grandchildren,...
Donald Rogers
Nov 29, 2017
Donald Rogers, 67, of Forest, died Wednesday, November 29, 2017.Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory, Lynchburg, is assisting the family.
Robert L. Foster
Nov 29, 2017
Robert Foster, 79, of Montvale, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday November 29, 2017. He was the loving husband of Sue Williamson Foster.Robert was born August 16, 1938 in Thaxton, a son of Roy Judson Foster and Pearl Susan Foster. Robert worked as an electric lineman for Davis H. Elliott for over 35 years. He was an Army...
Grady Leon Parker
Nov 29, 2017
Grady Leon Parker, 87, of Forest, died Wednesday, November 29 following a brave battle with prostate cancer.Born January 21, 1930, in Wolf Mountain, N.C., Grady was the son of the late William Oscar Parker and Amanda Stutts Parker.Grady attended high school in Mill Springs, N.C. He joined the United States Air Force in 1951, attaining the rank of staff sergeant...
Anne Stevens Thaxton
Nov 28, 2017
Anne Stevens Thaxton of Lynchburg, died Tuesday, November 28, 2017, surrounded by her family; an especially meaningful day as it was her parents’ anniversary. Born in Lynchburg, she was the daughter of the late Robert Samuel Stevens and Annie Laurie Carson Stevens Duplin.Anne graduated from Women’s College of the University of North Carolina (now UNCG) with a Bachelor of Science...
John Henry Vail
Nov 27, 2017
John H. Vail, age 96, of Evington, VA died Monday, November 27, 2017. He was born November 21, 1921 in Kingsport, TN. To Henry Peery Vail and Edna Mary Elizabeth Ramsey Vail.His brothers were Willis G. Vail and Harry L. Vail and sisters Helen V. Moon, Mary E. “Bookie” Kelley, and Betty Jo Keith. John was preceded in death by...
Agnes Carwile Trent
Nov 26, 2017
Agnes Carwile Trent, 77, of Lynchburg, died Sunday, November 26, 2017. She was the wife of the late Charles Randolph Trent.Born on November 20, 1940, in Lynchburg, Agnes was the daughter of the late Hugh Elwood Carwile and the late Minnie Rowles Carwile. She attended William Campbell High School and was a 1959 graduate of E. C. Glass High School.She...