Ellen Evans Grisales
Mar 11, 2017
Ellen Evans Grisales, of Chatham, Va., born November 4, 1942, to Sarah and Marcus Evans. Ellen, a Mother, Sister, Wife, and Loyal Friend, died March 11, 2017, in Lynchburg General Hospital. She is survived by her husband, Asur Grisales; sister, Rebecca Evans Yandell and her husband, Edgar, sister, Sally Evans Burnett; and Daughters, Beverly Grisales, Darcy Armstrong, and Angela Varga.She...
Hallie C. Whitten
Mar 10, 2017
Hallie C. Whitten, age 90, of Madison Heights, VA, passed away peacefully Friday, March 10, 2017. She was the loving wife of the late John Raymond Whitten, Sr.Born June 25, 1926 in Amherst Co., Va., Hallie was the daughter of the late Walter Coleman and the late Sarah Coleman. She worked as a secretary for over twenty years at the...
Travis Jay Snyder
Mar 10, 2017
Travis Jay Snyder, 29, of Moneta, passed away on Friday, March 10, 2017. He was born in Somerville, NJ, on December 13, 1987. He is the son of Lucy Snyder and Charles Snyder, Sr.Travis loved the outdoors. He enjoyed going hunting, fishing and spending time with his family especially his little girl Paisley.In addition to his parents Travis is survived...
Charles Bellford Shaeff, Jr.
Mar 8, 2017
Charles “Buster” Bellford Shaeff Jr., 91, of Lynchburg, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, March 8, 2017. He was the husband, of 70 years, to Josephine “Phine” Sanderson Shaeff.Buster was born on July 8, 1925, in Norristown, Penn. the son of the late Charles Bellford Shaeff Sr. and the late Neva Haws Shaeff. He was preceded in death...
Linnea Janis Morton Lauer
Mar 8, 2017
Linnea Janis Lauer, 72, of Lynchburg, died Wednesday, March 8, 2017, at her home. She was the wife of Vernon Herbert Lauer for 55 years.Born August 5, 1944 in Independence, Iowa, Linnea was a daughter of the late Luther Linne Morton and the late Thelma Griffith Morton.In addition to her husband, Linnea is survived by her children, Andrea Marie Miller...
John H. Lewis
Mar 8, 2017
John H. Lewis passed away peacefully in his home at Westminster Canterbury Retirement Community in Lynchburg, Virginia on March 8, 2017. John suffered from –but challenged- a degenerative neurological disease, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy.John was born August 13, 1943, in Roanoke, Virginia, to William W. Lewis of Culpeper, Virginia and the former Nancy Catherine Phipps from Bridle, Virginia. He was the...
Aileen Henrietta Rucker
Mar 8, 2017
Aileen Rucker of 501 VES Road, Lynchburg VA died on March 8, 2017. She was the wife of the late John Tinsley Rucker, Jr., for 70 years.Born in Marwood, PA, June 14, 1921, she was a daughter of the late Reverend George Hoyer and the late Ottile Hoyer.Aileen is survived by a daughter Barbara Hancock and her husband, Butch, of...
Rodney Brian Racela
Mar 6, 2017
Rodney Brian Racela, 49, of Roanoke, died Saturday, Mar. 4, 2017 in Roanoke. Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory – Roanoke Chapel is assisting the family
Doris Hanson Sutherland
Mar 6, 2017
Doris Hanson Sutherland, 79, of Lynchburg died peacefully on March 6, 2017.Born August 30, 1937, in Lynchburg, she was the daughter of the late John Loyd and Virginia Scott Hanson.A 1955 graduate of Brookville High School, where she was senior class president, Doris earned her associates degree from Phillips Business College and first worked as an assistant to J. Murrell...
Clinton Crump
Mar 5, 2017
Clinton Curtis Crump, 72, died on March 5, 2017. He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Carolyn E. Crump.Born in 1944, in Richmond, VA to the late John Beverly and Rosie S. Crump, he is also preceded in death by a brother Lawrence Crump.He served his country in the U.S. Air Force. He was very creative with his...