Richard Thompsen

Mar 9, 2015

Richard Thompsen, age 84, of Amherst, VA, died Monday, March 9, 2015.Arrangements are being handled by Tharp Funeral Home – Madison Heights, 118 Commonwealth Drive, Madison Heights, VA

Sidney Edwin Dyer

Mar 8, 2015

Sidney Edwin Dyer, 85, of Lynchburg, died on Sunday, March 8, 2015. Tharp Funeral Home, Lynchburg, is assisting the family, (434) 237-9424

John W. Hawkins

Mar 8, 2015

John W. Hawkins, 59, of Lynchburg, Va., went to be with the Lord Sunday, March 8, 2015. He was the devoted husband of Jean Hodge Hawkins for over 38 years.John was born January 21, 1956, in Louisville, Ky., a son of the late Charles B. Hawkins and the late Jean Wayne Hawkins. John worked as an electrical engineer before answering...

Robert Harold Acord

Mar 8, 2015

Robert Harold Acord, 87, of Collinsville, passed away on Sunday, March 8, 2015, at Lynchburg General Hospital. He was the loving husband of JoAnn Smithson Acord.Harold was born in Glen Morrison, W. Va. on October 18, 1927, to the late Walter William Acord and the late Thelma Martha Acord. He worked as a coal miner in West Virginia, and later...

Frances Chaplin Newman

Mar 7, 2015

Frances Chaplin Newman, 86, of Lynchburg died Saturday, March 7, 2015.She was a daughter of the late Emmett Houston Chaplin and Maude Taylor Newman.Frances was retired from Babcock and Wilcox.She is survived by one brother Lawrence Chaplin and many loving neighbors.Tharp Funeral Home, Lynchburg, is assisting the family, (434) 237-9424.

Angeline Costan Coyle

Mar 7, 2015

Angeline Costan Coyle, age 106, died on Saturday, March 7. She was the widow of Fred A. Coyle, who predeceased her. Born August 23, 1908, she was the first child of the late Arthur George and Carrie Burch Costan, and also outlived her six siblings; sisters, Helen Costan, Olga Griffith, Marie Clark, and Kalypso Furniss; and brothers, Arthur A. Costan...

Edward "Ed" D. Jones

Mar 6, 2015

Edward “Ed” D. Jones, 54 of Lynchburg, Virginia passed away at home on Friday March 6, 2015.Ed graduated from Carroll County High School in 1978 and from Old Dominion University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1985.  He later obtained his Professional Engineer designation.  He was an employee of Acres of Virginia.He was preceded in death by his father,...

Lewis Alvin Fralish, Jr.

Mar 6, 2015

Lewis Alvin Fralish, Jr., died Friday, March 6, 2015. Lewis had the greatest opportunity to meet with the Lord. He will greatly be missed by all, which includes his loving mother, Linda B. Cassidy and step-father, James Cassidy of Lynchburg; his older sister, Sherry Lambert and brother-in-law, Gerald E. Lambert in Lynchburg; and a baby sister, Jerri C. Baker of...

Earl Dean Hensley

Mar 5, 2015

Earl Dean (“Dean”) Hensley passed away after a long illness on March 5, 2015. He was born on March 14, 1935, to parents Darwin L. Hensley and Mary Virginia “Jimmie” Chapman Hensley in Big Island, Va.In addition to his parents, Dean was predeceased by his sister, Nyla Kayren “Kaye” Hensley Boyers.He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Kathryn...

John Gary Flesch

Mar 4, 2015

John Gary Flesch Sr., 73, of Farmville, died Wednesday, March 4, 2015. He was the husband of Carlene Flesch.Born in Trenton, NJ, he was the son of the late John Andrew Flesch and the late Frances Elizabeth Dillon Flesch.In addition to his wife, he is survived his children; John G. Flesch Jr. and (Tina) of Jamesburg, NJ, Karen Franklin of...