James Gluck
Jul 19, 2014
James Gluck, 88, of Lynchburg, VA died Saturday, July 19, 2014.Tharp Funeral Home, Lynchburg, is assisting the family, (434) 237-9424, www.obituaries.tharpfuneralhome.com.
Ruby Irene Wildman Laughon
Jul 19, 2014
Ruby Irene Wildman Laughon, 73, of Evington, died Saturday, July 19, 2014. She was born February 18, 1941 in Evington, VA a daughter of the late Elton Wildman and Dorothy Hackworth Wildman.Ruby was an active member of St. John’s Episcopal Church and a retired Guidance Counselor of Heritage High School. She loved volunteering for the American Red Cross Blood Drives,...
Jane King Weeks Murray
Jul 18, 2014
Jane King Weeks Murray, 98, of Bedford, VA died Friday, July 18, 2014 at Oakwood Health & Rehabilitation. She was born May 9, 1916 in Roanoke, VA to the late Hallie Woods Weeks and T. A. Weeks. She was preceded in death by her husband, Guy E. Murray, Sr., her sister, Phyllis Martin, and her grandson, Wade D. Murray. Survivors...
Martha Barksdale Carter Franklin
Jul 17, 2014
Martha Barksdale Carter Franklin, 75, of Westminster Canterbury 501 VES Road Lynchburg Virginia and formerly of Farmville Virginia and Hampden Sydney, Abilene and Darlington Heights in Prince Edward County passed away Thursday, July, 17, 2014.Martha was the faithful and supportive helpmate for 48 years to her husband, The Reverend A. Howell Franklin who served 36 years in the Virginia Annual...
Frances Carolyn Blankenship
Jul 17, 2014
Frances Carolyn Blankenship, 71, of Lynchburg, died Friday, May 16, 2014.Born Friday, July 17, 1942 in Lynchburg, Frances was a daughter of the late Arthur Wright and the late Hilda Stewart Wright Southworth.Frances is survived by her children: Deanna Carol Blankenship, of High Point, NC, Michelle Skinner and her husband, John, of Lynchburg, and Scott Winston Blankenship and his wife,...
Laura Lee Stickley Slayton
Jul 16, 2014
Laura Lee Stickley Johnson Slayton died July 16, 2014. She was the daughter of Robert Palmer and Alpha Lee Crump Stickley. Robert Palmer Stickley Jr., her brother, preceded her in death.Allen Easley Johnson, her husband of 50 years, died in 2001. Her second husband, Lee Slayton, died in 2008. Laura Lee married her current husband and dear friend, John Pelissier...
Mary Mercer Porter Hamblen
Jul 16, 2014
Hamblen, Mary Mercer Porter, 62, passed away on July 16, 2014 after a short illness. Born January 25, 1952 to the late Elizabeth Haile Neal Porter and the late Henry Daniel Porter, Sr., Mary grew up in Lynchburg, Virginia and attended E.C. Glass High School and Winthrop College.Mary is survived by her husband of 36 years James Allen Murdock Hamblen;...
Margieanne Gregory Shuling
Jul 15, 2014
Margieanne Gregory Suhling, 90, died Tuesday, July 15, 2014. Born June 11, 1924, in Salisbury, NC, she was the daughter of Anne Spencer Gregory and Lee OvermanGregory.Named Margaret Anne Gregory, early in life she embraced her nickname of Margieanne, and in her later years Margieanne was her preferred name even on legal documents.She was preceded in death by her husband...
Rufus Cosby Orange
Jul 14, 2014
Rufus Cosby Orange, 89, of Bedford, died Monday, July 14, 2014 in Centra Bedford Memorial Hospital. He was born May 25, 1925 in Bedford County, a son of the late William Benjamin Orange and Ora Whitman Orange. Rufus was an U.S. Army veteran and a retiree of Rubatex Corp with 26 years of service. He loved listening to the Bible...
Lelia Belle Wilson Goff
Jul 13, 2014
Lelia Belle Wilson Goff, 89, of Bedford, went home to be with her Lord Sunday, July 13, 2014. Born January 30, 1925 in Bedford; she was a daughter of the late Jerry Wilson and Ellie Pippins Wilson. A founding member of Grace Memorial Baptist Church, Lelia was currently a member of Calvary Baptist Church. She kept her Bible by her...