John Walter Saunders, Jr., 88, of Bedford, died Friday, December 10, 2010 at his residence.  Jack was born on September 29, 1922 in Bedford, Virginia, a son of the late John Walter Saunders, Sr. and Alice Burnette Saunders Phillips. Jack was a member of corps of cadets at Virginia Polytechnic Institute when he was inducted to the United States Army...

Reva Jean Arnold, 57, of Madison Heights went to be with her Lord Sunday April 18, 2010.Reva was born December 6, 1952 in Keokuk, Iowa the daughter of the late Samuel \"Sammy\" Arnold and Della O\"™Day Arnold of Madison Heights. Reva worked as the Executive Secretary to Dr. Harold L. Willmington at the Liberty Bible Institute and was a member...

Betty Fawcett Mattocks, 57, of Roanoke, died Saturday, November 2, 2013. Arrangements by Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory, Bedford, 540-586-3443.

Elizabeth Ann Atkins Collins, 62, of Goode, passed away on Sunday December 2, 2012 at Virginia Baptist Hospital. Born on December 28, 1949 in Pittsylvania Co, Virginia. A daughter of the late Andrew J. Atkins and Virginia McDowell Atkins. In addition to her parents Elizabeth was preceded in death by a brother, Andrew \"Jimmy\" Atkins; son-in-law, Rodney Weeks Sr.; brother-in-law,...

Nancy Hatter Scott Poff, 79, formerly of Lynchburg, died Friday, December 10, 2010, in Fayetteville, NC.  She was twice widowed to the late Leonard Milton Scott and the late Lovern Edward Poff.  Nancy was a life long member of Sandusky Baptist Church. Nancy retired after 15 years as a secretary for the Common Wealth of Virginia of Mined Land Reclamation. ...

Ambrose Rucker Woodroof Ambrose Rucker Woodroof, 99, of Lynchburg, Virginia, formerly of Richmond and Manakin-Sabot, Virginia, died Monday, September 26, 2011. He was the son of the late Ambrose Pleasants Woodroof and Emily Bright Brockenbrough Woodroof of Amherst County. He was preceded in death by his wife of 67 years, the former Florence Virginia King Woodroof. He is survived by...

Mary Irene Brown Williams, 99, of Keyser, WV, formerly of Lynchburg, died Tuesday, December 28, 2010.  She was the wife of the late Carl T.  Williams.Mrs. Williams was born Saturday, November 7, 1911 in Bedford County, a daughter of the late Peter Andrew Brown and Nettie Virginia Wilson Brown.  She was a longtime member of Rivermont Evangelical Presbyterian Church and...

Vivian Hatcher Quarles, 94, of Vinton and formerly of Bedford, passed away July 4, 2013, at Springtree Health and Rehabilitation Center in Roanoke, VA. She was born July 7, 1918, to the late Howard W. Hatcher and Olive Anthony Hatcher. Also preceding her in death is her husband, John R. Quarles; a son-in-law, Jim Saunders; and several special friends.Vivian was...

Wendy Maness, 35, of Madison Heights went to be with the Lord suddenly on Saturday, July 23, 2011 after a tubing accident.  She is wife of Eric Maness.She was born in Lynchburg; January 26, 1976 the daughter of Robert (David) Tyree and Katherine (Kathy) Tyree.In addition to her husband, she is survived by a daughter, McKenzie L. Tyree; a son...

Jacqueline Allen, 51 of Madison Heights, Virginia died on Tuesday, January 8, 2013, at Lynchburg General Hospital. She was the wife of Keith Dickenson for 12 years.Born Thursday, February 9, 1961, in Norfolk, she was a daughter of the late Alvin K. Allen and Dorothy Nicholas Allen.In addition to her father, Jackie was preceded in death by a sister, Karen...