Alia "Bug" Tharpe 22 of Richmond passed away Monday, December 26, 2022, at the Compassionate Care Center in Richmond. She was born February 22, 2000, in Richmond to David and Tammy Tharpe. She is survived by her parents David and Tammy Tharpe, stepmother Christine Farnstrom, a brother Anthony Walters, four sisters Paige Denny, Araya Tharpe, Alivia "Lala" Walters and Alivianna "Star" Farnstrom. Funeral services will be held 1pm Thursday December 29, 2022, at the Grayson Funeral Home in Irvine. Friends may visit Thursday from 11am till 1pm. Burial will follow in the Ledford Cemetery in Pine Ridge. In Lieu of flowers family ask donations be made to Grayson Funeral Home to help with funeral expenses. Grayson Funeral Home is in charge.