Mrs. Donna Miller Jackson Reeves

Donna Miller Jackson Reeves, age 94, of West Jefferson, NC, passed away Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at Ashe Memorial Hospital in Jefferson, NC.

Mrs. Reeves was born March 5, 1921, in West Jefferson, NC, to Carl and Hala Miller. In early years, she worked with her husband in a family owned automobile dealership. She also worked with the Ashe Chamber of Commerce. Later, she was employed as a bookkeeper for many years with Ashe Oil Company in West Jefferson, NC.

In her youth, she excelled as a basketball player for West Jefferson High School and loved roller skating and dancing. In later years, she treasured spending time and traveling with her family.

She is survived by one daughter, Linda J. Elliott of West Jefferson, NC; two granddaughters, Dr. Kimberly Elliott, and husband, Bill, of Whittier, NC; Mindy Hartzog, and husband, Charles, of Mooresville, NC; three great granddaughters, Brynn Jackson-Green, and husband, Andy Green, of West Jefferson, NC; Taylor Hartzog and Haylee Hartzog, of Mooresville, NC; one great, great grandson, Branson Green, of West Jefferson, NC, and one half-sister, Mrs. Sue Miller Phillips, and husband Gary, of Landis, NC.

She is preceded in death by her first husband, John Gilbert Jackson, and her second husband, Paul Reeves. A son in law, Lee Allen Elliott, also preceded her in death. Two sisters, Evone Miller Graybeal and Bobbie Miller Francis, and two brothers, RC Miller and Carlton Miller, also preceded her in death.

Graveside services will be held Thursday, July 30, 2015 at 2:00 pm at the West Jefferson Cemetery. Dr. Calvin Miller will officiate.

The family respectfully requests no food or flowers please. Memorials may be made to Ashe County Advantage Fund, c/o NC Community Foundation, PO Box 2851, Hickory, NC 28603.

Badger Funeral Home was entrusted with the arrangements.

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