Obituaries
Local Obituaries
Local obituaries for our Badger Funeral Home & Ashelawn Memorial Chapel with funeral services throughout North Carolina, including West Jefferson, Jefferson and adjoining counties.

Inis Campbell
Dec 18, 2005
Inis Iona Campbell age 95 of Peach Bottom, PA, formerly of Ashe County, NC, died Sunday, December 18, 2005 at her residence. Mrs. Campbell was born in Ashe County, NC on August 28, 1910 to the late James and Evelyn Johnson Neaves. She was preceded in death by her husband; Bartie John Campbell, Sons; Earl and Edward Campbell and grandson;...

Warren Johnson
Dec 16, 2005
Warren Harvey Johnson, age 80 of West Jefferson, died Friday, December 16, 2005 at his home. Mr. Johnson was born September 7, 1925 in Passaic County, New Jersey to the late Daniel and Hazel Banker Johnson. Mr. Johnson was laid to rest Tuesday, December 20, 2005 at the Salisbury National Cemetery. Mr. Johnson is survived by: Wife: Dorothy Johnson You...

Margareta Shepherd
Dec 15, 2005
Margareta Shepherd, age 69, of W. Jefferson, NC, died Thursday, December 15, 2005 at her home. Mrs. Shepherd was born in Bitburg, Germany on September 1, 1936 to the late Christoph and Magdalena Boettel. In 1971, she moved to Ashe County with her late husband, Cecil G. Shepherd. She was a devoted member of St. Francis Assisi Catholic Church, and...

William Eller
Dec 15, 2005
William Glenn Eller Sr., age 75 of Crumpler, NC, died Thursday, December 15, 2005 at Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mr. Eller was born May 2, 1930 in McDowell County, West Virginia to the late Charlie and Lessie Sheets Eller. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a brother, Robert Eller. Funeral services will be held at 3:00...

Nannie Eldreth
Dec 15, 2005
Nannie Thomas Eldreth, age 87 of Warrensville, NC, died Thursday, December 15, 2005 at Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Eldreth was born September 30, 1918 in Ashe County to the late Ed and Sally Poe Thomas. Mrs. Eldreth was a member of Sugar Tree Baptist Church. Her many hobbies included crocheting, gardening, growing flowers, cooking and feeding people. Funeral services will...
Keith Rash
Dec 15, 2005
Keith Rash, age 41, of Todd, died Thursday, December 15, 2005, at his home. Mr. Rash was born August 23, 1964 in Watauga County to Charles and Marie Rash. Mr. Rash was preceded in death by his father, Charles Rash; two brothers; J. C. Rash and Paul Rash, two sisters; Diane Rash and Bernice Taylor Funeral services will be held...
Charles Sheets
Dec 9, 2005
View this Videotribute Mr. Charles Noel Sheets, age 89 of Altamonte Springs, FL, formerly of Ashe County, died Friday, December 9, 2005 at his home. Mr. Sheets was born October 6, 1916 in Ashe County to the late Robert and Maggie Woodie Sheets. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a sister Ruth Pennington and four...
James Vince
Dec 9, 2005
View this Videotribute James Vince age 88 of Jefferson, NC, died Friday, December 9, 2005 at his residence. Mr. Vince was born in Norwich, New York on December 9, 1917 to the late Luis and Mary DeBell Vince. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of West Jefferson, NC and often attended Chestnut Hill United Methodist Church. Mr....

Irene Irelan
Dec 7, 2005
Florence Irene Holman Irelan age 72 of Jefferson, NC, formerly of Todd, NC, died Wednesday, December 7, 2005 at Margate Health and Rehab Center. Mrs. Irelan was born in Ashe County, NC on September 27, 1933 to the late Garfield and Ethel Jarvis Holman. Funeral Services will be held Friday, December 9, 2005 at 11:00 A.M. at the Badger Funeral...
John Hamilton
Dec 5, 2005
View this Videotribute John Clinton Hamilton age 75 of North Wilkesboro, NC formerly of Ashe County, died Monday, December 5, 2005 at the North Carolina Baptist Hospital. Mr. Hamilton was born in Ashe County, NC on May 30, 1929 to the late Linnie and Mamie Hamilton. He was of the Baptist Faith and loved listening to gospel music. He also...

Ruby Ballou
Nov 28, 2005
Ruby Stuart Ballou age 90 of Jefferson, NC, died Monday, November 28, 2005 at the Segraves Care Center. Mrs. Ballou was born in Ashe County, NC on December 3, 1914 to Mitchell and Minnie Blevins Stuart. She was a member of Fletcher Memorial Baptist Church. Funeral Services will be held Thursday, December 1, 2005 at 2:00 P.M. at the Badger...
Conley Worley
Nov 26, 2005
View this Videotribute Conley Leroy Worley age 93 of Crumpler, NC, died Saturday, November 26, 2005 at his residence. Mr. Worley was born in the Todd, NC on November 18, 1912 to James Nero and Mary Jane Grogan Worley. Funeral Services will be held Monday, November 28, 2005 at 11:00 A.M. at the Beaver Creek Christian Church. Rev. Creighton Beatty...
Dale Eldreth
Nov 22, 2005
View this Videotribute Johnny Dale Eldreth, better known as Dale, age 76 of Creston, NC, died Tuesday, November 22, 2005 at Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mr. Eldreth was born September 10, 1929 in Ashe County to the late Lee and Ruth Sexton Eldreth. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a sister Grace Parsons. Mr. Eldreth was...
Timothy Shatley
Nov 20, 2005
Timothy Dwayne Shatley, age 30 of Grassy Creek, NC, died Sunday, November 20, 2005. Mr. Shatley was born in Galax, VA on August 13, 1975 to Allen Shatley and Inez Reeves Shatley. Mr. Shatley enjoyed fishing in his spare time. Mr. Shatley was also attending Wilkes Community College where he was studying Culinary Arts. Funeral Services will be held Friday,...
Bree Dolinger
Nov 18, 2005
View this Videotribute Bree Dawn Waln Dolinger age 31 of West Jefferson, NC, died Friday, November 18, 2005 in West Jefferson, NC. Mrs. Dolinger was born in Orlando, Florida on December 13, 1973 to Ronald Lee and Janet Neel Waln. She was a member of the Glendale Springs Missionary Baptist Church. She worked as a server at Geno's Restaurant in...

William Barr
Nov 14, 2005
William Paul Barr age 54 of Lansing, NC, died Monday, November 14, 2005 at the Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mr. Barr was born in Kentucky on April 1, 1951 to Calvin Quincy and Martha Faye Osborne Barr. A graveside service will be held Thursday, November 17, 2005 at 1:00 P.M. at the Roten Cemetery in Creston, NC. Rev. Dean Shaw will...
Bradley Mash
Nov 13, 2005
Bradley James Mash, age 61, of West Jefferson, died Sunday, November 13, 2005, at Ashe Memorial Hospital in Jefferson. Mr. Mash was born February 25, 1944 to the late Paul James and Roye Hurley Mash. He was a member of the Glendale Springs Presbyterian Church. Funeral services for Mr. Mash will be held Wednesday, November 16, 2005, at 11:00 a.m....

Lois Dent
Nov 13, 2005
Lois Parsons Dent age 86 of Greensboro, NC, formerly of West Jefferson, NC, died Sunday, November 13, 2005 at the River Landing at Sandy Ridge in Colfax, NC. Mrs. Dent was born in Berwind, West Virginia on May 14, 1919 to William and Bertha Blevins Parsons. Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, November 16, 2005 at 2:00 P.M. at the...
Ola Day
Nov 11, 2005
View this Videotribute Ola Marie Elliott Day age 93 of West Jefferson, NC, died Friday, November 11, 20005 at her residence. Mrs. Day was born in Ashe County, NC on May 15, 1912 to Willie and Ella Mae Miller Elliott. She was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years; Rev. Walter Franklin Day. Mrs. Day was a member...

Mendel Smith
Nov 4, 2005
Dr. Mendel "Doc" Wallace Smith age 93 of Warrensville, NC, died Friday, November 04, 2005 at Segraves Care Center. Dr. Smith was born in Preston County, WV on March 31, 1912 to the late W.A. and Bessie Furman Smith. He served in the Air Force during World War II. Graveside Services will be held Monday, November 7, 2005 at 2:00...