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.

Irene Finney
Apr 29, 2005
Irene Natalie Finney age 93 of Jefferson, NC, died Friday, April 29, 2005 at the Jefferson Care Center. Mrs. Finney was born in Newark, New Jersey on December 6, 1911 to August and Louise Kluber Pamrenk. A graveside service will be held Friday, May 6, 2005 at 2:00 P.M. at the Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Vero Beach, Fl. The family...

Aubrey Turner
Apr 27, 2005
Mr. Aubrey Joseph Turner, age 90 of Crumpler, died Wednesday, April 27, 2005 at Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mr. Turner was born March 8, 1915 in Ashe County to Joseph and Emma Price Turner. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by brothers; Tracy and James Turner, sisters; Irene Turner, Zell Graybeal and Hazel Jones, grandson: Gregory...

Ancil Graham
Apr 25, 2005
Mrs. Ancil Ellen Graham, age 93 of Creston, NC, died Monday, April 25, 2005 at the Watauga Medical Center. Mrs. Graham was born April 15, 1912 in Ashe County to Victor and Stella Price Thomas. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her daughter; Sandra Jeanette Pennington, her first husband; Thomas J. Pennington and her second...

Lela Blevins
Apr 22, 2005
Lela Massey Blevins age 101 of Lansing, NC, died Friday, April 22, 2005 at Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Blevins was born in Ashe County, NC on March 5, 1904 to Eli and Ruth Parsons Massey. She was preceded in death by her husband Arthur Blevins. Funeral Services will be held Sunday, April 24, 2005 at 3:00 P.M. at Landmark Baptist...

Dorothy Blevins
Apr 22, 2005
View this Videotribute Dorothy Marie Blevins age 77 of Lansing, NC, died Friday, April 22, 2005 at her residence. Mrs. Blevins was born in Mammoth Springs, Arkansas on September 16, 1927 to William and Lucinda Cunningham Harrison. She was preceded in death by her husband Joe Blevins. She was a member of Shelter Baptist Church. Funeral Services will be held...
Timothy Mitchell
Apr 22, 2005
View this Videotribute Timothy Paul Mitchell, age 22 of Crumpler, died Friday, April 22, 2005 at North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston Salem, NC. Mr. Mitchell was born March 11, 1983 in Ashe County to Danny and Jeannie Howell Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents; Glen and Mary Howell and his paternal grandfather, James Mitchell....

Virginia Shepherd
Apr 20, 2005
Virginia Ruth Shepherd, age 88 of West Jefferson died Wednesday, April 20, 2005 at Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Shepherd was born October 9, 1916 in Ashe County to the late Elihu and Bina Elliott Weaver. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by a sister; Lorane Massie. Mrs. Shepherd was a member of the Warrensville United...

Millard Bare
Apr 19, 2005
Millard Bare age 82 of North Wilkesboro, NC, formerly of Laurel Springs, NC, died Tuesday, April 19, 2005 at his residence. Mr. Bare was born in Geenbriar, West Virginia on March 9, 1923 to Alex and Ettie Bare. He was preceded in death by his wife Gwendolyn Josephine Reeves Bare, brother; Esau Bare and half brother Ambrase Hanes. Funeral Services...

Janalene Johnson
Apr 17, 2005
Janalene Howell Johnson age 62 of Jefferson, NC, died Sunday, April 17, 2005 at the Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Johnson was born on June 24, 1942 in Ashe County, NC to Edward Doyle and Betty Conner Howell. She was preceded in death by her husband Charlie Johnson. She was a member of Bristol Baptist Church in Jefferson, NC. Funeral Services...

Lizzie Fairchild
Apr 15, 2005
Lizzie Howell Fairchild age 87 of West Jefferson, NC, died Friday, April 15, 2005 at the Watauga Medical Center. Mrs. Fairchild was born on July 14, 1917 in Fleetwood, NC to William Lee and Sarah Fannie Howell. Funeral Services will be held Sunday, April 17, 2005 at 2:00 P.M. at Pine Swamp Baptist Church. Re. Jack Miller and Rev. Garrett...

Donald McCoy
Apr 11, 2005
Donald Ray McCoy age 47 of Durham, NC, died Monday, April 11, 2005 at Duke University Medical Center. Mr. McCoy was born in Maryland on September 1, 1957 to Harley Fred and Della Ray Daugherty McCoy. Funeral Services will be held Friday, April 15, 2005 at 2:00 P.M. at Gillispie Community Church. Rev. Jim Francis and rev. Earl Woods will...

Edward Blevins
Apr 9, 2005
Edward Roscoe Blevins age 80 of Mouth of Wilson, VA, died Saturday, April 9, 2005 at the N.C. Baptist Hospital in Winston Salem, NC. Mr. Blevins was born on December 10, 1924 in Ashe County, NC to John Morgan and Lena McNeill Blevins. He was a member of the Gold Hill Baptist Church in Independence, VA. Mr. Blevins served in...

Calvin Yates
Apr 7, 2005
Elder Calvin Oscar Yates, age 98 of West Jefferson, NC, died Thursday, April 7, 2005 at the Ashe Living Center. Mr. Yates was born July 20, 1906 in Ashe County to Squire Dixon and Cora Miller Yates. He was preceded in death by his wife, Orby Craft Yates, who died in 1993 and a son, Otis Earl Yates who died...
Villar Osborne
Apr 7, 2005
View this Videotribute Villar Stansberry Osborne age 93 of Lansing, NC, died Thursday, April 7, 2005 at the Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Osborne was born in Lansing, NC on August 10, 1911 to Charlie and Mary Ellen Stansberry. She was a member of the Sabbath Home Baptist Church. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, April 9, 2005 at 2:00 P.M....

Larry Miller
Apr 4, 2005
Larry Dean Miller age 46 of Parkesburg, PA died Monday, April 4, 2005 at his home. He was born in West Jefferson, NC on January 18, 1959 to Willard and Reba H. Roark Miller. Family and friends will gather for a life celebration in memory of Larry from 7:00-9:00 Thursday, April 7, 2005 at the Cleveland & Gofus Funeral Home...

Carolyn Elizabeth
Apr 3, 2005
Carolyn Elizabeth Halsey Cox, age 77 of Jefferson, NC, died Sunday, April 3, 2005 at Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Cox was born March 19, 1928 in Smyth County, Virginia to the late Drewry and Capitula Halsey. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Thursday, April 7, 2005 at the Calvary Freewill Baptist Church. Rev. Ted Reynolds, Rev. Keith Woodie...

Dorothy Wolfe
Mar 30, 2005
Dorothy Louella Wolfe, age 72, of Crumpler, died Wednesday, March 30, 2005 at her home. Ms. Wolfe was born in Ashe County, December 22, 1932, to Glen and Daisy Callahan Wolfe. Funeral services will be held Sunday, 2:00 p.m. at Cox's Grove Baptist Church. Rev. James Perkins, Rev. Douglas Callahan, Rev. David Blackburn, and Rev. Roosevelt Carlton will officiate. Burial...

Lucy Brown
Mar 28, 2005
Lucy Valeria Goodman Brown, age 96 of Fleetwood, NC, died Monday, March 28, 2005 at Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Brown was born May 23, 1908 in Ashe County to the late Reece and Lou Ellen Haire Goodman. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a son Herman Bower Wood Jr. and her husband John Lloyd Brown....

Beatrice Miller
Mar 28, 2005
Beatrice Shatley Miller, better known as "Bea", age 87, of Jefferson, died Monday, March 28, 2005, at Ashe Living Center in Jefferson. Mrs. Miller was born in Ashe County, January 9, 1918, to Winfield and Jane Marsh Shatley. Funeral services will be held Friday, 2:00 p.m. at Ashelawn Memorial Chapel. The Rev. Lonnie Jones and the Rev. Glenn Woodie will...

Lee Wingo
Mar 27, 2005
Lee English Wingo, 89, of Jefferson, NC, died at her home on Easter Sunday, March 27. Born June 5, 1915, in Madison County, NC, to Welzie English and Addie Sprinkles English, she was the oldest of eleven children. Mrs. Wingo was a devoted wife, loving mother, proud grandmother and kind neighbor. She was a member of the West Jefferson United...