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.

Gwyn Testerman
Jan 11, 2005
Gwyn Junior Testerman, age 65 of Lansing, NC, died Tuesday, January 11, 2005 at the Segraves Care Center. Mr. Testerman was born August 15, 1939 in Ashe County to the late Avery and Minnie Jones Testerman. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Friday, January 14, 2004 at the Liberty Baptist Church. Mr. Testerman will lie in state one...

Louise Price
Jan 11, 2005
Louise May Robb Neal Price, age 91, of Jefferson died Tuesday evening, Jan. 11, 2005 at the Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Price was born September 20, 1913 to Edward and Mabel Robb. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Price was preceded in death by her husbands; John Charles Neal in 1986 and Dan Price in 2002. Funeral services will be...

Rev. Wolfe Wolfe
Jan 8, 2005
Rev. James K. Wolfe, age 70, of Baltimore, Maryland, died Saturday, January 8, 2005, at John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Funeral services were held Saturday, January 15, 2005, 11:00 a.m. at Cox's Grove Baptist Church. Rev. Curtis Wolfe and Rev. James Perkins officiated. The family received friends from 7:00 until 8:30 p.m. Friday evening, January 14, 2005, at Ashelawn Memorial...

Josephine Caudill
Jan 6, 2005
Josephine Love Caudill, age 85 of Fleetwood, NC, died Friday, January 6, 2006 at Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Caudill was born March 1, 1920 in Wilkes County. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Sunday, January 8, 2006 at the Badger Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Ross Harless will officiate. Burial will follow in the Caudill Cemetery. The family will...
Edwin Greer
Jan 5, 2005
View this Videotribute Edwin Bruce Greer, Sr., age 63, of Flatwoods School Road, Creston, NC, died Wednesday, January 5, 2005, at Johnson City Medical Center in Johnson City, TN. Mr. Greer was born in Ashe County, October 2, 1941, to Ruben and Bessie Patrick Greer. Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 8, 2005, 11:00 a.m. at Ashelawn Memorial Chapel....
Kemp Liddle
Jan 3, 2005
View this Videotribute Kemp Fred Liddle age 69 of Jefferson, NC, died Monday, January 3, 2005 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Liddle was born in Ashe County, NC on February 18, 1935 to Fred and Burlie Miller Liddle. He retired after 35 years with the North Carolina Department of Transportation. He attended Friendship Baptist Church. Funeral Services will...

Melvinia Barnes
Jan 2, 2005
Melvinia Parsons Barnes, age 71, of Clifton Road, Crumpler, died Sunday, January 2, 2005, at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Barnes was born July 13, 1933 to the late Tom and Carrie Bare Parsons. She was a homemaker. Funeral services were held Wednesday, (January 5, 2005), 2:00 p.m. at Ashelawn Memorial Chapel. Rev. Randall Greene, Rev. Dwight Barker, and...

Glen Shumate
Jan 1, 2005
Glen Robert Shumate age 79 of Creston, NC, died Saturday, January 1, 2005 at the Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mr. Shumate was born in Ashe County, NC on March 28, 1925 to Noah and Rachel Jones Shumate. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, January 4, 2005 at 11:00 A.M. at the Riverview Baptist Church. Rev. Russell Hart, Rev. Brad Frankes, Rev....

Effie Bare
Dec 31, 2004
Effie Jane Hartsog Bare age 95 of Glendale Springs, NC, died Friday, December 31, 2004 at the Segraves Care Center. Mrs. Bare was born on May 27, 1909 in Ashe County, NC to Calloway and Hettie Miller Hartsog. Funeral Services will be held Sunday, January 2, 2005 at 2:00 P.M. at the Badger Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Gordon Finley will...

Deward Hightower
Dec 31, 2004
Dr. D. Earl Hightower, 78 of Jefferson died Friday afternoon, December 31, at the Wake Forest University Medical Center in Winston Salem, NC after a month-long illness. Dr. Hightower was born August 15, 1926. The son of the late Deward Earl and Eva Windham Hightower of Reynolds, Georgia, he served in World War II as an aviation cadet. He graduated...

Walter Dillard
Dec 30, 2004
Walter Dean Dillard, age 59 of North Wilkesboro, NC, died Thursday, December 30, 2004 at Wilkes Regional Medical Center. Mr. Dillard was born November 27, 1945 in Ashe County to the late George and Callie Bare Dillard. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, January 1, 2005 at the Dillard Cemetery in West Jefferson, NC. Elder James McNeill...

Edna Perry
Dec 27, 2004
Edna May Perry, age 83 of Crumpler, NC, died December 27, 2004 at her home. Mrs. Perry was born April 29, 1921 in Key West, Florida to the late John and Mary Francis Kemp. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Johnny Perry. Mrs. Perry is survived by: Daughter: Marcia Stokes of Miami, FL Brothers: Charles and Reynold...

Clara Massey
Dec 22, 2004
Clara Mozelle "Billie" Jones Massey age 93 of Lansing, NC, died Wednesday, December 22, 2004 at the Jefferson Care Center. Mrs. Massey was born on May 14, 1911 in Richmond, VA to Margaret Bosetta Jones. Funeral Services will be held Friday, December 24, 2004 at 3:00P.M. at the Badger Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Lloyd Day, Rev. Charles McCoy, and Rev....

Ray Miller
Dec 21, 2004
Ray Miller, age 77 of Bel Air, MD died Tuesday, December 21, 2004 in Bel Air, MD. Mr. Miller was born December 14, 1927 in Wilkes County to the late George and Jennie Viers Miller. His wife, Eleanor Smithson Miller also preceded him in death. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM, Monday, December 27, 2004 at the Ebenezer...

Russell Ted Caudill
Dec 19, 2004
Russell Dent "Ted" Caudill age 86 of West Jefferson, NC, died Sunday, December 19, 2004 at the Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mr. Caudill was born on May 1, 1918 in Ashe County, NC to Arthur Glenn and Bessie Barr Caudill. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, December 21, 2004 at 11:00 A.M. at the Badger Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Dr. Keith...

Ruby DeBoard
Dec 13, 2004
Ruby Sutherland DeBoard, age 77 of Jefferson, NC, died Monday, December 13, 2004 at Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mrs. DeBoard was born January 8, 1927 in Ashe County to the late James and Lou Ham Sutherland. Her husband, Russell DeBoard also preceded her in death. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, December 15, 2004 at the Badger Funeral...

Thomas Eldreth
Dec 9, 2004
Thomas Lester Eldreth, age 90 of Jefferson, NC died Thursday, December 9, 2004 at the Segraves Care Center in Jefferson, NC. Mr. Eldreth was born October 2, 1914 in Ashe County to the late John and Ellen Eldreth. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife, Ethel Mae Phillips Eldreth. Funeral services will be held...

Elaine Young
Dec 9, 2004
Elaine Young, age 83, died Thursday, December 9, 2004, at the Wilkes Senior Center, a nursing home in North Wilkesboro, after a long illness. Mrs. Young was born in Brooklyn, NY, but was raised in Massachusetts and Maplewood, NJ. She was the daughter of Frank Emmons Mendes, Jr. and Helen Randall Mendes. She was preceded in death by her first...
Ruth Combs
Dec 8, 2004
View this Videotribute Ruth Allen Combs age 75 of Boomer, NC, formerly of Ashe County, NC, died Wednesday, December 8, 2004 at her residence. Ms. Combs was born on February 4, 1929 to Thomas and Adelade Shatley Combs. She was preceded in death by her sisters; Minnie and Beulah Combs. She was a member of Sharon Walker Baptist Church. Funeral...

Margaret Goss
Dec 2, 2004
Margaret Eller Goss, age 84, of Lansing, widow of Edward Goss, died Thursday, December 2, 2004, at AMH Segraves Care Center. Mrs. Goss was born in Prince George County, Virginia, September 10, 1920, to Lester Lewis and Lacie Tedder Eller. She was a homemaker. Funeral services were held Saturday, 2:00 p.m. at Ashelawn Memorial Chapel. Rev. Larry Shepherd and Rev....