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.
Wade Phillips
Mar 24, 2004
Wade Henry Phillips, age 85 of Hickory, formerly of the Creston Community died Wednesday, March 24, 2004 at the Catawba Medical Center. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, March 27, 2004 at Ashelawn Memorial Chapel, Jefferson. Rev. Reeves Jones and Rev. Lloyd Day will officiate. Burial will follow in Ashelawn Memorial Gardens. The family will receive...

Maude Stansberry
Mar 22, 2004
Maude Darnell Stansberry age 88 of Lansing, NC died Monday, March 22, 2004 at the Ashe Living Center. Mrs. Stansberry was born on January 27, 1916 in Lansing, NC to Grover Cleveland and Ellen Miller Darnell. She was preceded in death by her husband Howard Edgar Stansberry, daughter: Velma Taylor, brother: Paul Darnell, and half brother: Lee Miller. Funeral Services...

Robert Eller
Mar 19, 2004
Robert Franklin Eller, "better known as Bob", age 76 of West Jefferson, NC died Friday, March 19, 2004 at his home. Mr. Eller was born on June 14, 1927 in Gary, West Virginia to Charles and Lessie Jones Eller. Funeral Services will be held Sunday, March 21, 2004 at the Badger Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. J.C. Darnell will officiate. Burial...

Lena Spangler
Mar 17, 2004
Lena Senchuck Spangler, age 79 of Jefferson, died Wednesday, March 17, 2004 at the Watauga Medical Center. Mrs. Spangler was born December 20, 1924 in Belarus, Russia. She attended Calvary Freewill Baptist Church in Glendale Springs. She loved flowers and crocheting. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, March 20, 2004 at the Badger Funeral Home Chapel. Rev....

Edith Barker
Mar 14, 2004
Edith Irene Arnold Barker, age 73 of Lansing, NC, died Sunday, March 14, 2004 at the Watauga Medical Center. Mrs. Barker was born September 12, 1930 in Ashe County to the late Wayne and Edith Arnold. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Howard Barker, a son, Kenneth Barker and a granddaughter, Alsiha Barker. She was saved at...

Ronnie Elliott
Mar 14, 2004
Ronnie Dean "Smokestack" Elliott, age 41 of West Jefferson, died Sunday, March 14, 2004 at his home. Mr. Elliott was born January 17, 1963 in Ashe County to the late Carl and Gwyn Elliott. Funeral services will be held at 8:00 PM, Tuesday, March 16, 2004 at the Badger Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Tom Stephenson will officiate. The family will...

Bertha Miller
Mar 13, 2004
Bertha M. Miller age 86 of Lansing, NC died Saturday, March 13, 2004 at the Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Miller was born on February 10, 1918 in Ashe County, NC to Elisha and Maudie Farmer Miller. She was preceded in death by her husband Joseph Miller. She was a member of the Apple Grove Baptist Church. Funeral Services will be...

Robert Webb
Mar 10, 2004
Robert Webb, age 38 of Jefferson, NC died Wednesday, March 10, 2004 at his home. He was born on April 5, 1965 in New York to William and Grace Webb. A Funeral Mass will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, March 13, 2004 at the Catholic Church of St. Francis of Assisi in Jefferson. Father Morris Boyd will officiate....

Fred George
Mar 6, 2004
Fred Blaine George age 72 of West Jefferson, NC died Saturday, March 6, 2004 at the Ashe Living Center. Mr. George was born on February 25, 1932 in Climber, PA to Clark and Gertrude George. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, March 9, 2004 at 11:00 A.M. at the Badger Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Gary Shelton, and Rev. J.C. Norton...

Robert Rice
Mar 3, 2004
Robert McConnell Rice age 56 of Jefferson, NC died Wednesday, March 3, 2004 at his home. Mr. Rice was born on March 8, 1947 in Jefferson, NC. He was preceded in death by his mother Kathleen McConnell Rice. Mr. Rice attended and graduated from UNC Greensboro, earning a Masters Degree in Art. He served as an Instructor at Wilkes Community...

Robert Badger
Mar 1, 2004
Robert Earl Badger age 67 of Highland Heights, Ohio died Monday, March 1, 2004 at Hillcrest Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Badger was born in Caples, WV on January 4, 1937 to John Chester and Ruth Ellen Badger. A graveside service will be held Friday, March 5, 2004 at 11:00 A.M. at the Jefferson Cemetery. Rev. A.B. Weaver will officiate....

William Scott
Feb 29, 2004
West Jefferson, N.C. - William Stewart Scott, 89, died Sunday morning, February 29, 2004, at Ashe Memorial Hospital in Jefferson, NC following an extended illness. He was born January 22, 1915, in Ashe County, NC, to the late Waddie Hester Scott and Lizzie Ethel Houck Scott. Mr. Scott is survived by his wife, Sallie Miller Scott, and his children, Katrina...

Jessie Jones
Feb 27, 2004
Jessie Mae Harris Jones age 93 of Warrensville, NC died Friday, February 27, 2004 at the Segraves Care Center. Mrs. Jones was born on September 14, 1910 in Troutdale, VA to Melvin A. and Ella Vaught Harris. Her husband Chester Jones preceded her in death. Funeral Services will be held Monday, March 1, 2004 at 11:00 A.M. at the Ashelawn...

Gwendolyn Bare
Feb 20, 2004
Gwendolyn Josephine Reeves Bare age 74 of Laurel Springs, NC died Friday, February 20, 2004 at her home. Mrs. Bare was born on December 27, 1929 in Wilkes County, NC to Jessie and Annie Dancy Reeves. Funeral Services will be held Monday, February 23, 2004 at 1:00 P.M. at the Roans Creek Primitive Baptist Church. Elder Floyd South and Elder...
Nancy Phipps
Feb 18, 2004
Nancy Gail Phipps, age 44 of Grassy Creek, died Wednesday, February 18, 2004 at the Watauga Medical Center in Boone. Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, February 21, 2004 at the Healing Springs Baptist Church. Rev. David Jones and Rev. Dean Watson will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends...

Ollie Farrington
Feb 17, 2004
Ollie Francis Farrington, age 91 of Wilkesboro, NC died Tuesday, February 17, 2004 at the North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, NC. Mrs. Lambert was born November 19, 1912 in Ashe County to Mackie and Mary Jane Lambert. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Wiley Farrington. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Friday, February 20,...
Douglas Taylor
Feb 15, 2004
Douglas "Doug' Taylor, age 64 of Jefferson, NC, died Sunday, February 15, 2004 at the Forsyth Memorial Hospital. Mr. Taylor was born October 27, 1939 in Ashe County to the late Robert and Sessie Taylor. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, February 18, 2004 at the Ashelawn Memorial Gardens Mausoleum of Prayer with military rites. Rev. Jeff...

Thomas Fowler
Feb 12, 2004
Thomas Burl Fowler, age 80 of Crumpler, died Thursday, February 12, 2004 at the Ashe Memorial Hospital. He was born on April 5, 1923 in Ashe County, son of the late James Thomas Fowler and Annie Edwards Fowler. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Sunday, February 15, 2004 at the Senter Primitive Baptist Church. Rev. Peter Parish...

Theresa Blevins
Feb 11, 2004
Theresa "Terry" Kennedy Blevins age 61 of Warrensville, NC, died Wednesday, February 11, 2004 at her home. Mrs. Blevins was born on June 13, 1942 in Morris, New Jersey to Walt and Frances Lutisha Kennedy. Funeral Services will be held Friday, February 13, 2004 at 1:00 P.M. at Warrensville Baptist Church. Rev. Wayne Osborne will officiate. Burial will follow in...