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.

Wilmer Hunt
Oct 10, 2003
Wilmer Claude Hunt, age 84 of Laurel Springs died Friday, October 10, 2003 at Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mr. Hunt was born on December 3, 1918, son of the late Lee and Dora Little Hunt. He attended Calvary Freewill Baptist Church. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, October 12, 2003 at Badger Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Jerry Francis...

Rufus Lambert
Oct 7, 2003
Rufus Lambert age 71 of Lansing, NC died Tuesday, October 7, 2003 at the Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mr. Lambert was born on September 22, 1932 in Ashe County, NC to Gaither and Ada Mullis Lambert. Funeral Services will be held Friday, October 10, 2003 at 2:00 P.M. at the Oak Hill Baptist Church. Rev. Lonnie Carpenter will officiate. Burial will...

Joe Blevins
Oct 2, 2003
Joe Joseph Blevins age 79 of Lansing, NC died Thursday, October 2, 2003 at his home. Mr. Blevins was born on May 12, 1924 in Clineville, VA to Stanley and Lucy Howell Blevins. He was a member of Shelter Baptist Church. He was a kind hearted man who adored children; everyone who visited him had to eat. He loved watching...
David Blevins
Sep 30, 2003
David Harrison Blevins age 39 of West Jefferson, NC died in West Jefferson, NC the Buffalo Community. Mr. Blevins was born April 8, 1964 in Ashe County, NC to Alisha and Lillie Perry Blevins. He loved to hunt ginseng, deer hunt, and be outdoors. Funeral Services will be held Friday, October 3, 2003 at 2:00 P.M. at the Ashelawn Memorial...

Helen Blackburn
Sep 25, 2003
Helen Haire Blackburn age 88 of West Jefferson, NC died Thursday, September 25, 2003 at the Glenbridge Nursing Home. Mrs. Blackburn was born in Wilkes County, NC on September 30, 1914 to Mack and Nora Greer Haire. She was preceded in death by her husband Raleigh Blackburn, sons Harold Dean and Raleigh Wayne Blackburn. Helen and Raleigh Blackburn were married...
Deborah Sturgill Veler
Sep 22, 2003
Deborah Lynn Sturgill Veler, age 48 of Jefferson, died Monday, September 22, 2003 at her home. She was born on August 10, 1955 to John Arvil Sturgill, Sr. and Ruby Killen Sturgill Simmons. She married Arthur Joseph Veler, Sr. who preceded her in death in 1993. Mrs. Veler was a loving mother who enjoyed spending time with her children and...

Donnie Robinson
Sep 18, 2003
Donnie Lee Robinson age 23 of Lansing, NC died Thursday, September 18, 2003 in Lansing, NC. Mr. Robinson was born on November 28, 1979 in Ashe County, NC to Randall Robinson and Brenda Lambert. Funeral Services will be held Sunday, September 21, 2003 at 2:00 P.M. at the Badger Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Bill Miller and Rev. Steve Blevins will...

Roger Roark
Sep 15, 2003
Roger Roark, age 85 of Jefferson, died Monday, September 15, 2003 at the Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mr. Roark was born on June 29, 1918, son of the late Harvey and Susie Bare Roark. He married Jacqueline Miller on June 29, 1946 in Ashe County. He was preceded in death by one brother, Jesse Roark and two sisters, Sarah Roark and...

Charmie Miller
Sep 7, 2003
Mrs. Charmie Mae Elliott Miller, 81 of Jefferson, died Sunday morning, September 7, 2003, at the Ashe Living Center in Jefferson. Mrs. Miller was born Feb. 13, 1922 to Dora and Wiley Elliott. She was the widow of Mr. Duard Miller. Funeral services will be conducted on Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 PM at Badger Funeral Home Chapel by Rev. Fred...

Jerry Blevins
Sep 4, 2003
Jerry Rom Blevins, age 63 of Lansing in the Little Horse Creek Community died Thursday September 4, 2003 at Ashe Memorial Hospital. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Sunday, September 7, 2003 at the Ashelawn Memorial Chapel. Minister Danny Miller, Rev. Tommy Dollar, Minister Fred Richardson and Rev. Brad Wooten, will officiate. Burial will follow in Ashelawn...
Hazel Denny
Sep 2, 2003
Hazel Jones Denny age 91 of Jefferson, NC died Tuesday, September 2, 2003 at the Segraves Care Center. Mrs. Denny was born on June 22, 1912 in Ashe County, NC to James Calvin and Lucinda Toole Jones. She was preceded in death by her husband Charles Gwyn Denny, son Kenneth W. Denny, and daughter Janice Kay Denny Lewis. Funeral Services...
Dewitt Graybeal
Aug 25, 2003
Dewitt Jonathan Graybeal, age 92 of West Jefferson, died Monday, August 25, 2003 at the Ashe Living Center. Mr. Graybeal was born in Ashe County on December 22, 1910, son of the late William Graybeal and Della Roark Graybeal. He was preceded in death by his wife, Bonnie Hartsoe Graybeal, his daughter Mary Graybeal Miller as well as his first...
Alice Hardin
Aug 23, 2003
Alice Elizabeth Miller Hardin age 90 of West Jefferson, NC died Saturday, August 23, 2003 at the Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Hardin was born on March 11, 1913 in Ashe County, NC to Tom and Nancy Eller Miller. She was preceded in death by her husband William Taft Hardin. Mrs. Hardin was dedicated wife and mother, and when she was...

Rosa Brown
Aug 23, 2003
Rosa Osborne Brown age 92 of Warrensville, NC died Saturday, August 23, 2003 at the Ashe Living Center. Mrs. Brown was born August 15, 1911 in Ashe County, NC to Alvin and Callie Osborne. She enjoyed working in her garden, canning, and making quilts. Funeral Services will be held Monday, August 25, 2003 at 2:00 p.m. at the Badger Funeral...
Stella Speaks
Aug 19, 2003
Stella Mae Dillard Speaks, age 80 of Germanton, NC died Tuesday, August 19, 2003 at the Village Care Center in King, NC. Mrs. Speaks was born July 2,1923 in Ashe County to the late George W. and Callie Bare Dillard. She retired from Camel City Laundry where she was a receptionist. She attended Gospel Light Baptist Church. She was a...

Tam Lyle
Aug 12, 2003
Mr. Tam Lyle, age 79, of Jefferson died Saturday evening at the Watauga Medical Center in Boone, NC. Mr. Lyle served Ashe and surrounding counties as a carpenter. He was a veteran of WWII serving from 1943-1947. He was a member of the Glendale Springs Presbyterian Church. Funeral services will be conducted on Tuesday, August 12, 2003, at the Badger...

Ruby Lane
Aug 5, 2003
Ruby Lee Lane, age 80 of High Point, NC, formerly of West Jefferson, NC died Tuesday, August 5, 2003 at the High Point Regional Health System. Funeral Services will be held at 2:30 p.m.on Saturday, August 9, 2003 at the Ashelawn Memorial Chapel. Rev. J. Kennith Morris will officiate. Burial will follow in the Ashelawn Memorial Gardens. The family will...

Sarah Blevins
Jul 28, 2003
Sarah Lucretta Gaultney Blevins, age 91, of Kannapolis, NC, formerly of Ashe County died Monday, July 28, 2003 at the Transitional Health Services in Kannapolis. Mrs. Blevins was born July 20, 1912 in Wise County, Virginia to the late Jeffs and Bertha Gaultney. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Brownlow Blevins and two sons; Zane and Gerald...

Earl Parsons
Jul 28, 2003
Earl Estelle Parsons, age 68 of Jefferson, NC died Monday, July 28, 2003 at the North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston Salem. Mr. Parsons was born May 5 1935 in Ashe County to the late Tom and Carrie Parsons. Graveside services will be held at 6:00 PM Tuesday, July 29th at the Big Piney Cemetery in Lansing, NC. Rev. Joe...