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.

Walter Bare
Apr 29, 2003
Walter Warren Bare, age 72 of Winston Salem, NC formerly of Glendale Springs, NC, died Tuesday, April 29, 2003 at the Forsyth Memorial Hospital. Mr. Bare was born on April 30, 1930 in Ashe County, NC to Don C. and Ada Severt Bare. He was a veteran of the US Navy where he served in the Korean Conflict. Mr. Bare...

Florence Miller
Apr 25, 2003
Florence Peggy Miller age 72 of West Jefferson, NC died Friday, April 25, 2003 at the Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Miller was born on April 21, 2003 in Ashe County, NC to Frank and Addie Comer Jarvis. She was preceded in death by her sisters Ethel Holman, Pauline Houck, and brother Fred Jarvis. Funeral Services will be held on Sunday,...

Ronald Roland
Apr 25, 2003
Ronald Wade "Ronnie" Roland age 59 of Warrensville, NC died Friday, April 25, 2003 at the Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mr. Roland was born on July 10, 1943 in Ashe County, NC to Walter Wade and Gladys Johnson Roland. Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, April 30, 2003 at 11:00 A.M. at the Badger Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Roscoe Johnson and...

Virginia Price
Apr 23, 2003
Mrs. Virginia Ruth Sexton Price, age 81, of the Segraves Care Center, died Wednesday, April 23, 2003 at the Segraves Care Center. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, April 26, 2003 2:00 P.M. in Ashelawn Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow in the Cole Cemetery in White Top, VA. The family will receive friends from 1-2 Saturday prior to service at...

Margaret Haynes
Apr 20, 2003
Margaret Frances Dodd Haynes age 91 of Fleetwood, NC died Sunday, April 20, 2003 at her home. Mrs. Haynes was born in Madison, GA on February 12, 1912 to Walter Henley and Jessie Elizabeth Mallone Dodd. Her husband A.J. Haynes preceded her in death. Mrs. Haynes was an English and History Teacher for the North Carolina Public School System. A...

Virginia Pierce
Apr 19, 2003
Laura Virginia Everett Pierce, 84, passed away at her residence on April 19, 2003. Mrs. Pierce was born in Williamston, NC, on October 22, 1918, daughter of the late Earl W. Everett and Ethel Davenport Everett. She was pre-deceased by her husband of 58 years, Paul L. Pierce. She and was also pre-deceased by her brother Lee Roy Powell. She...

Mary Osborne Jones
Apr 17, 2003
Mrs. Mary Osborne Jones, age 65, of Creston, NC passed away Thursday morning at Ashe Memorial Hospital in Jefferson. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:00 PM at Creston United Methodist Church with Rev. J.C. Norton and Rev. Chuck Call officiating. Interment will follow in the Osborne Family Cemetery in Creston, NC. The family will receive friends from 7:00...

Everett Liddle
Apr 14, 2003
Everett Walter Liddle age 84 of Jefferson, NC died Monday, April 14, 2003 at the Segraves Care Center. Mr. Liddle was born on September 6, 1918 in Ashe County, NC to Walter and Betty Jenkins Liddle. He served in the United States Army, a veteran of World War II. A graveside service will be held Wednesday, April 16, 2003 at...

Shawn Harless
Apr 14, 2003
Shawn Harless age 18 of West Jefferson, NC died Monday, April 14, 2003 at the Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mr. Harless was born on February 6, 1985 in Watauga County, NC to Rev. Mark and Sherrie Dillard Harless. Funeral Services will be held Thursday, April 17, 2003 at 2:00 P.M. at the Bethel Baptist Church. Rev. Lonnie Carpenter and Rev. Ross...

Stanley Young
Apr 12, 2003
Mr. Stanley Young age 81 of Grassy Creek, NC died Saturday, April 12, 2003 at his home. Mr. Young was born on April 20, 1921 in Grassy Creek, NC to Irvin R. and Alice Waddell Young. He served in the US Army in WWII and was an active member of the Pleasant Home Baptist Church in Grassy Creek. He was...

Larry Edwards
Apr 12, 2003
Larry Dean Edwards, 55 of West Jefferson died Saturday at his home. Mr. Edwards was born in Ashe County on April 22, 1947 to Ward B. and Ilene Faw Edwards. He and his father owned and operated Edwards Upholstery in West Jefferson. Graveside services for Mr. Edwards will be conducted on Tuesday, April 15, 2003 at 2:00 PM at the...

Orville Taylor
Apr 8, 2003
Orville Edison Taylor age 76 of Whitetop, VA died Tuesday, April 8, 2003 at his home. Mr. Taylor was born on April 2, 1927 in Whitetop, VA to Cass and Edna Walker Taylor. A memorial service will be announced at a later date. Mr. Taylor is survived by: Wife: Ruth May Taylor Son: Bill Taylor of Keen Mountain, VA Daughters:...

David Blevins
Apr 5, 2003
David Allen Blevins age 89 of Jefferson, NC died Saturday, April 5, 2003 at the Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mr. Blevins was born on March 8, 1914 in Whitetop, VA to Isaac and Rhody Blevins. He was a veteran of the United States Army, serving in World War II, earning a Bronze Star in the European and Pacific Campaigns. Mr. Blevins...

Marjorie Waln
Apr 4, 2003
Marjorie Waldron Waln age 72 of Fleetwood, NC died Friday, April 7, 2003 at the Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Waln was born April 11, 1930 in Canton, Ohio to Ralph and Loyce Wycol Waldron. Her husband Robert Waln preceded her in death. She and her late husband Robert owned and operated the Community Corner Store in Fleetwood. Mrs. Waln enjoyed...
James A. Badger
Apr 1, 2003
James Alfred Badger, 81, of Jefferson, died Tuesday morning, April 1, 2003 at Mercy Hospital in Charlotte, NC. Mr. Badger was born Feb. 23, 1922 in Jefferson, NC to Roy R. and Bessie Hartsog Badger. He was a veteran of WWII serving in the US Army in the European Campaign. He was a successful businessman who entertained many business adventures...

Hattie Eldreth
Mar 31, 2003
Hattie Mae Hamilton Eldreth, age 77, of Segraves Care Center, formerly of Lansing, NC died Monday, March 31, 2003 at Segraves Care Center. Mrs. Eldreth was born January 28, 1926 in Pike County, Kentucky to Edgar Hamilton and Kate Meade Hamilton. She was formerly employed by United Chemicon and was preceded in death by her husband, Wiley Worth Eldreth. Funeral...

Norma Kilby
Mar 31, 2003
Mrs. Norma Ruby Wilcox Kilby, age 77, of Lansing, NC died Monday, March 31, 2003 at Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Kilby was born September 4, 1925 in Ashe County to William and Alia Jane Stansberry Wilcox. She was a homemaker and beloved wife of Reeber Kilby. Funeral services will be held Thursday, April 3, 2003 at 2:00 P.M. at the...

Gail Dishman
Mar 30, 2003
Gail Dishman age 67 of Jefferson, NC died Sunday, March 30, 2003 at the NC Baptist Hospital in Winston Salem, NC. Mr. Dishman was born on March 2, 1936 in Ashe County, NC to Charles and Dorothy Collins Dishman. Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, April 2, 2003 at 2:00 P.M. at the Ebenezer Presbyterian Church. Rev. David Lyalls, Rev....

Blanche Hart
Mar 29, 2003
Mrs. Blanche Alsie Miller Hart, age 90, of Segraves Nursing Home, died Saturday, March 29, 2003 at the Ashe Memorial Hospital in Jefferson, NC. Funeral services will be held Sunday evening, March 30, at 8:00 P.M. with Rev. Bluford Eldreth officiating. Interment will follow Monday, March 31, 11:00 A.M. at Ashelawn Memorial Gardens in Jefferson. Mrs. Hart was born in...

Georgia Bell
Mar 27, 2003
Mrs. Georgia McNeil Bell, age 83, of Jefferson, NC, died Thursday, March 27, 2003 at Ashe Memorial Hospital in Jefferson. Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 29, 2003 2:00 P.M. with Rev. Jack Miller, Rev. Billy Joe Blevins and Rev. Bill Greene officiating. Interment will follow in the Wallace Cemetery in Jefferson, NC. Mrs. Bell was born in Ashe...