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.

John Hodgson
Mar 24, 2003
Mr. John Martin Hodgson, age 91, of West Jefferson, NC, died Monday, March 24, 2003 at the Ashe Memorial Hospital in Jefferson. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, March 26, 2003, 11:00 A.M. at Ashelawn Memorial Chapel in Jefferson with Rev. Joey McClure, Rev. Bluford Eldreth, and Rev. Ronda Rash officiating. Interment will follow in Ashelawn Memorial Gardens. Mr. Hodgson...

Imogene McClure
Mar 23, 2003
Imogene Bowers McClure, age 74 of Lansing died Sunday, March 23, 2003 at Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mrs. McClure was born September 2, 1928 in Ashe County to Arthur and Cora Blackburn Bowers. Her parents, her husband, Paul McClure and son, Terry McClure, preceded her in death. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, March 26th at the Emmanuel...

Charles Horton
Mar 22, 2003
Mr. Charles Mack Horton passed away at Ashe Memorial Hospital Saturday morning around 6:00 A.M. after a long illness. Graveside Services will be held Thursday, March 27, 2003, 2:00 P.M. at the Old Bristol Cemetery, Jefferson, NC by Rev. Malcomb Johnson and Rev. Curtis Wolfe. Interment will follow in the Old Bristol Cemetery with Military Rites. Mr. Horton was born...

Nicholas Blackburn
Mar 22, 2003
Nicholas Wiley "Nick" Blackburn age 93 of Crumpler, NC died Saturday, March 22, 2003 at his residence. Mr. Blackburn was born on March 8, 1910 in Ashe County, NC to Rev. William and Cora Plummer Blackburn. He was preceded in death by his wife Winnie Catherine Goins Blackburn, and daughter Winonah Beth Blackburn. He was a member of the Healing...

Carl Blackburn
Mar 19, 2003
Mr. Carl Marshall Blackburn, age 87, of Crumpler, NC formerly of Hartford County, MD, died Wednesday, March 19, 2003 at the Ashe Memorial Hospital in Jefferson, NC. Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 22, 2003, 2:00 P.M. by Rev. Bill Ballou and Rev. David Blackburn. Interment will follow in Ashelawn Memorial Chapel in Jefferson. Mr. Blackburn was born May...

David Reed
Mar 18, 2003
David Danny Reed age 46 of Laurel Springs, NC died Tuesday, March 18, 2003 at his home. Mr. Reed was born December 28, 2003 in Charlotte, NC to Bob and Elsie Reed. Funeral Services will be held Thursday, March 20, 2003 at 2:00 P.M. at the Badger Funeral Home Chapel. Elder Robert Shatley will officiate. Burial will follow in the...

Mamie Stuart
Mar 16, 2003
Mamie Dell Adams Stuart, age 85 of Lansing died Sunday, March 16, 2003 at the Segraves Care Center in Jefferson. Mrs. Stuart was born April 27, 1917 in Ashe County to Edward Franklin and Maggie Powers Adams. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Delmer Scott "Hank" Stuart, a daughter, Eva Baldwin, a sister, Ruby Stuart, a...

Virginia Scott
Mar 16, 2003
Virginia Opal Scott age 73 of Hampton, VA formerly of Ashe County, NC died Sunday, March 16, 2003 at the Sentara Careplex Hospital. Ms. Scott was born on January 22, 1230 in Ashe County, NC to Grady and Fern Davis Scott. Ms. Scott was preceded in death by two brothers Dennis and Joe Scott, and one nephew Chris Scott. She...

Gwyn Riley
Mar 14, 2003
Gwyn Thomas Riley, age 73 of West Jefferson died Friday, March 14, 2003 at Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mr. Riley was born May 30, 1929 in Ashe County to the late Claude and Annie Roland Riley. Mr. Riley was a member and deacon of the Beaver Creek Baptist Church. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM, Sunday, March 16th at...

Ruth Eller
Mar 13, 2003
Mrs. Ruth Poe Eller, age 91, of Lansing, NC died Thursday, March 13, 2003 at the Ashe Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 15, 2003, 11:00 A.M. at Ashelawn Memorial Chapel with Rev. Tim Roten and Rev. Wayne Osborne officiating. Interment will follow in the Poe-Gilley Cemetery, Lansing, NC. Mrs. Eller was born in Ashe County, NC...

Jack Lee
Mar 13, 2003
Jack Robert Lee age 76 of West Jefferson, NC died Thursday, March 13, 2003 at the Kindred Hospital in Greensboro, NC. Mr. Lee was born on November 24, 1926 in San Diego, CA to John Clifford and Eleanor Marie Boyd Lee. He was a US Army Veteran, serving his country in the Korean Conflict. Funeral Services will be held Sunday,...

Warren Lawrence
Mar 11, 2003
Mr. Warren Dean Lawrence, age 81, of West Jefferson, NC died Tuesday, March 11, 2003 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 13, 2003 at 2:00 P.M. at the Bald Mountain Baptist Church with Rev. Lawrence Goodman and Rev. Bill Ballou officiating. Interment will follow in Bald Mountain Community Cemetery with Military Honors. Mr. Lawrence was born...

Neil Cotter
Mar 9, 2003
Mr. Neil Cotter, age 81 of Crumpler, NC died Sunday, March 9, 2003 at the Ashe Memorial Hospital in Jefferson. Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 15, 2003 at 1:00 P.M. at the Ashelawn Memorial Chapel with Rev. Randall Greene officiating. Interment will follow in Ashelawn Memorial Gardens. Mr. Cotter was born November 11, 1933 in Claremont, NH to...

Lonnie Johnson
Mar 6, 2003
Lonnie Maynard Johnson age 61 of Lansing, NC died Thursday, March 6, 2003 at the Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mr. Johnson was born on August 14, 1941 in Ashe County, NC to Lonnie Fred and Pauline Neaves Johnson. Funeral Services will be held Monday, March 10, 2003 at 2:00 P.M. at the Badger Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Junior Miller and Rev....

Verner Lewis
Mar 5, 2003
Verner Meridy Lewis age 89 of Warrensville, NC died Wednesday, March 5, 2003 at the Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Mr. Lewis was born on July 14, 1913 in Ashe County, NC to Tilson and Rosa Hartsog Lewis of Mtn City, TN. He was born in the Clifton community along with eleven brothers and sisters. He was an avid outdoorsman, a Mason...

Paul Avery
Mar 5, 2003
Paul Avery, 81, of Cooper City, Florida, formerly of Glendale Springs, NC died Wednesday morning March 5, 2003 after a brief illness. He was born in 1921 in North Adams, Mass. to Henry and Helen (Wright) Avery of Charlemont, Mass. He was a 1939 graduate of Deerfield Academy and a 1943 graduate of Amherst College. He was a Lieutenant in...

Lucy Walker
Mar 4, 2003
Lucy Darnell Walker age 85 of West Jefferson, died Tuesday, March 4, 2003 at Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Walker was born August 15, 1917 in Wilkes County to the late William and Alice Darnell. Her husband, Victor preceded her in death. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Thursday, March 6th at the Badger Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Gene...

Clifford Pennington
Mar 1, 2003
Thomas Clifford Pennington age 79 of Lansing, NC died Saturday, March 1, 2003 at his home. Mr. Pennington was born on September 10, 2003 in Ashe County, NC to Everett and Martha Greer Pennington. A graveside service will be held Tuesday, March 4, 2003 at 12:00 at the Perry Cemetery. Rev. Jim Francis, Rev. Earl Woods, and Rev. Jim Greer...

Pearl Goss
Feb 26, 2003
Pearl Eldreth Goss age 85 of the Little Horse Creek Community, Lansing, NC died Wednesday, February 26, 2003 at her home. Mrs. Goss was born on March 26, 1917 in Ashe County, NC to John and Ellen Eldreth. Her husband John L. Goss preceded her in death. Funeral Services will be held Friday, February 28, 2003 at 2:00 P.M. at...