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Local obituaries for our Badger Funeral Home & Ashelawn Memorial Chapel with funeral services throughout North Carolina, including West Jefferson, Jefferson and adjoining counties.
Mr. Ralph Gary Little age 75, of Laurel Springs, formerly of Charlotte went to be with his Lord and Savior Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, NC. Mr. Little was born August 11, 1941 in Charlotte, NC to Ralph and Rose Moore Little. Mr. Little was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Frances (Frankie)...
Mr. Harold David Eastridge age 74, of Lansing, NC died Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mr. Eastridge was born August 2, 1942 in Ashe County to Grady and Lora Hogan Eastridge. Mr. Eastridge was preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Elizabeth Tucker. Mr. Eastridge was a member of West Jefferson Church of Christ. He...
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Barker Combs age 89, of West Jefferson, died on Sunday, April 23, 2017 at Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Combs was born on December 26, 1927 in Ashe County to Sid and Laura Stike Barker. Mrs. Combs was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Oren Combs. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Mrs. Combs is survived by:...
Mr. Pozy Lindessa Owen, age 93 of Crumpler died on Sunday, April 16, 2017 at Margate Health and Rehab Center in Jefferson. Mr. Owen was born on October 25, 1923 in Ashe County to Luther W. and Myrtie Francis Owen. Mr. Owen was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Marie Teresa Owen, a son, Eugene Nelson Owen, a...
Mrs. Patsy Bernice Edmiston age 73, of Boone, died Saturday, April 15, 2017 at The Foley Center in Blowing Rock. Mrs. Edmiston was born June 27, 1943 in Wilkes County to Robert and Annie Burgess Faw. Mrs. Edmiston was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Robert Dean Edmiston and grandson, Patrick Hayes. Mrs. Edmiston was like a mother and...
Mrs. Virginia Dare Mahaffey Lyalls age 77, of Jefferson, died Thursday, April 13, 2017 at Watauga Medical Center. Mrs. Lyalls was born on July 14, 1939 to Harrison and Betty Osborne Mahaffey. Mrs. Lyalls was preceded in death by her parents, husband, William Donald Lyalls, brother, Junior Mahaffey and sister, Delray Widner. Mrs. Lyalls was a member of Scottsville Baptist...
Mrs. Sandra Baldwin Ricci age 54, of North Wilkesboro, NC died Wednesday, April 12, 2017. Mrs. Ricci was born January 23, 1963 to Harold and Kay Osborne Baldwin Mrs. Ricci was preceded in death by her mother. Memorial services will be held Monday, April 17, 2017 at 2:00 pm at Badger Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends one...
Mr. James Walter Osborne of Creston, died on Sunday, April 9, 2017 at Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mr. Osborne was preceded in death by his parents, Lester and Queenie Sluder Osborne, brother, Junior Osborne, sisters, Doris Roten and Nell Jones, two sons, Jack Osborne, Tom Osborne, two grandsons, Gregory and Dallas Osborne. He enjoyed working outside and in the garden, and...
Larry Glenn Brooks age 82 of Lansing, died Saturday, April 8, 2017 at his home. Mr. Brooks was born on November 12, 1934 to Glenn and Lela Hamm Brooks. He was preceded in death by his parents, his son, Tony Brooks and his wife, Dorothy Bare Brooks. After graduating from Lansing High School in 1953, he began his working career...
Mrs. Sue Osborne Hurley age 71, of Jefferson, died on Thursday, April 6, 2017 at Caldwell Hospice & Palliative Care in Lenoir. Mrs. Hurley was born on June 23, 1945 in to Reggie Ray and Wava Eller Osborne. Mrs. Hurley was preceded in death by her father and her husband, Dallas Bruce Hurley. Mrs. Hurley was a member of Bristol...
Mr. Gerald Wood age 65, of West Jefferson, died Monday, April 3, 2017 at Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mr. Wood was born December 18, 1951 in Ashe County to George and Thelma Holman Wood. Mr. Wood was preceded in death by his father. Mr. Wood attended Mt. Paddy Church. He was a hard worker and loved fishing and working on and...
Mr. William Don Miller age 71, of Jefferson, died Saturday, April 1, 2017 at Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mr. Miller was born on October 3, 1945 in to the late John Gaither and the late Dolly Spears Miller. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at 2:00 pm at Badger Funeral Home Chapel by Rev. Roger Blevins, Rev....
Mrs. Lois Laws Wyrick age 85, of West Jefferson, died on Sunday, April 2, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Wyrick was born on January 22, 1932 in Wilkes County to Crobie Donald and Esther Greer Laws. Mrs. Wyrick was preceded in death by her parents, grandson, Jason "Bo" Wyrick, brother, Billy Ray Laws and her husband, Richard Franklin "Frank" Wyrick....
Mrs. Ella Ruth Chandler, age 80, of August, Georgia, entered into rest on Friday, March 31, 2017 at Westwood Nursing Facility in Evans, Georgia. Mrs. Chandler was born on March 4, 1937 in Ashe County to Fred and Lucy Taylor. She was raised in West Jefferson and attended Nathans Creek School where she was voted Homecoming Queen. Ruth became the...
John William "Bill" Badger age 87, of Jefferson, died Thursday, March 30, 2017 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. Bill was born December 20, 1929 in Ashe County to Roy Rudolph and Bessie Hartzog Badger. Mr. Badger was preceded in death by his parents, his daughter, Johanna Bottoms, sisters, Eula Johnson, Edith Conklin, brother, James Badger and wife, Martha...
Mr. R. C. Stiddam age 68, of West Jefferson, NC died Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at his home. Mr. Stiddam was born November 18, 1948 in Ashe County to Worth and Cora Carpenter Stiddam. Mr. Stiddam was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Katherine Stiddam. Mr. Stiddam served in the US Army during the Vietnam War. He was...
Sharon "Sue" Haire Leek died on March 27, 2017. Sue was born on November 28, 1949, in Ashe County. She attended Wingate College, East Tennessee State University, and Appalachian State University, graduating with a degree in Early Education, and started her teaching career in 1972. Sue retired in 2002 after first teaching at Lansing Elementary School, then Blue Ridge Elementary...
Carl J. Denny, beloved husband of the late Rhoda Belle Blevins Denny, devoted father of Don Denny and the late James Denny and the late Judy Murdock, loving grandfather of Kristina Bates and Kirby Cotton, dear great grandfather of Dragan Bates, Christian Ward, Kadence Ward and Karoline Ward passed away March 20, 2017. Graveside services will be held on Wednesday,...
Mrs. Viola Greer Trivette age 97, of Creston, died Monday, March 20, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Trivette was born November 24, 1919 in Watauga County to Thomas and Zora Winebarger Greer. Mrs. Trivette was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Russell Trivette, brothers, Roby, Frank, Noah & Elige Greer, sisters, Mattie, Allie, Beulah & Lula Greer, grandchildren,...
Mr. James Allen Howell Sr., age 82 of Crumpler died on Friday, March 17, 2017 at his home. Mr. Howell was born on September 15, 1934 in Ashe County to Joseph Arthur and Gussie Bare Howell. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a son, James Allen Howell, Jr.; sisters, Lorene Lyalls and Wilma Howell Little;...