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.
Pearl Woodie
Jan 23, 2008
Mrs. Pearl Harless Woodie, age 84 of West Jefferson, NC died Wednesday, January 23, 2007 at Margate Health & Rehab Center. Mrs. Woodie was born March 26, 1923 in Ashe County to the late Cicero and Dorinda Absher Harless. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by two sisters and one brother. Mrs. Woodie was a...
Herbert Miller
Jan 20, 2008
View this Videotribute Herbert Lee Miller, age 76, of West Jefferson, NC died Sunday, January 20, 2008 at Ashe Memorial Hospital in Jefferson, NC. Mr. Miller was born March 11, 1931 in Lansing, NC to the late Everett Lee and Nola Ham Miller. Including his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Doris Ann McClure; his second...
Lemuel Rash
Jan 15, 2008
View this Videotribute Mr. Lemuel Graham Rash age 97 of Crumpler, NC died Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mr. Rash was born May 9, 1910 in Ashe County to the late Benjamin and Julia Rash. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by his wife; Emmer Canter Rash, a son; Virgil Rash, a...
Lester Royal
Jan 15, 2008
View this Videotribute Lester Lee Royal, age 85, of Laurel Springs, NC, died Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at Segraves Care Center in Jefferson, NC. Mr. Royal was born in Ashe County, NC to the late Andrew and Minnie Mabe Royal. Including his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother and one sister. Funeral services will be held Friday,...

Bobbie Francis
Jan 15, 2008
Mrs. Bobbie Miller Francis, age 82 of West Jefferson, NC died Tuesday, January 16, 2008 at Margate Health & Rehab in Jefferson. Mrs. Francis was born August 8, 1925 in Ashe County to the late Carl Eodrin and Hala Melinda Woodie Miller. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her brother R. C. Miller. Funeral...

Frances Ballard
Jan 14, 2008
Mrs. Frances Jenkins Ballard, age 88 of Crumpler, NC died Monday, January 14, 2008 at Margate Health & Rehab Center. Mrs. Ballard was born April 9, 1919 in Ashe County. She was preceded in death by her mother; Belle Senter Jenkins, her husband; George Ballard and a sister; Demi Goodman. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday, January...
Juanita Wilcox
Jan 11, 2008
View this Videotribute Mrs. Juanita Roten Wilcox age 78 of Todd died Friday, January 11, 2008 at her home. Juanita was born in Ashe County on May 4, 1929 to the late Rufus Fulton and Hattie Eller Roten. Juanita took good care of her family and many others in Ashe County as a caregiver; she liked to cook and made...

Phyllis Bare Severt
Jan 11, 2008
Mrs. Phyllis Ann Bare Severt, age 41 of Jefferson, died Friday at NC Baptist Hospital in Winston Salem. Funeral services will be held on Sunday,January 5, 2008 at 2pm at Badger Funeral Home Chapel by Rev. Reeves Jones. The family will receive friends from 1-2pm pior to the funeral Sunday at Badger Funeral Home. Mrs. Severt is survived by: Her...
Olen Price
Jan 11, 2008
Olen Price, age 92, of West Jefferson, died Friday, January 11, 2008 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem. Mr. Price was born in Ashe County on June 22, 1915 to the late Andrew and Mattie Johnson Price. He was a machine operator for Sprague Electric. Including his parents he was preceded in death by his first wife Nettie Ella...

Velma Reeves
Jan 8, 2008
Velma Jones Reeves, age 79, of Warrensville, NC, died Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at Segraves Care Center in Jefferson, NC. Mrs. Reeves was born October 27, 1928 to the late Chester Isaac and Jessie Harris Jones. She was also preceded in death by her husband, William Ray Reeves; a brother, Robert Dale Jones; and a sister, Wilma Johnson. Funeral services...
Cecil Surber
Jan 6, 2008
View this Videotribute Cecil Conley Surber, age 79, of Crumpler, NC, died Sunday, January 6, 2008 at Glenbridge Health and Rehabilitation in Boone, NC. Mr. Surber was born November 21, 1928 in Lansing, NC to the late William Virgil and Blanche Gilley Surber. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Anna Lou Gentry; and...

Thulia Burgess
Jan 2, 2008
Mrs. Thulia Blevins Burgess, age 81 of Jefferson, NC died Wednesday, January 2, 2007 at Margate Health & Rehab. Mrs. Burgess was born August 11, 1926 in Ashe County to Edmond and Ocie Anne Blevins. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 5, 2007 at 2:00 PM at Badger Funeral Home Chapel by Rev. Roger BLevins and Sam Blevins...

Banner Barker
Dec 31, 2007
Mr. Banner Earl Barker age 79 of Greenville, NC died Monday, December 31, 1007 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill, NC. Mr. Barker was born September 11, 1928 in Ashe County to the late Donald and Bertha Stansberry Barker. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by his wife Ruth Campbell Barker. Funeral services were held...

Clyde Smith
Dec 29, 2007
Mr. Clyde Wilbur Smith age 79 of Baltimore, MD died Saturday, December 29, 2007 in Maryland. Mr. Smith was born August 18, 1928 in Springton, WV to Charles and Pearl McComas Smith. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by his wife, Zana Stike Smith. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 5, 2007 at...
Virgie Hartsoe
Dec 29, 2007
View this Videotribute Virgie Brooks Hartsoe, age 84, of Warrensville, NC, died Saturday, December 29, 2007 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem, NC. Mrs. Hartsoe was born October 5, 1923 in Warrensville to the late Fieldon and Mary Poe Brooks. She was the widow of Clyce Benjamin Hartsoe. Mrs. Hartsoe was employed by Sprague Electric for 32 years. She...
Edna Ham
Dec 28, 2007
View this Videotribute Edna Faye Ham, age 64, of Lansing, NC, died Friday, December 28, 2007 at Ashe Memorial Hospital in Jefferson, NC. Mrs. Ham was born February 1, 1943 in Whitetop, VA to the late William and Bertha Baldwin Haga. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers; Lawrence Haga, Virgil Haga, and Junior...

James Taylor
Dec 25, 2007
James Earl ?Jim? Taylor, age 54, of Jefferson, died Tuesday, December 25, 2007, at his residence. Mr. Taylor was born June 17, 1953, in Texas City, TX. He was preceded in death by his parents, Earl and Nelia Hodge Taylor. Funeral services will be held Saturday, December 29, 2007, at 11 a.m. at Ashelawn Memorial Chapel by Rev. Herb Parunak....
Stewart Wilcox
Dec 22, 2007
Mr. Stewart James Wilcox age 81 of Todd died Saturday morning at his home. Funeral services will be held Monday, at 11 a.m. at Badger Funeral Home by Rev. Tommy Graybeal and Pastor Martha Kincaid. Burial will follow in Ashelawn Memorial Gardens with Military Rites. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday afternoon at Badger Funeral...
Ethel Richardson
Dec 22, 2007
Ethel Rose Sexton Richardson, age 102, of West Jefferson, NC passed away Saturday, December 22, 2007 at Margate Health and Rehab Center in Jefferson, NC. Mrs. Richardson was born July 25, 1905 in Ashe County to the late William and Rebecca Ham Sexton. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jones Stacy Richardson and a son, Lawrence Albert Richardson....

Ella Lambert
Dec 19, 2007
View this Videotribute Mrs. Ella Severt Lambert, age 93 of Jefferson, NC died Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Lambert was born December 10, 1914 in Ashe County to the late Jessie and Matilda Mash Severt. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her husband: Wiley Lambert, son: Roy Thomas Lambert, Brothers:...