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.
Dora Miller
Mar 1, 2007
Dora Miller, age 74 of Lansing, NC, died Thursday, March 1, 2007 at her home. Mrs. Miller was born November 29, 1932 in Ashe County to the late James and Girtie Ham. She enjoyed Quilting, canning and crossword puzzles. She was a member of Apple Grove Baptist Church. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, March 3, 2007...

Faye Bare
Feb 27, 2007
View this Videotribute Faye Recy Bare, age 88 of Laurel Springs, NC, died Tuesday, February 27, 2007 at Segraves Care Center. Mrs. Bare was born August 16, 1918 in Ashe County to the late Ed and Charity Calloway Bare. Funeral services will be held at 8:00 PM, Friday, March 2, 2007 at the Badger Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Clayborn Roten...

Mattie Tomlinson
Feb 27, 2007
Mattie Ruth Tomlinson, formerly of Fleetwood, NC, died Tuesday, February 27, 2007 at Surry Community Nursing Center in Mt. Airy, NC after a period of declining health. She was born February 1, 1920 in West Jefferson, to the late Levi and Della Church Tomlinson. After the death of her mother in 1922 she made her home with her aunt and...

Adelean Woods
Feb 26, 2007
Adelean Hurley Woods, better know as "Duck", age 75 of Creston, NC, died Monday, February 26, 2007 at Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Woods was born June 10, 1931 in Ashe County to the late Fieldon and Flossie Farmer Hurley. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 Am, Friday, March 2, 2007 at Badger Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Frank Woods will...

Cecil Segraves
Feb 25, 2007
Cecil Worth Segraves, age 88 of Warrensville, NC, died Sunday, February 25, 2007 at the Segraves Care Center. Mr. Segraves was born May 5, 1918 in Ashe County to the late Calvin and Annis Woodie Segraves. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Tuesday, February 27, 2007 at the Badger Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Bennie Roten will officiate. Burial...
Billy Owen
Feb 25, 2007
Billy Byron Owen, age 83 of Mouth of Wilson, VA, died Sunday, February 25, 2007 at Margate Health and Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Owen was born November 23, 1923 in Ashe County to the late Montie and Cynthea Sturgill Owen. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by his wife, Eleanora McFarland Owen, and brothers; Roy, Glenn...

Clara Jordan
Feb 24, 2007
Clara Sue Jordan, age 98 of West Jefferson, NC, died Saturday, February 24, 2007 at Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Jordan was born July 8, 1908 in Rutherford County to the late Albert and Julia Blankenship Jordan. She was preceded in death by her husband, Daniel Jordan. Mrs. Jordan is survived by: Three daughters: Ellen Shaffer of Jacksonville, FL, Joyce Aycoth...
Lucille Campbell
Feb 19, 2007
Clara Lucille Weaver Campbell, age 86, of Creston, NC, went to be with her Lord and Savior in glory on Monday, February 19, 2007 at Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Weaver was born May 1, 1920 in Cherokee County, NC to the late Everett and Pearl Bessie Farmer Weaver. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her...
General Carpenter
Feb 14, 2007
View this Videotribute Elder General Grant Carpenter, age 97, of Creston, passed away February 14, 2007, at Mountain City Care Center in Mountain City, TN. Elder Carpenter was born August 22, 1909 in Ashe County, NC to the late Floyd and Rose Calhoun Carpenter. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers and eight sisters;...
Jerry Johnson
Feb 13, 2007
View this Videotribute Jerry Ray Johnson, age 63, of Jefferson, NC died, Monday, February 13, 2007 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mr. Johnson was born July 8, 1943 in Ashe County to the late Clifford and Ella Mae Mullis Johnson. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by a brother, Richard Johnson. Funeral services will be held...

Marie Scott
Feb 13, 2007
Marie Pierce Scott, age 82 of West Jefferson, NC, died Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Scott was born May 17, 1924 in Ashe County to the late Joseph and Mary Neaves Pierce. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by two sisters; Josephine Trumble and Virginia Dare...
Gladys Neal
Feb 13, 2007
Gladys May Neal, age 101 of Jefferson, NC, died Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at the Margate Health and Rehab. Center. Mrs. Neal was born October 3, 1905 in Ashe County to the late Benjamin and Ellen Gambill May. She was also preceded in death by her husband, John Neal. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Friday, February 16,...

Reba Miller
Feb 11, 2007
Reba H. Miller, 91, of Wilmington, DE passed away on Sunday, February 11, 2007. She was the wife of the late Willard M. Miller who passed away in 1992 and with whom she shared 52 years of marriage. Born in Anawalt, WV, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Leona Roark. She was a member of Apple Grove...
Earl Severt
Feb 11, 2007
Earl Ray Severt, age 69 of Jefferson, NC, died Sunday, February 11, 2007 at his home. Mr. Severt was born June 6, 1937 in Ashe County to the late Thurman and Sally Miller Severt. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM, Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at the Badger Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Kirby McNeill and Rev. Dean Shaw will...
Doris Testerman
Feb 10, 2007
Doris Testerman, age 85, of Winston Salem, NC, died Saturday, February 10, 2007 at Forsyth Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Testerman was born April 30, 1921 in Ashe County, NC to the late Arthur and Winnie Blevins Porter. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Blaine Louis Testerman, and a son, Louis Edward Testerman. Mrs. Testerman...
Leola Bare
Feb 10, 2007
Leola Jenkins Bare, age 79 of Jefferson, NC, died Saturday, February 10, 2007 at her daughters residence. Mrs. Bare was born on July 2, 1927 in Ashe County, NC to the late Dewey and Laura Blevins Jenkins. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM, Monday, February 12, 2007 at the Roans Creek Primitive Baptist Church. Rev. Steve Viers and...

Peter Fregede
Feb 10, 2007
Peter Fregede Jr, age 93 of Honeybrook, PA, died Saturday, February 10, 2007 at Hickory House Nursing Care Center in Honeybrook, PA. Mr. Fregede was born December 24, 1913 to the late Peter and Barbara Fregede. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM, February 19, 2007 at Badger Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the New River Cemetery....

Jimmy Bare
Feb 8, 2007
Jimmy Bare, age 71 of Morristown, TN, died, Thursday, February 8, 2007 at his home. Mr. Bare was born July 17, 1935 in Ashe County to the late Hillary and Winnie Sexton Bare. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife, Pansy Bare. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM, Monday, February 12, 2007...

Ford Roark
Feb 4, 2007
Ford Avery Roark, age 81, of Jefferson, NC, died Sunday, February 4, 2007 at Ashe Memorial Hospital in Jefferson, NC. Mr. Roark was born August 14, 1925 in Ashe County, NC to the late Roby and Jessie Campbell Roark. He was preceded in death by his wife, Beatrice M. Roark. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, February...

Howard Barbour
Feb 3, 2007
Howard Francis Barbour, better known as Buck, age 96 of Fleetwood, NC, died Saturday, February 3, 2007 at Glenbridge Health and Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Barbour was born July 26, 1910 in Richmond County, New York to the late Howard and Elizabeth Odonnell Barbour. Mr. Barbour was a member of Princeton Masonic Lodge # 38 in Princeton, NJ. Mr. Barbour was...