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.

Earl Howell

Earl Howell

Dec 10, 2006

Earl Dean Howell age 73 of Jefferson, NC, died Sunday, December 10, 2006 at his residence. Mr. Howell was born in Ashe County, NC on October 26, 1933 to the late Spencer and Beulah Howell. He was a veteran of the United States Army. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, December 12, 2006 at 3:00 P.M. at Shelter Baptist Church....

Thurman Hamby

Thurman Hamby

Dec 8, 2006

Thurman Franklin Hamby age 78 of Fleetwood, NC, died Friday, December 8, 2006 at the Margate Health and ReHab Center. Mr. Hamby was born in Ashe County, NC on June 9, 1928 to the late Ben and Mary McNeill Hamby. He was preceded in death by his wife; Dorothy Baird Hamby and daughter; Kathy Fazio. Funeral Services will be held...

Ann Smith

Ann Smith

Dec 7, 2006

Ann B. Smith, age 86, of Easton, Maryland died Thursday, December 7, 2006 at William Hill Manor in Easton, Maryland. Mrs. Smith was born February 7, 1920 to the late George and Hattie Bare Bower. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clem O. Smith, Jr. and her son, Phillip George Smith. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, December...

Lois Sheets

Lois Sheets

Dec 5, 2006

Lois Jones Sheets, age 90 of Warrensville, NC, died Tuesday, December 5, 2006 at her home. Mrs. Sheets was born February 16, 1916 in Ashe County to the late Arthur and Elizabeth Parsons Jones. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Sheets; daughter and son-in-law, Doris & Joseph Sheets; two brothers, James...

James Billings

James Billings

Dec 1, 2006

James Kenneth Billings, age 55 of Lansing, NC, died Friday, December 1, 2006 at Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mr. Billings was born January 5, 1951 in Surry County to the late Estel and Zolie Billings. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Sunday, December 3, 2006 at the Badger Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Anion Cole will officiate. Burial will follow...

Maude McCoy

Maude McCoy

Nov 29, 2006

Maude Gilley McCoy, age 82, of West Jefferson, NC, died Wednesday, November 29, 2006 at the Margate Health and Rehab Center. Mrs. McCoy was born December 11, 1923 in Ashe County to Lora Gilley. In addition to her mother she was preceded in death by her husband, Amos McCoy. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Friday, December 1,...

Zella Blackburn

Zella Blackburn

Nov 21, 2006

Zella Taylor Blackburn, age 92, of Crumpler, NC, died Tuesday, November 21, 2006 at her home. Mrs. Blackburn was born April 11, 1914, in Grassy Creek, NC, to Marshall and Florence Brinegar Taylor. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Carl Blackburn. Funeral services will be held Friday, November 24, 2006 at 2:00 p.m....

Michael Banks

Michael Banks

Nov 19, 2006

Michael Douglas Banks, 35, of the Creston Community died Sunday, November 20, 2006 at his home. Mr. Banks was born July 10, 1971 to Douglas and Peggy Roark Banks. He was a member of the Silas Creek Baptist Church and faithfully attended the Mt. View Independent Methodist Church. He was employed by Wal-Mart of Boone where he won the respect...

Janet Hohensee

Janet Hohensee

Nov 14, 2006

View this Videotribute Janet Virginia Hohensee, better know as MiMi, age 89 of Purlear, NC, died Tuesday, November 14, 2006 at Margate Health and Rehab Center. Mrs. Hohensee was born February 23, 1917 in Torrington, CT to the late Thomas and Margarite McLeod. She was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church. She was also a lifetime member of Eastern Star....

Robert Long

Robert Long

Nov 14, 2006

Robert Glenn Long, age 76 of Rockwell, NC, formerly of Ashe, NC, died Tuesday, November 14, 2006 at the Rowan Regional Medical Center. Mr. Long was born November 14, 1930 in Ashe County to the late L.C. and Lilly Tucker Long. Funeral services will be held at 7:00 PM, Thursday, November 16, 2006 at the Badger Funeral Home Chapel. Rev....

Rufus Dishman,

Rufus Dishman,

Nov 14, 2006

Rufus Dishman, Jr., age 64, of Jefferson, NC, died Tuesday, November 14, 2006 at the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center in Mountain Home, TN. Mr. Dishman was born March 6, 1942 in Ashe County, NC to the late Rufus Dishman, Sr. and Opal Woodie Dishman. Funeral services will be held Friday, November 17, 2006 at 4:00 p.m. at Ashelawn...

Wade Lewis

Wade Lewis

Nov 11, 2006

Wade McKinley Lewis age 84 of Cochranville, PA, died Saturday, November 11, 2006 at the Harrison House Nursing Home in Christiana, PA. Mr. Lewis was born in Ashe County, NC to the late David and Maggie Hamm Lewis. He was a resident of the Pennsylvania area for the past 54 years and worked for General Motors in Wilmington, DE for...

Carolyn Howell

Carolyn Howell

Nov 11, 2006

Carolyn Goss Howell age 66 of Warrensville, NC, died Saturday, November 11, 2006 at Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Howell was born in Ashe County, NC on June 7, 1940 to the late Worth and Claudia Sawyer Goss. She was preceded in death by her son; Douglas Howell, grandsons; Ricky and Scottie Howell, and brother; Ivory Goss. Mrs. Howell attended the...

Thomas Tyler

Thomas Tyler

Nov 10, 2006

Thomas Edward Tyler, age 67 of Fleetwood, NC, died Friday, November 10, 2006 at his residence. Mr. Tyler was born in Alleghany, New York on December 28, 1938 to the late George and Catherine Ryba Tyler. Mr. Tyler is preceded in death by his wife; Winifred Hitchcock Tyler, two step-sons; Robert Woerner and William Woerner, one step-daughter; Kim Salisbury, and...

Winnie Davis

Winnie Davis

Nov 6, 2006

Winnie Thelma Barker Davis, age 90 of Grassy Creek, NC, died Monday, November 6, 2006 at the Margate Health and Rehab Center. Mrs. Davis was born September 21, 1916 in Ashe County to the late John and Chessie Blevins Barker. Her husband, Rev. John Davis, one daughter, Evaline Watson, two sons: James Garland Davis and John Cordell Davis preceded her...

Earl Martin

Earl Martin

Nov 5, 2006

Earl Hamilton Martin, age 103, of Mountain City, TN, the Green Valley community, died Sunday, November 5, 2006 at Watauga Medical Center in Boone, NC. Mr. Martin was born July 20, 1903 in Ashe County, NC to the late Jordon and Polly Wallace Martin. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Pauline Johnson Martin;...

Earl Cornette

Earl Cornette

Nov 4, 2006

Earl Franklin Cornette, age 70 of High Point, NC, died Saturday, November 4, 2006 at High Point Regional Hospital. Mr. Cornette was born January 17, 1936 in Ashe County to Ernest and Clyde Elliott Cornette. His father preceded him in death. Mr. Cornette has resided in High Point for the past 41 years. He was employed at Alma Desk for...

William Owens

William Owens

Oct 28, 2006

William Harrison Owens, better know as Bill, age 74 of West Jefferson, NC, died Saturday, October 28, 2006 at Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mr. Owens was born January 14, 1932 in Trump, Maryland to the late Donald and Myrtle Johnston Owens. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Mary Hodges Owens. Funeral services will be...

Anne King

Anne King

Oct 24, 2006

Anne Stamper King, age 84 of Lansing, NC, died Tuesday, October 24, 2006 at Segraves Care Center. Mrs. King was born on May 30, 1922 in Damascus, Virginia to the late Grover Cleveland and Bessie Ashley Stamper. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM on Friday, October 27, 2006 at the Badger Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Jack Miller...

Ancil Woodie

Ancil Woodie

Oct 24, 2006

Ancil Miller Woodie, age 86 of Lansing, NC, died Tuesday, October 24, 2006 at Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mr. Woodie was born March 6, 1920. Funeral services will be held at 8:00 PM, Friday, October 27, 2006 at the Badger Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Dan Hess and Rev. Terry Mahaffey will officiate. Burial will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, October...

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