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.

Viola Brown
Jan 4, 2006
Viola Pearl Worley Brown, age 84 of Boone, NC, died Wednesday, January 4, 2005 at the Blowing Rock Hospital. Mrs. Brown was born March 21, 1921 in Wilkes County to the late Troy and Dora Benge Worley. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM, Saturday, January 7, 2006 at the Badger Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Michael Greene and Rev....

Nina Gentry
Jan 3, 2006
Nina Houck Gentry, age 89 of Lexington, NC, formerly of West Jefferson, NC died Tuesday, January 3, 2006 after several years of declining health. The funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 AM, Saturday, Jan. 7th at Bethany United Methodist Church, where she was a member. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church...

Ressie Blevins
Jan 2, 2006
Ressie Marie Wyatt Blevins age 73 of Lansing, NC, died Monday, January 2, 2006 at the Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Blevins was born in Ashe County, NC on July 1, 1932 to the late Edwin and Rosa Hart Wyatt. She was preceded in death by her husband; Eli Blevins. She was a member of the Helton Valley Baptist Church in...

Kenneth Hertel
Jan 2, 2006
Kenneth Gerald Hertel age 57 of West Jefferson, NC, died Monday, January 2, 2006 at the Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mr. Hertel was born in Springfield, Illinois on August 26, 1948 to Kenneth Gerald Hertel, Sr. and June Clark Hertel. He was preceded in death by his brother; John Clark. A memorial service will be held Thursday, January 5, 2006 at...
Joan Little
Jan 2, 2006
Joan Little, age 65, of West Jefferson, passed away Monday, January 02, 2006, at her home. Mrs. Little was born October 18, 1940 in Tazewell, Virginia to the late Woodrow and Yuna Wilcox Dixon. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers; Lester and Junior Clark and Richard Dixon. Funeral services will be held Friday,...

June Mullins
Jan 1, 2006
June Flossie Wilcox Mullins, age 85 of Wilson, NC, formerly of Ashe, died Sunday, January 1, 2006 at the NC Special Care Center in Wilson, NC. Mrs. Mullins was born May 22, 1920 in Ashe County to the late William and Ali Stansberry Wilcox. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by two brothers; Wayne & Lee...

Martha Peters
Dec 31, 2005
Martha Belle Ferguson Peters age 88 of Todd, NC, died Saturday, December 31, 2005 at the Margate Health and ReHab Center. Mrs. Peters was born in Circleville, Ohio on August 1, 1917 to the late Otha Lloyd and Latta Jane Arnold Ferguson. She was preceded in death by her husband; Rev. Richard Mason Peters. She loved playing the piano and...
Orba Blevins
Dec 30, 2005
Orba Spencer Blevins age 81 of Lansing, NC, died Friday, December 30, 2005 at the Villages of Wilkes. Mrs. Blevins was born in Lansing, NC on March 13, 1924 to the late Isaac Greeley and Maggie Melinda Sturgill Spencer. She was preceded in death by her husband; Gentry Blevins and son; Randy Blevins. Funeral Services will be held Monday, January...
Guy Brown
Dec 30, 2005
William Guy Brown, age 83, of Crumpler, NC, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, December 31, 2005 at the Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mr. Brown was born in Teas, Virginia on March 24, 1922 to the late Estel and Martha Pugh Brown. He is preceded in death by four brothers and three sisters. He was in the United States...

Letha Miller
Dec 24, 2005
Letha Mae Sheets Miller age 83 of Independence, VA, formerly of Ashe County, NC, died Saturday, December 24, 2005 at the Grayson Nursing and ReHab Center. Mrs. Miller was born in Ashe County, NC on April 8, 1922 to the late Wiley and Maude McClure Sheets. She was preceded in death by her husband; Vester Miller. Funeral Services will be...

Retha Baldwin
Dec 23, 2005
Retha Mae Osborne Baldwin age 85 of West Jefferson, NC, died Friday, December 23, 2005 at Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Baldwin was born in Ashe County, NC on June 3, 1920 to the late James and Bonnie Eldreth Osborne. She was preceded in death by her husband; Clarence Baldwin, Son; Chad Baldwin, and daughter; Mary Farmer. Funeral Services will be...

Harold Horne
Dec 21, 2005
Harold Dean Horne, age 65 of West Jefferson, NC died Wednesday, December 21, 2005 at Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mr. Horne was born November 29, 1940 in Ashe County to the late Paul and Esther Allen Horne. Mr. Horne served in the US Army. He worked 20 years at Broyhill Furniture. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 AM, Saturday, Dec....
Glen Shaw
Dec 19, 2005
View this Videotribute Robert Glenn Shaw, age 75 of West Jefferson, NC, died Monday, December 19, 2005 at his home. Mr. Shaw was born November 13, 1930 in Ashe County to the late Joseph Edward and Edna Dale Dishman Shaw. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife, Blanche Virginia Combs Shaw and two daughters;...

Inis Campbell
Dec 18, 2005
Inis Iona Campbell age 95 of Peach Bottom, PA, formerly of Ashe County, NC, died Sunday, December 18, 2005 at her residence. Mrs. Campbell was born in Ashe County, NC on August 28, 1910 to the late James and Evelyn Johnson Neaves. She was preceded in death by her husband; Bartie John Campbell, Sons; Earl and Edward Campbell and grandson;...

Warren Johnson
Dec 16, 2005
Warren Harvey Johnson, age 80 of West Jefferson, died Friday, December 16, 2005 at his home. Mr. Johnson was born September 7, 1925 in Passaic County, New Jersey to the late Daniel and Hazel Banker Johnson. Mr. Johnson was laid to rest Tuesday, December 20, 2005 at the Salisbury National Cemetery. Mr. Johnson is survived by: Wife: Dorothy Johnson You...

Margareta Shepherd
Dec 15, 2005
Margareta Shepherd, age 69, of W. Jefferson, NC, died Thursday, December 15, 2005 at her home. Mrs. Shepherd was born in Bitburg, Germany on September 1, 1936 to the late Christoph and Magdalena Boettel. In 1971, she moved to Ashe County with her late husband, Cecil G. Shepherd. She was a devoted member of St. Francis Assisi Catholic Church, and...

William Eller
Dec 15, 2005
William Glenn Eller Sr., age 75 of Crumpler, NC, died Thursday, December 15, 2005 at Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mr. Eller was born May 2, 1930 in McDowell County, West Virginia to the late Charlie and Lessie Sheets Eller. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a brother, Robert Eller. Funeral services will be held at 3:00...

Nannie Eldreth
Dec 15, 2005
Nannie Thomas Eldreth, age 87 of Warrensville, NC, died Thursday, December 15, 2005 at Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Eldreth was born September 30, 1918 in Ashe County to the late Ed and Sally Poe Thomas. Mrs. Eldreth was a member of Sugar Tree Baptist Church. Her many hobbies included crocheting, gardening, growing flowers, cooking and feeding people. Funeral services will...
Keith Rash
Dec 15, 2005
Keith Rash, age 41, of Todd, died Thursday, December 15, 2005, at his home. Mr. Rash was born August 23, 1964 in Watauga County to Charles and Marie Rash. Mr. Rash was preceded in death by his father, Charles Rash; two brothers; J. C. Rash and Paul Rash, two sisters; Diane Rash and Bernice Taylor Funeral services will be held...
Charles Sheets
Dec 9, 2005
View this Videotribute Mr. Charles Noel Sheets, age 89 of Altamonte Springs, FL, formerly of Ashe County, died Friday, December 9, 2005 at his home. Mr. Sheets was born October 6, 1916 in Ashe County to the late Robert and Maggie Woodie Sheets. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a sister Ruth Pennington and four...