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.

Warren Goodman
May 15, 2003
Warren George Goodman Sr., age 80, of the Mulatto Mountain Community in Fleetwood, NC passed away at his residence on May 15, 2003. Mr. Goodman was born in Ashe County, NC, May 13, 1923 to the late Frank Goodman and Polly Phillips Goodman. Mr. Goodman was preceded in death by his first wife Eva G.Goodman and two sons, W.G. Goodman...

Roy Hunt
May 12, 2003
Roy Neal Hunt, age 63, of Lawrenceville, Georgia passed away May 12, in Atlanta, Georgia after a courageous battle with cancer. Mr. Hunt was a native of St. Joseph, Tennessee, the son of the late Marcus and Gladys Hunt. Mr. Hunt served in the Air Force with most of this time spent in Goose Bay, Labordor. He worked in consulting...

Dessie Lewis
May 11, 2003
Dessie Mae Lewis, age 73 of Greensboro, formerly of Ashe County, died Sunday, May 11, 2003 at the Beverly Starmount Nursing Home in Greensboro. Mrs. Lewis was born August 7, 1928 in Ashe County to Elihue and Cindy Eastridge. She managed and operated the Northwestern Lodge in West Jefferson. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, May 14th...

Ellen Baldwin
May 10, 2003
Ellen Perry Woodie Baldwin age 95 of West Jefferson, NC died Saturday, May 10, 2003 at the Ashe Living Center. Mrs. Baldwin was born on May 21, 1907 in Lansing, NC to Reeves and Melissa Greer Perry. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, May 13, 2003 at 11:00 A.M. at the Badger Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Tommy Dollar and Rev....

Ruth Hicks
May 9, 2003
Ruth Earlene Clonch Hicks, age 60 of China Grove, NC died Friday, May 9, 2003 at the Rowan Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Mrs. Hicks was born February 8, 1943 in Wilkes County to the late James and Dollie Clonch. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 PM Monday, May 12th at the Roten Cemetery in Creston. Rev. Jim Francis...

Richard Rembert
May 8, 2003
Richard Mark Rembert, age 33, died May 8, 2003 at the North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, NC. He was born in Charlotte, NC on June 26, 1969 and moved to Ashe County in 1971 where he attended Lansing Elementary School and enjoyed the happiest of childhoods. He was employed for many years as Systems Manager for Bobbitt and Associates...

Russell DeBoard
May 4, 2003
Russell Edmond DeBoard, 80, of Grassy Creek, died Sunday morning at the NC Baptist Hospital in Winston Salem, NC. Mr. DeBoard was born in Grassy Creek on September 10, 1922 to Curtis and Ruth Spencer DeBoard. Mr. DeBoard enjoyed a successful career in trucking. Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. Russell Sheets and Rev. Tommy McClure at the Badger...

Morris "Larry" Lawrence
May 2, 2003
Mr. Morris Elbert Larry Lawrence, age 73, of Lansing, NC died Friday, May 2, 2003 at the Forsyth Memorial Hospital in Winston Salem, NC. Funeral services will be held Thursday 11:00 A.M. at Ashelawn Memorial Chapel with Rev. Wayne Osborne and Steve Blevins officiating. Interment will follow in Ashelawn Memorial Gardens with Military rites. The family will receive friends from...

Walter Bare
Apr 29, 2003
Walter Warren Bare, age 72 of Winston Salem, NC formerly of Glendale Springs, NC, died Tuesday, April 29, 2003 at the Forsyth Memorial Hospital. Mr. Bare was born on April 30, 1930 in Ashe County, NC to Don C. and Ada Severt Bare. He was a veteran of the US Navy where he served in the Korean Conflict. Mr. Bare...

Florence Miller
Apr 25, 2003
Florence Peggy Miller age 72 of West Jefferson, NC died Friday, April 25, 2003 at the Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Miller was born on April 21, 2003 in Ashe County, NC to Frank and Addie Comer Jarvis. She was preceded in death by her sisters Ethel Holman, Pauline Houck, and brother Fred Jarvis. Funeral Services will be held on Sunday,...

Ronald Roland
Apr 25, 2003
Ronald Wade "Ronnie" Roland age 59 of Warrensville, NC died Friday, April 25, 2003 at the Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mr. Roland was born on July 10, 1943 in Ashe County, NC to Walter Wade and Gladys Johnson Roland. Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, April 30, 2003 at 11:00 A.M. at the Badger Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Roscoe Johnson and...

Virginia Price
Apr 23, 2003
Mrs. Virginia Ruth Sexton Price, age 81, of the Segraves Care Center, died Wednesday, April 23, 2003 at the Segraves Care Center. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, April 26, 2003 2:00 P.M. in Ashelawn Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow in the Cole Cemetery in White Top, VA. The family will receive friends from 1-2 Saturday prior to service at...

Margaret Haynes
Apr 20, 2003
Margaret Frances Dodd Haynes age 91 of Fleetwood, NC died Sunday, April 20, 2003 at her home. Mrs. Haynes was born in Madison, GA on February 12, 1912 to Walter Henley and Jessie Elizabeth Mallone Dodd. Her husband A.J. Haynes preceded her in death. Mrs. Haynes was an English and History Teacher for the North Carolina Public School System. A...

Virginia Pierce
Apr 19, 2003
Laura Virginia Everett Pierce, 84, passed away at her residence on April 19, 2003. Mrs. Pierce was born in Williamston, NC, on October 22, 1918, daughter of the late Earl W. Everett and Ethel Davenport Everett. She was pre-deceased by her husband of 58 years, Paul L. Pierce. She and was also pre-deceased by her brother Lee Roy Powell. She...

Mary Osborne Jones
Apr 17, 2003
Mrs. Mary Osborne Jones, age 65, of Creston, NC passed away Thursday morning at Ashe Memorial Hospital in Jefferson. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:00 PM at Creston United Methodist Church with Rev. J.C. Norton and Rev. Chuck Call officiating. Interment will follow in the Osborne Family Cemetery in Creston, NC. The family will receive friends from 7:00...

Everett Liddle
Apr 14, 2003
Everett Walter Liddle age 84 of Jefferson, NC died Monday, April 14, 2003 at the Segraves Care Center. Mr. Liddle was born on September 6, 1918 in Ashe County, NC to Walter and Betty Jenkins Liddle. He served in the United States Army, a veteran of World War II. A graveside service will be held Wednesday, April 16, 2003 at...

Shawn Harless
Apr 14, 2003
Shawn Harless age 18 of West Jefferson, NC died Monday, April 14, 2003 at the Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mr. Harless was born on February 6, 1985 in Watauga County, NC to Rev. Mark and Sherrie Dillard Harless. Funeral Services will be held Thursday, April 17, 2003 at 2:00 P.M. at the Bethel Baptist Church. Rev. Lonnie Carpenter and Rev. Ross...

Stanley Young
Apr 12, 2003
Mr. Stanley Young age 81 of Grassy Creek, NC died Saturday, April 12, 2003 at his home. Mr. Young was born on April 20, 1921 in Grassy Creek, NC to Irvin R. and Alice Waddell Young. He served in the US Army in WWII and was an active member of the Pleasant Home Baptist Church in Grassy Creek. He was...

Larry Edwards
Apr 12, 2003
Larry Dean Edwards, 55 of West Jefferson died Saturday at his home. Mr. Edwards was born in Ashe County on April 22, 1947 to Ward B. and Ilene Faw Edwards. He and his father owned and operated Edwards Upholstery in West Jefferson. Graveside services for Mr. Edwards will be conducted on Tuesday, April 15, 2003 at 2:00 PM at the...

Orville Taylor
Apr 8, 2003
Orville Edison Taylor age 76 of Whitetop, VA died Tuesday, April 8, 2003 at his home. Mr. Taylor was born on April 2, 1927 in Whitetop, VA to Cass and Edna Walker Taylor. A memorial service will be announced at a later date. Mr. Taylor is survived by: Wife: Ruth May Taylor Son: Bill Taylor of Keen Mountain, VA Daughters:...