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.

Clara Sawyer
Sep 12, 2002
Clara Shumate Sawyer age 71 of West Jefferson, NC died Thursday, September 12, 2002 at her home. Mrs. Sawyer was born March 8, 1931 in Ashe County, NC to Manley and Lura Mullis Shumate. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, September 14, 2002 at Calvary Baptist Church. Rev. J.C. Darnell and Rev. Gary Watson will officiate. Burial will follow in...

Kathleen Lyalls
Sep 8, 2002
Kathleen Saunders Lyalls age 77 of West Jefferson, NC died Sunday, September 8, 2002 at her home. Mrs. Lyalls was born on March 25, 1925 in West Jefferson, NC to J.C. and Lela Eldreth Saunders. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, September 10, 2002 at 3:00 P.M. at the Badger Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Ken Morris and Rev. Michael Carter...

Virginia Goodman
Sep 8, 2002
Virginia Wagoner Goodman, age 92 of West Jefferson, died Sunday, September 8, 2002 at the Jefferson Care Center. Mrs. Goodman was born October 5, 1909 in Alleghany County to George and Etta Landreth Wagoner. Her parents and husband, Hayden Goodman preceded her in death. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM, Thursday, September 12th, 2002 at Badger Funeral Home...

Elizabeth Chenault
Sep 7, 2002
Mrs. Elizabeth Ann McIntosh Chenault, 68 of Laurel Springs died at her home Saturday, September 7, 2002. Mrs. Chenault was born to Richard I. and Elizabeth Tinsley McIntosh on February 27, l934 in Jefferson, Kentucky. Mrs. Chenault was a graduate of Atherton High School (1951) in Louisville, and the University of Kentucky (1955). She earned a MA degree from Georgia...

Clyde Graybeal
Sep 7, 2002
Mrs. Clyde Osborne Graybeal age 88 of Creston, NC died Saturday, September 7, 2002 at the Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Graybeal was born in Ashe County, NC on January 26, 1914 to Alvin and Callie Osborne. Her husband Calvin Graybeal preceded her in death. Funeral Services will be held Monday, September 9, 2002 at 2:00 P.M. at the Badger Funeral...

Virginia Burgess
Sep 3, 2002
Virginia Parsons Burgess age 71 of Jefferson, NC died Tuesday, September 3, 2002 at the Ashe Living Center. Mrs. Burgess was born on May 17, 1931 in Ashe County, NC to Tom and Carrie Bare Parsons. Funeral Services will be held Thursday, September 5, 2002 at 2:00 P.M. at the Badger Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Billy Joe Blevins will officiate....

Peggy Combs
Aug 27, 2002
Peggy Sue Church Combs age 56 of Greer, SC formerly a native of Wilkes County, NC. Mrs. Combs was born on May 8, 1946 in Wilkes County, NC to Ocel and Ethel Hartzog Church. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, August 31, 2002 at 2:00 P.M. at the Badger Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Bill Ballou will officiate. Burial will follow...

William Lefevers
Aug 22, 2002
William Anderson Lefevers, age 56 Creston, NC died Thursday afternoon in the Ashe Memorial Hospital in Jefferson, NC. Mr. Lefevers was born to Willie Anderson and Clora Lewis Lefevers on June 29, 1946. Funeral services for Mr. Lefevers will be conducted on Sunday afternoon at 2:00 pm in the Valley Home Baptist Church with the Rev. Charlie McCoy and the...

Jessie Hudler
Aug 21, 2002
Jessie Goings Hudler age 87 of West Jefferson, NC died Wednesday, August 21, 2002 at the Ashe Living Center. Mrs. Hudler was born on December 28, 1914 in Ashe County, NC to John and Etta Gaultney Goings. Her husband Webb Hudler preceded her in death. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, August 24, 2002 at 3:00 P.M. at the Healing...

Juanita Bumgarner
Aug 17, 2002
Juanita Gentry Bumgarner age 79 of Fleetwood, NC died August 17, 2002 at the North Carolina Baptist Hospital. Mrs. Bumgarner was born on September 18, 1922 in the Baldwin Community in Ashe County, NC to Clyde and Mamie Severt Gentry. She was preceded in death by her husband Herbert Cole Bumgarner and her son Kenny Bumgarner. Funeral Services will be...

Willard Black
Aug 12, 2002
Willard Lee Black age 59 of Jefferson, NC died Monday, August 12, 2002 in the Wilkes Regional Medical Center. Mr. Black was born on January 20, 1943 to Archie and Leona Wyrick Black. Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, August 15, 2002 at 11:00 A.M. at the Badger Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Lloyd Day will officiate. Rev. Bill Ballou...

Earl McPhatter
Aug 8, 2002
Earl McPhatter age 84 of Crumpler, NC died Thursday, August 8, 2002 at the Carolina Medical Center in Charlotte, NC. Mr. McPhatter was born on August 27, 1917 in Scotland County, NC to Daniel David and Anna Edwards McPhatter. Funeral Services will be held Sunday, August 11, 2002 at 3:00 P.M. at the Jefferson United Methodist Church. Rev. Bob Miller...

Hazel Daugherty
Jul 28, 2002
Hazel Mae Daugherty, age 58 of Creston died Sunday, July 28, 2002 at her home. Mrs.Daugherty was born July 26, 1944 in Ashe County to Quincy and Faye Barr. Her father preceded her in death. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, July 31st at the Big Laurel Church of Christ in Christian Union. Rev. Earl Woods, Rev....

Billy Cummings
Jul 27, 2002
Billy Carroll Cummings age 66 of West Jefferson, NC died July 27, 2002 at the North Carolina Baptist Hospital. Mr. Cummings was born on September 1, 1935 in Independence, VA to Melvin and Mamie Elizabeth Macy Cummings. Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, July 31, 2002 at 2:00 P.M. at the Badger Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Doran Wyatt and Rev....

Mary Bare
Jul 26, 2002
Mary Louise Marsh Bare age 71 of Jefferson, NC died Friday, July 26, 2002 at the Watauga Medical Center. Mrs. Bare was born on April 30, 1931 in Ashe County, NC to Charles and Callie Shatley Marsh. She was a member of the Highland Community Church. Funeral Services will be held Sunday, July 28, 2002 at 2:00 P.M. at the...

Wilma Rose
Jul 23, 2002
Wilma Lee Rose age 83 of Elkridge, MD formerly of Ashe County, NC died Tuesday, July 23, 2002 in Maryland. Mrs. Rose was born on March 9, 1919 in Ashe County, NC to John Morgan and Fannie Perry Baker. Her husband James L. Rose, daughter Irene Brooks, brothers Harold, J.C., and Dean Baker, preceded her in death. Funeral Services will...

Herbert Tucker
Jul 20, 2002
Herbert Hoover Tucker age 74 of Todd, NC died Saturday, July 20, 2002 at the Ashe Memorial Hospital. Mr. Tucker was born on December 11, 1927 in Ashe County, NC to William and Tressie Greer Tucker. Funeral Services will be held Monday, July 22, 2002 at 4:00 P.M. at the Blackburn's Tabernacle Church. Rev. Arlie Proffitt will officiate. Burial will...

Donald Finney
Jul 11, 2002
Donald Gordon Finney age 62 of Jefferson, NC died Thursday, July 11, 2002 at his home. He was born on November 20, 1939 in New Jersey to Ira and Irene Finney. Mr. Finney was a veteran of the United States Airforce. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, July 13, 2002 at 2:00 P.M. at the Badger Funeral Home Chapel. Rev....

Raymond Whitehouse
Jul 11, 2002
Mr. Raymond Whitehouse, age 90, of West Jefferson, died Thursday, July 11, 2002 at the Ashe Living Center in Jefferson, North Carolina. Mr. Whitehouse was a Sergeant serving the Jacksonville, Florida Police Force. He retired in l967. He was a member of the Jacksonville, Florida Morocco Shriner's Temple and Barnett Lodge #187 where he was awarded a Certificate of Fifty...

Ardna Blackburn
Jul 9, 2002
Ardna Mae Church Blackburn age 80 of Fleetwood, NC died Tuesday, July 9, 2002 at the Watauga Medical Center in Boone, NC. Mrs. Blackburn was born on June 19, 1922 in Ashe County, NC to Lindsey and Adeline Payne Blackburn. She was preceded in death by three brothers Willard, Clark, and Edward Church, and one sister Iris Blackburn. Funeral services...