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Kathleen Gilley
North Wilkesboro
March 20, 1933
Nov. 10, 2000
Ruby Kathleen Weaver Gilley, 67, was remembered at funeral services held Nov. 14 at Boone Family Funeral Home. Rev. Larry Shepherd and Rev. David Lyalls officiated. Burial followed in the Perry Family cemetery.
Mrs. Gilley was born in Ashe County to Fred Weaver and Ola Perry Weaver. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her parents; and her husband, Lee Weaver.
She is survived by two sons, Robert Dean Gilley and Ricky Lee Gilley, both of Elkton, Md.; a daughter, Patricia Campbell, North Wilkesboro; a brother, Roger Weaver, Lansing; a sister, Alma Jean Miller, Lansing; six grandchildren, a great-grandchild, three step-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Boone Family Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Chessie Patrick
West Jefferson
June 1, 1914
Nov 14, 2000
Chessie Lee Faircloth Patrick, 86, was remembered at funeral services held Nov. 18 at Boone Family Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Lloyd Day, Rev. Bruce Roten and Rev. Bryan Frazier officiated. Burial followed in the Pleasant Hill cemetery.
Mrs. Patrick was born in Ashe County to James W. Faircloth and Matilda J. Pennington Faircloth. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her parents; and her husband, Garfield Patrick.
She is survived by five sons, Ray Patrick, Jefferson, and Kay Patrick, Eddie Patrick, Walt Patrick and Joe Patrick, all of Virginia; seven daughters, Myrtle Ruth Patrick, West Jefferson, Martha Loggins and Bobbie Wingler, both of Piney Creek, Becky Pearson, Millers Creek, Mildred Sexton, Fries, Va., Earlene Hill, Warrensville, and Geraldine Massey, Woodford, Va.; 19 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren, 10 step-grandchildren and eight step-great-grandchildren; a very special friend, Linda Edwards, Smithville; and special nieces, Ruth and Vernie Powers, both of Warrensville.
Boone Family Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Pell Bower
Jefferson
June 6, 1917
Nov. 19, 2000
George Pell Bower, 83, was remembered at funeral services held Nov. 22 at Boone Family Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Bob Miller officiated. Burial followed in the Ashelawn Memorial Gardens cemetery.
Mr. Bower was born in Ashe County to George Cecil Bower and Hettie Bare Bower. He was a saw mill operator. He served in the United States Army during World War II.
He is survived by his wife, Margaret Phipps Bower of the home; two sons, David Pell Bower, Jefferson, and Dickie Bower, Greensboro; a daughter, Jane Ann Coe, Boone; a brother, Kenneth Bower, West Jefferson; five sisters, Ruby Little and Audrey Hurley, both of Jefferson, Madge McNeill, West Jefferson, Ann Smith, Easten, Md., and Wanda Waldenburger, Landrum, S.C.; four grandchildren, Jason Bower, Erin Bower, Corbin Coe and Bower Coe; and several nieces and nephews
The family requests no flowers; however, memorials may be made to Jefferson United Methodist Church Building Fund, PO Box 236, Jefferson, NC 28640.
Boone Family Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Eunice Bessie Yates Barker
Warrensville
Dec. 19, 1910
Nov. 23, 2000
Eunice Bessie Yates Barker, 89, was remembered at funeral services held Nov. 26 at Oak Grove Baptist Church in Warrensville. Rev. Bill Ballou and Rev. George Grubb officiated. Burial followed in Ashelawn Memorial Gardens in Jefferson.
Mrs. Barker was born in Ashe County to Benjamin Cleveland and Rettie Rash Yates. She was retired from Sprague Electric Company and was preceded in death by her husband, Glenn Thomas Barker.
She is survived by four sons, Thomas Glenn Barker, Puyallup, Wash., Robert Jackson Barker, Elkton, Md., Bennie Lee Barker, Warrensville, and John Dexter Barker, West Jefferson; three daughters, Polly Davis, Englewood, Fla., Florence Powers, Warrensville, and Bonnie Jane Holliday, Greenville, Va.; two sisters, Della Jones, Warrensville, and Florence Ashley, Salem, Va.; 13 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; 1 great great grandchild; several nieces and nephews also survive.
Ashelawn Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
John Wesley Miller
Lansing
Oct. 29, 1962
Nov. 21, 2000
John Wesley Miller, 38, was remembered at funeral services held Nov. 24 at Ashelawn Memorial Chapel in Jefferson. Minister Jim Haeffele officiated. Burial followed in the Miller - Roland cemetery in Warrensville.
Mr. Miller was born in Ashe County to J.C. and Donna Stidhams Miller. He was a truck driver and farmer. He was preceded in death by his father.
He is survived by a daughter, Haley Elizabeth Miller of Lansing; his mother, Donna Stidhams Miller, Lansing; a brother, Tony Miller, Lansing; maternal grandmother, Allie Stidhams, Lansing; maternal great-grandmother, Della Adkins, Branchland, W. Va.; honorary sister, Greta Miller Dunn, Warrensville; one niece, Samatha Miller; one nephew, Zak Miller; honorary nephew, Austin Clark; honorary nieces, Heather and Brittany Stidhams; and several uncles and aunts.
Ashelawn Memorial Chapel was in charge of the arrangements.
Emmer Canter Rash
Jefferson
Sept. 26, 1920
Nov. 22, 2000
Emmer Canter Rash, 80, was remembered at funeral services held Nov. 25 at Badger Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Wayne Osborne officiated. Graveside services followed in the Rash cemetery.
Mrs. Rash was born in Todd to Arvil and Lillie Hodgson Rash.
She is survived by her husband, Lemuel Rash; nine sons, Dewey, Matthew and Barney Rash, all of Bristol, Va., Mack, Roger, Ronnie and Greg Rash, all of Jefferson, Dean Rash, Abingdon, Va., and Leroy Rash, Crumpler; three daughters, Wilma Mutter, Bristol, Va., Sandra Rash, Jefferson, and Etta Taylor, Warrensville; two brothers, Fred Canter, Wilkesboro, and James Canter, Millers Creek; four sisters, Nailene Grogan, Boone, Reba Stanley, Elkton, Md., Vera Lee Calhoun, High Point, and Nancy Trivette, Hickory; 32 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Badger Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
John Dewey Blevins Jr.
West Jefferson
May 23, 1954
Nov. 21, 2000
John Dewey Blevins Jr., 46, was remembered at memorial services held Nov. 26 at Badger Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Herb Parunak officiated.
Mr. Blevins was born in Ashe County to John and Daisy Mullis Blevins.
He is survived by his wife, Pamela Blevins; one son, Joshua Mark Blevins, Glendale Springs; one sister, Cenith Blevins; and a number of aunts and cousins.
Memorials may be made to Joshua Mark Trust, c/o Pamela Blevins, 1419 Ebert St., Winston-Salem, NC 27103.
Badger Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Jones Dent Darnell
West Jefferson
Died: Nov. 22, 2000
Rev. Jones Dent Darnell, 69, was remembered at funeral services held Nov. 25 at Badger Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Jim Greer and Rev. Rex Hall officiated. Entombment followed in the Ashelawn Mausoleum of Prayer.
Rev. Darnell is survived by his wife, Betty Weaver Darnell; one daughter, Janet Farmer, Millers Creek; one brother, Ford Darnell, Mouth of Wilson, Va.; two sisters, Marie Blevins and Francis Dolinger, both of Jefferson; two grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Badger Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Ollie Black
Peachland
Feb. 12, 1930
Sept. 27, 2000
Ollie Pauline (Polly) Jameson Kiker Black, 70, was remembered at funeral services held Oct. 1 at Deep Springs Baptist Church, of which she was a member. Rev. Ken Forrester and Rev. Rex Burleson officiated. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Serving as pallbearers were Bruce Black, Travis Black, Larry King, Dan Clay, Sonny Carpenter and Wayne Kiker. Cody T. Kiker was honorary pallbearer.
Mrs. Black was born in Chester County, Pa. to the late Paul Mason and Goldie Elizabeth Carson Jameson. She was retired from Cook and Boardman Company of Charlotte, where she worked as a bookkeeper for a number of years. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Oscar (Wick) Black Sr. of Midland., who died in January of 1991.
She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Thomas F. (Tom) Kiker and Carolyn, Peachland; one step-son and daughter-in-law, William O. (Bill) Black Jr. and Kay, Midland; three grandsons, Cody T. Kiker, Peachland, Travis Black, Midland, and Bruce Black and wife, Allison, Creedmore.
Memorials may be made to Masonic Home for Children at Oxford, c/o Kilwinning Masonic Lodge #64, PO Box 777, Wadesboro, NC 28170; or to Juvenile Diabetes. Foundation, 125 Cottage Place, Charlotte, NC 28202.
Leavitt Funeral Home of Wadesboro was in charge of the arrangements.
Frank Baker
West Jefferson
Sept. 29, 1935
Sept. 26, 2000
Frank Baker, 64, was remembered at funeral services held Sept. 29 at Boone Family Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Ted Reynolds officiated. Burial followed in the Obids Country Church cemetery.
Mr. Baker was born in Ashe County to Everette Baker and Rae Severt Baker. He was a dairy farmer.
He is survived by his wife, Phyllis Vinson Baker of the home; a son, Matthew Franklin Baker of the home.
Memorials may be made to Calvary Freewill Baptist Church Building Fund, PO Box 185, Glendale Springs, NC 28629.
Boone Family Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
John Randal Johnston
Laurinburg
March 24, 1947
Sept. 26, 2000
John Randal Johnston, 53, formerly of Ashe County, was remembered at memorial services held Sept. 30 at Blue Ridge Baptist Church. Rev. Ken Pardue officiated.
Mr. Johnston was born in Ashe County to Richard and Ruth Craft Johnston.
He is survived by one daughter, Amy Clark, Jacksonville, Fla.; one son, Randy Johnston, Greenville, S.C.; three brothers, Phillip Johnston, Pittsburg, Pa., Richard Leo Johnston, Kernersville, and David Johnston, Wilkesboro; and one sister, Sandy Rash, Lansing.
Memorials may be made to the National Kidney Foundation, 30 East 33rd Street, Suite 1100, New York, NY 10016.
Badger Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Lela Brooks
Lansing
Dec. 6, 1914
Sept. 25, 2000
Lela Viola Ham Brooks, 85, was remembered at funeral services held Sept. 27 at Boone Family Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Wayne Osborne, Rev. Lonnie Jones and Rev. David Testerman officiated. Burial followed in the Howell-Hill cemetery.
Mrs. Brooks was born in Ashe County to Wesley Ham and Cindy Denny Ham. She worked at Sprague Electric Company in Lansing. She was preceded in death by her husband, Author Glenn Brooks.
She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Larry and Dorothy Brooks, Lansing; two granddaughters, Captain Sandra Kay Brooks, Middleton, Tenn., and Linda Badger, Jefferson; a great-granddaughter, Canzada Badger, Jefferson; two sisters, Rose Blevins, Warrensville, and Beulah Howell, Jefferson; and several nieces and nephews.
Boone Family Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
