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R.H. Stanley
Creston
Aug. 18, 1923
Sept. 4, 2000
R.H. Stanley, 77, was remembered at funeral services held Sept. 7 at Big Laurel Church of Christ in Christian Union. Rev. Jimmy Williams and Rev. Darrell Graybeal officiated. Burial followed in the Stanley Family cemetery.
Mr. Stanley was born in Ashe County to Abram Stanley and Alberta Neaves Stanley. He was a school bus driver for 46 years for the Ashe County School System.
He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Daugherty Stanley of the home; a son, Roger Stanley, Mountain City, Tenn.; a daughter, Peggy Campbell, Creston; a sister, Pearl Woods, Creston; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; and one niece and several nephews.
Boone Family Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Dayton Gale Pennington
West Jefferson
Dec. 20, 1925
Sept. 9, 2000
Dayton Gale Pennington, 74, was remembered at funeral services held Sept. 11 at Mt. Jefferson Presbyterian Church. Rev. Kermit Dancy officiated. military graveside services followed in the West Jefferson cemetery.
Mr. Pennington was born in Ashe County to Grover Cleveland and Flossie Blevins Pennington. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War II.
He is survived by his wife, Bernice Hartsog Pennington; two sons, Duane Pennington, West Jefferson, and Clay Pennington, Asheville; one daughter, Karen Cooper, Warrensville; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be made to the Mt. Jefferson Presbyterian Church, 201 South Jefferson Ave., West Jefferson, NC 28694.
Badger Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Douglas F. Powers
Charlotte
Died: Aug. 21, 2000
Douglas F. Powers, M.D., 79, was remembered at privately held funeral services.
Dr. Powers spent most of his professional life serving the needs of troubled and disadvantaged children. Until his retirement, he was a distinguished professor of human development at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Dr. Powers, a child and adolescent psychiatrist, was director of the Virginia Treatment Center for Children in Richmond and chairman of Child Psychiatry at the Medical College of Virginia and previously at Vandervilt University. He also served as director of the Bristol, Virginia-Tennessee Mental Health Clinic.
Dr. Powers was the son of the late John Quincy Powers and Mamie Osborne Powers of Grayson County, Va. He was a graduate of Tennessee Technological University and Baylor University College of Medicine. He completed his internship at Vanderbilt University and residencies in psychiatry at the University of Virginia and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
During World War II he served as a medical corpsman at Brooke Army Hospital and later as a major in the U.S. Air Force at Tachikawa, Japan. Before entering the practice of child psychiatry he was a general practitioner in Ashe County.
He was a diplomat of the American Board of Neurology and Psychiatry and a life fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He authored, edited or contributed to numerous professional publications. His other interests included writing poetry, especially about children, woodblock print making, for which he was widely recognized and American literature. As a young man, he worked briefly as a secretary for Sherwood Anderson. He attended many literary conferences dealing with the writings of William Faulkner and Flannery O’Connor. During his tenure at UNC-Charlotte, Powers, a lifelong student, earned master’s degrees in education, human development and English literature.
He is survived by his wife, Anne T. Powers; daughter, Anne D. Powers, Carborro; two sons, John F. Powers, San Francisco, Calif., and Thomas S. Powers, Williamstown, Mass.; a sister, Irene P. Blevins, Maryville, Tenn.; and two grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Presbyterian Home Care Hospice, 217 Travis Ave., Charlotte, NC 28204 or Presbyterian Hospital Foundation, Harris Hospice Unit, PO Box 33549, Charlotte, NC 28233.
Harry & Bryant Company was in charge of the arrangements.
Julia Castle
Jefferson
Dec. 27, 1915
Oct. 19, 2000
Julia Mae Roten Castle, 84, was remembered at funeral services held Oct. 21 at Rich Hill United Methodist Church. Rev. Bruce Roten and Rev. Tommy Graybeal officiated. Burial followed in the Brown cemetery.
Mrs. Castle was born in Ashe County to Emmit Roten and Cora Graybeal Roten. She was a caretaker of the Rocky Mount Museum in Piney Flats, Tenn. She was preceded in deathby her parents; and her husband, James Castle.
She is survived by a brother, Wayne Roten, Creston; and several nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be made to Rich Hill United Methodist Church, c/o Bruce Roten, 663 Kemp-Lewis Circle, West Jefferson, NC 28694.
Boone Family Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Beulah Madge Jones
West Jefferson
March 2, 1910
Oct. 18, 2000
Beulah Madge Jones, 90, was remembered at private funeral services held at Ashelawn Memorial Gardens.
Miss Jones was born to John William and Arvilla May Bare Jones. She was a school teacher.
She is survived by two sisters, Ada Harless, Baltimore, Md. and Nellie Briley, Princeton, W.Va.; three brothers, Ryland Jones, West Jefferson, Fairfax Jones, Baltimore, Md., and Johnny Jones, Pembrooke, Va.; and several nieces and nephews.
Ashelawn Memorial Chapel was in charge of arrangements. For obituary information or to send e-mail condolences visit www.funeral-plans.com/ashelawn.
Alma Blevins Barnett
Crestline, Ohio
Died: Oct. 15, 2000
Alma Blevins Barnett, 75, formerly of Ashe County, was remembered at funeral services held Oct. 20 at Shelter Baptist Church. Rev. Billy Joe Blevins and Rev. Ken Howell officiated. Burial followed in the Scott-Blevins cemetery.
Mrs. Barnett is survived by one son, James Michael Barnett, Georgia; two daughters, Linda Ilene Todd, Crestline, Ohio, and Patricia Ann Berkey, Mansfield, Ohio; three sisters, Fannie Blevins, Newport News, Va., Jessie Beavers, Ohio, and Ruth Collins, Virginia; six grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Badger Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Selda Roark
Jefferson
Jan. 11, 1911
Oct. 18, 2000
Selda Winebarger Roark, 89, was remembered at funeral services held Oct. 20 at Highland Bible Tabernacle. Rev. James Roark, the Rev. Avery Roark, the Rev. Lindsay McGrady and the Rev. Bobby Roark officiated. Burial followed in the Lewis-Jones cemetery in Creston.
Mrs. Roark was born in Ashe County to Avery and Martisha Davis Winebarger. She was a homemaker.
She is survived by two sons, Avery Roark, West Jefferson and James Roark, Shelby; three daughters, Carol Lee Roark, Creston, Arlene McCloud, Deep Gap and Linda Hogan, Marion; one sister, Letha Allen, Pennsylvania; 13 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews
Ashelawn Memorial Chapel was in charge of arrangements. For obituary information or to send e-mail condolences, visit Ashelawn Memorial Chapel’s website at www.funeral-plans.com/ashelawn.
Patsy Ann Beckwith
Wilkesboro
Nov. 13, 1947
Oct. 17, 2000
Patsy Ann Beckwith, 52, was remembered at funeral services held Oct. 20 at Millers Creek United Methodist Church. Rev. Mickey Moree and Rev. Larry Adams officiated. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Beckwith was born in Sullivan County, Va. to Wells and Helen Eldreth Hart. She was a member of Millers Creek United Methodist Church. She was the owner of Hair Country.
She is survived by her husband, Jim Beckwith; one daughter, Crystal Paige Beckwith of the home; one son, Brennis Michael Tribble, Wilkesboro; her mother, Helen Eldreth Veach, Wilkesboro; her grandmother, Ruth Elizabeth Ham, Wilkesboro; one sister, Sandra Kay Veach, Wilkesboro; and two brothers, Joseph Stephen Hart, Winston-Salem, and Travis Anthony Veach, Sneads Ferry.
Memorials may be made to Millers Creek United Methodist Church Building Fund, 4705 Boone Trail, Millers Creek, NC 28659.
Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home of North Wilkesboro was in charge of the arrangements.
Stella Mae Barker
Jefferson
March 29, 1906
Oct. 15, 2000
Stella Mae Blevins Barker, 94, was remembered at funeral services held Oct. 18 at Badger Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Billy Joe Blevins, Rev. Tommy Dollar and Rev. Ken Howell officiated.
Mrs. Barker was born in Ashe County.
She is survived by three daughters, Orlean Barker, Zola Barker and Pauline Barker, all of Jefferson; two sons, Wert Barker, Jefferson, and Glenn Barker, Warrensville; two sisters, Hettie Brooks, Jefferson, and June Blevins, Sacramento, Calif.; four grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Badger Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Emma Bledsoe Phillips
West Jefferson
Feb. 10, 1911
Oct. 20, 2000
Emma Jean Bledsoe Phillips, 89, was remembered at funeral services held Oct. 22 at Old Fields Baptist Church. Rev. Jack Miller and Rev. Bill Ballou officiated. Burial followed in the Old Fields cemetery.
Mrs. Phillips was born in Ashe County.
She is survived by one son, James A. Phillips, Lincoln Park, Mich.; one daughter-in-law, Flarene Phillips, Michigan; one granddaughter, Janie Phillips of the home; one brother, Bill Bledsoe, Deep Gap; one sister, Louise Watson, Deep Gap; and one sister-in-law, Ruth Haymore, Winston-Salem.
Memorials may be made to the Old Fields Baptist Church, c/o Sally Walters, 5375 Idlewild Rd., Fleetwood, NC 28626.
Badger Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
John E. Howell
Louisville, Ky.
Died: Oct. 8, 2000
John E. Howell, formerly of Ashe County, was remembered at services held in Louisville, Ky.
Jack McNeill
Good Hope, Ga.
July 21, 1920
Oct. 11, 2000
Wiley Emmett McNeill Jr., better known as “Jack”, age 80, was remembered at funeral services held Oct 14 at Jefferson United Methodist Church. Burial followed in the Jefferson City cemetery.
Mr. McNeill was born in Ashe County to Wiley Emmett McNeill and Astoria E. McConnell McNeill. He was a supervisor over road construction. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. He was a member of the Jefferson United Methodist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Francis McNeill of the home; a daughter, Rebecca Mullis, Good Hope, Ga.; three sisters, Katherine Goswick, Durham, Laura Ann Jacks, Honolulu, Ha., and Mary Lillian Sturdivant, Jacksonville, Fla.; two grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be made to Jefferson United Methodist Church, PO Box 445, Jefferson, NC 28640.
Boone Family Funeral Home of West Jefferson was in charge of the arrangements.
