Obituary
Obituary of Arthur Fred Pasley, Jr.
Mr. Arthur Fred Pasley, Jr. (better known as Junior) age 88 of Grassy Creek passed away Monday morning, May 4, 2015 at James H. Quillen VA Medical Center.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, May 8, 2015 at 2PM at Pleasant Home Baptist Church with Rev. Lonnie Carpenter officiating with Masonic rites at the church. Burial will follow in the Haw Orchard Cemetery with Military Rites.
The family will receive friends on Thursday, May 7, 2015 from 6-8pm at Boone Family Funeral Home.
Mr. Pasley was born in Ashe County, on June 14, 1926 to the late Arthur Fred and Fannie Ballou Pasley. He was in the United States Army and served during World War II. He was a Deacon at Pleasant Home Baptist Church and a member of Red Hill Ramblers Old Time Band.
He is preceded in death by his wife; Nellie Pasley, two sisters; Madeline Pasley and Edith Phipps, and one brother; Harold Pasley.
Mr. Pasley is survived by two sons; Randy Pasley and wife Rebecca McKinley of Eagle River, Alaska, and Todd Pasley and wife Teri Johnson of Raleigh, one daughter; Jennifer Pasley Smith and husband Don of Grassy Creek, five grandchildren; Josh Smith and wife Amanda, Kaitlin Carpenter and husband Sid, Keegan Smith and friend Laura, Thea Pasley, and Isabelle Pasley; one great-granddaughter; Harlow Smith; one great-grandson; Hayes Carpenter; and several nieces and nephews also survive.
Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Pleasant Home Baptist Church Building Fund, c/o Beverly Jones, 11028 NC Highway 16 N, Grassy Creek, NC, 28631.
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Thursday
7
May
Visitation at Funeral Home
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Boone Family Funeral Home & Cremation Services
PO Box 786
West Jefferson, North Carolina, United States
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Friday
8
May
Funeral Service
2:00 pm
Friday, May 8, 2015
Pleasant Home Baptist Church
11028 NC Highway 16 North
Grassy Creek , North Carolina, United States
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