Mrs. Thelma Colleen Walters Roten, age 78, of West Jefferson passed away Tuesday morning, December 22, 2009 at Margate Health & Rehab Center. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 3:00pm at Boone Family Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Steve LeaShomb, Elder John Jackson and Elder Bobby Absher officiating. Burial will follow in the Walters Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2:00-3:00pm on Sunday, one hour prior to the funeral service. Mrs. Roten was born in Ashe County on Monday, March 2, 1931 to the late Arvil Odell and Stella Goodman Walters. She was the owner of Roten & Roten Electric. She was a member of North Fork Primitive Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband, Edward Hews Roten; a daughter, Joy Osborne and husband, Mike, of West Jefferson; two sisters, Doris Edwards of West Jefferson and Velma McMillian of West Jefferson; two grandchildren, Micah Mazurek and Adriane Osborne; two great-grandchildren, Ben Mazurek and Katie Mazurek; several nieces and nephews also survive. Flowers accepted or memorials may be made to: High Country Healthcare Hospice, PO Box 421, Jefferson, NC 28640.