Mr. Jimmy Edwin Lambert, age 75, of Lansing, passed away Saturday, May 15, 2010 at Villages of Ashe. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at 11:00am at Boone Family Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Tommy Dollar officiating. Burial will follow in Ashelawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery with military rites. The body will lie in state one hour prior to the funeral service. Mr. Lambert was born in Wilkes County on Sunday July 15, 1934. He served in the United States Army. He is survived by a sister, Peggy Joann Spann, of North Court, Florida; a special friend, Jerry Severt and wife, Brenda, of Lansing; an aunt, Mamie Miller, of Glendale Springs; a niece, Terria McEwen and a nephew, Eddie Spann also survive. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Villages of Ashe Assisted Living, 151 Village Park Drive, West Jefferson, NC 28694.