Mrs. Nell Mullis Testerman, age 97, of Jefferson passed away Wednesday morning, June 27, 2012 at Margate Health & Rehab Center. Funeral services will be held Monday, July 2, 2012 at 11:00am at Bristol Baptist Church with Rev. Billy Joe Blevins and Rev. Russell Sheets officiating. Burial will follow in the Jefferson City Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Sunday, July 1, 2012 at 6:00-8:00pm at Boone Family Funeral Home. Mrs. Testerman was born in Ashe County on Monday, June 14, 1915 to the late Charlie and Lura May Mullis. She was a Homemaker. She was a member of Bristol Baptist Church, where she was an active member of the Ladies Circle, while she was able. She was preceded in death by her husband, Worley Roscoe Testerman; a son, Robert Testerman; six brothers; two sisters; a grandson, Chuck Hudler. Mrs. Testerman is survived by two sons, Bill Testerman, of Ruidoso, New Mexico and Rev. David Testerman and wife, Judy, of West Jefferson; two daughters, Margaret Hudler, of Asheboro and Ruth Garvin and husband, Donald, of Kannapolis; eleven grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; two great- great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews also survive. The family will be meeting at the home of David & Judy Testerman at 190 Maple Ridge Estate Drive in West Jefferson.