Mrs. Zylpha Lewis Vanover age 79, of Creston passed away Friday morning, July 13, 2012 at her daughters home. Funeral services will be held Monday, July 16, 2012 at 11am at Boone Family Funeral Home with Rev. Wayne Roark and Rev. Eugene Ward officiating. Burial will follow in the Vanover Family Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Monday from 10-11 am one hour prior to the funeral service. Mrs. Vanover was born in Ashe County on Thursday, July 21, 1932 to the late Vinson Arthur Lewis and Emma Faye Nelson. She was a member of Pine Mountain Baptist Church. She was also preceded in death by her husband; John (J.C.) Vanover; two brothers; Robert Lewis and William Lewis; four sisters; Juanita Whitaker, Marie Robinson, Estella Watts, and Clara Sturgill. She is survived by one son; Charles Vanover of Creston; one daughter; Nancy Carol Jones and husband Rev. Galvin of Grassy Creek; two sisters; Tressie Winebarger and husband JC of West Jefferson, and Mary Blanche Osborne and husband Lenson of Monticello, GA; four sisters-in-law; Ella Mae Lewis of West Jefferson, Draxie Lewis of Creston, Zell Lewis of Creston, and Ella Rea Vanover of Creston; one brother-in-law; Dewey Vanover of Creston; Caregiver; Lisa Eremita of Grassy Creek; a special sister; Ruth Smith of Mooresville; three grandchildren; Amy Jones, Julianne Jones, and Robert Jones of the home; and several nieces and nephews also survive. Flowers appreciated or memorials may be made to Vanover Family Cemetery, C/O Ricky Roark, 901 Pine Mountain Road, Creston, NC 28615. You may give the family your condolences at our website www.boonefuneralhome.com. Boone Family Funeral Home of West Jefferson is in charge of these arrangements.