Mr. Claude Richard Bledsoe, age 88, of Todd passed away Sunday, August 26, 2012 at Glenbridge Health & Rehab Center. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, August 29, 2012 at 2:00pm at South Fork Baptist Church with Rev. Homer Murdock officiating. The body will lie in state one hour prior. Burial will follow in the Jones-Greer Cemetery with military rites. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, August 28, 2012 from 7-9pm at Boone Family Funeral Home. Mr. Bledsoe was born in Ashe County on Saturday, June 14, 1924 to the late Boston Franklin and Eva Greer Bledsoe. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. He is preceded in death by two brothers; Jack and Darryl Bledsoe. He is survived by his wife; Myrtle Shumate Bledsoe; one son; Eddie Bledsoe and wife Marlene of Yadkinville; four daughters; Brenda Wagner of Todd, Helen Cobb of Todd, Carol Thompson of Booneville, and Jeanette Walls of Sparta; four brothers; Chet Bledsoe and wife Helen of Mocksville, Bud Bledsoe and wife Betty of Mocksville, Harold Bledsoe and wife Lucille of Mocksville, and Ted Bledsoe and wife Jeryl of Mocksville; fifteen grandchildren; twenty-five great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews also survive.