Mrs. Loretta Neal Taylor Neaves, age 73, of Crumpler, passed away Saturday morning, October 6, 2012 at Forsyth Medical Center. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 2:00pm at Boone Family Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Wayne Jones and Speaker Christopher Taylor officiating. Burial will follow in the Howell-Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 12:00-2:00-pm on Tuesday, two hours prior to the funeral service. Mrs. Neaves was born in Ashe County on Monday, March 27, 1939 to the late Wiley Everett and Ollie Mae Chatham Taylor. She worked at Pendry's Mfg. Company. She was a member at New River Baptist Church. She was known for her good cooking and her wonderful hugs. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend. She will be missed by all. She is survived by, her husband, Scott Neaves; a son, Michael Neaves and wife, Tonya, of Sparta; a daughter, Christine Cruz, of Jefferson; two brothers, Dallas Taylor and Dean Taylor, both of Jefferson; three sisters, Jean Cockerham and Wylene Fitzgerald, both of Wilkesboro and Marie Setzler, of Ohio; three grandchildren, Preston Osborne, Amanda Osborne and Justin Neaves; four great-grandchildren; a special friend, Jerry Eller, of Crumpler; several nieces and nephews also survive. Flowers accepted or memorials may be made to the donor's choice. A special thank you to Jerry Eller for her care and help through a difficult time. The family will be meeting at the home place: 117 Walnut Cove Lane in Crumpler.