Mr. Howard Billy Yearick, better known as "Bill" age 88, of West Jefferson passed away Sunday evening, April 13, 2014 at Ashe Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, April 16, 2014 at 1:00pm at Boone Family Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Rick Miller and Rev. Wayne Jones officiating. Burial will follow in Ashelawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery with military rites. The family will receive friends from 11:00-1:00pm on Wednesday, two hours prior to the funeral service. Mr. Yearick was born in Ashe County on Thursday, September 24, 1925 to the late Samuel and Betty Sturgill Yearick. He served in the United States Army during World War II. He retired from Jefferson Barber Shop, where he worked as a barber. He was a member of North Beaver Baptist Church. He was also preceded in death by a son, Johnny Howard Yearick; three brothers, Johnny Yearick, James Yearick and Richard Yearick; a sister, Virginia Card. Mr. Yearick is survived by, his wife, Willie Mae Osborne Yearick, of 65 years of marriage; a two sons, Karlton Jesse Yearick and wife, Vickie, of West Jefferson and Kenneth Howard Yearick and wife, Marylee, of Spruce Pine, NC; a brother, Joe Yearick, of Delaware; two grandsons, Kenton Yearick and Peyton Yearick; two granddaughters, Jessica Yearick and Kendra Yearick; several nieces and nephews also survive. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to: North Beaver Baptist Church Rebuild Fund, c/o Jessica Yearick, 278 Country Mountain Lane, West Jefferson, NC 28694. Pallbearers are as follow: Kenton Yearick, Peyton Yearick, Cody Jordan, Glenn Phillips, Jack Mock and Steven Miller.