Recent Obituaries

     Dr. Richard D. Callahan passed away on June 14, 2013 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. He was born on October 19, 1952 in Lock Haven, PA to Dr. Paul Richard Callahan and Lois Joyce Callahan. Richard graduat [more...]

    ARTHUR FRANKLIN REID, JR., age 75, of Hudson, passed away Monday, June 10th at his home. Surviving are his wife, Wanda Coffey Reid of the home; his sons, Lynn Reid and wife Jean of Lenoir, and David Reid and wife Debra of Hudson; his brother, Mack [more...]

    Margaret Louise Davis Cook, 96, of Isenhour Road, Zionville, passed Wednesday, June 5, 2013 at the Davant Extended Care Facility in Blowing Rock. Born July 16, 1916 in Watauga County, she was a daughter of Claude and Bulas Moody Davis. Mrs. Cook w [more...]

    Yolande Salter, 86, of Vilas, NC passed away June 3, 2013 at the Blowing Rock Hospital. She suffered from Alzheimer's disease for a number of years. Born November 12, 1926 in Montreal, Quebec, she was a daughter of Albert and Marianna Picotte. S [more...]

    Freddy Art ‘Bob’ Tester, 59, of Stony Fork Road, Deep Gap, passed away Friday May 31, 2013, at Watauga Medical Center. Born December 21, 1953 in Watauga County, he was a son of Clay and Vertie Warren Tester. Bob was of the Baptist faith and was for [more...]

    Josephine Isaacs Norris, age 95, of Fletcher Branch Road, Vilas, passed away Monday evening, May 27, 2013, at Watauga Medical Center. Born March l5, 1918 in Watauga County, she was a daughter of John Wesley and Ellen Dugger Hicks. Mrs. Norris was a [more...]

    Mrs. Marion Frances Dauley Hagadorn, age 80, died Sunday, May 26th, 2013, at Life Care Center of Banner Elk (NC). Born August 25, 1932, in Richmondville, New York, she was a daughter of the late John and Margaret Guilford Dauley. She is survived [more...]

    Theresa Marie Isaacs, 62, of Cranberry Creek Lane, Zionville, passed away Sunday, May 26, 2013. Born July 23, 1950 in Fremont, Wyoming, she was a daughter of William Ben and Mary Stadnick Isaacs. Mrs. Isaacs was formerly employed at Blowing Ro [more...]

    Ms. Lenora Kay Ward, age 42, of US Hwy 321 North, Sugar Grove, passed away Friday, May 24, 2013 at home. Born June 13, 1970 in Watauga County, she was the daughter of the late Victor Cecil and Ida Rebecca Wood Ward. Kay was a graduate of Watauga Hi [more...]

    Mr. Joseph John Wirtz, age 65, of Wake Forest, North Carolina, passed away Sunday May 19, 2013, in Boone, NC. Born October 23, 1947, in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, he was a son of the late Ervin and Betty Keyes Wirtz. Joe was a U.S. Army veteran and se [more...]

    Mrs. Teresa Jean Halbedel, age 61, of Boone, passed away Saturday morning, May 18, 2013 at Johnson City Medical Center. Born October 3, 1951 in Johnson City, Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late Kenneth E. Baskin and Helen Casey Baskin. Te [more...]

    Mrs. Madeline Ann Stines Mastin, age 57, of Main Street, Elk Park passed away Friday morning, May 17, 2013 at Johnson City Medical Center. Born May 8, 1956 in Avery County she was a daughter of the late Floyd Albert and Edna Cleo Ward Stines. She [more...]

    John Samuel Hovis, 92, of Grand Boulevard, Boone, passed away Wednesday, May l5, 2013 at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. Mr. Hovis was born May 9, 1921 in Bessemer City, NC, a son of the late Eva Blanche Ormand Hovis and Samuel Brooks Hovis. [more...]

    Viola Smith Johnson, age 87, of Barnesville, Georgia, and a native and former resident of Watauga County, passed away Wednesday, May l5, 2013. in Georgia. Born January l8, 1926 in the Stony Fork community of Watauga County, she was a daughter of H [more...]

    Mr. Roger Troy McGuire, age 47, of Bernard Bledsoe Road, Todd, NC, died unexpectedly at home Monday, May 13 2013. Troy was born Feb 4, 1966, in Anderson SC. After finishing high school in northern Virginia, Troy moved to Boone and was employed in [more...]