Recent Obituaries

    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...]

    Eileen Ebert Schuller, 91, of Boone, passed away Monday, May l3, 2013 at Glenbridge Health & Rehabilitation. Born February 12, 1922 in Keyser, West Virginia, she was a daughter of William and Irene Whipp Ebert. Mrs. Schuller was secretary to the [more...]

    Max A. Fox, 82, of Winston-Salem, and a native and former resident of Vilas, passed away Saturday. May, 11, 2013, at the Kate Reynolds Hospice & Palliative Care Center. Born March 8, l93l, he was a son of E. B. Fox, Sr. and Texie Adams Fox. Max ser [more...]

    Lillie T. Townsend, 94, of Valle Crucis, passed away Friday, May 10, 2013. Born July 17, 1918 in Watauga County, she was a daughter of Andrew Lewis and Polly Mae Townsend. Mrs. Townsend was a life member of Holy Communion Lutheran Church. She was [more...]

    Edna Allen Ginn, age 99, went home to be with her Lord on Wednesday May 8, 2013. Born January 30, 1914 in Swain County, North Carolina, she was the youngest of four children born to Rev. Lloyd and Caroletta Monteith Allen. Known to those who loved h [more...]

    Mr. Brady Kermit Cheek, age 93, of Rainbow Trail Road, Boone, passed away Tuesday morning, May 7, 2013. Born January 10, 1920 in Wilkes County, he was a son of the late Clingman and Dova Blackburn Cheek. Brady was a member of Perkinsville Baptist C [more...]

    Dr. John Owen Mason, V.M.D., 86, died peacefully on 30 April 2013 at his home in Boone, NC surrounded by loving family. He was born on 21 June 1926 in East St. Louis, He was born on 21 June 1926 in East St. Louis, Il, son of Dan Owen Mason and El [more...]

    Mrs. Donna Belknap Moore, age 67, of Blackberry Road, Blowing Rock, passed away Saturday evening, April 27, 2013 at home. Born September 28, 1945 in Akron Ohio, she was a daughter of the late Claude O. and Jeanne Belknap. Donna was a loving wife mo [more...]

     Jane A. Stephan Jane A. Stephan passed away peacefully Friday, April 26, 2013, at Blowing Rock Extended Care in Blowing Rock, NC, at the age of 91. Her son, Paul, and daughter-in-law, Susan, were a [more...]

    Joanne Elizabeth McGhee Franklin, 83, of Banner Elk, passed away Friday, April 26, 2013, in her daughter's home in York SC. Joanne was born April 1, 1930, in Marion NC. She graduated from North Cove High School with honors as Valedictorian. Most [more...]