Recent Obituaries

    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...]

    M.S. (Bud) Altmayer of Blowing Rock and Boone, passed away on April 23 at the age of 96. Bud was born in Jacksonville, Fl in 1916, and moved to Miami in 1919. He lived there until he and his wife of 75 years, Joan Marion Manley moved to Blowing Roc [more...]

    Jake Burl Ward, 66, of Coy Harris Rd., Elk Park, passed away Monday, April 22, 2013, at his home. Born November 19, 1946 in Watauga County, he was a son of Ivan Burl and Edith Tester Ward. Mr. Ward was a member of Blue Ridge Community Church. He [more...]

    Jerry Phillips, 62, of Station Road, Lenoir, passed away Thursday morning, April l8, 2013 in Lenoir. Born September 8, 1950 in Watauga County, he was a son of Dayton and Ella Norris Phillips. Jerry is survived by his twelve brothers and sisters, [more...]

    Banner Elk, NC – T. Scott Dodson of Beech Mountain, NC, and Columbia, SC departed this life April l7, 2013 at Life Care Center of Banner Elk. Scott was born in Greenville, SC and reared in Columbia, SC. He was the son of the late George Ray Harper [more...]

    Pauline Combs Dotson, age 90, of Poplar Grove Road South, Boone, passed away Sunday April 7, 2013, at her home. Born January 21, l923 in Watauga County, she was a daughter of John P. and Etta Eller Combs. Pauline was a loving wife and mother to he [more...]

    On April 6, 2013, our mother, Annie Laura Hagaman Oakes, age 90, of Vilas, left this earth peacefully to go be with the Lord. Born April 21, 1922, in the Sugar Grove area of Watauga County, she was a daughter of the late Ella Harmon Hagaman and Har [more...]

    Geneva Marie Anderson Bentley, 78, of NC Hwy 105 South, Vilas, passed away Saturday, April 6, 2013 at home. Born February 14, 1935 in Watauga County, she was a daughter of Bynum and Lucy Hayes Anderson. Mrs. Bentley was a member of Shull’s Mills B [more...]

    Eric David Fortner, 29, of Boone, passed away Sunday, March 31st, 2013. Eric is the son of Debbie and Bob Rasmussen of Boone, and Rick and Lovie Fortner of Bryson City, NC. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Venis and Edna Watkins, and [more...]

     Mr. Charles M. “Bud” Greene, age 69, of Hamptonville, NC and a former resident of Watauga County passed away Saturday evening, March 30, 2013 at Sycamore Shoals Hospital in Elizabethton. Born July 25, 1943 in Watauga County he was a son of the la [more...]

    Mr. Jerry Lee Oliver, Sr., age 66, of Badger Street, Jefferson, NC, passed away Thursday, March 28, 2013, at his home. He is survived by his wife, Barbara F. Oliver, of Jefferson; two sons, Jerry Lee Oliver, Jr. of Jefferson; and James Cody Oliver [more...]

    Christine Louise Palmer, 71, of Smokey Straight in Newland went to be with the Lord on March 28, 2013, surrounded by her loving family. She was the daughter of Oakie Lena Perry Palmer and James Henry Palmer of Roan Mountain, TN. Christine was a chi [more...]