Recent Obituaries

    Joan Ajer Blakeman, 76, of Friendship Church Rd., Boone, passed away Thursday, February 14, 2013 at Watauga Medical Center. Born May 11, 1936 in Schenectady, NY, she was a daughter of Oliver and Thelma Nyberg Ajer. Mrs. Blakeman was a member of St. [more...]

    Mrs. Mary Katherine Teague Pitts, age 77, of Blowing Rock, died Sunday evening at the Davant Rehab and Extended Facility. Funeral arrangements for Mary Katherine Teague Pitts are incomplete. Online condolences may be expressed at the website aust [more...]

    Mrs. Judith Kilgour "Judy" Greer, age 70, of Farthing Street, Boone, passed away Thursday evening, February 7, 2013 at Watauga Medical Center. Born August 24, 1942 in Braddock, Pennsylvania, she was a daughter of the late Arthur and Thelma Mulholla [more...]

    Vernie O’Dell Phillips, 91, of Big Hill Road, Boone, passed away Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at his home. Born August 3, 1921 in Ashe County, he was a son of John Franklin and Lillie Viola Eldreth Phillips. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corp, dur [more...]

    Dorothy Beier Dunteman, age 85, of Friendship Church Road, the Aho community, Boone, died Tuesday afternoon, February 5, 2013, at the Davant Rehab & Extended Care Facility in Blowing Rock. Born March 13, 1927 in Cincinnati, Ohio, she was the daughte [more...]

    Robert Myers Bumbaugh was born on June 8, 1918, and died February 5, 2013. He was the son of William and Annetta Bumbaugh, both deceased. He graduated From Swatara high School, Oberlin, Pa in 1937, and received the highest honors in Radiology from t [more...]

    Mr. Robert James "Robbie" Kincaid, age 54 of Robin Lane, Boone passed away Monday morning, February 4, 2013 at Watauga Medical Center. Born June 29, 1958 in Caldwell County, he was a son of the late Bill and Eva Lee Ellison Kincaid. Robbie was work [more...]

    Treva Norris Hamby Brown, 88, of Wilkesboro, and a former resident of Watauga County, died Sunday, February 3, 2013 at her home. Born April 13, 1924 in Ashe County, she was a daughter of Thomas and Nancy Greene Norris. Mrs. Brown was a long time me [more...]

    Charles J. Miller, age 70, of Morning Dove Lane, Boone, died Saturday afternoon at Watauga Medical Center. Funeral arrangements for Charles J. Miller are incomplete. Online condolences may be expressed at the website austinandbarnesfuneralhome.c [more...]

    Bob Baynard McFarland, professor emeritus of curriculum and instruction at Appalachian State University, 81, of Chapel Hill, died Jan. 30 at Duke Hospice at the Meadowlands in Hillsborough after a long illness. Born May 10, 1931, in Alexander Mills, [more...]

    Pauline R. Barker died peacefully at home on January 29, 2013 surrounded by her loving family. Born May 25, 1920 in Cleveland Ohio, she was the youngest of three children born to parents Mary and Charles Roudman. Pauline grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. [more...]

    Pauline Rominger Presnell, age 78, of Seays Road, Liberty, died Wednesday evening, January 30, 2013, at Wesley Long Hospital in Greensboro. Born September 13, 1934 in Watauga County, Dorothy Pauline Rominger was a daughter of Millard and Nellie Har [more...]

    Mrs. Barbara Bernice Isaacs Taylor, age 67, of NC Hwy 105 By-Pass passed away Tuesday afternoon, January 29, 2013 at home. Born February 18, 1945 in Watauga County she was a daughter of the late Dewey Ray and Louise Hardy Isaacs. Bernice was retire [more...]

    Jonathan Howard 'Johnny' Ragan, Jr., 72, of Adams Lane, Boone, passed away Thursday afternoon, January 24th 2013, at Carolinas Regional Medical Center in Charlotte. Born November 28, 1940 in Logan, West Virginia, he was a son of Jonathan Howard, Sr. [more...]

    Mr. Clyde W. Miller, age 93, of Meat Camp Road, Boone, passes away Wednesday morning, January 23, 2013 at home. Born October 31, 1919 in Watauga County he was a son of the late John Clay and Esther Jane Eller Miller. Clyde was a farmer and a member [more...]