Recent Obituaries

    Nancye Fleming Markle, 101, of Blowing Rock, NC, died peacefully at home on April 8, 2011. Mrs. Markle was born March 15, 1910, in Winston-Salem, NC, to Calvin James Fleming and Nannie Bell Shouse Fleming. She grew up in Winston Salem and was a g [more...]

    Francis Marion McGuire, age 97, of Boone, died Tuesday morning, April 7, 2011 at Glenbridge Health and Rehabilitation. Born August 5, 1913 in Watauga County, he was a son of James Monroe and Martha Rominger McGuire. Mr. McGuire was a member of West [more...]

    Henry Harrison Finck, age 85, of Baird's Creek Road, Vilas, and formerly of Reader, W. Va., died Thursday, March 31, 2011, at his home. Born October 12, 1925 in Brooklyn, NY, Henry was a son of David and Mollie Stollowitz Finck. Mr. Finck served as [more...]

    Mr. Ronnie Junior Pardue, age 48, of Camp Joy Road, Zionville, died Wednesday morning, March 30, 2011 at home. Born March 20, 1963 in Avery County, he was a son of Ida Snyder Pardue and the late Will Albert Pardue. Ronnie loved to attend Antioch Ba [more...]

    Joyce R. Dunbar passed away at her home in Boone on Tuesday, March 29, 2011, after a three year battle with pancreatic cancer. Joyce and her husband Ron, who passed late last year, have lived in the area sixteen years and worked as rental property ow [more...]