Recent Obituaries

    Jennie Lee Bingham Deal, 91, of Boone, passed away Thursday, December 20, 2012. Born October 1, 1921, Jennie Lee was one of eight children born to Dr. and Mrs. R. K. Bingham. She is survived by three children: Sandra Deal, of Sugar Grove; Jim Deal a [more...]

    Mr. Ralph Forrest Lewis, age 75, of Hwy 194 North, Boone, passed away Tuesday afternoon, December 18, 2012. Born April 6, 1937 in Watauga County, he was a son of the late James and Alice Church Lewis. Ralph was the owner and operator of Lewis Garag [more...]

    Ms. Gladys Viola Bowers, age 93, of Milton Brown Heirs Road, Boone passed away Tuesday morning, December 18, 2012 at Glenbridge Health & Rehabilitation. Born October 22, 1919 in Watauga County, she was the daughter of the late Blaine and Dortha Coff [more...]

    Maynard John Higby, Professor Emeritus of English at Appalachian State University, died at his home on December 18, 2012. Born in Utica, New York, on December 30, 1936, to the late Maynard Willard and Lucille Hanley Higby, he began a new life at the [more...]

    Sandra Marsh Fuller, age 51, of Nugget Drive, Conyers, Georgia, died Tuesday, December l8, 2012 in Blowing Rock. Mrs. Fuller was born May 31, 1961 in St. Andrew, Jamaica. Sandra was a member of the Atlanta North 7th Day Adventist Church. She was [more...]

    Winifred Drawhorn Van Devender passed away peacefully on December 16, 2012, at Life Care Center of Banner Elk (NC), at the age of 87. Winnie was born in Port Neches, Texas, to Thomas Ellis and Edith Allen Drawhorn. She lived there until she married [more...]

    Mr. James Owen Tolbert, age 65, of Sumpter Cabin Creek Road, Blowing Rock, passed away Friday morning, December 14, 2012 at Watauga Medical Center. Born March 21, 1947 in Watauga County, he was a son of the late Langston Owen and Irene Hartley Tolber [more...]

    Margaret Coffey Farley, age 76, of West Acadia Avenue, Winston-Salem, and formerly of Blowing Rock, went to be with her Lord and Savior Thursday, December 13, 2012. Born April 27, 1936 in Princeton, WV, she was the daughter of the late Clayton McD [more...]

    Juanita Marie Ward Guy, 86, of Zionville, passed away Thursday, December 12, 2012, at her home. Born June 6, 1926 in Watauga County, she was a daughter of Samuel and Effie W. Ward. Mrs. Guy was the family historian who adored her husband, daughte [more...]

    Kenneth Ray Cornett, 57, of Reese Road, Vilas, passed away Wednesday evening, December 12, 2012, at his home. Born January 24, 1955 in Watauga County, he was a son of Grover and Thelma Harmon Cornett. Kenneth was a member of Bethel Baptist Church. [more...]

    Mr. Lowell F. Miller, age 66, of George Moretz Lane, Boone, passed away Tuesday evening December 11, 2012 at Johnson City Medical Center. He was born August 5, 1946 in Watauga County. Lowell was a US Army Veteran, having served during Vietnam and w [more...]

    December 11, 2012 Mrs. Joan Ruth Parlier, age 78, of Joe Parlier Road, Elk Park, passed away Sunday morning, December 9, 2012 at her home. Born in Detroit, Michigan, she was a daughter of the late Otto and Margaret Griffith Waldecker. Joan was a m [more...]

    Grady M. Barnes, 94, of Knollwood Drive, Boone, passed away Wednesday, December 5, 2012. Born June 30, 1918 in Watauga County, he was a son of Romulus Linney and Maude Bumgarner Barnes. Mr. Barnes served in the U.S. Army during WWII. He was a memb [more...]

     Michael Lee Storie, age 64, of Browns Chapel Road, Boone, passed away Sunday afternoon, December 2, 2012 at home. Born October 16, 1948 in Watauga County, he was a son of Hunter and Gladys Dew Storie. Mike served in the US Marine Corp and the US N [more...]

    Mr. William Max “Bill” Dixon, Sr., age 87, of Forest Hills Drive, Boone, passed away Sunday night, December 2, 2012 at his home. Born December 20, 1924, in Cleveland County, he was a son of the late Edgar William and Sara Gantt Dixon. Mr. Dixon was [more...]