Recent Obituaries

    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...]

     Mrs. Billie Mast Wilson, age 84, of Boone passed away Friday morning, November 30, 2012 at Glenbridge Health & Rehabilitation. Born June 17, 1928 in Watauga County, she was a daughter of the late Henry and Mamie Henson Mast. Billie originally st [more...]

    Mrs. Emma Jean Brinker Bougher, age 95, of Boone and formerly of Port St. Lucie, Florida, passed away Tuesday morning, November 27, 2012 at Glenbridge Health & Rehabilitation Center. A resident there for the past eight years, she was cared for with [more...]

    Mrs. Sarah Frances McLaurin Forde, age 89, of Valle Crucis and a former resident of Laurinburg passed away Tuesday November 20, 2012 at home. Born February 6, 1923 in Scotland County, she was a daughter of the late Morrison and Mary Liles McLaurin. [more...]

    Leone Perry Hendershot, age 89, of Cardinal Lane, Boone, passed away Friday morning, November l6, 2012 at Deerfield Ridge Assisted Living. Born April 27, 1923 in Caseville, Michigan, she was a daughter of Ervin and Katherine Ostermiller Perry. Mrs. [more...]

    Mr. Terry Wayne Rushin, age 67, of Davant Extended Care Facility, Blowing Rock, NC, passed away peacefully on Wednesday November 14, 2012. Born June 18, 1945 in Greensboro, NC, he was a son of the late Ben and Zelma Sexton Rushin. Terry was a gradu [more...]

    Wilma Gladys Ward Harmon of Boyd Harmon Road, Vilas, passed into the arms of her loving Savior Monday, November 12, 2012. A native of Watauga County, Wilma Gladys was born November 15, 1928 to Marshall Daniel and Edna Georgia Farthing Ward. She wa [more...]

    Mr. Richard Dee Greene, age 88, of Blowing Rock passed away Sunday morning November 11, 2012 at Blowing Rock Extended Care. Born June 14, 1924 in Blowing Rock, he was a son of the late John F. and Nora Price Greene. Dee was a WWII Veteran and fough [more...]

    Jerry Lane Glenn, 65, of Clark Swift Road, Vilas, passed away Sunday, November 11, 2012. Born February 4, 1947 in Watauga County, he was a son of Ralph and Alice Harmon Glenn. Jerry was a member of Willow Valley Baptist Church. He retired after 46 [more...]

    Raymond Tyrus "Ray" Buckner Jr. of Lincolnton, N.C., died Nov. 7, 2012, in Boone, N.C., at age 81, after a period of declining health. He was a wonderful son, brother, husband, father, and friend. He loved his family, the mountains, photography, sp [more...]

    Viola Gertrude Bingham, of Sparta and a former resident of Boone passed away Tuesday morning at Forsyth Medical Center. She is survived by four daughters; Linda McGrady and husband Stanley of Sparta, Luisa Wilson and husband J. Timothy Wilson of Mo [more...]