Recent Obituaries

    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...]

     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...]