Recent Obituaries

    Carter Jones Matheson, 91, of John Ward Road, Sugar Grove, died Wednesday evening, January 18, 2012, at his home. Born December 16, 1920 in Watauga County, he was a son of Ross and Rosa Cook Matheson. Mr. Matheson was a member of Willowdale Baptist [more...]

    Mr. William Walter "Bill" Trivett, age 78, of Pine Valley Drive, Boone, passed away Wednesday morning, January 11, 2012 at the James A. Quillen VA Medical Center in Johnson City, Tennessee. Born April 11, 1933 in Neva, Tennessee, he was a son of the [more...]

    Dr. Winston Lee Kinsey, age 68, of Lawrence Greene Road, Deep Gap, passed away Monday evening January 9, 2012 at his residence. Born March 7, 1943 in Lampasas, Texas, he was a son of the late Lee Roy and Loretta Hazel Jernigan Kinsey. Dr. Kinsey re [more...]

    January 9, 2012 Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Hampton Jewell, age 71, of Snow Camp, NC and a former resident of Todd, passed away Monday morning at Duke Home Care and Hospice\'s Hock Family Pavilion in Durham. Born September 25, 1940 in Watauga County, s [more...]

    Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Padgett, age 71, of Millard Lane, Miller’s Creek, died Saturday evening, January 7, 2012 at Forsyth Medical Center. Born March 1, 1941 in Tampa, Florida, she was a daughter of the late Thurman Eli and Mellie Blalock Lee. Mrs. Pad [more...]

    William Ray Tester, Sr. of Brooksville, Florida and Stearns, Kentucky, died Saturday, January 7, 2012 at HPH Hospice in Spring Hill, Florida. Surviving are his loving wife Mildred (Millie) Tester; children: Freida Lynn Green, Christopher Allen Tes [more...]

    Wayne J. South, 66, of the Rutherwood community, died Thursday, January 5, 2012 at Watauga Medical Center. Wayne Junior South was born May 28, 1945 in Watauga County to Cody and Unabell Hodge South. He was a member and Deacon of the Westside Baptis [more...]

    Joseph Bruce Donnelly, age 79, of Zionville, NC, passed away Wednesday, January 4, 2012. Joseph is survived by his wife, Joan Donnelly; son and daughter-in-law, Larry and Anita Donnelly of Zionville, NC; sisters: Ruth Duncan of Zionville, NC, B [more...]

    David Glenn Dancey, age 48, of Howard's Creek Road, Boone, died Saturday evening, December 31, 2011, at his home. Born October 2, 1963 in Cleveland, Ohio, he was a son of James and Clara Moretz Dancey. David worked in construction before becoming di [more...]

     Andrea Nadine Douglass "Andy", 67, of Fleetwood, died on Friday, December 30, 2011 at home. Andy was born December 7, 1944 in Valley Stream, New York. She was the daughter of the late Eugene and Mary Patryk. After graduating from high school in Sau [more...]

    Lois Walker Olson, age 79, of Knollwood Drive, Boone, died Tuesday morning, December 27, 2011 at her home. Lois Jean Walker was born January 8, 1932 in Highland, Indiana, to Fred Raymond and Ruth Tomlonson Walker. She was a member of Mount Vernon B [more...]

    December 25, 2011 Mr. Christopher “Chris” Greer, age 55, of North Street, Boone, died Sunday afternoon December 25, 2011 at Blowing Rock Hospital. Born November 7, 1956 in Watauga County he was a son of the late Winston Worth Greer and Ruth Whittin [more...]

    Donald Everett Carter, age 92, of Bamboo Road, Boone, died Friday morning, December 23, 2011 at the Watauga Medical Center. Born April 4, 1919 in Big Heart, Oklahoma, he was a son of Laurence and Lillie Elliot Carter. Mr. Carter was a pilot in the [more...]

    December 23, 2011 Mrs. Pauline Smith Coffey, age 102, of Boone and a former resident of Butler died Friday morning, December 23, 2011 at Glenbridge Health & Rehabilitation. Born March 1, 1909 in Butler, Tennessee, she was a daughter of the late R. [more...]

    Mr. E. Worth Mullis, age 86, of Highway 105 Sout, Boone, the Foscoe Community, died wednesday at home. Funeral services for Worth Mullis will be conducted in Parkesburg, Pennsylania on Thursday, December 29, 2011 beginning with a receiving of frie [more...]