Recent Obituaries

    Dr. Linda Herman Miller, age 63, Brentwood Drive, Gastonia, died Saturday morning, August 27, 2011 at Glenbridge Health & Rehabilitation in Boone. Linda Sue Herman was born April 19, 1948 in Watauga County. She attended Cove Creek Elementary and Wat [more...]

    Addie Mae Hicks Dollar, 91, of Michael Road, Trade, Tennessee, died Wednesday morning, August 17, 2011 at Watauga Medical Center. Born February 25, 1920 in Watauga County, she was a daughter of Calvin and Nora Hicks. Addie Mae loved the Lord, her c [more...]

    Mr. Robert Lewis Stephen Townsend, age 87, of Grandview Heights, Boone, died Tuesday morning, August 16, 2011 at Watauga Medical Center. Born May 1, 1924 in Avery County, he was a son of the late Charlie and Alice Davis Townsend. Mr. Townsend was a [more...]

    June Harmon Weaver age 85, of Valley Hill Drive, Vilas, died Tuesday afternoon, August 16, 2011 at 12 o'clock at her home. Born May 30, 1926 in Avery County, she was a daughter of Will J. and Bertie Ward Harmon. June was a wonderful housekeeper an [more...]

    Wanda Cook Fox, 48, of Rocky Point Acres, Deep Gap died Tuesday evening, August 16, 2011 at home. She was born February 21, l963 in Watauga County. Wanda was an executive administrative assistant at ASU. She was a member of Laurel Springs Baptist [more...]

     Capt. Milton "Scotty" Scott (USN retired), age 77, of Tampa, FL, passed away peacefully Tuesday evening, August 16, 2011 at his second home in Banner Elk, NC. Born June 14, 1934 in Pitt County, NC he was one of four children born to the late Milton [more...]

    Mr. Ellard Glenn Cornett, age 80, of Milton Brown Heirs Road, and a former resident of Mountain City, died Monday morning, August 15, 2011 at Glenbridge Health & Rehabilitation. Born January 6, 1931 in Watauga County he was a son of the late Fred M. [more...]

    Mrs. Linda Blanche Isaacs Presnell, age 77, of Browns Chapel Road, Boone and formerly of Zionville, died Friday evening, August 12, 2011 at Glenbridge Health & Rehabilitation. Born April 29, 1934 in Watauga County, she was a daughter of the late Eno [more...]

    Theresa Brown Greene, 89, of Farthing Street, Boone, died Wednesday morning. August 10, 2011 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Born July l6, 1922 in Mooresville, she was a daughter of Marshall Franklin and Irene Hun [more...]

    Kristi Scroggs Wallace, age 29, of North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and a native of Watauga County, died Wednesday morning, August 10, 2011, at the Grand Strand Medical Center in Myrtle Beach. Born Kristi Michelle Scroggs, she was a daughter of [more...]

    Edna B. Hampton, 95, of Deerfield Road, Boone, died Wednesday evening, August 10, 2011 at her home. Edna Beatrice was born January 1, 1916 in Charleston, SC. She was a faithful member of Friendship United Methodist Church and a homemaker. Miss Ham [more...]

    Mr. Commodore Darrell Keller, 71, of Black Mountain Center and a former resident of Sugar Grove, died Monday, August 1, 2011 at Mission Hospital in Asheville. Born February 20, 1940 in Watauga County, he was a son of the late Joseph Alexander and Li [more...]

    Moses Haley, age 5, of Flat Top Road, Blowing Rock, died Saturday, July 30, 2011 at his home. He bravely battled rhabdomyosarcoma for 19 and 1/2 months. Omraam Moses Haley was born February 21, 2006 in Watauga County. He attended pre-kindergarten [more...]

    Alice Bowley Ward, age 60, of Beaver Creek School Road, West Jefferson, and formerly of Watauga County, died Thursday, July 28, 2011 at the Johnson County Community Hospital in Mountain City, TN. Born Alice Lodemia Bowley Dec. 4, 1950 in Washington [more...]

    Mr. Estel George Wagner, age 91, of Water's Edge in Lake Wales, Florida and a former resident of Boone, died Wednesday at Grace Health Care in Florida. Born February 16, 1920 in Montana, he was a son of the late Judson and Effie Dean Smith Wagner. [more...]