Recent Obituaries

    David Carl Miller, age 85, of Hwy 194 North, Boone, died Thursday evening, April 14, 2011 at his home. Born February 25, 1926 in Boone, he was a son of Walter Clyde and Zennie Davis Miller. Carl was a member of Hopewell United Methodist Church. He [more...]

     Frank Kenneth 'Ken' McKinney, age 67, of Bamboo Road, Boone, died Saturday morning, April 9, 2011 at Watauga Medical Center. Born April 13, 1943 in Birmingham, Alabama, he was a son of Frank Gene and Edna Ruth Pass McKinney. Dr McKinney retired fro [more...]

    Angela Withrow McCoury, formerly Angela Church, died Friday, April 8, 2011 at Watauga Medical Center. She was born May 29, 1965 in Oxnard, CA. Angela is survived by her parents, Jarrell David ‘Jerry’ Withrow and Wilma Jean Cole Withrow of Four Oak [more...]

    Nancye Fleming Markle, 101, of Blowing Rock, NC, died peacefully at home on April 8, 2011. Mrs. Markle was born March 15, 1910, in Winston-Salem, NC, to Calvin James Fleming and Nannie Bell Shouse Fleming. She grew up in Winston Salem and was a g [more...]

    Francis Marion McGuire, age 97, of Boone, died Tuesday morning, April 7, 2011 at Glenbridge Health and Rehabilitation. Born August 5, 1913 in Watauga County, he was a son of James Monroe and Martha Rominger McGuire. Mr. McGuire was a member of West [more...]

    Henry Harrison Finck, age 85, of Baird's Creek Road, Vilas, and formerly of Reader, W. Va., died Thursday, March 31, 2011, at his home. Born October 12, 1925 in Brooklyn, NY, Henry was a son of David and Mollie Stollowitz Finck. Mr. Finck served as [more...]

    Mr. Ronnie Junior Pardue, age 48, of Camp Joy Road, Zionville, died Wednesday morning, March 30, 2011 at home. Born March 20, 1963 in Avery County, he was a son of Ida Snyder Pardue and the late Will Albert Pardue. Ronnie loved to attend Antioch Ba [more...]

    Joyce R. Dunbar passed away at her home in Boone on Tuesday, March 29, 2011, after a three year battle with pancreatic cancer. Joyce and her husband Ron, who passed late last year, have lived in the area sixteen years and worked as rental property ow [more...]

    Mrs. Jessie DeBerry Pease, age 101, of Boone, died Thursday morning, March 17, 2011, at Life Care of Banner Elk. Mrs. Pease is survived by her children, Nancy Pease Flippin and husband, Jay, of Morehead, Kentucky, and Tommy Pease and wife, Debra, [more...]

    Mrs. Ruby Moretz Fritts, age 90, of Mountain City, TN, passed away on Thursday, March 17, 2011 at the Watauga Medical Center of Boone, North Carolina Ruby is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Judy and Norman E. Garland of Boone, North Carol [more...]

    Mrs. Inez Berry Storie, age 76, of Milton Brown Heirs Road, Boone and a former resident of the Baird’s Creek Community died Tuesday morning, March 15, 2011 at Watauga Medical Center. Born October 27, 1934 in Watauga County, she was a daughter of the [more...]

    Mrs. Barbara Farthing Ragan, age 75, of Wild Rose Lane, Boone, died Tuesday evening, March 15, 2011 at home. Born August 19, 1935 in Watauga County, she was the daughter of Pearl Graybeal Farthing and the late Albert Chester Farthing, Sr. Barbara w [more...]

     Tommy Earl Sluder, 76, of South Spruce Street, Wilkesboro, and a former resident of the Foscoe community, died Sunday, March 13, 2011,at the Watauga Medical Center. Born May 19, 1934 in Watauga County, he was a son of Arl and Eva Calloway Sluder. [more...]

    Robert Allen ‘Bob’ Adams, 77, of Russell Beach Road, Vilas, died Thursday, March 10, 2011 at his home. Born November 20, 1933 in Watauga County, he was a son of Dolph and Ellen McNeil Adams. Bob was a member of Vilas Valley Baptist Church. He ser [more...]

    Mark Steven Wellborn, age 51, of US Hwy 221 South, Deep Gap, died Wednesday morning, March 9, 2011 at his home. Born September 17, 1959 in Watauga County, he was a son of Jack and Joanne Critcher Wellborn. Mark was a member of the Laurel Springs Ba [more...]