Recent Obituaries

    Della Rae Isaacs McGuire, age 94, of US Hwy 321 North, Vilas, died Sunday morning, December 12, 2010 at Glenbridge Health & Rehabilitation. Born Della Rae Isaacs on June l3, 1916 in Watauga County, she was a daughter of Noah and Callie Stout Isaacs. [more...]

    Viola Ward Guy, age 88, of Russ Norris Road, Elk Park, (the Old Beech Mountain Community) died Friday morning, December 10, 2010 at Watauga Medical Center. Born Viola Ward December 20, 1921 in Avery County, she was a daughter of Samuel and Effie Ward [more...]

    Mr. Bill N. Bentley, age 78, of Old Clayton Greene Road, Boone, died Tuesday evening, December 7, 2010 at home. Born July 28, 1932 in Watauga County, he was a son of the late David and Nancy Lawrence Bentley. Mr. Bentley was a retired equipment ope [more...]

    Ms. Joanna Augusta Springs, age 69, of Boone died Monday evening, December 6, 2010 at Glenbridge Health & Rehabilitation. Born April 6, 1941 in Mecklenburg County, she was a daughter of the late John Alexander and Ruth Harding Springs. She was a 19 [more...]

    December 2, 2010 Mr. Ernest Clint McGuire, Sr. age 78, of Boone, died Wednesday night, December 1, 2010 at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. Born in Valle Crucis June 20, 1932, he was a son of the late James Monroe and Martha Rominger McGuire. [more...]

    Joseph Patrick 'PAT' Baker, age 53, of Castle Ford Road, Boone, died Sunday evening, November 28, 2010. Born Joseph Patrick Baker on October 29, 1957 in Mecklenburg County, he was a son of Julia Tucker Baker and the late Joseph Leon Baker. He grad [more...]

     Roscoe Rondon 'RON' Dunbar, Jr., age 73, of Ridge Road, Boone, died Friday evening at Watauga Medical Center. Funeral arrangements for Ron Dunbar are incomplete. Online condolences may be sent to the family at the website austinandbarnesfuneral [more...]

     Dorothy Holland “Dot” Watlington passed away on November 25, 2010. Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Malchus and Mamie Hair Holland. She attended Peace College, and during WWII worked for Mason & Hanger and Hercules [more...]

    Conley Ray Guy, 68, of Guy Lane, Lenoir, died Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010 at Caldwell Memorial Hospital. Born May 6, 1942 in Johnson County, Tenn., he was a son of George Sam and Ella Icenhour Guy. Mr. Guy was a member of Lakeview Baptist Church and at [more...]

    Mrs. Ella Mae Wallace Fletcher, 88, of Norwood Hollow Road, Banner Elk, formerly of Boone, died Friday, November 19, 2010 at Life Care Center of Banner Elk. Born June 1, 1922, in Ashe County, to Roby and Erma Martin Wallace, she was a homemaker an [more...]

    Hazel Hollars Walls, 92, of Hwy. 105 South, Vilas, died Friday morning, Nov. 19, 2010 at Glenbridge Health and Rehabilitation. Born Hazel Mary Hollars on Feb. 11, 1918, she was a daughter of Fowel H. and Nora Mae Earp Hollars. Mrs. Walls was a memb [more...]

    Mr. George M. Potter, age 77, of Villa Drive, Vilas, died Thursday afternoon at Watauga Medical Center. He is survived by six sisters; Grace Potter and Joyce Godsey both of Vilas, Rose Osborne of Zionville, Gladys Cole and husband Danny of Lenoi [more...]

    November 15, 2010 Mrs. Loretta Sue Saunders Poole, age 59, of Snowy Oak Road, Boone, died Sunday morning, November 14, 2010 at Watauga Medical Center. Born September15, 1951 in Anstead, West Virginia, she was a daughter of the late Frank Saunders, [more...]

    Mr. Robert Ford Hicks, Sr. age 76, of Moretz Road, Mountain City, Tennessee, and a native of Watauga County, died Sunday morning, November 14, 2010 at Watauga Medical Center. Born January 16, 1934 in Watauga County, he was a son of Leander and Ivale [more...]

    Mr. William Franklin "Frank" Owens, age 57, of Hwy 105 South, Boone, the Foscoe community, died Sunday afternoon, November 14, 2010 at home. Born October 19, 1953 in Ashe County, he was a son of the late Joe and Elsie Owens. Mr. Owens was retired f [more...]