Recent Obituaries

    Mr. Billy Vance McNeal, age 77, of NC 194 North, Boone, died Monday afternoon March 8, 2010 at Watauga Medical Center. Born April 21, 1932 in Mountain City, Tennessee, he was a son of the late Grady and Minnie Rominger McNeil. Billy was raised in [more...]

    Lenval Lee Hicks, age 84, of George Edmisten Road, Sugar Grove, died Monday evening, March 8th, 2010 at Watauga Medical Center. He was born May 16, 1925 in the Beech Creek community of Watauga County to Barney and Della Hicks. Mr. Hicks was a member [more...]

    Mr. Benjamin "Harvey" Reece, age 99, of Flat Springs Road, Elk Park, died Wednesday morning, February 24, 2010 at Watauga Medical Center. Born March 23, 1910 in Watauga County, he was a son of the late John F. and Delphia Harmon Reece. Mr. Reece wa [more...]

    Ms. Julia "Judy" Barber passed away February 24, 2010 at Life Care Center of Banner Elk (NC). Born March 13, 1918 in Cooperstown, New York, she was the youngest of nine children; daughter of Olin and Sara Evans Wood. Ms. Barber was a former Dir [more...]

    February 23, 2010 Dr. Walter Powell Oldendorf age 72, of Valle Crucis, died Monday morning, February 22, 2010 at Johnson City Medical Center. Born in Evanston, Illinois May 31, 1937, he was a son of the late Walter M. Oldendorf and the late Dorothy [more...]

    Mr. Ralph Blaine Fletcher, age 91, of Odes Wilson Road, Zionville, died Wednesday morning, February 17, 2010 at Glenbridge Health & Rehabilitation. Born April 12, 1918 in Watauga County, he was a son of the late Newton Spencer and Maggie Eller Fletc [more...]

    Pansy Watson Lewis, age 81, of Wildcat Road, Deep Gap, died Saturday morning, February 13, 2010 at Watauga Medical Center. She was born March 31, 1928 in Deep Gap to Willard and Ora Greer Watson. Mrs. Lewis attended Cornerstone Missionary Baptist C [more...]

     Jane Brown Cornett, age 71, of Old US Hwy 421, Zionville, went to be with her Lord Friday evening, February 12, 2010 surrounded by her family. She was born April 7, 1938 in Watauga County, a daughter of Jim and Mae Lawrence Brown. She was a m [more...]

    Mr. Edwin Bartlett "Bart" Storie, age 55, of Juniper Lane, Boone, died Wednesday morning at the Davant Extended Care Facility. Surviving are four sisters; Tudy Pearson, Smitty Richards and Marty Tugman all of Boone, and Libby Sharp of Sevierville, [more...]

     Lamar Delano Smith, age 72, of Jenny Lane, Boone, North Carolina, died Wednesday afternoon, February 10, 2010 at Watauga Medical Center. He was born August 15, 1937 in Auburndale, Florida to Rohie St. Clair and Virginia Jensen Hughes. Mr. Smith s [more...]

    Mr. Richard Andrew Brannen, age 55, of Ivy Terrace Drive, Boone, died Monday, February 1, 2010 at Watauga Medical Center. Born March 9, 1954 in Harrisburg, PA, he was a son of the late John W. Brannen, Jr. and Mary Depew Brannen Bruch. He was a di [more...]

    Hiram Brooks, Jr., age 90, of Linville Creek Road, Vilas, died Friday morning, January 29, 2010 at Watauga Medical Center. He was born September 6, 1919 in Rogersville, Tennessee to Hiram Brooks, Sr. and Nannie Kate Carpenter Brooks. Mr. Brooks was [more...]

    January 28, 2010 Ms. Lossie Marie Daniels Dickenson, age 76, of Big Stone Gap, Virginia went to be with her Savior Thursday morning, January 28, 2010. Born in Harlan County, Kentucky June 8, 1933, she was a daughter of the late Walter and Josie Tay [more...]

     Rose Marion Large, age 96, of Crystal City, Missouri, died Tuesday morning, January 26, 2010 at the Scenic View Home in Crystal City. She was born August 7, 1913 in Crystal City to William H. and Gertrude Schulte. Mrs. Large was a member of Sacr [more...]

     Grace Barnes Tester, age 84, of Howard's Creek Road, Boone, died Friday morning, January 22, 1010 at her home. She was born January 23, 1925 in Watauga County to Fred and Ida Jane Greene Barnes. Mrs. Tester was a housewife and homemaker. She wa [more...]