Recent Obituaries

    Mrs. Hazel Moody Hayes, age 93, of Wallingford Street, Blowing Rock, NC, died Firday, December 18th at Watauga Medical Center. Funeral arrangements for Mrs. Hazel Moody Hayes are incomplete at this time and will be announced by Austin & Barnes. [more...]

    Mr. William Mack Welborn, age 74, of Roan Mountain, Tennessee and a former resident of Boone, died Thursday evening, November 26, 2009 at home. Born May 19, 1935 in Watauga County he was a son of the late John Washington and Mary Edith Hahn Welborn. [more...]

    November 23, 2009 Mr. Elmer Wendell Fox, Sr., age 86, of 211 Milton Brown Heirs Road, Boone and a former resident of Vilas, died Monday morning, November 23, 2009 at Glenbridge Health & Rehabilitation. Born April 3, 1923, he was a son of the late J [more...]

    Mr. William Robert Hodges, age 82, of Vilas, died Monday evening, November 23, 2009 at Life Care Center of Banner Elk. Born September 1, 1927, he was the son of the late Dallas Holland and Winifred Combs Hodges. Mr. Hodges proudly served in the Uni [more...]

    Dr. H. Lawrence “Larry” Bond, age 73, of Hardin Road, Boone, died Tuesday afternoon, November 17, 2009 at his home. Born October 7, 1936 in Memphis, Tennessee, he was a son of the late Freeman and Virginia Martin Bond. Dr. Bond was a graduate of Du [more...]

    Mr. John G. "Jack" Orr, age 76, of South Slope Road, Banner Elk, the Foscoe Community died Sunday morning at Life Care Center of Banner Elk. Surviving are one son; Jeffrey Orr and wife Lee of Cypress, California, one daughter, Jennifer Coseglia of L [more...]

    Mrs. Helen Ferrenberg, 97, of Sugar Grove, NC, died peacefully Thursday November 12, 2009 at Glenbridge Health & Rehab Center in Boone, NC. She was born on August 21, 1912 in Bucyrus, Ohio. She spent 63 years in Toledo, Ohio where she was a homemak [more...]

    November 13, 2009 Mrs. Ella May Shipley Schell, age 83, of Howard Winkler Road, Boone, died Tuesday evening, November 10, 2009 at Watauga Medical Center. Born March 10, 1926, she was a daughter of the late John William Shipley, Jr., and Elizabeth J [more...]

    Mrs. Ola Minnie Dancy Fox, age 84, of Milton Brown Heirs Road, Boone, died Monday morning, November 9, 2009 at Glenbridge Health Care & Rehabilitation. Born December 7, 1924 in Watauga County, she was a daughter of the late Iris and Dora Sherril Danc [more...]

    November 8, 2009 Mr. Ward Gurney Carroll, age 91, of Carroll Drive, Boone, died Sunday morning, November 8, 2009 at Watauga Medical Center. Born September 25, 1918, he was a son of the late P. G. and Mary Elizabeth Winkler Carroll. Mr. Carroll att [more...]

    Mrs. Mary Velma Eggers Henson, age 83, of Bethel Road, Vilas, died Friday evening, November 6, 2009 at her home. She was born July 19, 1926 on Stone Mountain, Watauga County, North Carolina to the late Ralph and Polly Guy Eggers. Velma Henson was su [more...]

    Mrs. Corinne Mae Smith Englehart, age 87, of Chestnut Drive Blowing Rock and a former resident of Appalachian Brian Estates, died Wednesday morning at the Davant Extended Care Facility. Born April 24, 1922 in Howard County, Maryland, she was a d [more...]

    November 2, 2009 Mrs. Sudia Grimes Mathes, age 88, of Norwood Hollow Road, Banner Elk and a former resident of Boone, died Saturday morning, October 31, 2009 at Life Care Center. Born December 13, 1920 in Avery County, she was a daughter of the lat [more...]

    October 30, 2009 Ms. Lindy Sue Watson, age 58, of Wildcat Road, Deep Gap, died Thursday evening, October 29, 2009 at Life Care Center in Banner Elk. Born December 16, 1950 in Watauga County, she was a daughter of the late Levi Ira and Ruby Fern Wat [more...]

    October 28, 2009 Mr. William A. \"Bill\" Hayes, age 91, of Glen Alpine, and a former resident of Boone, died Tuesday afternoon, October 27, 2009 at Caldwell Hospice & Palliative Care. Born February 17, 1918 in Watauga County, he was a son of the la [more...]