Recent Obituaries

    Jonathan Brennan Kampfer, age 19, of Junaluska Road, Boone, died Sunday evening, October 11, 2009. He was born July 20, 1990 in Fairfield, California. Jonathan was a full time student at Watauga High School and was employed part time at the school. [more...]

    Dr. John Fox Williams died Friday October 9, 2009 at Brookstone Terrace Nursing Home in Clemmons, NC. He was a retired Professor of Mathematics at Appalachian State University for 24 years. He received two degrees in mathematics from the University [more...]

    Mr. William Ronald ‘Ronnie’ Kerley, age 52, of Fleetwood, died Wednesday morning, October 7, 2009 at Forsyth Memorial Hospital in Winston-Salem. Born June 15, 1957 in Mountain City, Tennessee, he was a son of the late Jack Edmund Kerley, Sr., and Ell [more...]

    Mr. Martin Leroy Cushey, age 72, of Friendship Church Road, Boone, died Friday afternoon October 2, 2009 at home after a long battle with lung Cancer. . Born in Watsonville, California June 10, 1937, he was a son of the late Martin and Ardith Parks [more...]

    Stella Perry Creed, age 95, of U.S. Highway 321 North, Sugar Grove, died Thursday evening, October l, 2009 at Blowing Rock Hospital. She was born November 16, 1913 in Ashe County to William Emory and Alice Denny Perry. Mrs. Creed was a member of the [more...]

    Mrs. Grace Roberta Fogle, age 89, of Shadowline Drive, Boone, died Thursday afternoon, October 1, 2009 at Watauga Medical Center. Born December 20, 1919 in Glendale, Florida, she was a daughter of the late Robert Martin and Patience Marie Gillespie [more...]

    Mr. James Calvin Pennell, age 78, of Charlie Hicks Road, Banner Elk, died Monday night, September 28, 2009 at Life Care Center of Banner Elk. Born April 9, 1931 in Johnson County, Tennessee, he was a son of the late Spencer and Annie Mae Norris Penn [more...]

    Richard Walters of Boone passed away on Sunday, September 27, 2009, in the Watauga Medical Center due to diabetis-related complications. He was born in 1949 in Lima, Ohio to John and Mary Anne Walters both deceased. He advanced through the Lima City [more...]

     Patricia Ellen 'Patty' Barker, age 48, of Fleetwood, died Saturday afternoon, September 26, 2009 at Watauga Medical Center. She was born January 9, 1961 in Havre de Grace, Maryland. Patty was a member of Mount Paddy Church in West Jefferson where [more...]

    Mrs. Lucie Block de Ruyter, age 85, of Blowing Rock and a former resident of Joe Shoemaker Road, Vilas, died Saturday evening at Blowing Rock Hospital. Surviving are five children; Maryke Schooler of Indiana, Ellen Forbes of New York, Lydia de Ruyte [more...]

     Miss Chesney Faye Ward, age 3, of Old Watauga River, Sugar Grove, died Tuesday night, September 22, 2009 at Watauga Medical Center. Born December 29, 2005 in Watauga County, she was a daughter of Bobby Lee and Tanya Caltrider Ward. In addition [more...]

     Mr. Glendon G. “Glen” Trew, age 74, of Sarasota, Fla. and a seasonal resident of Linville, N.C. died Saturday Sept. 19, 2009 in Sarasota. Born Feb. 5, 1935 in Pittsburgh, Pa., he was a son of the late Glenn and Esther Mulkern Trew. Mr. Trew was a U [more...]

    Mandy Brown Norris, age 80, of Monteagle Drive, Boone, died Thursday morning, September 17, 2009 at her home. She was born February 7, 1929 in Watauga County to Jim and Pansy Potter Brown. Mrs. Norris was a member of Three Forks Baptist Church and r [more...]

    Mrs. Patricia Harmon \"Trish\" Main, age 46, of Diamond Ridge Road, Boone, died Tuesday morning, September 15, 2009 at Watauga Medical Center. Born May 25, 1963 in Watauga County, she was a daughter of the late Jimmie Roger Harmon and Shirley Lewis [more...]

     Jean Elizabeth Smith Horner died September 8th at 6: 58 am in Boone, N.C. She was born in Concord, NC on October 20th 1924, the daughter of James Smith and Lillie Atwell Smith. She was the eldest of three daughters. Jean married Frederick [more...]