Recent Obituaries

     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...]

     Mrs. Sanna Rosalind Ross Gaffney, age 87, of Forest Hill Drive, Boone, died Tuesday evening at her home. Surviving are her husband; Joseph M. Gaffney; three daughters; Sanna K. Miller and husband Mike, Gail Williamson and husband Bob, and Jill P [more...]

    Mrs. Maxine McLarty Sullivan, age 95, of 369 Blairmont Drive, Boone, died Sunday morning, September 6, 2009 at Glenbridge Healthcare & Rehabilitation. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, March 14, 1914, she was a daughter of the late Dewitt and Ruth Spence Mc [more...]

    September 7, 2009 Mr. Erik Gunnar Lunaas, age 31, of Todd, died Sunday morning September 6, 2009 in Boone. Born February 8, 1978 in New Bern North Carolina, he was the son of Pattie Kolb Newsome and Robert D. Lunaas, Jr. Erik was a 1996 Graduate o [more...]

    September 5, 2009 Mrs. Phyllis Ann Hicks, age 61, of Slabtown Road, Zionville, died Friday evening, September 4, 2009 at Watauga Medical Center. Born July 29, 1948 in West Virginia, she was a daughter of the late William and Lillian Pater Mounts. [more...]

    September 4, 2009 Mrs. Estella Whittington Wilson, age 79, of Junaluska Road, Boone, died Wednesday morning, September 2, 2009 at Glenbridge Health Care & Rehabilitation. Born September 9, 1929 in Watauga County, she was a daughter of the late Mark [more...]

    John Wesley Fox, age 30, of Winter Drive, Boone, died Sunday morning, August 30, 2009. He was born August 5, 1979 in Allentown, Pennsylvania. John was a carpenter. He loved the outdoors and thoroughly enjoyed fishing and hunting. Mr. Fox is sur [more...]

    AUGUST 30, 2009 Mr. Ralph Bartlett Norris, age 84, of Sunnyside Drive, Boone, died Saturday night August 29, 2009 at Glenbridge Health Care & Rehabilitation. Born May 23, 1925 in Watauga County, he was a son of the late Marvin and Ella Mae Cox Norr [more...]

    Dr. Eric Jordan Hatch, born June 17, 1943, died at the age of 66 on August 29, 2009, in Watauga County, North Carolina. He was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph Hatch and Mary Hatch. He is survived by his wife Carole of Boone, North Carolin [more...]

     Larry Henry "Red" Winebarger, age 70 of North Fairview Drive, Lenoir, died Friday morning, August 28th, 2009 at Caldwell Memorial Hospital. He was born March 18, 1939 in Watauga County to Henry Alfred and Burlie Reece Winebarger. Red was of the [more...]

     Roy Lee Medlin, age 81, of Hampton Court, Boone, died Thursday afternoon, August 27, 2009 at Watauga Medical Center. He was born May 5, 1928 in Wake County to Russell and Claudia Young Medlin. Mr. Medlin was a construction heavy equipment operat [more...]

    August 24, 2009 Mr. Avery Guy, age 86, of US Hwy 421 North, Zionville, died Monday morning at home. Born October 31, 1922 in Avery County, he was a son of the late Willard and Nora Brown Guy. Mr. Guy was a US Army Veteran, having served in WWII. H [more...]

    Georgianna Pickard Moretz, age 69, of the Boone Village Club, Furman Road, Boone, died Monday evening, August 17, 2009 at her home. She was born July 26, 1940 in Wisconsin to Sidney and Mary Ward Pickard. Georgianna was a graduate of Appalachian S [more...]

    Mr. John Riley Greene, age 85, of Mt. Zion Road, Deep Gap, the Stony Fork Community, died Sunday, August 16, 2009 morning at Glenbridge Health Care & Rehabilitation. Born June 13, 1924 in Watauga County, he was a son of the late Judson Moore and Het [more...]

    August 18, 2009 Mr. Dariel Eugene Barwick, age 60, of Rhymer Branch Road, Deep Gap, the Triplett community died Sunday night, august 16, 2009 at the James A. Quillen Veteran's Hospital in Mountain Home, Tennessee. Born March 22, 1949 in Jackson, Mi [more...]