Recent Obituaries

    May 15, 2009 Mrs. Rena Farthing Graybeal, age 91, of Shadowline Drive, died Thursday evening, May 14, 2009 at Cannon Memorial Hospital. Born June 28, 1917 in Watauga County, she was a daughter of the late William Dudley and Beulah Edmisten Farthing [more...]

     Walter Cooper Gummere, Jr., age 92, of Appalachian Brian Estates, Boone, died Monday evening, May 11, 2009 at his home. He was born April 24, 1917 in Columbus, Ohio to Walter C. Gummere, Sr. and Glenn Becker Gummere. Mr. Gummere earned his B.A. [more...]

    Mrs. Louise Townsend, age 83, of Townsend Road, Hickory, died Saturday morning, May 9, 2009 at Carolina Rehab in Icard. Born February 4, 1926 in Watauga County, she was a daughter of the late Jason and Essie Townsend. Mrs. Townsend was a homemaker [more...]

    Rudolph Carl Stone, 77, died Thursday, May 7, 2009 at his home in Blowing Rock. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Audrey Lippoth Stone; daughters, Christine Hamrick and husband, Dennis of Tarboro, NC; Linda Stone of Blowing Rock, Wendy Wilkinso [more...]

    Jessie Timmons Norris, age 86, died peacefully of complications of pneumonia at A.G. Rhodes of Wesley Woods in Atlanta on May 2, 2009. She had been an active resident at the nursing home for the past 10 years. Born in Hickory, NC on November 12, 1 [more...]