Recent Obituaries

    Inez Bates Branham, age 90, of Blowing Rock, passed away Sunday, September 27, 2015,in Watauga Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted at a later date. Online condolences may be shared with the Branham family at www.austinandbarnesfunera [more...]

    Mr. Fredrick Hubert Miller, age 83, of Lee South Road, Boone, passed away Thursday afternoon, September 24, 2015 at Glenbridge Health & Rehabilitation. Born September 16, 1932 in Watauga County, he was a son of the late Earl and Blanche Proffitt Mill [more...]

    Geraldine Mrs. A. Accetturo, 73, of Banner Elk, NC, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family, on Wednesday, September 23, 2015. Born in Newark, NJ on July 12, 1942 she was a daughter of Frank and Josephine Infantolino Sottosante. She is [more...]

    Edith Pitts Fortune, 91, formerly of Blowing Rock, passed away Monday, September 21, 2015 at Deerfield Ridge Assisted Living. She was born to Monroe and Minnie Pitts on September 16, 1924. Edith was a homemaker and a prayer warrior. She sang with [more...]

    Family edition: Sergeant Thomas Burton Swift 89, passed away at his home in Boone on Sunday September 20, 2015. Burt Swift, as he was affectionately known, was born May the 22, 1926. An Electrician by trade, he and his uncles helped bring e [more...]