Recent Obituaries

    Mrs. Margaret Hayes Norris, age 85, of Boone, passed away Tuesday morning, April 25, 2017 at Glenbridge Health & Rehabilitation. Born May 11, 1931 in Watauga County, she was a daughter of the late Lloyd L. Hayes and Nellie Edmisten Hayes. Margaret w [more...]

    Dr. Alden Harry Peterson, 81, of Hunting Hills Lane, Boone, passed away April 25, 2017, after an extended illness. He was born March 18, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois, son of Harry Carl and Evangeline (Anderson) Peterson. Closest to Aldens heart was h [more...]

    Elizabeth Ann LIBBY Sathre, age 93, of Rosenstein Drive, Deep Gap, and formerly of Austin, Minnesota, passed away Saturday evening, April 22, 2017 at Watauga Medical Center. Born April 26, 1923 in St. Louis, Missouri, she was a daughter of Benjami [more...]

    Mary Elizabeth Greene Triplett, 75, of Blowing Rock, passed away Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at Watauga Medical Center. Born February 12, 1942 in Watauga County, she was a daughter of Harlen James and Cora Lee Greene. Mrs. Triplett was a retired CNA fr [more...]

    William Gary Prichard Jr. died at his home in West Jefferson, NC on Tuesday, April 18. He is survived by his wife, Susan M. Johnson and children, Geremy R.J. Prichard and Tracy M.J. Prichard, his brother and sister-in-law John and Linda Prichard of [more...]

    Dayton Alvin Isaacs, age 89, ,of Tater Hill Road, Zionville, passed away Monday evening, April 17, 2017 at Watauga Medical Center. Born April 23, 1927 in Watauga County, he was a son of William and Vertie Green Isaacs. Dayton was of the Methodist f [more...]

    Jesse Louella J. Lou Smith Carpenter, 89, formerly of Boone, NC, died in Kannapolis, NC, on Friday, April 14. Mrs. Carpenter, born May 11, 1927, was the daughter of Guy V. and E.F. Smith. She was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, Dr. [more...]

    Hannah Mae Eller Poole, age 91, of Boone, and formerly of Chilhowie, VA, passed away Thursday, April 13, 2017 at Watauga Medical Center. Mrs. Poole was preceded in death by her husband, James W. Poole; parents, Walter and Bertha Eller; six brothers [more...]

    Tommy Dean Robbins, age 72, of Deep Gap, the Stony Fork Community, went home to be with the Heavenly Father Wednesday, April 12, 2017. He was a native of Watauga County and the son of the late William Ross and Maude Edith Jordan Robbins, Jr. He was a [more...]

    Shelby Rominger (Shelley) Dishman, 78, of Dandridge, Tennessee and Ft. Myers, Fl. passed away Wednesday, December 28, 2016 in Ft. Myers. She was born June 18, 1938 in Watauga County, NC to Wilborn and Mattie Rominger. Shelley graduated from Cove [more...]

    George Elmer Snyder of Blowing Rock, North Carolina, passed away peacefully at the Glenbridge Health and Rehabilitation Center on Wednesday, April 5, 2017. He was 88 years old, born on January 12, 1929 to G. Merlin and Janet M. Snyder in Hagerstown, [more...]

    Mr. D. J. Norris, age 78, of Boone passed away Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at Watauga Medical Center. Born January 29, 1939 in Watauga County, he was a son of the late Marvin and Ella Mae Cox Norris. D.J. was a longtime member of Bethelview Methodist Ch [more...]

    James S. Wright, Jr., age 78, of Blowing Rock, passed away Friday, March 31, 2017. He was a native of Watauga County. “Jim” was a plant manager for Emcee Electronics in Venice, Florida before moving back to Watauga County in 1986. Jim had a passion [more...]

    Mary Molinda Norris, 98, of Boone, passed away Friday, March 31, 2017. As was her prayer and desire, Mary took her final breath at her lifelong home on Chestnut Grove Road just across the hall from the same room where her life journey had begun so m [more...]

    Dr. Richard (Dick) Henry Rupp passed away peacefully with his family by his side on March 27, 2017, after a brief illness. He was a loving husband, a patient father, and a doting grandfather to ten beautiful grandchildren. Born in Indianapolis, In [more...]