Recent Obituaries

    Mrs. Barbara Farthing Ragan, age 75, of Wild Rose Lane, Boone, died Tuesday evening, March 15, 2011 at home. Born August 19, 1935 in Watauga County, she was the daughter of Pearl Graybeal Farthing and the late Albert Chester Farthing, Sr. Barbara w [more...]

     Tommy Earl Sluder, 76, of South Spruce Street, Wilkesboro, and a former resident of the Foscoe community, died Sunday, March 13, 2011,at the Watauga Medical Center. Born May 19, 1934 in Watauga County, he was a son of Arl and Eva Calloway Sluder. [more...]

    Robert Allen ‘Bob’ Adams, 77, of Russell Beach Road, Vilas, died Thursday, March 10, 2011 at his home. Born November 20, 1933 in Watauga County, he was a son of Dolph and Ellen McNeil Adams. Bob was a member of Vilas Valley Baptist Church. He ser [more...]

    Mark Steven Wellborn, age 51, of US Hwy 221 South, Deep Gap, died Wednesday morning, March 9, 2011 at his home. Born September 17, 1959 in Watauga County, he was a son of Jack and Joanne Critcher Wellborn. Mark was a member of the Laurel Springs Ba [more...]

    Mr. Eugene John ‘Gene’ Messenkopf, age 83, of Boone, died Saturday morning, March 5, 2011 at Watauga Medical Center. Born January 26, 1928 in New York, NY, he was a son of the late John and Helen Holden Messenkopf. Following his graduation fro [more...]