Recent Obituaries

     Mrs. Kathleen Ford Gipson, age 81, of Shadowline Road, Boone, died Monday afternoon at Watauga Medical Center. Surviving are her daughter, Michele Gipson and husband Randall Corn of Beech Mountain, one granddaughter; Sydney Corn of Beech Mountain, [more...]

     Cecil Paul Presnell, age 83, of Paul Presnell Road, Sugar Grove, died Sunday evening, March 23, 2008 at Watauga Medical Center. He was born January 20, 1925 in Watauga County to Paul and Okie Heaton Presnell. Mr. Presnell was a disabled veteran, [more...]

    Mr. Alvin Leonard Hardy, age 60, of Cherokee Street, Boone, died Wednesday evening at Watauga Medical Center. He was a loving husband to his wife of 39 years, Carole Parker Hardy, a devoted father to his two daughters Raven Annette Hardy of Ralei [more...]

    Mrs. Velma Hatten Downs, age 99, of Chestnut Drive in Blowing Rock, and formerly of Payne Branch Road, died Monday morning, March 17, 2008 at the Davant Extended Care Facility. Born in Watauga County February 22, 1909, she was a daughter of the late [more...]

    Zebulon Vance "Zeb" Shook, age 87, of Russell Drive, Boone, died Sunday morning March 16, 2008. Mr. Shook is survived by; his wife of sixty-three years, Mary Stevenson Shook of the home; two daughters, Tanya Shook Wilder of Marietta, Ohio and Myra Sh [more...]