Recent Obituaries

    Mr. Timothy William Matheson, age 49, of Boone, passed away Sunday, April 8, 2018. He was a native of Watauga County and retired from Appalachian State University. Timmy enjoyed working on old cars and automobile racing. He was preceded in death by [more...]

    Ella Susan Newlin, Susan, born to J.W. and Pattie Newlin of Greensboro, NC passed away at her home in Foscoe the morning of April 6. Susan was raised attending New Garden Friends Meeting. An active member when she lived in Greensboro, she remained a [more...]

    Jeffrey (Jeff) L. Ragan, 54, of Wilmington, NC, formerly of Watauga County, passed away on Wednesday, April 4, 2018, at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. He was born July 25, 1963, at Watauga Hospital, Boone, NC. Jeff graduated from Watauga High [more...]

    Illa Jean Brown Greene, 64, of Flowers Branch Road, Deep Gap, passed away April 2, 2018 at her home. Born November 11, 1953 in Watauga County, she was a daughter of Kenneth and Beatrice Beach Brown. Illa was a member of Highland View Baptist Church [more...]

    Mrs. Lois Larkin Johns, 93, of 146 Loblolly Lane, Boone, NC, died Sunday April 1, 2018 at Watauga Medical Center in Boone, NC. She was born March 7, 1925 in Syracuse, NY to the late E. Merritt and Ruth Larkin. Mrs. Johns was predeceased by her husb [more...]