Recent Obituaries

    Stephen Lacy Sammons, age 61 of Robin Lane, Boone, passed away September 4, 2016 at the Blowing Rock Rehab and Davant Extended Care facility. Stephen was born August 22, 1955 in West Grove, Pennsylvania to Lacy and Pauline Coy Sammons. In addition [more...]

    Mrs. Sandra Edmisten Trexler, age 58, of Boone, passed away Thursday night, September 1, 2016 at Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care. Born July 20, 1958 in Watauga County, she was a daughter of Loyce Minton Edmisten and the late William Larry Edmis [more...]

    Margaret Anne Boisvert, age 77 of Banner Elk, passed away Wednesday evening, August 31, 2016 in the Life Care Center of Banner Elk. She was a native of Sumter, S.C. She is survived by her husband, Rev. Father Henry Boisvert, two sons, Leo L. Boisver [more...]

    Miriam Josephine Amick Kirkpatrick, 89, of Boone N.C., wife of the late Billy R. Kirkpatrick, died on Tuesday, August 30. Surviving are her daughter, Kathryn Kirkpatrick of Vilas, NC; her son, David Kirkpatrick, of Durham, NC; her granddaughter, G [more...]

    Mrs. Virginia Oretha Polk Hartley, passed into her heavenly home on Aug. 22, 2016. She was born in Trenton, Fla., the daughter of William Riley Polk and Mattie Luginia Smith Polk on Dec. 13, 1925. She was predeceased in death by her husband Cornel [more...]

    Cecil Marion MaryAnn Gee, Jr, 77, passed away on August 22, 2016 at Davant Extended Care in Blowing Rock, NC, as a natural progression of life. From the earth we are created and to the earth he will return. A private family gathering will be held at [more...]

    Mrs. Laura Francis (McCawley) McGuire of Campbellsville (KY) passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 21, 2016, in Lebanon at the age of 91 years, 9 months, and 5 days. She was born at the Jewish Hospital in Louisville to the late Herbert L. and [more...]

    Alan Adrian Fabry passed away peacefully at Watauga Medical Center surrounded by his loving family on August 19, 2016 as a result of an aggressive malignancy. He was born on November 2, 1932 in Akron Ohio to Geneva and Edmund Fabry. He moved to Sou [more...]

    Maria Accetturo, age 53, of Banner Elk, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family and loved ones, on Sunday, July 31, 2016. Born in Newark, N.J. on January 23, 1963, she was the daughter of Anthony, Sr., and Geraldine Accetturo. She was prece [more...]

    Jean Carole Werner Washburn passed away on Saturday, July 30, 2016 in Raleigh, NC surrounded by family. She was born on October 21, 1933 In Cincinnati, Ohio to Herbert and Charlotte Werner. She attended the University of Cincinnati for one year b [more...]

    Robert (Bob) Jay Warner, Jr. died peacefully on July 29, 2016 in Linville, NC where the family has a summer home. A native Nashvillian, Bob was born on October 2, 1926, and was predeceased by his parents, Jeannette Sloan Warner and Dr. Robert Jay War [more...]

    Linda McClure Tester, age 71, of Greer Lane, Vilas, passed away Thursday afternoon, July 28, 2016 at her home. Born September 26, 1944 in Marion, Virginia, she was a daughter of Harley and Stella Sutherland McClure. Linda was a member of West View [more...]

    Sheila Yvonne Sherman, 66, of Todd, North Carolina passed away in her home on July 27, 2016, surrounded by friends and family and her fiercely protective Chihuahua, Renegade. Sheila was born in Northville, Michigan on February 2, 1950. She lived in [more...]

    Fred Carlton Perry, age 94, of Horn in the West Drive, Boone, passed away Wednesday evening, July 27, 2016 at Magnolia Creek in Winston-Salem. Born May 23, 1922 in the Sherwood community, he was a son of Henry Grady and Earle Belle Campbell Perry. F [more...]

    William Harwood (Bill) Byrnes, Sr. of Tampa, Florida and Linville, North Carolina, passed away peacefully on July 26, 2016, in Linville, his favorite place in the world. He is survived by his loving and steadfast wife Jeri, his son and daughter in-l [more...]