Recent Obituaries

    Michael Eugene Masters, age 55, of Gragg Street, Boone, died Saturday, July 10th at Watauga Medical Center. Born November 8, 1954 in Valparaiso, Indiana, he was a son of the late Joan Husmann and William G. Masters. Before moving to Boone, Michael w [more...]

    July 6, 2010 Mr. Kenneth Horace "Ken" Walls, age 70, of Vilas, died Tuesday morning, July 6, 2010 at Watauga Medical Center. Born in Watauga County January 26, 1940, he was a son of the late Horace James Walls and Hazel Hollars Walls. Mr. Walls wa [more...]

    Mrs. Bertha Ward Presnell, age 72, of Perry Presnell Road, Banner Elk, died Monday, July 5th. She is survived by her husband of 37 years, Perry Lee Presnell; one daughter, Carol Langston and husband Roger of Lexington, NC; two sons, Dennis Presnel [more...]

    Mrs. Dorothy Bentley Townsend, age 101 of Norwood Hollow Road, Banner Elk and formerly of the Dutch Creek Community died Monday night, July 5, 2010 at Life Care Center of Banner Elk. Born in Avery County May 6, 1909, she was the daughter of the late [more...]

    Jane Greenlee Robinson, age 89, of Woodland Drive, Boone, died Sunday morning, July 4, 2010 at Glenbridge Health & Rehabilitation. Jane was born August 27, 1920 in Mitchell County to Thomas Samuel and Amelia Meares Greenlee. She was a graduate of [more...]