Recent Obituaries

    July 5, 2010 Mr. Don Alan Schaffer, age 75, of Cornerstone Lane, Deep Gap, died Sunday afternoon, July 4, 2010 at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte. Born December 11, 1934 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, he was a son of the late Walter Kenneth Schaffer [more...]

     Janet Lee Wheeler Swan, age 72, of Hickory Lane, Boone, died Friday morning, July 2, 2010 at her home. She was born April 15, 1938 in Corning, New York to Seldon and Marion Holtzman Wheeler. Mrs. Swan was of the Catholic faith. She was an avid c [more...]

    Mrs. Ruby Margaret Hodges Bentley, born on September 9, 1914, passed away on June 20, 2010 at the Life Care Center of Banner Elk. She was the oldest of 13 children born to the late Leonard and Rosa Townsend Hodges of Valle Crucis. A native of [more...]

    Mrs. Beatrice Blanch Beach Brown, age 84, of Kenneth Brown Road, Boone, died at home Friday morning, June 18th. Mrs. Brown is survived by son David Brown and fiancé Yvonne, of Boone, daughter Wanda Winkler and husband Dale of Vilas, daughter Margie [more...]

    Tom Willard Presnell, age 78, of St. James Church Road, Newton, and a native and former resident of Watauga County, died Friday evening, June 18, 2010 at Frye Regional Medical Center in Hickory. He was born June 9, 1932 to Joseph Craft and Hettie Te [more...]