Recent Obituaries

    Mary Lee Harmon Combs, beloved mother, sister, grandmother and aunt, age 87, of Laurel Creek Road, Sugar Grove, peacefully went to be with the Lord, Thursday, June 25, 2015. Mary Lee was born in the Laurel Creek community of Watauga County, third [more...]

    Mr. Colin Brown Batchelor, Jr., Jim was born in Toronto, Canada to Colin B. Batchelor, Sr. and Jemima Dawson and grew up in Keego Harbor, near Pontiac, Michigan. Jim was a District Manager of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, for 80 years he pl [more...]

    Barry Wayne Starnes, 65, of Castle Ford Road, Boone, passed away Sunday morning, June 21, 2015 at his home. Born February 27, 1950 in Watauga County, he was a son of Woodrow and Lillie Walls Starnes. He was a manufacturing manager at TRW. Wayne’s [more...]

    Mrs. Eula Hughes Wilson Carpenter, age 91, of Newland, passed away Sunday, June 21, 2015. She was a member of Church of Jesus Christ in Linville, the D.A.V. Avery County Chapter 87, Auxiliary, and the Eastern Star of Kingsport. She was a beautician f [more...]

    Faye Isaacs, age 80, of Charlie Thompson Road, Vilas, passed away Wednesday afternoon, June 17, 2015 at her home. Ethel Faye Isaacs was born June 27, 1934 in the Vanderpool community of Watauga County to Ulius Gray ‘Jay’ and Mary Alice Hicks Isaacs. [more...]