Recent Obituaries

    Marvin David Trivette, 55, of Andy Hicks Road, Banner Elk, passed away Friday afternoon, October 30, 2015, surrounded by family and friends at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Born June 12, 1960 in Avery County, Marvin was a son [more...]

    James Morris Fletcher, 97, of Sherwood Road, Vilas, passed away Sunday, October 25, 2015 in Kingsport, Tennessee. Born July 8, 1918 in Watauga County, James was a son of William and Myrtle Mast Fletcher. Mr. Fletcher was of the Baptist faith. Jame [more...]

    Mrs. Maye Hubble Wheatley, age 88, of Bamboo Road, Boone, passed away Saturday morning, October 24, 2015. Mrs. Wheatley was born November 12, 1926 in Russell County Virginia. She was retired from the Scott County School Board where she worked as th [more...]

    Sweet Velma Sadie (Ford) Boyce, age 92, passed away Tuesday, October 20, 2015, at her home in Boone, NC. Born at home during a blizzard in Western New York in 1923, she was the daughter of Walter Roy Ford and Lillian Belle (Scharping) Ford. Velma lo [more...]

    Arline D. Verkruysse, age 94, died October 19, 2015 at Watauga Medical Center in Boone, NC. Born February 25, l921 in Winslow, Maine, Arline was the only child of Bert and Marion Totman Dyer. Surviving are her son and daughter-in-law, James and Can [more...]

    Marsha Jean Albright went to be with her parents in Heaven, October 16, 2015. She is survived by her husband, David Lee Albright, Sr., two sisters, Barbara Wagner of Waterloo, IL, and Jane Richardson of Flint, Michigan, one step-daughter, Angela Add [more...]

    Betty L. Denney, age 82, of Mabel School Road, the Zionville community, passed away peacefully Wednesday, October 14, 2015. She retired from TRW/IRC after 20 plus years of employment. Betty was a member of Zionville Baptist Church for the past 45 yea [more...]

    Thomas “Tom” Arthur Ventrone, 69, of Boone, North Carolina, passed away, Tuesday, October 13, 2015, at his home. Tom was born March 31, 1946 in Bay City, Michigan to Alphonse and Dorothy Mary Ventrone. He married Karen Cable on April 13, 1985, i [more...]

    Ms. Melissa Hagaman Padgett, age 47, of Highway 194 North, Boone, passed away Tuesday morning, October 13, 2015 at her home. Born July 17, 1968 in Avery County, she was the daughter of Kathy Neatherly Clawson and Terry Hagaman. Melissa had worked wi [more...]

    Mrs. Reta Kay Presnell, age 58, of Presnell School Road, passed away Friday morning, October 9, 2015 at Blowing Rock Rehabilitation. Born May 22, 1957 in Watauga County, she was a daughter of Charles and Virgie Presnell. She is survived by her hus [more...]

    Mary Irene Miller, age 57, of Meat Camp Road, Todd, has gone to Heaven to be with her Savior Jesus Christ on Wednesday, October 7, 2015. Born April 23, 1958 in Watauga County, she was a daughter of the late Charles Miller and Grace Potter Miller. Ir [more...]

    Mr. Douglas Howard Davis, age 56, of Todd, passed away Monday morning, October 5, 2015 at his home. Born May 30, 1959 in Watauga County, he was a son of Howard and Angeleen Worley Davis. Doug was graduate of Watauga High School and was retired from [more...]

    Rev. Marion Milton Swann, age 76, went to be with his Lord and Savior on October 5, 2015. He was born July 19, 1939, in Mitchell County to the late Norman Lee Swann and Bessie Knight Swann. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his [more...]

    Jason Carl Buckner, age 31, of Thompson Hollow Road, Vilas, passed away Sunday morning, October 4, 2015 at his home. Jason was born January 14, 1984 in Watauga County to Raymond Buckner and the late Cleta Coffey Buckner. He attended Willowdale Bapt [more...]

    Patricia Brown Holman, age 67, of Cranberry Springs Road, the Fleetwood Community, passed away Friday, October 2, 2015. She was the daughter of the late Olen and Lillie Isaacs Brown. She was preceded in death by her son, Danny Craig Holman and a dau [more...]