Recent Obituaries

    Ann Collins Taylor, age 74, of Wild Acres Road, Banner Elk, the Foscoe community, passed away Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at her home. Born July 31, 1941 in Carter County, TN, she was a daughter of Charles and Hettie Cretsinger Collins. Church and [more...]

    Mr. Ray Anderson Hall, age 68, of Luther Road, Jefferson, died Tuesday evening, September 29, 2015 at Watauga Medical Center. Born January 11, 1947 in Paris Kentucky, he was the son of the late Ray G. and Geneva Ritchie Hall. He is survived by his [more...]

    Inez Bates Branham, age 90, of Blowing Rock, passed away Sunday, September 27, 2015,in Watauga Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted at a later date. Online condolences may be shared with the Branham family at www.austinandbarnesfunera [more...]

    Mr. Fredrick Hubert Miller, age 83, of Lee South Road, Boone, passed away Thursday afternoon, September 24, 2015 at Glenbridge Health & Rehabilitation. Born September 16, 1932 in Watauga County, he was a son of the late Earl and Blanche Proffitt Mill [more...]

    Geraldine Mrs. A. Accetturo, 73, of Banner Elk, NC, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family, on Wednesday, September 23, 2015. Born in Newark, NJ on July 12, 1942 she was a daughter of Frank and Josephine Infantolino Sottosante. She is [more...]

    Edith Pitts Fortune, 91, formerly of Blowing Rock, passed away Monday, September 21, 2015 at Deerfield Ridge Assisted Living. She was born to Monroe and Minnie Pitts on September 16, 1924. Edith was a homemaker and a prayer warrior. She sang with [more...]

    Family edition: Sergeant Thomas Burton Swift 89, passed away at his home in Boone on Sunday September 20, 2015. Burt Swift, as he was affectionately known, was born May the 22, 1926. An Electrician by trade, he and his uncles helped bring e [more...]

    Family Edition: Elaine Endres, of Todd, North Carolina, died Saturday, September 19th, at her home after an extended illness, surrounded by the love of her family. Born on August 15, 1926, Elaine was raised in Collingswood, New Jersey. She was the [more...]

    Robert Glenn Norris, age 90 from Boone, passed away on September 14, 2015 at his home on Deerfield Road, where he wanted to be until God was ready for him to be absent from his body and to be present with him. Born in Ashe County, he attended Co [more...]

    Jean Clawson Williams Age 90 of Boone, N.C. passed peacefully on Sunday night, September 13, 2015. Jean was born Ollie Jean Clawson on October 30, 1924 to parents Hamp and Verlie Clawson of the Meat Camp community, and grew up in a loving family of [more...]

    Nettie L. Carrow, age 71 of Jefferson, passed away in Ashe Memorial Hospital Saturday, September 12, 2015. She was preceded in death by her husband Marsett Carrow and a son, Ricky Carrow. She is survived by her daughter, Mona Watkinson and spouse [more...]

    Edna Jean May, 81, of Phantasia Way, Zionville, passed away Friday, September 11, 2015 at Erwin Health Care Center in Erwin, Tennessee. Jean was born May 20, 1934 in Johnson County, TN., to Andrew and Nellie Eggers May. She was raised in Centervie [more...]

    Leonard (Len) Feinberg died at home in Boone, NC, surrounded by loved ones on Thursday, September 10, after a two-year battle with cancer. He was 87 years old. Born in Brooklyn, NY, on December 17, 1927, Len grew up in a family of six that struggled [more...]

    Barbara Carle, beloved wife of the childrens book author and illustrator Eric Carle, died Monday, September 7, 2015 at her home in North Carolina after a brief illness. She was 76. Barbara Carle, known as Bobbie to her friends, was an educator and a [more...]

    Noelle Marie Stringer, infant daughter of LaKiera Smith and Devan Stringer, passed away Monday, September 7, 2015 at home. She was born August 27, 2015 in Watauga County. In addition to her parents she is survived by her maternal grandmother, Demit [more...]