Recent Obituaries

    Mr. Reggie McCreary, age 56, of Crest Drive, Boone, died Monday, June 15, 2009 at home. Born May 30, 1953 in Catawba County, he was a son of the late A. E. “Mac” and Mary Alexander McCreary. Reggie was a former Deputy Sheriff in Tampa Florida. R [more...]

    Ms. Billie Kincaid Sipes, age 54, of Robin Lane, Boone, died Thursday afternoon, June 11, 2009 at home. Born in Caldwell County January 7, 1955, she was a daughter of the late Bill and Eva Lee Ellison Kincaid. Ms. Sipes was of the Baptist faith. Su [more...]

    Frances Scott Joyner Reed, age 85, of Boone, NC, died surrounded by her family at home at 10:03 a.m. EDT, Monday, June, 8 2009. Born in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, September 11, 1923, she was valedictorian of the Rock Ridge High School Class of 1 [more...]

    Calvin C. Byers, age 88, of Calvin Byers Road, Boone, died Sunday evening, June 7, 2009 at Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care in Lenoir. He was born December 17, 1920 in Watauga to James Wade and Mary Proffit Byers. Mr. Byers served in the [more...]

    Pansy Greene Taylor, age 91 of Purlear died June 1, 2009, at the Villages of Wilkes Skilled Care where she had resided for the past year and a half. She was born in Wilkes County on August 22, 1917, to Boyd and Minnie Wagner Greene. After graduatio [more...]