Recent Obituaries

    Kenneth Franklin Ragan, age 91, of Briarwood Lane, Boone, died Tuesday morning, May 19, 2009 at Watauga Medical Center. He was born January 1, 1918 in Watauga County. Mr. Ragan was a veteran of WWII, serving in Patton's 3rd Army and was a member of [more...]

     Miss Jennie Dare Love of Rush Branch Road, Sugar Grove, died Sunday morning, May 17, 2009 at the Watauga Medical Center. Jennie was born November 1, 1910 in Sugar Grove to Dr. William Jackson Love and Vertie Trivette Love. She was preceded in dea [more...]

    Alton Keith Dotson, age 55, of Rine Street, Mountain City, Tennessee, and a native and former resident of Watauga County, died Saturday, May 16, 2009 in Mountain City. He was born April 30, 1954 in Alleghany County. Keith had done networking for Nor [more...]

    May 15, 2009 Mrs. Rena Farthing Graybeal, age 91, of Shadowline Drive, died Thursday evening, May 14, 2009 at Cannon Memorial Hospital. Born June 28, 1917 in Watauga County, she was a daughter of the late William Dudley and Beulah Edmisten Farthing [more...]

     Walter Cooper Gummere, Jr., age 92, of Appalachian Brian Estates, Boone, died Monday evening, May 11, 2009 at his home. He was born April 24, 1917 in Columbus, Ohio to Walter C. Gummere, Sr. and Glenn Becker Gummere. Mr. Gummere earned his B.A. [more...]