Recent Obituaries

    Mr. Ted Ward Potter, age 60, of the Meat Camp Community, died Wednesday morning, February 11, 2009 at Watauga Medical Center. Born in the Meat Camp Community of Watauga County June 4, 1948, he was a son of the late Ted R. and Anner Main Potter. Mr. [more...]

    William Howard Love of Megan Lane, Boone, died Friday morning, February 6, 2009 at Watauga Medical Center. He was born in Watauga County to the late Coy and Gladys Hodges Love. After graduating from Cove Creek High School, Howard joined the U.S. Na [more...]

    Mr. John Carlton "J C" Pitts, age 78, of Old Clayton Greene Road, Boone, died Tuesday evening, February 3, 2009 at Watauga Medical Center. Born in Elizabethton, Tennessee, he was a son of the late Oscar and Orpha Tester Pitts. Mr. Pitts was a membe [more...]

    Ms. Ruth Byland Greene, age 83, of Castleford Road, Todd, died Saturday morning, January 31, 2009 at Caldwell Hospice & Palliative Care in Lenoir. Born October 6, 1925 in Watauga County, she was a daughter of the late William and Margaret Scott Byla [more...]

     Buster Grimes, age 86, of Junaluska Road, Boone, died Thursday afternoon, January 29, 2009 at his home. He was born June 26, 1922 in Watauga County to Harrison Boone and Rosie Belle Whittington Grimes. A minister for 25 years, Rev. Grimes served a [more...]