Recent Obituaries

    Ellen Greene McConnell, age 80, of Stoney Brook Lane, Boone, passed away Sunday evening, January 25th, 2015, surrounded by family at her home. Born September 16, 1934 in Watauga Co., she was a daughter of Charles Russell and Ruby Hardy Greene. Mrs. [more...]

    Ann Warner Graham, 100, died January 13, 2015 at Glenbridge Health and Rehabilitation Center in Boone, N.C., where she had been a resident for three years. A service will be held at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Whiteville, N.C. on Saturday [more...]

    Robert Lee Dotson, age 91, of Sugar Grove, passed away Tuesday evening, January 13, 2015 at Watauga Medical Center surrounded by loving friends. Born May 13, 1923 in Watauga County, he was a son of the late Don and Bina Hicks Dotson. Rob, as he was a [more...]

    Paul B. Arnette, age 89, of Clark Swift Road, Vilas, passed away Monday afternoon, January 12, 2015 at his home. Born January 7, 1926 in the Beaver Dam community of Watauga County, he was a son of Robert Doughton and Davie Harmon Arnette. Paul serv [more...]

    Ruby Taylor Ross, age 79, of Boone, passed away Saturday evening, January 10, 2015 at Watauga Medical Center. Born August 26, 1935 in Wilkes County, she was a daughter of John Finley and Janie Johnson Taylor. Mrs. Ross was of the Baptist faith. Sh [more...]

    Mrs. Audie Colvard Earp, age 83 of Dewitt Barnett Road, Banner Elk, went home to be with the Lord Saturday morning, January 10, 2015 from her home. Born November 10, 1931 in Watauga County, she was the daughter of Aud and Ona Hayes Colvard. Audie w [more...]

    Ms. Fairy Hodges Young, age 83, of Chetola Drive, Blowing Rock, passed away Friday, January 9, 2015 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice House in Winston-Salem. Born March 4, 1931 in Watauga County, she was the daughter of the late Thomas C. and Ethel Da [more...]

    On January 7 2015, Toni Hamby Ward went to meet her Lord and Savior. She left this world after fighting a courageous battle with leukemia, during which she shared with others her love and faith in Jesus Christ. Toni was born April 15, 1975, in Wat [more...]

    Mary Miller Risk, age 89, of Glenbridge Health and Rehabilitation, and formerly of Todd, passed away Wednesday evening, January 7, 2015. Born August 11, 1925 in Ashe County, she was a daughter of J. L. and Laura Leona Tatum Miller. Mary was a long [more...]

    Mr. Russell T. Norris, age 94, of Boone, passed away Tuesday morning, January 6, 2015 at Glenbridge Health & Rehabilitation. Born May 30, 1920 in Watauga County he was a son of the late Troy T. and Martha Jane “Mattie” Seatz Norris. Mr. Norris was [more...]

    Kathryn Sherwood Isaacs, age 96, of Wytheville, VA passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2015. She was born January 15, 1918 in Watauga County, NC, daughter of the late James and Nannie Farthing Sherwood and was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Ral [more...]

    Fernando August Fred Scheifley, age 87, of Boone, and a resident of Watauga County for the past thirty years, passed away Sunday evening, January 4, 2015 at Glenbridge Health & Rehabilitation. Born April 29, 1927 in Nash County, Ohio, he was a son o [more...]

    Ms. Bonnie Ruth Wright, age 85, of Mountain City, passed away Sunday at the Mountain City Care Center. She is survived by five sisters, Lillian Dugger and Molly Greenwell both of Mountain City, Minnie Cook of Chicago, Illinois, Sue R. Hayes and husb [more...]

    Mrs. Marie Gambill Hampton, age 85, of Forest Hills Drive, Boone, passed away Friday morning, January 2, 2015 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. Born July 27, 1929 in Traphill, she was a daughter of the late Marcus and Nina Rose Gambil [more...]

    Ollie Belle Perry Greer, 79, of Zionville passed away December 27, 2014. Her husband of almost 60 years, Don Greer, and an infant daughter, Dreama Kaye, preceded Mrs. Greer in death. She is survived by her daughter, Darlene Deal and son-in-law, Vic [more...]