Recent Obituaries

    Mr. Tilmoth H “Tim” Inman, immensely loved & eternally remembered husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend, age 62, of Blowing Rock passed away Wednesday morning, September 10, 2014 at Watauga Medical Center. Born August 21, 1952 in Robeson [more...]

    George C. (GC) Wilkinson, 84, passed away Monday, September 8, 2014, at his home in Zionville. Born in Zionville, but with the lack of jobs he worked away from home migrating north until he ended up in Fort Wayne, Indiana, he was an ironworker and [more...]

    Pearlee Potter, 76, of Meat Camp Road, Todd, passed away Sunday morning, September 7th, 2014, at her home. Born February 26, 1938 in Watauga County, she was a daughter of Ted Roosevelt and Ann Mains Potter. Pearlee was a member of the Full Gospel F [more...]

    JoAnn Henderson Garrison, 77, of Blowing Rock, NC, died on Saturday, September 6, 2014. She was born in Birmingham, Alabama on June 25, 1937 to the late James and Lois Henderson. JoAnn graduated from Shades Valley High School in Birmingham and [more...]

    Chandler Haywood Cates Born: August 7, 1922 Mr. Cates passed away on Thursday at his home in Hillsborough, NC, surrounded by his family. He was the son of the late Marshal L. Cates, Sr. and Bera Dunn Cates. He was proceeded in death by his [more...]

    Dr. Harold Nichols Frazier, Jr., 57, of Blairmont Drive, Boone, NC died Tuesday, September 2, 2014 in Myrtle Beach, SC. Born in Vance County, he was the son of Harold Nichols Frazier, Sr. and Jane Renn Frazier of Henderson. Dr. Frazier was the sen [more...]

    Rex Allen Lunsford, age 54, of Vannoy Lane, Boone, passed away Monday, September 1, 2014 at Watauga Medical Center. Born June 27, 1960 in Watauga County, he was a son of the late Allen Dexter and Mary Glannie Ford Lunsford. Rex worked as a cook at v [more...]

    John "Jack" Rielly, 62 years old, loving husband, father, grandfather, friend, and musician passed away early on Monday, September 1st at his home in Todd, NC after losing a courageous battle with metastatic melanoma. Jack was born in White Plains [more...]

    Ray Charlie Woodring, Sr., 79, of Woodring Circle, Boone, passed away Sunday morning, August 31, 2014 at Caldwell County Hospice in Lenoir. Born May 8, 1935 in Watauga County, he was a son of Charlie and Ethel Moretz Woodring. Ray was owner and ope [more...]

     Frances Berry Payne, 85, formerly residing at Cathey Street, Belmont, went home to be with the Lord on August 31, 2014 at Courtland Terrace. She was born in Boone, daughter of the late Granville and Mae Berry. Frances was a member of Catawba Heigh [more...]

    Iris Norwood Aldridge, age 85, of Highway 105 South, the Foscoe community, passed away Saturday afternoon, August 30th, 2014, at her home. Born January 29, 1929 in Avery County, she was a daughter of John Wheeler and Doris Calloway Norwood. Mrs. Al [more...]

    Mrs. Jo Rita McKinney Wise, age 77, of Storie Lane, Newland passed away Tuesday afternoon, August 26, 2014 at Roan Highlands Nursing Care. Born July 19, 1937 in Avery County, she was a daughter of the late William and Odie Oaks McKinney. Mrs. Wise [more...]

    Mr. Billy Dean Watson, age 58, of Wilkesboro and a former resident of Boone, passed away Tuesday, August 26, 2014 at the Westwood Nursing Home in Wilkesboro. Born in Watauga County November 4, 1955, he was a son of the late Billy and Hazel Huffman W [more...]

    Lura Price Fox, age 97, of the Clarks Creek Community passed away Monday morning, August 25th, 2014, at Cannon Memorial Hospital in Linville. Born January 16, 1917 in the Creston Community of Ashe County, North Carolina, Lura was the last surviving [more...]

    Anne M. Dunlap, 92 of Lincroft, passed away peacefully at home on August 23, 2014. Anne was born in Boone, North Carolina, lived in Shrewsbury and was a long-time resident of Lincroft, NJ. She was a member of the Luther Memorial Evangelical Church, i [more...]