Recent Obituaries

    Thomas Edward ‘Tom’ Besco, age 43, of Rush Branch Road, Sugar Grove, passed away Wednesday, September 4, 2013. Born January l5, 1970 in Hammond, Indiana, he was a son of Carolina Brown Besco and the late Elvin Glen Besco. Mr. Besco served as a chap [more...]

    Mrs. Katherine Grimes Folk, age 88, of Junaluska Road, Boone, passed away Tuesday afternoon, September 3, 2013 at Watauga Medical Center. Born February 19, 1925 in Watauga County, she was a daughter of the late John and Cora Grimes. Katherine was [more...]

     Brian Kent ‘B. K.’ Dorsey, age 73, of Boone, passed away Monday afternoon, Sept. 2, 2013, at Watauga Medical Center. Mr. Dorsey is survived by his wife, Grace C. Dorsey; and two cousins, Carol Tench Huston of Boise, Idaho, and Larry Dorsey of Bo [more...]

    Merle Leroy Smith, 72, of Fleetwood, passed away Sunday, August 25, 2013 at his home. Born March 6, l941 in Cumberland, Maryland, he was a son of Walter Aaron and Irene Shipley Smith. Mr. Smith was an electronic engineer for Eurotherm Corp. in Res [more...]

    Ms. Jean Warren Rucker, age 85, of Milton Brown Heirs Road, Boone, passed away Saturday morning, August 24, 2013 at Glenbridge Health & Rehab. Born April 3, 1928 in Caldwell County, she was a daughter of the late Mack and Drucilla Setzer Warren. Je [more...]