Recent Obituaries

    Mr. Ralph Forrest Lewis, age 75, of Hwy 194 North, Boone, passed away Tuesday afternoon, December 18, 2012. Born April 6, 1937 in Watauga County, he was a son of the late James and Alice Church Lewis. Ralph was the owner and operator of Lewis Garag [more...]

    Ms. Gladys Viola Bowers, age 93, of Milton Brown Heirs Road, Boone passed away Tuesday morning, December 18, 2012 at Glenbridge Health & Rehabilitation. Born October 22, 1919 in Watauga County, she was the daughter of the late Blaine and Dortha Coff [more...]

    Maynard John Higby, Professor Emeritus of English at Appalachian State University, died at his home on December 18, 2012. Born in Utica, New York, on December 30, 1936, to the late Maynard Willard and Lucille Hanley Higby, he began a new life at the [more...]

    Sandra Marsh Fuller, age 51, of Nugget Drive, Conyers, Georgia, died Tuesday, December l8, 2012 in Blowing Rock. Mrs. Fuller was born May 31, 1961 in St. Andrew, Jamaica. Sandra was a member of the Atlanta North 7th Day Adventist Church. She was [more...]

    Winifred Drawhorn Van Devender passed away peacefully on December 16, 2012, at Life Care Center of Banner Elk (NC), at the age of 87. Winnie was born in Port Neches, Texas, to Thomas Ellis and Edith Allen Drawhorn. She lived there until she married [more...]