Recent Obituaries

    Mr. Joseph John Wirtz, age 65, of Wake Forest, North Carolina, passed away Sunday May 19, 2013, in Boone, NC. Born October 23, 1947, in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, he was a son of the late Ervin and Betty Keyes Wirtz. Joe was a U.S. Army veteran and se [more...]

    Mrs. Teresa Jean Halbedel, age 61, of Boone, passed away Saturday morning, May 18, 2013 at Johnson City Medical Center. Born October 3, 1951 in Johnson City, Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late Kenneth E. Baskin and Helen Casey Baskin. Te [more...]

    Mrs. Madeline Ann Stines Mastin, age 57, of Main Street, Elk Park passed away Friday morning, May 17, 2013 at Johnson City Medical Center. Born May 8, 1956 in Avery County she was a daughter of the late Floyd Albert and Edna Cleo Ward Stines. She [more...]

    John Samuel Hovis, 92, of Grand Boulevard, Boone, passed away Wednesday, May l5, 2013 at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. Mr. Hovis was born May 9, 1921 in Bessemer City, NC, a son of the late Eva Blanche Ormand Hovis and Samuel Brooks Hovis. [more...]

    Viola Smith Johnson, age 87, of Barnesville, Georgia, and a native and former resident of Watauga County, passed away Wednesday, May l5, 2013. in Georgia. Born January l8, 1926 in the Stony Fork community of Watauga County, she was a daughter of H [more...]