Recent Obituaries

    Services for Clarence Robert Drewek will be private. Memorial donations may be made to Blue Ridge Wildlife Institute, 191 Main Street, Banner Elk, NC 28604 - telephone 828-898-2568. Austin & Barnes Funeral Home & Crematory is serving the Drewek [more...]

    Mrs. Mabel Triplett Wellborn, age 94, of Hwy 221 Deep Gap, died Friday morning, July 8, 2011 at home. Born November 21, 1916 in Wilkes County, she was a daughter of the late Grady and Lettie Welch Triplett. Mabel was a homemaker and a member of Gap [more...]

    July 5, 2011 Mr. Wilford "Will" James Bates, age 59, of Bethel Road, Sugar Grove, died Monday, July 4, 2011 at Watauga Medical Center. Born September 21, 1951 in Winston County Alabama, he was a son of the late Brady and Barbara Miles Bates. Will [more...]

     Sue Boyd Hood, age 67, of Junaluska Road, Boone, died Sunday evening, July 3, 2011 at the Watauga Medical Center. Born Mary Sue Boyd on October 7, 1943 in Dixon, Illinois, she was a daughter of Clifton and Mary Monahan Boyd. Sue was a registered [more...]

    Mr. James Otis (Bud) Pennington, age 74, of Boone and formerly of Mountain City died Saturday afternoon at Deerfield Ridge Assisted Living. Bud is survived by his children; Peggy Pennington of Boone, NC, Libby Cox and husband Darin of Hamilton, Ohi [more...]