Recent Obituaries

     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...]

    Mrs. Vivian Parks Ward, age 83, of Milton Brown Heirs Road, Boone, and formerly of George’s Gap Road, Vilas, died Monday, June 27, 2011 at Watauga Medical Center. Born May 26, 1928 in Saltville, Virginia, she was a daughter of the late V. W. and My [more...]

    Mr. David Vaughn Whittington, age 44 of Junaluska Road, Boone, died Sunday, June 26, 2011. Born in Watauga County April 29, 1967, he was a son of the late David Mack Whittington and Brenda Grimes Whittington. Vaughn worked at the Bank of America in [more...]

    Thomas Noblitt Jones, age 61, of Circle Drive West, Vilas, died Thursday morning, June 23, 2011 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Born October 12, 1949, he was a son of Duane and Jean Noblitt Jones. Thomas was a man of the mou [more...]