Recent Obituaries

    Joyce R. Dunbar passed away at her home in Boone on Tuesday, March 29, 2011, after a three year battle with pancreatic cancer. Joyce and her husband Ron, who passed late last year, have lived in the area sixteen years and worked as rental property ow [more...]

    Mrs. Jessie DeBerry Pease, age 101, of Boone, died Thursday morning, March 17, 2011, at Life Care of Banner Elk. Mrs. Pease is survived by her children, Nancy Pease Flippin and husband, Jay, of Morehead, Kentucky, and Tommy Pease and wife, Debra, [more...]

    Mrs. Ruby Moretz Fritts, age 90, of Mountain City, TN, passed away on Thursday, March 17, 2011 at the Watauga Medical Center of Boone, North Carolina Ruby is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Judy and Norman E. Garland of Boone, North Carol [more...]

    Mrs. Inez Berry Storie, age 76, of Milton Brown Heirs Road, Boone and a former resident of the Baird’s Creek Community died Tuesday morning, March 15, 2011 at Watauga Medical Center. Born October 27, 1934 in Watauga County, she was a daughter of the [more...]

    Mrs. Barbara Farthing Ragan, age 75, of Wild Rose Lane, Boone, died Tuesday evening, March 15, 2011 at home. Born August 19, 1935 in Watauga County, she was the daughter of Pearl Graybeal Farthing and the late Albert Chester Farthing, Sr. Barbara w [more...]