Recent Obituaries

    Frances Scott Joyner Reed, age 85, of Boone, NC, died surrounded by her family at home at 10:03 a.m. EDT, Monday, June, 8 2009. Born in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, September 11, 1923, she was valedictorian of the Rock Ridge High School Class of 1 [more...]

    Calvin C. Byers, age 88, of Calvin Byers Road, Boone, died Sunday evening, June 7, 2009 at Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care in Lenoir. He was born December 17, 1920 in Watauga to James Wade and Mary Proffit Byers. Mr. Byers served in the [more...]

    Pansy Greene Taylor, age 91 of Purlear died June 1, 2009, at the Villages of Wilkes Skilled Care where she had resided for the past year and a half. She was born in Wilkes County on August 22, 1917, to Boyd and Minnie Wagner Greene. After graduatio [more...]

    On June 1, 2009, Will Dicus began his rookie season in the Big League. He was born September 26, 1990 in Watauga County to Bill and Pepi Bates Dicus in Watauga County. Will attended Parkway Elementary and Watauga High School. He played all sports [more...]

    June 2, 2009 Mr. Richard Lee Shook, age 56, of South Church Street, Mountain City, Tennessee, died Monday evening, June 1, 2009 at Johnson City Medical Center. Born in Watauga county January 6, 1953, he was a son of the late Mamie Ethel Aldridge Sh [more...]