Recent Obituaries

    Mr. J. Frank Norris, age 86, of 211 Milton Brown Heirs Road, Boone, died Monday, April 20, 2009, at Glenbridge Health and Rehabilitation. Born July 24, 1922 to the late Otto Bart Norris and Mollie Norris Norris, Frank was owner and operator of The To [more...]

    Clara Hayes Baird, age 89, of Perry Street, Boone, died Monday morning, April 20, 2009 at Watauga Medical Center. She was born April 22, 1919 in Watauga County to Leonard Finley and Carrie Emoline Moody Hayes. Mrs. Baird was a member of Mt. Lebanon [more...]

    Mr. Hugh W. Reece, age 91, of Wilmington, a native and former resident of Watauga County, passed away, Monday, April 20, 2009. He was born in Watauga County on January 1, 1918 to the late Will B. Reece and Lillie Wilson Reece. Hugh is survived [more...]

    Ms. Georgia Helen Morefield, age 79, of Mountain City, Tennessee died Sunday, April 19th at Mountain City Care & Rehab Center. Born February 4, 1930 to William Webster and Margaret Furches Morefield in Mountain City, Tennessee, she was a librarian an [more...]

    Mr. Ernest Stokes Hamilton, age 80, of Boone, died April 18, 2009 at Watauga Medical Center. Born July 17, 1928 in Charlotte, North Carolina, he was a son of the late Dr. E. Stokes Hamilton and Elizabeth Keerans Hamilton. Ernie was a US Army Vetera [more...]