Kenneth Dean Renfro, age 81, of Connelly Springs, passed away Friday, December 16th, 2022, at Mission Hospital in Asheville. A native of Yancey County, he was a son of the late Johnny and Pearl Murphy Renfro.  He...Read More

Harold D. Grindstaff, age 79, of the Seven Mile Ridge Community, passed away on Wednesday, May 24th, 2023 at Mission Hospital in Asheville. A native of Yancey County, he was a son of the late Lonus and...Read More

Hilda Hollifield, age 94, of Chestnut Grove Road in Spruce Pine, passed away Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at the Mitchell House in Spruce Pine. Born on June 24, 1928 in Mitchell County, she was the daughter of...Read More

Larry Franklin Freeman, age 72, of Spruce Pine, fell asleep in the arms of Jesus on Monday, May 22nd, 2023 at Mission Hospital.  A native of Oklahoma, he was a son of the late RT and Betty...Read More

Carolyn Vance, age 77, of Marion, formerly of Spruce Pine, passed away Tuesday, May 23, 2023 at McDowell Assisted Living in Marion. Arrangements are incomplete.  They will be announced once they have been finalized. Words of comfort...Read More

Samuel (Sammy) Allen Freeman age 67 of Larkin Lane, Spruce Pine, NC went home to be with the Lord, with his loving wife of 49 years by his side holding his hand May 22, 2023. A native...Read More

Tony Ogle, age 75, of Burnsville, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, May 22nd, 2023 at his home.  A native of Yancey County, he was a son of the late Rotha and Ruth McIntosh...Read More

Ora Barnett Murdock, age 99 of Snow Creek Rd, Bakerville, NC went home to be with the Lord May 22, 2023. She was a native of Mitchell County, NC and a daughter of the late Paul and...Read More

Robert L. ‘Bob’ Thomas, age 87, of Feldspar Street in Spruce Pine, passed away Thursday, May 11, 2023 at Blue Ridge Regional Hospital in Spruce Pine. Born on January 13, 1936 in Altoona, PA, he was the...Read More

Norma Lou Cook, age 88, of Recc Drive Bakersville, the Buladean community, passed away Monday, May 15, 2023. Born on October 6, 1934 in Mitchell County, she was the daughter of the late Lewis and Nell McNeil...Read More

Eulalia “Nina” Cruz, age 91, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on May 13, 2023.  A native of Havana, Cuba, she was a daughter of the late Bartolome and Francisca Echenique Hernandez.  She was also...Read More

Ida B. Francis, age 89 of Arbor Drive, Johnson City, TN passed away May 13, 2023. Born in Buladean, NC on November 24, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Will and Myrtle Campbell Teague. She...Read More

Max L. Fox, Sr., age 87, of the Jacks Creek Community, went Home to be with the Lord on Friday, May 12, 2023 at CarePartners Solace Center in Asheville. A native of Yancey County, he was a...Read More

Dora “Dory” Honeycutt, age 76, went Home to be with the Lord on Saturday, May 13, 2023 at Blue Ridge Regional Hospital. A native of Mitchell County, she was a daughter of the late William and Millie...Read More

John Austin Hallyburton age 25 of the Three Mile community in Newland went home to be with Jesus, Monday May 8, 2023, at the Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville. Born in Burke County, NC as the son...Read More

Miriam Aileen Plott Ledford, age 94 of Fork Mountain Rd. Bakersville, NC passed away May 12, 2023. She was a native of Haywood County, NC and the daughter of the late Harry and Eula Rice Plott. She attended Mayland Community College and was a former teacher with the...Read More

Zenas Douglas Metcalf, age 74 of Burnsville, went Home to be with the Lord on May 10, 2023. He was born on September 4, 1948, to the late Zenas and Willie Ayers Metcalf. In addition to his...Read More

Cynthia “Cindy” Hensley Briggs, age 60, of Burnsville, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, May 7th, 2023 at her home. Cindy was born on June 28th, 1962 to the late Joe and Barbara Dellinger...Read More

Gladys Renfro, age 88, of the Tipton Hill Community, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, May 7th, 2023 at her home surrounded by her loving family. A native of Madison County, she was a...Read More

Christene Higgins Angel, age 78, of Burnsville, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, May 7, 2023 at Mission Hospital in Asheville. A native of Yancey County, she was the daughter of the late Emma...Read More

Lee Edward Silvers, age 86, was a loving husband, father, brother, and Paw. He left this world with his family by his side on Saturday, May 6, 2023, after a hard-fought battle with bladder cancer. Lee was born...Read More

Eric Harold Dellinger, age 53, of the Spear Community, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, April 30th, 2023 at Mission Hospital. A native of Mitchell County, he was the son of Florence Shook Dellinger...Read More

Betty Virginia Hylemon, age 96 of Burnsville, went Home to be with the Lord on May 5, 2023. She was born on February 20, 1927, to the late Percey and Nettie Briggs Hughes. In addition to her...Read More

William “Bill” Greene, age 95, of Hwy 261, Bakersville, NC passed away May 6, 2023. He was a native of Mitchell County, NC and a son of the late Roy William and Pansy May Slagle Greene. Bill...Read More

Edna Briggs Peterson, age 84, went Home to be with the Lord on Thursday, May 4th, 2023. A native of Yancey County, she was a daughter of the late Jay and Mary Cooper Briggs.  She was also...Read More

Gertrude Wilson Huskins, age 89, of Seven Mile Ridge, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, April 30th, 2023 at her home surrounded by her loving family. A native of Yancey County, she was one...Read More

Thomas Henry Retzke, age 82, of Hanging Rock Road in Spruce Pine, NC, passed away Saturday, April 29, 2023 at the home of his daughter, Paula in Spruce Pine. Born on December 24, 1940 in Chicago, IL,...Read More

Bruce Leon McKinney, age 85, of Dale Road in Spruce Pine, the Grassy Creek community, passed away Sunday, April 30, 2023 at the Mitchell House in Spruce Pine. Born on February 27, 1938 in Mitchell County, he...Read More

Faye McMahan, age 90, of the Newdale Community, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, April 25th, 2023 at her home. A native of Yancey County, she was a daughter of the late McKinley and...Read More

Helen Brown, age 79, of Blevins Creek, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, April 27, 2023. A native of Crossnore, she was the daughter of the late Joe and Virginia Holtsclaw Brown. She was...Read More

Helen Francis Parker Hughes (Kathryn), age 78 of Hwy 226 North, Bakersville, NC went home to be with the Lord April 28, 2023. She was a native of Mitchell County, NC and a daughter of the late...Read More

Jesse Hugh Buckner, 88, went to his eternal home on Friday, April 28, 2023. Hugh was born April 8, 1935 to Jesse and Pearl Fender Buckner. He was preceded in death by his wife of fifty years,...Read More

June “Mimi” Fender Miller, age 78, of the Ramseytown Community, went Home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, April 26th, 2023.  A native of Yancey County, she was a daughter of the late Baxter and Edith...Read More

Jason Davis, age 40, of Feldspar Street in Spruce Pine, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, April 24, 2023. Born on December 23, 1982 in Crossnore, NC, he was the son of Ruby Cox...Read More

Patsy Ann Helms age 70 of Ledger passed away Tuesday April 25, 2023, at her home. Born in Mitchell County she was a daughter of the late Andrew and Ruth Stevens Briggs. In addition to her parents,...Read More

Joyce Eloise Casper, age 80, went home to be with the Lord Jesus Christ on Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at the Greens of Spruce Pine with her husband of fifty-eight years by her side. Born on May...Read More

Margaret Ann Hensley McPeters, age 68, of the Low Gap Community, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, April 26th, 2023 at Care Partners Solace Center.  A native of Yancey County, she was a daughter...Read More

Hazel Peterson Bennett, age 99, of Green Mountain, NC passed away on Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at her home surrounded by her family. She was the daughter of the late Dove and Nora Peterson and the wife...Read More

Walter Tipton, age 97, of Burnsville, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, April 25th, 2023 at The Greens of Spruce Pine.  A native of Mitchell County, he was the daughter of the late Willard...Read More

Martha Lou Shelton Cashion, 54, of Yancey County passed away on Saturday, April 15, 2023 at Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC.  Born June 20, 1968 in Yancey County, she was a daughter of Andy Shelton of Spruce Pine,...Read More

Coy Dean Honeycutt, Sr., age 82, of Henderson, passed away peacefully Monday, April 24, 2023 at Senior Citizens Home. A native of Yancey County, he was the son of the late Ora Lewis Honeycutt and Haskie Honeycutt...Read More