David Franklin King, age 71 of Burnsville, was carried on the backs of angels into Heavens pearly gates on Saturday, July 20, 2024. He is now walking on streets of gold and is no longer in any...Read More

Mafrey Barnett Ray, age 85, of the Possum Trot Community, went Home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, July 24th, 2024 after a courageous battle with Parkinson’s disease.  A native of the Pigeon Roost Community in...Read More

John (Johnny) Marcus Doan, age 53, of Maryville, TN, went to be with the Lord on Friday, July 19, 2024, with his loving wife, Heather Rusch Doan, by his side. Originally from Asheville, NC, Johnny moved to...Read More

Roderick David Johnston “Rod”, age 71, of Burnsville, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, July 9th, 2024 at his home surrounded by his loving family. A native of Long Island, NY he was a...Read More

Earl Johnson Rathburn, age 94 of Burnsville, passed away at Smoky Ridge Health & Rehab on Saturday, July 20, 2024. He was born on September 18, 1929, at the family farm in Indian Creek, to the late...Read More

Cory William Jones, age 52, of Green Mountain, went Home to be with the Lord on Sunday, July 21st at his home in Morganton.  A native of Avery County, he was a son of Kenneth Ward Wise...Read More

Talley Pollard age 87 of Fire Tower Road the Little Switzerland community passed away on Sunday July 21, 2024, at his residence. No services are planned at this time. Words of comfort may be e-mailed to the...Read More

Gladys Palladino, age 72, of Vaughn Road in Spruce Pine, passed away Sunday, July 21, 2024 at the home of her son, Mark. Born in Mitchell County she was a daughter of the late Rufus and Nellie...Read More

Beca Jane Mitchell, beloved wife and “True North” of Dr. Philip Mitchell, died at home the evening of July 16th in the arms of her husband with her son Evan by her side, surrounded by love and...Read More

Kenneth Joe Ledford age 70 of Rabbit Hop Road Spruce Pine passed away Thursday July 18, 2024, at the Blue Ridge Regional Hospital in Spruce Pine after a hard-fought battle against cancer. Born March 5, 1954, he...Read More

Mildred Miller Pitman age 81 of Jarrett Road in Bakersville passed away Thursday July 18, 2024, at The Greens of Spruce Pine. Born in Mitchell County, she was the daughter of the late Wait and Christine Grindstaff...Read More

Dennis Woody, age 87, of the Riverside Community in Burnsville, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, July 16th, 2024 at his home. A native of Yancey County, he was a son of the late...Read More

Cecil Burleson, age 90, of Silvers Hollow Road, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, July 14th, 2024 at Smoky Ridge Health and Rehabilitation. A native of Mitchell County, he was a son of the...Read More

Brenda Sue Hopson Peterson, age 83, of Burnsville, went Home to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, July 14th, 2024, at Mission Hospital. A native of Yancey County, she was a daughter of the late...Read More

Calvin Ernest Campbell, Jr. (aka: the Peanut Man) passed away on June 22, 2024, in Spruce Pine, North Carolina. He was born on September 20, 1938, to parents Calvin Ernest Campbell and Sarah Byrd Campbell in Jacksonville,...Read More

Georgia Huskins Self, age 95, of Carters Ridge Road in Spruce Pine, went home to be with her Heavenly Father on Sunday, July 14, 2024, at Blue Ridge Hospital Born on February 13, 1929, in Yancey County,...Read More

Clara Shirley Sparks, age 93, of Phil Buchanan Road in Spruce Pine, passed away Friday, July 12, 2024 at the Green’s of Spruce Pine. Born on January 19, 1931 in Avery County, she was the daughter of...Read More

James William Huskins, age 61, of Doraville, GA, went Home to be with the Lord on Saturday, May 25th, 2024 at his home.  A native of Yancey County, he was the son of the late James Homer...Read More

Milton Wade Hurt, age 62, passed away on Tuesday, July 9th, 2024 at his home, surrounded by his loving family. A resident of Spear for many years, he spent his childhood in Greensboro. He was a son...Read More

Keith Scot ‘Smoothie’ Buchanan, age 57, of Rabbit Hop Road in Spruce Pine, passed away Tuesday, July 9, 2024. Born on June 10, 1967 in Mitchell County, he was the son of the late W.R. Buchanan and...Read More

Bob Webb, age 91, of the Prices Creek Community, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, July 9th, 2024 at Smoky Ridge Health and Rehabilitation.  A native of Yancey County, he was a son of...Read More

With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Melinda Sue Phillips Robertson; a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend. Sue passed away at home on July 6, 2024, leaving behind a legacy of love and compassion....Read More

Tommy Allen Woody, age 51, of the Spruce Pine Community, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, June 30, 2024. A native of Avery County, he was the son of Jimmy Woody of the home...Read More

Kenneth Jay Wilson of Minneapolis, North Carolina was received into the arms of his Savior and his faith became sight on July 3, 2024. He walked on this earth for 80 long and fruitful years. His life...Read More

Craig Douglas Martin went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on July 3, 2024. He went to his rest peacefully while at home comforted by his wife and two sons. Craig was born in...Read More

Melissa “Moose” Hoilman age 53 of McKinney Mine Rd, Spruce Pine, NC passed away July 4, 2024. She was a daughter of the late Richard Hoilman and Carolyn Sue Yelton Honeycutt. She was a native of Mitchell...Read More

Clara Burleson Dickson, age 82, of Old Cranberry Street in Newland, NC, passed away Thursday, July 4, 2024. Born on September 19, 1941, in Michell County, she was the daughter of the late C. W. Burleson and...Read More

Dorothy McKinney, age 100, of Spruce Pine, passed away Wednesday, July 3, 2024. Arrangements are incomplete at this time, but will be announced later once they have been completed and finalized. Words of comfort may be e-mailed...Read More

Richmond Dale Young, age 101 of Burnsville, NC, passed away at Blue Ridge Regional Hospital in Spruce Pine, NC, on July 1, 2024. He was proceeded in death by his parents, Joseph A. and Margaret Edge Young;...Read More

Nell Inez Adkins Johnson, age 87, of the Banks Creek Community, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, July 1st, 2024 at Smoky Ridge Health and Rehabilitation.  A native of Yancey County, she was a...Read More

William John Knowlton, age 96, passed away on Friday, June 28th, 2024 at the Yancey House. Born in Fort Wayne, IN and raised in La Grange, IL, he was the son of the late Harry Bass and...Read More

Jimmy Street, age 78, of Clearview Road in Erwin, TN, passed away Sunday, June 30, 2024 at the Johnson City Medical Center in Johnson City, TN. Born on June 11, 1946 in Mitchell County, he was the...Read More

James Scott Griffith, age 88, of Griffith Road in Green Mountain, passed away Saturday, June 29, 2024 at Advent Health in Fletcher. Born on February 17, 1936 in Mitchell County, he was the son of the late...Read More

Linzey Glen McMahan, age 79, of Burnsville, went Home to be with the Lord on Friday, June 28th, 2024 at his home, surrounded by his loving family.  A native of Yancey County, he was a son of...Read More

Starlan Wayne Boone, age 69, of Plum Branch, passed away on Tuesday, June 25th, 2024 at Blue Ridge Regional Hospital. A native of Yancey County, he was the son of the late Starlan and Jewell Boone. Wayne...Read More

James “Jim” Ray Shuford, age 86, of Rock Creek, passed away on Wednesday, June 26th, 2024 at McDowell Hospital.  A native of Yancey County, he was a son of the late Stanley and Zora Lane Shuford.  He...Read More

Gerald Gurley, age 61, of Roan Mountain, TN, passed away Thursday, June 27, 2024 at Life Care Center in Elizabethton, TN. Born on July 2, 1962 in Richmond County, NC, he was the son of the late...Read More

Rita Cantrell Taylor, age 86, of Crab Orchard, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ at Blue Ridge Regional Hospital on Tuesday, June 25th, 2024.  A native of Avery County, she was a...Read More

James “Herschel” Russell Ollis, age 63, of Burnsville, went Home to be with the Lord on Monday, June 24th, 2024 at Mission Hospital. A native of Yancey County, he was a son of the late Earl Ollis...Read More

Junior Hall, age 90, of Barney McKinney Road in Spruce Pine, the Halltown community, passed away Sunday, June 23, 2024 at the Frye Regional Medical Center in Hickory. Born on August 26, 1933 in Mitchell County, he...Read More

Arnold “Butch” Ball, age 77 of Burnsville, NC, went Home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, June 20, 2024. Butch was the absolute best husband, daddy, and Paw to his whole family, of whom he was...Read More