Obituaries

ALTAPASS – Charles Edward Silver, 92, passed away Saturday, May 16, 2020, at Mission Hospital.

Chuck Pendley, age 58, of Spruce Pine, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, June 30, 2020 at Care Partners Solace Center.  A native of Mitchell County, he was a son of the late Jack Pendley an

NORTH WILKESBORO – Mrs. Asa was born in the Hollis community of Rutherford County, North Carolina on July 18, 1936 to John D. Withrow, Sr. and Dorothy Moore Withrow.  

MARION – Bobby Whetstine, age 66, of the Woodlawn community in Marion died June 1, 2020 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN.

SPRUCE PINE – “Come to the mountains!” was the invitation John Wellborn issued to anyone he happened to meet in the flatlands.

   SPRUCE PINE – Linda (Foster) Vesely, 75, of Spruce Pine, North Carolina, died peacefully on Friday, June 5, 2020. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. 

ABINGDON, VA – David Jared Johnson, age 43, of Abingdon, VA, passed away on Tuesday, June 16, 2020 at Johnston Memorial Hospital from an extended battle with a blood disorder and several bouts of p

Beatrice (Bea) Chereshkoff was born Beatrice Marie Biringer, on Dec. 3, 1926, in Elizabeth, NJ and grew up in Kenilworth, NJ.