OBITUARY: Davis Welch
Davis Welch, 78, of the Big Cove Community, passed away Monday, Oct. 24, 2022 after an extended illness. A native of Cherokee, he was the son of the late Simpson and Agnes Welch. He was a fluent native...
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OBITUARY: Louise Paxton Ashe
Louise Paxton Ashe, 95 of Sylva, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. She was born on Sept. 23, 1927, in Swain County to the late William “Bill” and Myrtle Crisp Paxton. Louise worked as a...
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OBITUARY: Allen Edward Reed
Allen Edward Reed, of the Wolftown Community, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. He shared the last 14 years of his life with his loving wife, Anita Reed. This loving Father is survived by...
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OBITUARY: Melissa Ann Maney
Melissa Ann Maney, age 58, of the Rough Branch Community of Wolftown, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 at Mission Hospital after an extended illness. She is survived by her mother, Charlotte...
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OBITUARY: Jamie Waldroup
Jamie Waldroup, age 58, passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022 following an extended period of declining health. A native of Swain County, he was the son of the late George C. Waldroup and Glenna Burns...
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Max Wayland Monteith Jr., 63 of Dunedin, Fla. and Cherokee, N.C., passed away Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022 at his home in Dunedin, following a four-year battle with cancer with his loved ones by his side....
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OBITUARY: Kobe Gavin Toineeta
Kobe Gavin Toineeta, 25, of the Birdtown Community, entered his eternal home on Friday, Nov. 11, 2022. Kobe was a 2015 graduate of Swain County High School and will forever be remembered as an old soul...
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OBITUARY: James Bates
James Bates, age 77, of Tuckasegee, N.C., went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was the husband of Dorothy Bates and the son of the...
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OBITUARY: Kevin M. Bruneel
Kevin M. Bruneel, 62, of Cherokee, N.C., went home to be with our Lord on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, at Swain Community Hospital in Bryson City. He is survived by his wife of 28 years, Myra (My)...
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Sammy W. Owle, 75, of Cherokee, went home to be with the Lord Friday, Nov. 18, 2022. A native of Cherokee, he was the son of the late Clifton and Pauline Lambert Owle and husband of the late Alice...
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OBITUARY: Catherine Brown
Catherine Brown, 84, a native of the Snowbird Community passed away following a period of declining health on Wednesday, Nov. 23,2022 while at the Tsali Care Center in Cherokee, N.C. She was the...
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OBITUARY: Daniel W. Rattler
Daniel W. Rattler, 87, went to his Heavenly Home on Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. A native of Graham County, Daniel was born on April 22, 1935, to the late George Rattler and Hattie Cornsilk Smoker Rattler....
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Sandra Darlene Taylor Reagan, age 75, of the Painttown Community, passed away on Thursday, Nov. 22, 2022 at Cherokee Indian Hospital after an extended illness. She is survived by her children, Tony...
View ArticleOBITUARY: Garfield Axe-Long (Garfield Henry Long, Junior)
With a heavy heart, we regret to inform you about the passing of Garfield Axe-Long (Garfield Henry Long, Junior) at the age of 55. It is not enough to say that Garfield was loved by many within the...
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OBITUARY: Sister Virginia Gase
Sister Virginia Gase (formerly Sister Mary Raymond) of the Sisters of St. Francis of Tiffin, Ohio, died at 6:50 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022, at St. Francis Home, Tiffin. She was born July 29, 1931, to...
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OBITUARY: Michael Ray Driver
Michael Ray Driver, 37, of Robbinsville, went home on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. He was born in Cherokee, N.C. on Aug. 22, 1985. Michael is survived by his loving mother, Lois Chekelelee of Robbinsville,...
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OBITUARY: Carolyn Rae Queen
Carolyn Rae Queen, age 79, of Whittier, N.C., passed from this earth after a brief illness on Nov. 20, 2022, in the Cherokee Indian Hospital. Carolyn’s spirit started its next journey surrounded by...
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OBITUARY: Raymond Eugene Jones
Raymond Eugene Jones went home to be with the Lord unexpectedly, Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022. A native and lifelong resident of the Nations Creek Community, Gene (AKA, the Milkman) was preceded in death by...
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OBITUARY: Xiomara Concepcion (Rico) Mann
Xiomara Concepcion (Rico) Mann – May 27, 1951 – Dec. 8, 2022 Xiomara Concepcion (Rico) Mann died at Cherokee Indian Hospital in the early hours of Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022 surrounded by loved ones....
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OBITUARY: Annabelle Watty Valdez
Annabelle Watty Valdez, age 70, also known as our Litty Bitty Mamaw, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022, at Mission Hospital. She is survived by her children, Nena Taylor (Dee Dee), Chad...
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