by Anthony Brown | Mar 14, 2016 | OBITUARIES
Nancy (Jim) Juanita Smith Taylor, 65, of Cherokee, passed away Thursday, March 10, 2016 at Mission Hospital in Asheville following an extended illness. She was born Feb. 6, 1951 in Cherokee. Nancy was a school board member for the Birdtown Community for eight...
by Anthony Brown | Mar 14, 2016 | Front Page
By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR Once deemed the annual Governor’s Conference on Tourism, the 2016 Visit NC 365 Conference was held in Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort from March 13-15. The meeting is touted as “the most comprehensive summit of our...
by Anthony Brown | Mar 14, 2016 | COMMUNITY sgadugi
SYLVA – For many years, Kenneth Haigler, an EBCI tribal member, helped students in Southwestern Community College’s radiography technology program learn and grow by supervising their clinical rotations at Swain Community Hospital. Though Haigler passed away...
by Anthony Brown | Mar 14, 2016 | OBITUARIES
Joy Ann Craig, 87, of Whittier, passed away on Friday, March 11, 2016. Joy was born on September 6, 1929 in Knox County, TN to the late Joseph Orlando Pitner and Iva Grace Frazier Pitner. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, G....
by Anthony Brown | Mar 14, 2016 | OBITUARIES
Pearle Sherrill Reagan entered the pearly gates of Heaven on March 11, 2016 after a brief hospital stay at the age of 92. She was the daughter of the late Burke and Dora Queen Sherrill. Pearle was born and lived in the Qualla Community most of her life. She was...