OBITUARY: Sarah Lou Swayney

OBITUARY: Sarah Lou Swayney

Sarah Lou Swayney, 76, of the Birdtown Community, went to her eternal home on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. She was preceded in death by her father, Johnny Watty; mother, Edith Wachacha; two sisters, Nancy, Annabell; two brothers, Duke, and John Henery; one granddaughter,...

COMMENTARY: I heard it through the grapevine.

By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor   “The term ‘grapevine telegraph’ was first published in an 1852 American dictionary to refer to the wires of a telegraph that appeared to be the coiled tendrils of a grapevine. In California, the wires were actually hung on...
OBITUARY: Sandra Marie Bradley (Maples)

OBITUARY: Sandra Marie Bradley (Maples)

Sandra Marie Bradley (Maples), 75, went to her eternal home on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024, at the Cherokee Indian Hospital. She was born July 23, 1948, to the late Cecil and Edna Lambert Maples. Sandy grew up in Gatlinburg, Tenn. and moved to Cherokee as a teenager. She...