OBITUARY: Joan Hope Nichols Edmonds

  Joan Hope Nichols Edmonds passed away on April 15, 2020 in her home. She ended her nine-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Joan was born in Tenino, Wash. on Feb. 24, 1939.  Most of her life was spent in western North Carolina. She grew up in Bryson City,...

OBITUARY: Jesse Reed

  Jesse Reed, 71, of Cherokee, passed away peacefully at his residence on April 14, 2020. The son of the late Noah Reed and Dora Dell Crowe Reed, Jesse will be missed by those left behind. He is preceded in death by one brother, Richard Terry Reed and one nephew;...