OBITUARY:  Alethea Thomas Smith

OBITUARY:  Alethea Thomas Smith

Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies. Proverbs 31:10 Alethea Thomas Smith, age 85, of the Shepherds Creek community, went home to be with her Lord on Friday, May 1, 2026. A lifelong resident of Swain County. She was the daughter of the late...
OBITUARY: Kathleen Talalah

OBITUARY: Kathleen Talalah

Kathleen Talalah, 60, of Cherokee, passed away on Friday, April 24, 2026, after a period of declining health at Cherokee Indian Hospital. Kathleen was born on July 1, 1965, in Chicago, Ill., to the late Samuel D. and Dorothy Talalah (Deford). She worked in the food...