OBITUARY: Melissa Pheasant Queen

OBITUARY: Melissa Pheasant Queen

Melissa Pheasant Queen, 62, of the Big Cove Community of Cherokee, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022. She was the daughter of the late Diver and Nellie (Swayney) Pheasant. Melissa was better known at Lisa and was a long time Tribal employee,...
OBITUARY: Rebecca “Becky” Bigwitch

OBITUARY: Rebecca “Becky” Bigwitch

Rebecca “Becky” Bigwitch, 66, of Cherokee, passed away following an extended illness on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022 in her home in the Wolftown Community of Cherokee. Becky was loved and was preceded by her late father, Leroy Reed, and late mother, Winona (Watty) Reed....
OBITUARY: Rebecca “Becky” Bigwitch

Rena “Iggie” Janet Wachacha

Rena “Iggie” Janet Wachacha, 66, of Cherokee, passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022 following a short illness while at the Med-West Harris Hospital in Sylva. She was the daughter of the late Pete Johnson and Dorothy Lynn (Maney) Johnson. Rena, known to so many as...
OBITUARY: Rebecca “Becky” Bigwitch

OBITUARY: Jackson Wolfe

Jackson Wolfe, 63, of the Big Cove Community, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, Aug. 16,2022 after a battle with lung cancer and COVID. He was the son of the late Amble Springer Wolfe and the late Eva Queen Wolfe. Jackson was a member of Eastern Band of the...
OBITUARY: Rebecca “Becky” Bigwitch

OBITUARY: Elisha Danielle Laws

Elisha Danielle Laws, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, at her home after a brief illness. She was preceded in death by her father, Earl Laws; grandparents, Bill and Emma Laws; and maternal grandfather, Linton Brooks. Surviving are her four children ages...
OBITUARY: Rebecca “Becky” Bigwitch

OBITUARY: Isaac Climbingbear Sr.

Isaac Climbingbear Sr., 64, of the Big Cove Community, went home to join his wife Myrna Climbingbear on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. In addition to his wife, he was also preceded in death by his parents, Henderson Sr. and Idell Hammonds Climbingbear; brothers, Eli...