OBITUARY: Gary Dean (Boots) Smith

  Gary Dean (Boots) Smith, 64, passed away unexpectedly in his home on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020.  A lifelong resident of Cherokee, he loved gardening and the outdoors. Boots is the son of the late Fancheon L. (Snook) Elders of Wildwood, Fla.  He is the grandson of...

OBITUARY: Douglas Swimmer

  Douglas Swimmer, 72, of Cherokee, passed away peacefully at his home, after an extended illness, on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020. The son of the late Thomas Swimmer and Alice Sherrill Swimmer, he is preceded in death by his late paternal great grandparents, John...

OBITUARY: Helen Harriet Jackson

  Helen Harriet Jackson, 85, of Cherokee, made her final journey to her Heavenly Home on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. The daughter of the late Roy Bradley and Alice Crow Bradley, she is preceded in death by her husband, Boyd Stonewall Jackson; her son, Vincent Henry...

OBITUARY: John Grady (Skeeter) Sneed Jr.

  John Grady (Skeeter) Sneed Jr., 80, of Rock Hill, S.C. and Cherokee, N.C. went to his heavenly home on Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. He was born July 23, 1940 at Cherokee Indian Hospital to the late John Grady Sneed Sr. and Rachel Blythe Sneed of the Wolftown...

OBITUARY: Paulette Rae Littlejohn Taukchiray

  Paulette Rae Littlejohn Taukchiray, 38, of Cherokee, passed away unexpectedly at her home on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020. She will be greeted at Heavens Gate by her late mother, Sue Ellen Littlejohn.  Paulette is survived by her husband of eight years, Wesley...

OBITUARY: Jane Lossie Taylor

  Jane Lossie Taylor, 83, went to her heavenly home on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020 at St. Joseph’s Long Term Care Center in Asheville. She was the daughter of the late John Rome Lossie and Charlotte (Welch) Lossie of the Big Cove Community.  Jane will be welcomed to...