by admin | Aug 21, 2018 | OBITUARIES
Robert Michael “Jose” West, 60, of Leesburg, Fla., passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, Aug. 19, 2018. He was born and raised in the Big Cove Community in Cherokee. He worked for many, many years at the Cherokee Boys Club. He enjoyed racing, wrestling, and...
by admin | Aug 21, 2018 | OBITUARIES
Jess Alvin “Keener” McCoy, 39, of Birdtown, went home to be with the Lord unexpectedly on Friday, Aug. 17, 2018. A native of Cherokee where he attended Cherokee High School, Keener was an avid outdoorsman who loved to roam the woods for wild mushrooms, family...
by admin | Aug 16, 2018 | OBITUARIES
Howard Pritchard Melton age 90, of Sylva, passed to his heavenly home on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018. He was a life-long resident of Jackson County. He was born March 23, 1928 to the late Claude and Beulah Hoxit Melton. Howard was married 62 years to his late wife,...
by admin | Aug 15, 2018 | OBITUARIES
Helen Mae Dorothy McCoy Smith, 72, known as “Dorothy”, went home to be with the Lord on Aug. 14, 2018, with her loving family by her side at her sister Rosie’s home in the Birdtown Community. She retired from the Cherokee School system. Dorothy was preceded in...
by admin | Aug 8, 2018 | OBITUARIES
Billie Jean “Cookie” Kanott Wolfe, 67, of Cherokee, passed away Monday, Aug. 6, 2018 at the Cherokee Hospital with her family and friends by her side. Born June 23, 1951 in Cherokee to the late William H. Kanott and Naomi Jackson Kanott, she was a...
by admin | Aug 6, 2018 | OBITUARIES
Shelby Jean Cabe Buchanan, 62, of Sylva, died Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 at Harris Regional Hospital. She was born Dec. 9, 1955, in Jackson County, to James Fred Cabe and the late Hilda Matilda Gibson Cabe. After graduating from Sylva-Webster High School, she worked...
