OBIT – Shirley Ann (Littlejohn) Crowe

Shirley Ann (Littlejohn) Crowe, age 69, passed away peacefully at the Tsali Care Nursing Home in Cherokee on March 23, 2020.  A lifelong resident of the Wolftown Community, Shirley leaves behind two devoted sons, Jarrett “Sherriff” Crowe of Cherokee and Joel Daniel...

Zena Elizabeth Beck Lawhon – obituary

  Zena Elizabeth Beck Lawhon, 79, of Whittier, went home to be with the Lord Friday, March 20, 2020. A native of Swain County, she was the daughter of the late Tilson and Bessie Bradley Beck and wife of the late Robert Lawhon. She was a member of Old Savannah...

Phyllis Coons – obituary

  Phyllis Coons made her journey to her Heavenly home on March 17, 2020. She was born on the May 24, 1934 to Ted and Mildred Rose at a time when her hometown of Cherokee was just a tiny village with only a single, two-lane paved road, no sidewalks, stoplights or...

Clarence A. Pilkington – obituary

  Clarence A. Pilkington, 84, of Bryson City, went home to be with the Lord Monday, March 16, 2020. A native of Swain County, he was the son of the late Roy Pilkington and Bonnie Welch Pilkington. He was a member of Deep Creek Missionary Baptist Church. Clarence...

John Andrew Ryan – obituary

    We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. – 2 Corinthians 5:8  John Andrew Ryan, 58, moved into his Heavenly mansion, Sunday, March 8, 2020. He was born in Augusta, Ga. on Dec. 23,...

Lucille Sequoyah Owens – obituary

    Lucille Sequoyah Owens, 90, of Robbinsville, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, March 13, 2020 at Graham Healthcare and Rehabilitation. She was the daughter of the late Ammons and Kina Ledford Sequoyah.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded...