Frances Ellen Long Reed – obituary

  Frances Ellen Long Reed, 72, of the Wolftown Community in Cherokee passed away Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017 at Harris Regional Hospital in Sylva following an extended illness. She was born March 23, 1945 in Cherokee to the late Allen Wilson Long and Dinah...

Joseph R. French – obituary

  Joseph R. French, 65, of Cherokee, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017 at the Cherokee Indian Hospital. Joseph was born in Cherokee on March 8, 1952 to the late Joseph Smith and Winifred French. Joseph was an outdoors man.  He loved Ginsenging, fishing,...

David Lamar Wachacha – obituary

David Lamar Wachacha, 47, of Cherokee, went to join family in Heaven, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017. A native of Cherokee and Snowbird, he was the son of the late Rev. Tom Wachacha Sr., and Edna Ruth Taylor Wachacha. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in...

Eloise Cline (Smith) Hicks – obituary

Eloise Cline (Smith) Hicks, 80, of Whittier, peacefully went home to be with the Lord, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. A longtime resident of Swain and Jackson County, she was the daughter of the late Rev. Dewey and step-mother Myrtle Cline. In addition to Dewey and Myrtle,...

Shirley Jackson Oswalt (Dodie) – obituary

  Shirley Jackson Oswalt (Dodie), 62, of Robbinsville went home to be with the Lord Monday, Aug. 21, 2017 at her residence. A native of Graham County, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Ella Long Jackson. She was a member of Utugi Baptist Church. Shirley...

Geraldine Walkingstick – obituary

  After a valiant fight with cancer, Geraldine Walkingstick passed peacefully into the hands of the Lord on Aug. 15, 2017. She was an artist: a gifted basket maker with many other creative talents. Geraldine was known for her green thumb and her appreciation of...