by admin | Jan 21, 2024 | OBITUARIES
Maxine Bumgarner, age 92, of Gastonia, N.C., passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. She was born on June 23, 1931, in Cherokee, N.C., to the late Kyle Daly and Vera Bradley Moles. Maxine studied nursing at Fort Sanders School of Nursing in Knoxville, Tenn. She...
by admin | Jan 15, 2024 | OBITUARIES
Freddie “Bopper” Youngdeer, 55, of Cherokee, passed away Friday, Jan. 12, 2024 at the Cherokee Indian Hospital with his family by his side. A native of Cherokee, Bopper was born Sept. 14, 1968 at the “old” Cherokee Indian Hospital. He was the son of the late Frances...
by admin | Jan 12, 2024 | OBITUARIES
Mark Daniel Jones, 64, of Whittier, went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. A native of Alabama, he was the son of the late Carmon and Velma Myers Jones. He was a deacon at Christ Fellowship Church of Cherokee. Mark is survived by his wife, Myra Jones;...
by admin | Jan 11, 2024 | OBITUARIES
Sarah Lou Swayney, 76, of the Birdtown Community, went to her eternal home on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. She was preceded in death by her father, Johnny Watty; mother, Edith Wachacha; two sisters, Nancy, Annabell; two brothers, Duke, and John Henery; one granddaughter,...
by admin | Jan 9, 2024 | OBITUARIES
Sandra Marie Bradley (Maples), 75, went to her eternal home on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024, at the Cherokee Indian Hospital. She was born July 23, 1948, to the late Cecil and Edna Lambert Maples. Sandy grew up in Gatlinburg, Tenn. and moved to Cherokee as a teenager. She...
by admin | Jan 8, 2024 | OBITUARIES
Wilburn James Wiggins, 67, of the Galbreath Creek Community, passed away peacefully on Friday, Jan. 5, 2024, at the Elizabeth House in Flat Rock, N.C. after a courageous battle with cancer. A native of Swain County, he was the son of the late Jesse Wilburn and Edna...
