Nancy (Jim) Juanita Smith Taylor – obituary

  Nancy (Jim) Juanita Smith Taylor, 65, of Cherokee, passed away Thursday, March 10, 2016 at Mission Hospital in Asheville following an extended illness. She was born Feb. 6, 1951 in Cherokee.  Nancy was a school board member for the Birdtown Community for eight...

Joy Ann Craig – obituary

  Joy Ann Craig, 87, of Whittier, passed away on Friday, March 11, 2016.  Joy was born on September 6, 1929 in Knox County, TN to the late Joseph Orlando Pitner and Iva Grace Frazier Pitner. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, G....

Pearle Sherrill Reagan – obituary

  Pearle Sherrill Reagan entered the pearly gates of Heaven on March 11, 2016 after a brief hospital stay at the age of 92. She was the daughter of the late Burke and Dora Queen Sherrill. Pearle was born and lived in the Qualla Community most of her life. She was...

Lillian Faye Rose Shetley – obituary

  UNION, SC – Mrs. Lillian Faye Rose Shetley, age 79, husband of Don Shetley of Union, SC passed away Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016 at Union Medical Center. Mrs. Shetley was born in Cherokee, NC on April 29, 1936.  She was the daughter of Elsie Rodger Rose Kimsey...

David “Joe” Sanders – obituary

  GREENVILLE – David “Joe” Sanders, 69, passed away March 6, 2016. He was born in Bryson City to the late David Coat Sanders and Mrs. Katy Love Shook Hamby. He attended Swain County High School, and later Western Carolina University studying English. ...

Mildred Ann Bryson – obituary

  Mildred Ann Bryson, of Cullowhee, died on March 3, 2016 at the age of 71. She was the daughter of late Eva Pauline Ashe Conner and the late Victor Connor. She was the wife of the late Johnny Edward Bryson of Dillsboro. Her children included Robert Jumper, Vicky...