Emily Timmons Russell – obituary

    Emily Timmons Russell was born Feb. 27, 1920 in Canton, of the family of George Hasque and Rhetta Morgan Timmons. She died Feb. 19, 2014 in Waynesville. Emily was married to Joseph Turner Russell Jr. on July 17, 1938. They had four children, six...

Kenneth “Kenny” Cuthbertson

Kenneth “Kenny” Cuthbertson, 76, of Morganton and Bryson City, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, Feb. 21, 2014.  Born in Burke County on June 7, 1937, he was the son of the late Wilson Edgar Cuthbertson and Ruby Irene Mull Cuthbertson.  Kenny was a...

Howard McMillan – obituary

Howard McMillan, 57, originally of the Hyatt Creek community went home to be with the Lord Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014 in a Cherokee health care facility. A native of Swain County, he was the son of the late Clifford and Mary Brady McMillan. He was preceded in death by...

Sister Roberta McKinnon – obituary

Sister Roberta McKinnon passed away on Feb. 14, 2014 at the age of 92 at the St. Francis Convent in Tiffin, Ohio, where she had spent the last 16 years.  As a member of the St. Francis Order, she had dedicated her life to ministries of many kinds which she pursued to...

Lucinda Lambert Sampson – obituary

Lucinda Lambert Sampson, 91, passed away on Feb. 16, 2014, surrounded by family, at Tsali Care Center following a brief illness. Lucinda is the daughter of the late Charlie Lambert and Encie Feather Lambert. Lucinda is preceded by her husband Enoch Sampson and...

Robert Jackson Conley – obituary

Robert Jackson Conley, 73, of Sylva, passed away Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014. A native of Cushing, Okla., he was the son of the late Robert Parris and Peggy Jackson Conley. Robert was the Sequoyah Distinguished Professor in Cherokee Studies at Western Carolina University. ...