Anita Driver Ellwood – obituary

Anita Driver Ellwood, 56, of Cherokee, passed away on June 18, 2013 after an extended illness. Anita was a member of the Big Cove Baptist Church and was also a teacher with Tribal Child Care. Anita is the daughter of the late Nick Driver and Emmaline Sequoyah Driver....

Harold Leroy (Buster) Biddix – obituary

Harold Leroy (Buster) Biddix, 79, of the Birdtown Community, went home to be with the Lord, Saturday, June 22, 2013 in a Buncombe County Hospital. A native of Swain County, he was the son of the late John Taylor and Jane Bradley. He was a U.S. Army Veteran having...

Mary Ann Johnson Bird – obituary

Mary Ann Johnson Bird, 54, passed away on June 11, 2013 at Memorial Mission Hospital following a brief illness. Mary was a native of the Big Cove Community in Cherokee, but made her residence in the Yellow Hill Community.  Mary is the daughter of the late Charles...

Adam Eugene Lambert – obit

Adam Eugene Lambert, 53, passed away on May 22, 2013 at his residence following a brief illness. Adam was a resident of the Birdtown Community in Cherokee. Adam is the son of the late David E. Lambert and Golinda Saunooke Lambert and is preceded in death by a...

Jordan Ensley – obituary

BRYSON CITY – Jordan Ensley, 33, of the Coopers Creek Community passed away unexpectedly, Tuesday, May 28, 2013. A native of Swain County, he was the son of Virgie Webb Smith of Bryson City and her husband Charles, and David Ensley of Cherokee and wife Brenda....

Tommie Ruth McCoy – obituary

Tommie Ruth McCoy, 55, of Adams Creek, passed away, Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at her sister’s residence. A native of Swain County, she was the daughter of the late Tom and Emily McCoy. She was also preceded in death by one brother, William McCoy, and one niece Peaches...