Tommy Lynn Burch, Jr. – obituary

BRYSON CITY – Tommy Lynn Burch, Jr., 57, of Bryson City, went home to be with the Lord, Friday, Oct. 26, 2012. A native of Tennessee, Tommy spent over 30 years of his life in Graham and Swain Counties. He was the son of Laverne Mitchell Burch Crawford of Bryson...

John Alan Smith – obituary

John Alan Smith, 46, of the Buchners Branch Community went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012 at his residence. A native of Cherokee, he was the son of Lucetta French of Cherokee and the late John Lloyd Smith who died in May of 2012. He was a U.S....

Betty Craig Dupree – obituary

Former Qualla Arts & Crafts manager passes away Betty Craig DuPree, 83, a resident of Cherokee, died on Thursday night, Oct. 18 at the Cherokee Indian Hospital of a brief illness.  An EBCI tribal member,  she was the daughter of the late Don and Bertha Craig. She...

Sherry Jean Bernhisel Hornbuckle – obituary

Sherry Jean Bernhisel Hornbuckle, 48, of Cherokee, passed away Sunday, Oct. 7.  She was born in Omaha, Neb., the daughter of the late Edward and Jean Wahnetah Berhisel.  She was a homemaker and a loving mother and grandmother.  She was of the Baptist faith. She is...

Willia Roberson Wrenn – obituary

Willia Roberson Wrenn, 77, of Robbinsville went to be with her Lord on Oct. 5, 2012 while at the Mountain View Nursing Home of Bryson City. Born in Japan, NC near Panther Creek, she was the mother of two daughters and one son.  She worked hard at putting them through...

David Johnson Catt – obituary

  David Johnson Catt, 67, of Cherokee, passed away on Sept.21, 2012 at his residence of 20 Dillard Rd. in Cherokee. David was the husband of the late Mary (Tunnie) Littlejohn Catt and the son of the late Dave Wilbur Catt and Cornelia George Catt. He was a veteran...