by Anthony Brown | Jan 4, 2012 | OBITUARIES
Mary (Tunnie) Catt, 64, of Cherokee passed away on January 3, 2012 at Mission Hospital in Asheville after an extended illness. She was a member of Wright’s Creek Baptist Church and a lifelong resident of the Qualla Boundary. She was preceded in death by her...
by Anthony Brown | Jan 3, 2012 | OBITUARIES
Ira Lee (Airalee) Moore Fugate, age 87 of Calhoun, TN, died January 1, 2012 at the home of her son Donald Lee Fugate in Calhoun. A native of Thompson, Georgia and longtime resident of McMinn County, she was the daughter of the late Lenton Clea Moore and...
by Anthony Brown | Jan 3, 2012 | OBITUARIES
Jennie Lossiah, 48, of the Big Y Community, went home to be with the Lord, Monday, January 2, 2012 in a Jackson County Hospital. A native of Cherokee, she was the daughter of Betty Hornbuckle Lossiah of Cherokee and the late Bill Candy Lossiah. She also...
by Anthony Brown | Jan 3, 2012 | OBITUARIES
Otis W. Bertrand, 69, of Cherokee passed away unexpectedly on Christmas Day at Cherokee Indian Hospital. He had lived in Cherokee for many years and was an employee of the Harrah’s Cherokee Casino. He was a veteran of the US Navy and had servied during the...
by Anthony Brown | Jan 3, 2012 | OBITUARIES
James Irvin Welch, 69, of Cherokee passed away unexpectedly on December 23, 2011 at the Cherokee Indian Hospital. He was the son of the late Irvin Welch and Edith Rogers Welch. He is survived by a son, Kevin Welch of Newport News, Virginia; his mother,...
by Anthony Brown | Jan 3, 2012 | OBITUARIES
Curtis Gentry Cooper, Jr., 86, of Cherokee passed away on December 30, 2011 at Tsali Care Center following an extended illness. He was a lifelong resident of the Birdtown Community. He was preceded in death by his parents, Curtis G. Cooper and Lona Parker...