by admin | Jan 8, 2024 | OBITUARIES
Wilburn James Wiggins, 67, of the Galbreath Creek Community, passed away peacefully on Friday, Jan. 5, 2024, at the Elizabeth House in Flat Rock, N.C. after a courageous battle with cancer. A native of Swain County, he was the son of the late Jesse Wilburn and Edna...
by admin | Jan 6, 2024 | OBITUARIES
Kathy “Momma Hatt” West, 66, of the Big Cove Community, went home to be with the Lord Sunday Dec. 31, 2023. A native of Cherokee, she was the daughter of the late Jimmy West and Lawanda Davis Jackson and step-daughter of the late Marvin Jackson and Dorothy West. In...
by admin | Jan 5, 2024 | OBITUARIES
Louise Ann Reed, 65 of the Snowbird Community, passed away peacefully Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024, at Cherokee Indian Hospital, surrounded by her loving family. She was born Sept. 16, 1958, to the late McKinley Reed and Susie Roxie Wachacha, in Chicago, Ill. She graduated...
by admin | Jan 3, 2024 | OBITUARIES
SYLVA, N.C. – Julia Ardell Biddix, 88, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023 at Cherokee Indian Hospital. Julia was a native of Swain County but had resided in Jackson County for most of her life and was a daughter of the late John William and Margaret Violet...
by admin | Jan 2, 2024 | OBITUARIES
Helen Sue Wahnetta Bottchenbaugh passed on Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023. Helen was a proud respected Cherokee woman, who took great pride in being called Mom, Grandma, Lala, and Grandma Helen. Helen had four children, five generations of grandchildren. She lived in the Big...
by admin | Jan 2, 2024 | OBITUARIES
Rafael Cruz Ramirez, 37, of Cherokee, passed away at Duke University Hospital on Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023, after an extended illness. The only son of Debra Smith and Rafael Ramirez, “Cruz”, “Raf”, or “Ralphie” as he was known leaves behind his father, his cousins...
