OBITUARY: Annabelle Watty Valdez

OBITUARY: Annabelle Watty Valdez

Annabelle Watty Valdez, age 70, also known as our Litty Bitty Mamaw, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022, at Mission Hospital. She is survived by her children, Nena Taylor (Dee Dee), Chad Feather, Tosh Davis III, Brian Watty; stepson, Tommy Valdez, all...
OBITUARY: Xiomara Concepcion (Rico) Mann

OBITUARY: Xiomara Concepcion (Rico) Mann

Xiomara Concepcion (Rico) Mann – May 27, 1951 – Dec. 8, 2022 Xiomara Concepcion (Rico) Mann died at Cherokee Indian Hospital in the early hours of Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022 surrounded by loved ones. Xiomara was a tough and unbelievable woman who made a life beating...
OBITUARY: Raymond Eugene Jones

OBITUARY: Raymond Eugene Jones

Raymond Eugene Jones went home to be with the Lord unexpectedly, Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022. A native and lifelong resident of the Nations Creek Community, Gene (AKA, the Milkman) was preceded in death by his mother, Gertrude Cabe Jones and his brother, Bill McDonald. He...
OBITUARY: Carolyn Rae Queen

OBITUARY: Carolyn Rae Queen

Carolyn Rae Queen, age 79, of Whittier, N.C., passed from this earth after a brief illness on Nov. 20, 2022, in the Cherokee Indian Hospital.  Carolyn’s spirit started its next journey surrounded by her loving family. They will greatly miss her adventurous nature,...
OBITUARY: Michael Ray Driver

OBITUARY: Michael Ray Driver

Michael Ray Driver, 37, of Robbinsville, went home on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. He was born in Cherokee, N.C. on Aug. 22, 1985. Michael is survived by his loving mother, Lois Chekelelee of Robbinsville, N.C. He had two daughters and one son, Makayla Driver, Savannah...
OBITUARY: Sister Virginia Gase

OBITUARY: Sister Virginia Gase

Sister Virginia Gase (formerly Sister Mary Raymond) of the Sisters of St. Francis of Tiffin, Ohio, died at 6:50 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022, at St. Francis Home, Tiffin. She was born July 29, 1931, to Virgil and Matilda (Hoepf) Gase in Berwick, Ohio. Survivors...