OBITUARY: Patricia Marie Swayney

OBITUARY: Patricia Marie Swayney

Patricia Marie Swayney, 58, of Cherokee, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022 following a long-term illness and a short stay at Bon Secours Health Systems, Saint Francis Downtown Hospital in Greenville, S.C. Patricia was the daughter of the late John Hubert Swayney...
OBITUARY: Melissa Pheasant Queen

OBITUARY: Melissa Pheasant Queen

Melissa Pheasant Queen, 62, of the Big Cove Community of Cherokee, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022. She was the daughter of the late Diver and Nellie (Swayney) Pheasant. Melissa was better known at Lisa and was a long time Tribal employee,...
OBITUARY: Patricia Marie Swayney

OBITUARY: Rebecca “Becky” Bigwitch

Rebecca “Becky” Bigwitch, 66, of Cherokee, passed away following an extended illness on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022 in her home in the Wolftown Community of Cherokee. Becky was loved and was preceded by her late father, Leroy Reed, and late mother, Winona (Watty) Reed....
OBITUARY: Patricia Marie Swayney

Rena “Iggie” Janet Wachacha

Rena “Iggie” Janet Wachacha, 66, of Cherokee, passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022 following a short illness while at the Med-West Harris Hospital in Sylva. She was the daughter of the late Pete Johnson and Dorothy Lynn (Maney) Johnson. Rena, known to so many as...
OBITUARY: Patricia Marie Swayney

OBITUARY: Jackson Wolfe

Jackson Wolfe, 63, of the Big Cove Community, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, Aug. 16,2022 after a battle with lung cancer and COVID. He was the son of the late Amble Springer Wolfe and the late Eva Queen Wolfe. Jackson was a member of Eastern Band of the...
OBITUARY: Patricia Marie Swayney

OBITUARY: Elisha Danielle Laws

Elisha Danielle Laws, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, at her home after a brief illness. She was preceded in death by her father, Earl Laws; grandparents, Bill and Emma Laws; and maternal grandfather, Linton Brooks. Surviving are her four children ages...