by admin | Jun 28, 2025 | OBITUARIES
Florence Addie Reed, also known as “Babe,” beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. Born on May 6, 1965, Babe lived a life filled with love, kindness, and pride in her Native American heritage. She...
by admin | Jun 28, 2025 | OBITUARIES
Idalee Inez Huskey, a faithful servant of the Lord, cherished mother, grandmother, entrepreneur, and beloved pillar of the Cherokee, N.C. community, went home to be with the Lord on June 26, 2025. She was 88 years old. Born (Feb. 20, 1937) and raised in the beautiful...
by admin | Jun 26, 2025 | OBITUARIES
Nancy Chiltoskie, youngest daughter of Watty and Tennie Chiltoskie, passed away on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. Nancy grew up in the Big Y area before attending boarding schools in Georgia and Santa Fe, N.M. She graduated from Haskell Indian Junior College. In 1993, she...
by admin | Jun 26, 2025 | OBITUARIES
Fisherman, husband, son, father, grandfather, friend, U.S. Public Health Service Captain, and founder of “Raven Fork Rods” James Edwards Mills, 84, of Whittier, N.C., passed away peacefully on Monday, June 16, 2025 after a brief and sharp bout with cancer. Jim spent...
by admin | Jun 23, 2025 | OBITUARIES
Hoyt Lunsford, age 89, of Marble, left behind his physical body on Thursday, June 19, 2025. Hoyt was a husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. He was a wordsmith, a musician, craftsman, educator and so much more. Throughout his life he encouraged and...
by admin | Jun 23, 2025 | OBITUARIES
Lucy Taylor Bigmeat, 94, of the Painttown Community in Cherokee, N.C., went home to Paradise on June 20, 2025, surrounded by her family members. Born to William Taylor and Cecelia Standingdeer, she lived there until she met the love of her life, Mark Welch Bigmeat,...
