It is with great sorrow that the family of Lydia Queen announces her passing on April 25, 2020 after a brief illness at Cherokee Indian Hospital.

  James Allen May, Captain, U.S. Public Health Service (Retired), passed unexpectedly April 17, 2020 at Mission Hospital, Asheville. He was born Nov. 16, 1948 in Selmer, Tenn. to Carthell and Maggie Kernodle May. On June 28, 1970, he married Jacque Hamm and they...

Aaron Lee Frady, 24, of Cherokee, unexpectedly went home to his Heavenly Father on Sunday, April 19, 2020. He is preceded in death by his father, Sammy Frady. 

Tom Patrick Lawless passed away gracefully Monday, March 30, 2020. He was adored by his entire family and will be missed tremendously by each of them. 

Beloved husband, father, brother and son; Michael Brian Terrell, 42, a native of Swain County, made his heavenly journey home on April 17, 2020.

Rebecca Owl Boyum passed away peacefully on April 6, 2020 following a brief illness.

Joan Hope Nichols Edmonds passed away on April 15, 2020 in her home. She ended her nine-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Joan was born in Tenino, Wash. on Feb. 24, 1939. 

Jesse Reed, 71, of Cherokee, passed away peacefully at his residence on April 14, 2020.