Dusty Lyn Jones-Smith, 44, of Cherokee, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019 at her residence.

A service to celebrate the life of Victor “Butch” Harrison Williams, III, 78, will be held on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019 at Bethesda Presbyterian Church where he was a member. The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. prior to the service.

Bonnie Arlene “Sarge” Samford, age 88, of Murfreesboro, Tenn., passed away on Monday, Oct. 28, 2019.

Joan “Mama Jo” Osborn, 80, of Sylva, passed away Friday morning, Oct. 25, 2019.

Kasey Lynn Maney, 20, of Franklin, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019 at her home. She is the daughter of Katina Ledford and Gary Maney.

Raymond Owle, 85, of Whittier, went home to be with the Lord Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019.

Glenn Crisp, 66, of Cherokee, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019, at Mission Hospital in Asheville.

Philip Duke Smith, 55, of Cherokee, passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019 at the Cherokee Indian Hospital surrounded by his loving family following a long battle with illness.