Helen Marie Crisp, 80, of the Shoal Creek Community, went home to be with the Lord, Monday, Dec. 26, 2016.

Sarah Wayne Catolster, 86, of Cherokee passed away Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016.

Mike “Leroy” Thompson, 80, of the Big Y Community in Cherokee, entered into his Heavenly Home on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016 at the Cherokee Indian Hospital after a brief illness.

Stephen James Ball, 58 and the son of Bobbi Sneed, went to be with the Spirits on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016.

Donald “Kool-Aide” Queen, 53, of Cherokee, passed away Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016.

Herbert “Herby” Melvine Mathis, 67, of Sylva, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016 at Clyde Hospice Center in Haywood County.

Henrietta Irene Lambert, 58, of the Birdtown community, went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016.

Jerry “Bimbo” Harlan Long, 62, of Cherokee, passed away Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016 in Haywood County.