Keith Lyle Joren, 50, of Sacramento, Calif., past of Chicago, Ill. died Monday, May 4, 2015 at his residence.

Francois Elliott (Dump) French, 72, of the Big Cove Community, went home to be with the Lord Tuesday May 12, 2015 at Cherokee Hospital with his family by his side.

Edgarita Smith Ensley, 75, of Cherokee, passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at her residence after a brief illness.

The Cherokee Supreme Court is saddened to report that the Honorable Harry Corpening Martin, first Chief Justice of the Cherokee Supreme Court, and a retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina, died on Sunday, May 3, 2015 at age 95.

Katherine Blythe Sanders, 97, of Cherokee, NC, Jesup, Ga. and Shellman Bluff, Ga. died Thursday, April 30, 2015 after a brief illness.

Willis Albert (Jim) Queen, 78, of Cherokee, passed away Monday April 27, 2015 after a period of declining health.

Matthew Nicholas Drake Starlin, 24, of the Birdtown Community, passed away unexpectedly following an auto collision on April 21, 2015 and was pronounced at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, Tenn.

Allene Ledford Watty, 71, of the Big Cove Community, passed away on Sunday, April 19, 2015 at Mission Hospital in Asheville with her loving family by her side.