Reverend James Harvey Gass, of Whittier, born Sept. 10, 1927 to Taylor and Hazel Gass, took God’s hand on Jan. 19, 2016 and crossed over to the Promised Land.

Thomas Lee George, 72, of Whittier, died Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016 at St. Josephs Campus Mission of Asheville.

Eugene Thompson, 81, of the Painttown Community, went home to be with the Lord, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016 at his residence.

James Arnold Cooper, 86, of Cherokee, died Jan. 6, 2016.

Norman Lindsay, 59, passed away Monday, Dec. 28, 2015 in Breaux Bridge, La.

Mark Robert Holt, 58, of Cherokee, passed away Thursday evening, Dec. 31, 2015 at the Cherokee Indian Hospital Hospice Unit surrounded by his loving family and friends.

Louisa Wachacha Grindstaff, 69, of the Little Snowbird Community of Graham County, passed away Monday, Dec. 14, 2015 at her home with her loving family by her side.

Lloyd Kyle Johnson, 23, of Robbinsville, passed away, Friday, Dec. 4, 2015.