Rosemary (Walkingstick) Cucumber, 55, of 22 Medicine Woman Rd. in Cherokee passed away on Saturday, Dec. 27 following a brief illness at the Cherokee Indian Hospital.

Osceola “Ossie” Smith, 81, of Cherokee, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014 following a hospitalization at Cherokee Hospital.

Marshall E. Saine, 39, of Cherokee, passed away just before midnight on Friday, Dec. 19, 2014 following a hospitalization at Mission Hospital in Asheville.

Cynthia Lynn Wachacha, 33, of the Snowbird Community passed away on Monday, Dec. 15, 2014 at Mission Hospital following an extended illness.

Maggie Wachacha, 30, of Old Santeetlah Road in Robbinsville, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015.

Robert J. Crowers, Jr., age 72, of Franklin, passed away on Monday, Dec. 1, 2014.

Gary L. Sequoyah Sr., 55, of Cherokee, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014 at Mission Hospital following a period of declining health.

  Allen Ray Butler, 64, of the Wolfetown Community passed away Friday, Dec. 26, 2014 at his residence. Born in Washington Parish, La., he was the son of the late Dorothy Butler. He was preceded in death by his twin sister Alice Faye Butler. He is survived by his...