Charles Hayse Jennings, 75, of Cashiers passed away on Saturday, March 18, 2023.

Rev. William “Johnny” Norris, 79, of Cashiers, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, March 10, 2023.

C. David Coffee was born to Fred T. and Virginia Hahn Coffee on April 25, 1946, in Louisville, Ky.

Thomas Earlin Barnes, 76, of Franklin went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 12, 2023.

James Ned “Sweat Bee” Clayton, age 73, of Sylva N.C., passed away on Friday March 3, 2023, after several months of declining health.

Grover Harold McMahan, 87, of Sylva went to be with the Lord on March 11, 2023.

Jacob Wyatt Bauknecht, 26, of Cullowhee went home to be with he Lord on Wednesday morning Match 8, 2023.

Avery Rufus Brown, 76, of Tuckasegee, N.C., passed away on Monday, March 13, 2023.

Rhonda Parris Queen, 60, of Cullowhee passed away on Monday, March 13, 2023.

Donny Jack Howell, 72, of Waynesville, N.C., passed away Friday, March 10, 2023.

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C. David Coffee was born to Fred T. and Virginia Hahn Coffee on April 25, 1946, in Louisville, Ky.

David Wike, 76, of Peachtree Corners, Ga., passed away on Monday, the 27th of February 2023, with his devoted wife of 42 years, Saundra, and his loving daughter, Ashley.

David Donovan Braun, 36, died Dec. 12, 2022, at Duke University Hospital. 

Ned Mills, 83, of Sylva passed in peace on Feb. 9, 2023.

Winifred Brown “Winnie” Dills, 79, of Sylva, N.C., transitioned to Heaven on March 4, 2023.

Mrs. Faye Buckner Taylor, age 89, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, at her home in Elkin.

Richard Reed Heatherly, age 68, of Sylva went to his Heavenly home on Friday, March 3, 2023.

Bobby Ray Chastain went to his Heavenly home on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023.

Darren Lee Veach passed away on Feb. 19, 2023, after a long illness.

Bobby Ray Chastain went to his Heavenly home on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023.

Betty Fox Young, 81, of Cullowhee went home to be with the Lord on Friday, Feb. 24, 2023.

Mary Ida Mae Trantham, age 82, a longtime Concrete and Washington resident, went to be with the Lord on Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 2022.

Ruth Mathis, 82, of Franklin passed away Feb. 21, 2023.

Bobby Ray Sorrells, 59, of the Pumpkintown community passed away Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023.

Bobby Mills, 72, of Sylva passed away Sunday morning, Feb. 26, 2023.

Nell Green Sanford, 90, of Sylva passed away on Friday, Feb. 17, 2023.

Anne Fisher Cabe, 83, of Sylva passed away peacefully Saturday morning, Feb. 11, 2023, at Skyland Care Center.

Ruth Pangle Crawford of Webster passed away at the age of 99 on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023.

Pauline Styles Beck, 67, of Sylva entered into her eternal home on Feb. 6, 2023.

Grover Eldon Hunter, 82, of Cashiers passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023.

Harrison “Harry” Powell entered into the Heavenly place prepared by his Savior late Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023.

Mary Ann Jacobs, age 87, of Cherokee, N.C., passed away peacefully on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023.

William (Bill) Dawson Freuler, Sr, 87, passed away Feb. 3, 2023.

Luther Spurgeon Harris, age 84, of the Neddy Mountain community in Tuckasegee, N.C., passed away on Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, at Skyland Terrace and Rehabilitation in Waynesville, N.C. 

Janie Burrell Fowler, age 95, of Glenville N.C., passed away on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023.

Erica La Rae Nicholson, 37, of Waynesville, N.C., went home to be with our Lord on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023.

Edward James “Ed” Zammarelli, 50, of Sylva, passed away Friday morning, Jan. 27, 2023.

Onies Kenneth “Ken” Carr, 76, of Whittier, N.C., passed away Wednesday evening, Feb. 1, 2023.

We are all (people, pets, plants) bereft here without our wise and witty guiding light, Jean Ellen.

Emma Sue York Hamby, 80, died Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, at Thomasville Medical Center.

Glenn Bumgarner Jr., 76, of the Qualla community died on Friday morning, Jan. 27, 2023, at Harris Regional Hospital.

Traci Lynn Mathis, 44, of Whittier, passed away Monday, Jan. 23, 2023.

James “Jim” Ralph Clayton, age 75, of Cullowhee N.C., passed away on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023.

An old man without enemies, Raymond Ledford, died after a brief illness at the age of 87, on Jan. 18, 2023, with his family by his side.