Ruth Ann Melde, 73, of Murphy, passed away Friday, June 18, 2021.
    Ruth was born July 23, 1947, in New Hampshire to the late John and Lavinia Symonett Hammond.

    Leslie Sando, nee Porter, died Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021.

    Leslie Sando, nee Porter, died Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021.

    Betty Barton Palmer, 88, of Andrews, passed away Sunday, June 13, 2021, at Murphy Rehab and Nursing Home in Murphy.

    Pearl Ruth Roberts, 88, of Unaka, passed away Monday, June 7, 2021, at her residence.

    Ronald Stephen Patterson, 70, of Miramar, Florida, formerly of Hayesville and Robbinsville, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday, June 10, 2021, at Memorial Regional Hospital in

    Donna Joan Van Wagner, 77, of Hayesville, passed away Wednesday, June 9, 2021.
    Donna was born in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., to the late Henry and Beatrice Fuller Hammond.

    Russell F. Rung, 82, of Murphy, passed away Tuesday, June 1, 2021, in an Asheville care center.

    Thomas Ronnie Burrell, 71, of Murphy, passed away Thursday, June 3, 2021.

    Stephen “Cold Cash” Barton Coleman, 69, of Murphy, was called home to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, June 7, 2021.