Obituaries

    Beatrice Babcock Van Nostrand, 97, of Murphy, passed away peacefully at her residence on Tuesday, May 14, 2019, after a period of declining health.

    Ida Vivian Timpson, age 79 of Brasstown, passed away Monday, May 13, 2019 at Erlanger Medical Center.

    Donald Ray “Don” Stroud, age 70, of Harrison, Tenn., died May 11, 2019 at his home.  A native of Hayesville. he was the son of the late Charlie and Nettie Stroud.

   Donald Leon Meltz, age 83 of Murphy, passed away Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at Erlanger Medical Center.

    Steve Douglas Raper, 67, of the Hiwassee Dam community, passed away Saturday, May 11, 2019 in an Atlanta, Ga., hospital following an extended illness.

    Helen G. Holland, 83, of Murphy passed away Sunday, May 12, 2019 in the Murphy hospital.

    Glenda Ilene Willis, age 87, long time resident of Michigan, Murphy, and Fairview, died Tuesday the 7th of May in Fairview.

    Kent Ford, 62 of Murphy, passed away Tuesday, April 9, 2019 in UT Medical Center in Knoxville, Tenn.

    In loving memory of Maureen Lovingood Dunn, who passed away peacefully at age 95 on April 18, 2019 in Charlottesville, Va.

    Marie Sunday Potenzo Jones, 92, of Bethlehem, Ga., formerly of Andrews, passed away Monday, May 6, 2019 in a Braselton, Georgia hospital.

    Sandra Ellerman Walker age 76 of Little Deer Run Hayesville passed away peacefully on Sunday May 5, 2019 in the Union General Hospital following an extended illness.

    Earl Rae Strain, known to most as “Chief”, passed away unexpectedly but peacefully at his home, on April 29, 2019.

    John Thomas MacDonald, beloved husband, father, and grandfather, moved on to greener pastures Monday afternoon, April 29, 2019, peacefully at home with family after a long illness.