Obituaries

Helen O'Dell

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    Helen Brenda O’Dell, 87, of Andrews, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, at a Robbinsville care facility.

Doris Ann Anderson

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    Doris Ann Anderson, 76, of Marble, passed away Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020, at her home.

Janet Kernea

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    Janet Elizabeth Crisp Kernea, 61, of Murphy, went home to be with the Lord and Savior Monday, Sept. 21, 2020.
    She was a native and lifetime resident of Cherokee County.

Doyle Barker

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    Doyle Herbert Barker, 83, of Murphy, passed away Monday, Sept. 21, 2020, at Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital in Murphy.

Margaret Starks

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    Margaret Starks, 72, of Murphy, passed away Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020, in a Chattanooga, Tenn., hospital.

Charles Elrod

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    Charles E. Elrod, 69, of Murphy, passed away Monday, Sept. 21, 2020, in an Asheville hospital.
    He was a native of Cherokee County where he had lived most of his life.

Blakely Baker

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    Blakely McCoy Baker, 81, of Murphy, died Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, in a Murphy hospital.

Marcia Green

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    Marcia Elaine Rogers Green, 63, of Murphy, passed away Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020.

Peggy Bryant

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    Peggy “Molly, Hero, Miss Johnson” Allison Bryant, 57, of Murphy, passed away Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020.

June Lee Coffey

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    June Lee “J.L.” Coffey, 86, of Murphy, passed away Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020.
    He was born in Clay County, to the late Rev. Ham Coffey and Mollie Hyatt Coffey.