Jessie Christine Asher Stacey, 82, born on Christmas Day 1937, passed away Sunday morning, Jan. 5, 2020, at the Hermitage in Sylva.  

    Angelia Kaye Bateman, 71, of Topton, passed away Monday, Jan. 6, 2020.
    She was born in Buncombe County to the late Julius and Elva Dills Morgan.

    Jeanne A. (Snyder) Bundy, former resident of Andrews, Lenoir City, Tenn., and Reading, Pa., passed away Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019.

    George Martin Kloster Jr. passed away Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019, at Pennybyrn at Maryfield in High Point.

    Harold Arve, 89, passed away peacefully Monday, Dec. 23, 2019, in Madison, Fla.

    Jeffrey N. “Smurf” Swain, 52, of Murphy, passed away Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020, in an Asheville hospital.

    Gene Griggs, 87, of Marble, passed away Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020, in a Robbinsville care facility.
    He was a native and lifelong resident of Cherokee County.

    Paul “Pop” Edwin Foster, 87, of Anderson, S.C., passed away Saturday, Dec. 28, 2019, at Marchbanks Assisted Living and Memory Care.

    RL Passmore, 94, of Andrews, passed away Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019, at his residence.

        Gene Griggs, 87, of Marble, passed away Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020, in a Robbinsville care facility.
    He was a native and lifelong resident of Cherokee County.