Obituaries

Patsy Sue Ledford Maney, 74, of the Birdtown Community went home to be with the Lord, Saturday November 10, 2018. A native of Cherokee, she was the daughter of the late Bill Murphy and Caroline Ledford, and wife of the late Roy D. Maney. In addition to her husband and parents, she was also preceded in death by two sisters, Mary Ledford Smith and Julia Griffin.

Patsy is survived by two daughters, Sherry A. Maney (Roy), and Teresa P. Gibson (Bill) both of Cherokee; one sister, Dorothy Ledford of Lexington, NC, and Several nieces and nephews.

James (Jim) Middleton Bryant Jr, 53, of Bryson City went home to be with the Lord Thursday, November 8, 2018. Lovingly known as Jimbo or Hobo, Jim was the son of Bertha Hayes Bryant and the late James Middleton Bryant. 

 In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by his brother Samuel Parker. 

Warren Arthur “Mac” McCollum passed away at his Bryson City home on October 6th, 2018. He had been ill for several months. 

Mac was born to Orrin and Catherine McCollum May 12, 1932, at Stockton, California. His parents divorced when he was young and his mother remarried stepfather Albert McCoy, all of whom preceded Mac in death.  He lived in Modesto, Escalon and Lodi, CA as a young man and graduated from Lodi High School in 1950. 

In 1952 he met the love of his life, Ercel (Bunny) Root, and they were married September 4th of that year.  

Edna Campbell Lawson, 78, of Whittier, NC, passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 25, 2018, at her home with her family by her side. Born on August 8, 1940 in Columbia, Richland County, SC, the daughter of the late Boyd & Edna Horton. 

She was an alumnus of Carson Newman University in Jefferson City, TN, where she majored in Home Economics. She was also an alumnus of The University of South Carolina, where she received her Master of Education. 

Marvin Mitchell McHan, 59, of Bryson City went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, November 3, 2018 after a courageous battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease).

A lifetime resident of Bryson City, he was the son of the late Don McHan and Shirley Arvey McHan Douthit. A graduate of Swain County High School, he enjoyed playing football and was named All-Conference.

Evelyn Brooks, 83, of the Alarka community went to her eternal home with the Lord on October 26, 2018. The daughter of the late Robert and Dollie Parris Jenkins, she was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Solomon Matthew Brooks. 

She was also preceded in death by one sister, Alta Downs, and one brother, Garl Jenkins. 

She was a loving Christian mother for many years. 

James Robert Almond was born in Bryson City on April 5, 1930, and sadly passed away on 9/18/18 at the age of 88 years old. 

He was one of 4 sons raised by Gove & Ethel Almond. He grew up in Bryson City, North Carolina. He played football at Swain County HS where his nickname there was “ the little Choo- Choo”!

He married Frances Bowman in 1948 when he relocated to Detroit, Michigan. 

Later, he moved to Georgia & lived over 60 years in Decatur, Ga. He recently moved to an Assisted Living facility in Monroe, Ga where he passed away suddenly on 9/18/18.