Obituaries

Ellen M McGaha, 67, of Bryson City went home to be with the Lord Saturday, January 4, 2019.

Rickie Calvin Garrison, age 69, of the Shepherd’s Creek Community, Bryson City, North Carolina, died January 5, 2020, at home surrounded by his family and friends.

Dan Conner, age 92 of Pigeon Forge, passed away Tuesday, December 24, 2019.

Kathryn “Kathy’ Holder, 64, of Whittier, went home to be with the Lord, Tuesday evening December 24, 2019. A native of Swain County she was the daughter of the late Bob and Vinnie Queen Hyde.

Robert Dennis Mathews of the Tow String Community, Cherokee, NC, soared home with the Angels on December 26th, 2019.

Eugene Ralph Burke, of the Alarka community, passed into his eternal rest on the evening of December 21, 2019—on the Winter Solstice, the year’s shortest day and longest night.

Jonathan Joseph Molinatto, best known as Jon, 96, of the Coopers Creek Community, Bryson City, NC, died Saturday, December 21, 2019 in hospice care in Calabash, NC.

Loretta Margaret Greene Lewis, 83, of Whittier went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, December 18, 2019. A native of Swain County, she was the daughter of the late Arvil and Jane Parton Greene.

Wayne McMillan, 73, of Whittier went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, December 11, 2019 at his residence.

Mary Catron, 66, of Bryson City went to be with the Lord on November 25, 2019. She was the daughter of the late Albert and Berthine Shankin.