Joe Ted Orr

Joe Ted Orr, 85 of Robbinsville, N.C., passed away, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022, at Methodist Medical Center in Oak Ridge, Tenn. He was a native of Graham County; born on East Buffalo to the late A. J. and Bessie Crisp Orr.

Betsy Orr Anderson

Betsy Orr Anderson, age 83 and longtime Concord, Mass. resident, passed away peacefully at home on Monday, Dec. 13, 2021. For more than 50 years, she was the loving wife of Grant Spencer Anderson. Born in Robbinsville, N.C. on Oct. 31, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Tillman J.

Iva Rowena Rattler

Iva Rowena Rattler, 91 of Robbinsville, N.C., passed away Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022, at Graham Health Care and Rehabilitation in Robbinsville, N.C. She was a native of Graham County and the daughter of the late George and Hattie Smoker Rattler.

Muriel Martin Adams Rose

Muriel Martin Adams Rose, 89 of the West Buffalo community of Robbinsville, N.C., went home to be with the Lord on Friday, Dec. 31, 2021, at Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C. She was a native of Graham County and the daughter of the late Oliver and Vesta Hamilton Martin.

Kortne Walsh Waginger

After battling seven cancers with immeasurable courage, dignity, grace and humor, Kortne Walsh Waginger, 31 of Cullowhee, N.C., entered her eternal home on Friday, Dec. 31, 2021 at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla. Kortne was born in Sylva, N.C., in 1990.

Rachel Smoker

Rachel Smoker, 72 of the Little Snowbird community in Robbinsville, N.C., went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday Dec. 28, 2021. Rachel was a fluent Cherokee speaker who was preceded in death by her daughters, Sally Anderson and Angela Teesateskie; and granddaughter, Tosha McCarter.

Karen Dawn Wagner

On the morning of Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021 – at 7:06 a.m. – Karen Dawn Wagner of Robbinsville, N.C. took her last breath, at only 57 years old. Karen was born to Sue Cotsirilos (Phillips) and Joseph Wagner on April Fool’s Day, 1964.

Darrell Keith Solesbee

Darrell Keith Solesbee, 65 of Kissimmee, Fla., passed away at 9 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, at Orchid Cove Nursing and Rehabilitation of Kissimmee, Fla. Darrell was a native of Graham County, N.C. He was the son of the late Leroy Solesbee and Pauline Beasley Solesbee of Robbinsville, N.C.

Rev. Donald Colvard

The Rev. Donald P. Colvard, 96 of the Franks Creek community of Robbinsville, N.C., went home to be with his Lord and Savior surrounded by his family, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021. He was a native of Graham County and the son of the late Thomas Jefferson Colvard and Maude Phillips Colvard.

Robert “Jeff” Hyde

Robert “Jeff” Jeffrey Hyde, 61 of Salem, S.C. passed away Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021 at his home. A native of Graham County, he was the son of Camilla Lee Sutherland of Robbinsville, N.C. and the late Robert Hyde of Cherokee, N.C.