Margie Sue Buchanan

Sue was born on June 28, 1937, in Nantahala Gorge, Swain County, N.C.  She was born to Wade and Cynthia Southard Dunbar, and had 10 siblings, three brothers and seven sisters, whom she remained close to. She became a born-again Christian around the age of 12.

Bennie Sue Slaughter

Bennie Sue Slaughter, 77 of Robbinsville, N.C., went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021, at her residence. A native of Graham County, she was the daughter of the late Wade and Lillie Holloway Millsaps.

Pamela Denise Patterson

Pamela Denise Patterson, 51 of Robbinsville, N.C., went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021 at her residence, after a long fight with lung disease. A native of Graham County, she was the daughter of D.L. and Margaret Orr.

Michael Oliver

Michael Thomas Oliver, 42 of the Sweetwater Community in Robbinsville, N.C., passed away on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021, at Atrium Health in Charlotte, N.C. He was the son of the late George and Margaret Hooper Oliver.

Jason Best

Jason Best, 37 of Robbinsville, N.C., passed away, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021, at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, Tenn.   He was a native of Graham County and the son of Nettie Blevins Jordan.

Charles Lindenburg

Charles H. Lindenberg III, age 83, passed away Friday, Sept. 10, 2021 in Marietta, Georgia.  He was born on May 27, 1938 in Columbus, Ohio to the late Charles and Anne (Lupher) Lindenberg.  He followed his late brother Preston to the Virgin Islands, where he met his future wife Mary.

Ronald Jenkins

Ronald Steve Jenkins, of Humble, Texas, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021. He was the son of Hilda Sawyer Jenkins of Stecoah, N.C. and the late Frazier Jenkins.

Kenneth Rogers

Kenneth Rogers, 87, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021, at his home after an extended illness of lung cancer. He was a lifelong resident of Robbinsville, N.C. and was a member and Deacon of Blessed Hope Baptist Church.

Cora Lee Shook

Cora Lee Riddle Shook, 80 of Andrews, N.C. – formerly of Robbinsville, N.C. – went home to be with the Lord on Friday, Sept. 10, 2021, at Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital in Murphy, N.C. A native of Graham County, she was the daughter of the late John and Maude Wiggins Riddle.

Billy Pressley

Billy Jay Pressley, 65 of the Dick Branch Community in Robbinsville, N.C., went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021, at his residence. A native of Graham County, he was the son of the late Johnny and Nellie Roselle Waldroup Pressley.