Obituaries

Chyneer Burchfield

Chyneer Turpin Burchfield, 82 of Robbinsville, N.C., passed away, Saturday, June 29, 2021, at her daughter’s residence in Dalton, Ga. She was a native of Graham County and the daughter of the late Frank and Doshia Anderson Turpin.

Connie Williams

Connie Farley Williams, 55 of the Farley Branch Community of Robbinsville, N.C., went home to be with the Lord on Friday, June 25, 2021, at her residence. She was a native of Graham County and the daughter of the late Erskine and Pauline Odom Farley.

Burlin Carpenter

Burlin J. Carpenter, age 86, son of Clay and Mary Farley Carpenter, passed away Monday, June 21, 2021 at his residence.  He was born Nov. 8, 1934 in Robbinsville, N.C., where he grew up.

Denise Burchfield

Denise Burchfield, 59 of the Cochran’s Creek Community of Robbinsville, N.C., went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, June 23, 2021, at the Tribal Medical Center in Cherokee, N.C. She was the daughter of the late Thad and Charlotte Perry Shope.

David Bland

David Parker Bland passed away on Monday, June 21, 2021, in Orgasa Peso, Texas.  He was the son of Worth Livingston Bland and Anne Whitener Bland of Rutherfordton, N.C., and the brother of Sylvia Lovelace, Jo Denton and the late Dot Webster.

Elizabeth Carver

Elizabeth Phillips Crisp, 99 of Robbinsville, N.C. passed away, Friday, June 11, 2021, at her residence. She was a native of Graham County and the daughter of the late Burt and Hattie Hill Phillips.

Kristy Carver

Kristy Carver, 47 of Robbinsville, N.C., passed away, Friday, June 11, 2021, at her residence. She was a native of Graham County and the daughter of Bobby and Kathy Jenkins Carver.

Peggy Teesateskie

Peggy Lee Teesateskie, 72 of Robbinsville, N.C., passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, June 10, 2021 at Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C., after an extended illness.  She is the daughter of the late Lee Teesateskie and Caroline Wachacha Teesateskie.

Steve Patterson

Ronald Stephen Patterson, 70 of Miramar, Fla., formerly of Hayesville and Robbinsville, N.C., went home to be with his Lord and Savior at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, Fla. on June 10, 2021.  He was the son of the late Ed Jr. and Ruby Woodard Patterson.

Jessie Harden

Jessie Ruth Mattox Harden, 90 of Folkston, Ga., passed away on June 7, 2021 in Asheville, N.C.  She was born on June 12, 1930 in Folkston, Ga. to the late Jesse and Edith Ruth Haddock Mattox.