Obituaries

Ruby Lovin

Ruby Hyde Lovin, 94 of the Atoah Community of Robbinsville, N.C., passed away, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, at her residence. She was a native of Graham County and the daughter of the late Granville and Maggie Jenkins Hyde. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, O.B.

Bo Parris

James “Bo” Parris, 85 of the Big Cove community in Cherokee, walked through Heaven’s Gates on Monday, Sept. 21, 2020.  Bo was born in Tryon, Ga. on Jan. 8, 1935.

Annie Welch

Annie Belle Welch, 72 of Robbinsville, N.C., passed away, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020 at Graham Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. She was a native of Graham County, and the daughter of the late Henry and Bessie Smoker Jumper.

Richard Carver

Richard “Dagger” Carver, 63 of the East Buffalo Community in Robbinsville, N.C., went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020, at Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga. Tenn. A native of Graham County, he was the son of Willa Mae Allen Carver and the late Mack Carver.

Kenneth Beasley

Kenneth Beasley, 72 of Muscle Shoals, Ala.,  passed away unexpectedly Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020. Kenneth was the eldest son of the late Hudson and Pearlene Beasley of Robbinsville, N.C.

Susie Phillips

Susie Phillips, 63 of the Atoah Community of Robbinsville, N.C., passed away, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, at her residence. She was a native of Cherokee County and the daughter of the late Robert and Maude Neal Guffey.

Reba Phillips Jordan

Reba Phillips Jordan, 87 of Robbinsville, N.C., went to her heavenly home, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020 at Graham Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. She was a native of Graham County, and the daughter of the late Patton and Laura Orr Phillips.

Emma Waldroup

Emma Millsaps Waldroup, 91 of the Ollies Creek community, went home to be with the Lord Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020, at Graham Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Robbinsville.

Roxie Farley

Roxie McMahan Carver Farley, 98 of Robbinsville, N.C., went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020 at Clear Creek Nursing Center in Mint Hill, N.C. She was the daughter of the late Rev. Harvey and Easter Bivens McMahan.

Tony Crisp

Tony C. Crisp, 76 of Robbinsville, N.C., went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020 at his residence, after an extended illness. A native of Graham County, he was the son of the late William Verlie and Alma Rogers Crisp.