WestBuffalo

Dr. Patricia Johnson (center) receives a replica of a bridge sign from board member Dirk Cody of the N.C. Board of Transportation (left) at a reception in her honor at Cedar Cliff Church on West Buffalo Road on Saturday. Right of her are her nephew Jeremy Sims and her sister Sarah Johnson Sims. Photos by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Dr. Patricia Johnson (center) receives a replica of a bridge sign from board member Dirk Cody of the N.C. Board of Transportation (left) at a reception in her honor at Cedar Cliff Church on West Buffalo Road on Saturday. Right of her are her nephew Jeremy Sims and her sister Sarah Johnson Sims. Photos by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

‘Mother of medicine’

West Buffalo – Drs. Nettie and Dick Parette practiced medicine in Graham County from the late 1940s until they retired in the mid-1970s. A bridge was later named in their honor over Snowbird Creek on N.C. Highway 143/Snowbird Road. Now another N.C.

Elizabeth Williams

Elizabeth Hardin Williams, 51 of the West Buffalo Community in Robbinsville, N.C., went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020, at her residence.         She was the daughter of the late Pete and June Hill Hardin.

Carol Crisp

Carol Stewart Crisp, 79 of Robbinsville, N.C., went on to be with the Lord in the comfort of her own home surrounded by her loving family on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. Carol was born on July 25, 1941 on West Buffalo to her parents, Ralph and Maggie Lee Hyde Stewart.  She was one of seven children.

George Oliver

George Langdon Oliver, 68 of the West Buffalo Community in Robbinsville, N.C., went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020 at Mission Hospital in Ashville, N.C. He was born in Virginia and was the son of the late Fred and Patricia Littleton Oliver.