Amanda Shope Keough

Amanda Shope Keough was born in Graham County to James and Mary Millsaps Shope. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one daughter, Melissa Gates; two grandsons, Joshua Willis and Tony Roberts; six brothers, Oscar McGaha, and Dillard, Clinton, Sam, B.F.

Richard Messer

Oliver Richard Messer, 79 of the Beech Creek Community in Robbinsville, N.C., passed away peacefully early Saturday morning, Nov. 28, 2020, after a long illness. Richard was born in Gastonia, N.C. on Sept. 4, 1941 to the late Robert Richard Messer and Doris (Stiles) Hollifield of Robbinsville.