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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.

Cluster leads to spike in cases

A Graham County church has been cited as the latest connection to a COVID-19 outbreak. The Graham County Department of Health & Human Services issued a press release about the latest cluster Monday, reporting that 18 cases have been tied to the congregation since Friday.

AT hiker rescued

Graham County Rescue Squad and Stecoah Rescue Squad members were called out on yet another mission involving a hiker, one of several such missions in recent weeks. Graham County 911 dispatchers received a message from a call center near 8:30 p.m. on Sept.