Cherokee

Bo Parris

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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.

Winter houses helped Cherokee survive cold

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As winter began to show its teeth over the last few weeks, mountain-dwellers may have felt tempted to crawl in a hole in the ground and not come out until spring.