Richard Babcock Smith Richard Babcock Smith, age 79, of Murphy passed away Saturday, February 23, 2019 in a Blairsville, Georgia hospital. He was a native of Providence, Rhode Island, but had lived most of his life in Neptune City, New Jersey before moving to Murphy in 2000. Richard was a veteran of the United States […]
Read More »Regurgitated Nonsense
Regurgitated Nonsense Well, I suppose it’s safe to scratch off Buzz-Feed as a reliable source of insider information on the Washington DC political scene. They now rank right up there with CNN, MSNBC, et. al.: as organs of fake news dedicated to only one thing, saving the Democrat party and its socialist agenda by eliminating […]
Read More »Martha Inez Swafford Davis: Obituary
Martha Inez Swafford Davis Martha Inez Swafford Davis, age 82, of Lula, Georgia, formerly of Marble, passed away Friday, March 1, 2019 at her residence. She was a resident of Cherokee County where she had lived most of her life before moving to Lula with her family. She was a member of Hyatt’s Creek Baptist […]
Read More »Lisa Dianne Maliska: Obituary
Lisa Dianne Maliska Lisa Dianne Maliska, 38, of Gainesville, GA, formerly of Hayesville passed away Thursday, February 21, 2019 at her residence. She was a native of Florida, was raised in Hayesville, where she was a 1998 graduate of Hayesville High School. Lisa had attended UNCW, where she was a heptathlete. She lived in Dajiangyan, […]
Read More »Betty Kilpatrick Moore Mintz: Obituary
Betty Kilpatrick Moore Mintz Betty Kilpatrick Moore Mintz, 84, of Andrews passed away Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at her residence. She was a native of Marble. She was a 1952 Valedictorian graduate of Andrews High School. She attended Western Carolina University and later received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of North Carolina […]
Read More »Marcia Campbell: Obituary
Marcia Campbell Marcia Campbell, 72, of Murphy passed away Thursday, February 21, 2019 at her residence. She was born in Saint Louis, Missouri and lived in Durango, Colorado most of her adult life where she worked as an executive assistant for Fort Lewis College. She later moved to Sarasota, Florida where she also worked as […]
Read More »Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor: I believe the recent attacks against the Catholic School children in Washington is the canary in the coal mine regarding the direction of our great country. Viewing the entire video of the Catholic School children incident proves that these kids were just waiting for their bus when they were taunted by adults from […]
Read More »Vernon Dean McLean: Obituary
Vernon Dean McLean Vernon Dean McLean, 64, of Gibsonton, Florida and formerly of Andrews passed away Wednesday, January 16, 2019 in a Hillsborough County, Florida hospital. He was a native of Andrews and was a former Andrews police officer. Vernon served in the Unites States Marine Corps. He was currently working at Advance Auto Parts […]
Read More »Jean Gray: Obituary
Jean Gray Jean Gray, 84, of Hayesville passed away Monday, February 25, 2019 in a Gainesville, Georgia hospital. Jean was a native of Atlanta, Georgia and lived in Palm Harbor, Florida before moving to Hayesville in January 2000. She was a secretary at Curlew Baptist Church in Clearwater, Florida for ten years, retiring in 1996. […]
Read More »Lorraine McDonnell DeRosa: Obituary
Lorraine McDonnell DeRosa Lorraine McDonnell DeRosa, 96, of Murphy passed away Thursday, February 21, 2019 in a Murphy hospital. She was a native of Nutley, New Jersey, but lived in Cherokee County since 2001. She worked for more than 30 years for Hoffman LaRoche until her retirement. Lorraine was a member of Saint William Catholic […]
Read More »Stephen Edwin Cobb: Obituary
Stephen Edwin Cobb Stephen Edwin Cobb, age 67, of Winter Park, Florida, formerly of Murphy, passed away Thursday, January 17, 2019 in an Orlando, Florida hospital. He was a native of Murphy, where he had lived most of his life until moving to Winter Park, Florida in 2016. He was a member of Church of […]
Read More »Nancy Kay Elwell: Obituary
Nancy Kay Elwell Nancy Kay Elwell, 68, of Ponce Inlet, FL, formerly of Springfield IL, died on Wednesday, February 20, 2019 in Murphy, NC. Nancy was born on June 4, 1950 in Morrisonville, IL the youngest daughter of Robert and Marjorie Gowin. She raised two children Brent and Julie with Glenn Forden in Mt. Auburn, […]
Read More »The Truth About Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
The truth about Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Anonymous 01/28/19 (Mon) 01:17:26 ID: 1533f4 I am someone close to Ruth and have decided to come here to tell you the truth about what is happening, because I fear there is going to be massive unrest once the whole nation finds out what has been hidden from […]
Read More »Dr. Stephen T. Masty D.D.S.: Obituary
Dr. Stephen T. Masty D.D.S. Dr. Stephen T. Masty D.D.S., 92, passed away Tuesday, January 15, 2019 in a Clay County care facility. He was a native of Detroit, Michigan. As an Eagle Scout, Stephen earned 52 merit badges, more than anyone in the region. He served in the United States Army from 1944 through […]
Read More »Mary F. Crain: Obituary
Mary F. Crain Mary F. Crain, 77, of Murphy passed away Saturday, February 23, 2019 in a Murphy hospital. Ivie Funeral Home, Murphy in charge of arrangements.
Read More »Jamie Beth Bryant: Obituary
Jamie Beth Bryant Jamie Beth Bryant, 43, of Murphy was called home by her Lord and Savior on Monday, February 18, 2019. Jamie was born on January 12, 1976 in Marietta, Georgia, but was raised in Murphy from the age of two. She was a 1994 graduate of Murphy High School. She attended Young Harris […]
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