Obituaries

Karen (Katie) Cole

BAKERSVILLE, N.C. — Karen (Katie) Kay Cole, 64, of Bakersville, NC, the Fork Mountain Community, passed away on Saturday, May 21, 2022 in the Mission Hospital, Asheville, NC. She was the daughter of the late Ancle and Shelby Jean Ollis Greene.

Albert Peterson

ERWIN, TN. — Albert Lee Peterson, 84, of Erwin, TN passed away at his home on May 23, 2022. He was a native of Mitchell County, NC born June 10, 1937. He was a son of the late Roscoe and Flora Peterson. He was a member of The Fishery Community Church.

Charles Duncan

SPRUCE PINE, N.C. — Charles P. Duncan, age 85, of Spruce Pine, NC, passed away on May 19, 2022, surrounded by his beloved wife and family. His battle with Parkinson’s disease in recent years reflected his strength and grace in facing life’s challenges with a smile and a loving heart.

Ruby Stewart Cairnes

ASHEVILLE, N.C. —Ruby Stewart Cairnes, age 93, passed away peacefully after a long life well-lived. Ruby was born on Christmas Day in 1928 in Penland, Mitchell County.

Georgia Moffitt

BAKERSVILLE, N.C. —Georgia Honeycutt Moffitt, age, 91  took her “one-way” flight to her Home in Heaven on Wednesday, May 18, 2022 from her home in Buladean, NC A native of Mitchell County, N.C., she was the youngest and last-surviving child of the late Chester and Lillie Mae Street Honeycutt.

Julian Davis Godwin, Jr.

LITTLE SWITZERLAND, N.C. — Julian Davis Godwin, Jr. of Little Switzerland, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 12, 2022, after a long illness.   He was born in Orlando, Florida on October 8, 1942.

Carolyn Cornett

SPRUCE PINE, N.C. —The Homecoming of Carolyn Tolley Cornett formerly of the Estatoe community, and presently of the Grassy Creek community of Spruce Pine passed away Saturday May 7, 2022, with her loved ones by her side.

Nancy Yantchook

BURNSVILLE, N.C. — Nancy Carol Anderson Yantchook passed away on May 6, 2022, at the Smoky Ridge Health and Rehab Facility, Burnsville, NC.

David Tolley

BLACKSBURG, SC —David Tolley, 80, of 126 South Burnt Chimney Road, passed away Friday, April 29th, 2022, at his residence. Born in Relief, NC, he was the widower of Delores Tolley and the son of the late Fred Tolley and Hassie Horton Tolley. Mr.

Martha Peters

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Martha Lou Blackwell Peters died March 07, 2022, in Charlotte, NC.  Born July 10, 1938, in Warren, Arkansas to Willie Bess Roddey Blackwell and Gordon Blackwell, she grew up in Warren, where she attended Bradley County schools.