Caption: Lucy McKenzie and Dr. Whaley at the chemo treatment room at Georgia Cancer Specialists at Riverstone with the Lucy Mac Sacs!

Photo and story  by Mary Lynn Durfee
June 25, 2010, Blue Ridge, GA ~ Lucy McKenzie of Murphy, NC brought some special gifts with her to an appointment with Dr. Whaley [...]

Edna “Ma” Dye Ware, 87, of Hiwassee Dam Community, passed away Friday, June 25, 2010 at Murphy Medical Center.
Mrs. Ware was a native and lifelong resident of Cherokee County, NC. She was a daughter of the late John Washington and Minnie Pearl Berry Dye. She enjoyed traveling and spending her summers in Florida. Edna was a loving [...]

Frances N. Stout
Frances N. Stout, age 86 of Murphy, NC passed away Monday, June 21, 2010 at the Murphy Medical Center Nursing Home.
She was a native of Forsyth County, NC and the daughter of the late Avery Ernest and Maggie Lee Matheson Hall. Frances was a homemaker. She and her husband, Noel had taught wood carving at Tri- County [...]

Oden Lee Matheson, 106, of Topton passed into the arms of the Lord Friday, June 25, 2010 in an Andrews care center.  She was a native and lifetime resident of Cherokee County.  She was a homemaker and a member of the Red Marble Baptist Church.
She was the daughter of the late Frank and Laura [...]

Glenda Rosa Shipman Graham, age 45, of Murphy, NC passed away Sunday, June 20, 2010 in Fannin County, GA.
She was born in Buncombe County, NC but had lived in Cherokee County her entire life. She was the daughter of Betty Jean Shipman and the late Glenwood Shipman. Glenda had been a cook and waitress for [...]

We (me and my vinyl-loving compatriot) got onsite early so as to catch the opening act; the Berkley-bred The Morning Benders, and got there early enough to catch front-ish row standing “seats”.  A plus because the show’s exponentially better the closer you are to the stage; at least at the 40 Watt, based on my [...]

Hoyle W. Derreberry, 79, of Andrews died Friday, June 25, 2010 in an Asheville hospital. He was a native and lifetime resident of Cherokee County. He had served in the United States Army during the Korean War. Hoyle retired after 23 years with Baker Furniture Company. He was a member of the Valley River Baptist [...]

Vesta Chastain, age 100, of Andrews, NC passed away Monday, June 21, 2010 at the Chatuge Regional Hospital in Hiawassee, GA.
She was a native of Benton, TN and moved to the Andrews area in 1917. Vesta was the daughter of the late Luther and Sarah Oliver Ballew. She had worked with Magnavox as a plant clamp operator for many years. Vesta [...]

Charles F. Beaver, age 75, of Copperhill, TN passed away Saturday, June 26, 2010 at his residence.
He was a native of Cherokee County, NC and the son of the late John Henry and Vesta Whitener Beaver.  He was of the Baptist faith. Charles was an outdoorsman and logger. He enjoyed tinkering with cars.
In addition to his parents, [...]

The Morning Benders are young in both age and band-ed years.  Early twenty-somethings pushing their sophomore record Big Echo.  Their music expresses their age; personally, with words (lyrics) on individual relevance and emptiness entwined with supernatural joy and ambition over tune and tonnage that’s vintage sounding.  Think 60’s beach rock without most of the happiness [...]