Lambert Wilson Dies in a Cherokee Hotel Shooting Owner of Drama Inn & El Camino Motel

Longtime Swain County educator Lambert Wilson was shot and killed in a hotel in Cherokee on Oct. 20.

He was a teacher and principal in Swain County for 31 years, served on the Board and Education, and was currently serving as chairman of the Southwestern Community College board of trustees.

The Swain County Board of Education appointed Lambert G. Wilson to the SCC Board of Trustees in June 2009.

A graduate of Swain County High School, Wilson received a Bachelor of Science in Education, Masters in Middle Grade Education and Administration and Education Specialist in Education Administration degree from Western Carolina University.

A resident of Whittier, NC, Wilson is owner/operator of the Drama Inn and El Camino Motel in Cherokee, NC. A former educator, he retired in 2006 as principal of Swain County East Elementary School. He also served as principal of Whittier Elementary and taught at Almond Elementary.

Wilson is a former member of the Swain County Board of Education and also is a member of the Swain County Schools Foundation and the Swain County Performing Arts Center. He is a Swain County School volunteer and teaches Sunday school at Midway Baptist Church.

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