Rematore departs Smokies Life with strong record of accomplishment
When Laurel Rematore announced she was moving to the Great Smoky Mountains, Denise Matsuoka was shocked. Matsuoka, Rematore’s close friend since high school, remembered how Rematore had described the Smokies when she’d visited a couple of years earlier. “She said, ‘It’s the most humid place I’ve ever been. It’s like being in a shower,’” Matsuoka recalled. Rematore summarizes her conclusions similarly: “I thought people who