Teresa Cox Prince: Tabor City
1948 – 2022 Teresa Cox Prince of Tabor City passed away on Thursday, April 28. She was 74. She was born Feb. 24, 1948, in Tabor City, a daughter of the late L.B. Cox and Elois Graham Cox. She is survived by her husband, Charles L. Prince of the home; two sons, Kevin Prince of…
Read MoreSarah Margaret Long: Nakina
1945 – 2022 Sarah Margaret Long of Nakina passed away Friday, April 29, at Columbus Regional Healthcare in Whiteville. She was 77. Sarah was born March 11, 1945 in Paterson, New Jersey, the daughter of the late John Burton and Helen Bishop Burton. Survivors include three sons, Bobby Morris Long Jr. and Christopher Alan Long of Nakina…
Read MoreMary R. “Bonnie” Ward: Tabor City
1949 – 2022 Mary R. “Bonnie” Ward of Tabor City passed away Tuesday, April 26, 2002, at MUSC in Charleston. She was 72. She was born Dec. 10, 1949, a daughter of the late Erskine Strickland and Bertha Calder Strickland. Survivors include her husband, Corbett Ward, Jr. of the home; one son, Jeff (Jessica) Watts…
Read MoreKristina Mae Jacobs: Tabor City
1994 – 2022 Kristina Mae Jacobs of Tabor City died Thursday, April 28, from injuries sustained from a car accident. She was 27. Born Dec. 15, 1994 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of Jiles Jacobs and Dawn Beal Stover. In addition to her parents, she is survived by her son, Malachi Almond; her…
Read MorePipe work prompts NC 904 detour starting Monday
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com A pipe replacement project on NC 904 near Dulah Road, east of Tabor City, begins Monday and will include a detour that adds about five miles to the route, NC Department of Transportation officials said. Signs mark the detour route, eastbound leaving NC 904 (Swamp Fox Hwy) onto Ramsey Ford Road,…
Read MoreSpeed a factor in deadly crash: TCPD
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Speed was a factor in a deadly crash no a Tabor City street Thursday night, Maj. Russell Conway of the Tabor City Police Department said. Kristina Jacobs, 27, of Seal Street, died before she could be freed from a 2006 Cadillac that slammed into a tree at the split between North…
Read MoreGunshot, not leap from car killed a Whiteville woman, the sentence is 31+ years
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com A gunshot, not her leap from a moving car, killed a Whiteville woman in the Williams Township area two years ago, a Columbus County jury ruled Thursday. William Jacoby Singletary, 31, of Hwy 410, Bladenboro, was convicted of second degree murder two years to the day after Monalisa McMillian, 19, of…
Read MoreTommy Gordon Sing: Tabor City
1947 – 2022 Tommy Gordon Sing of the Pireway Community, Tabor City, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 26, at his home. He was 74. Born Oct. 1, 1947, in Loris, he was the son of the late William Gordon Sing and Mary Ellis Sing. Tommy was a 1965 graduate of Nakina High School, a…
Read MoreSara Jernigan Ward: Green Sea
1946 – 2022 Sara Jernigan Ward of Green Sea died peacefully Tuesday, April 26, in McLeod Loris hospital. She was 75. She was the daughter of the late James Carson Jernigan and Kathleen Ray Jernigan. She is survived by her husband, Elroy Ward of Green Sea; two sons, Michael Ward (April) of Green Sea and Mitchell D.…
Read MoreAaron Watts: Tabor City
1957 – 2022 Aaron Watts of Tabor City passed away Monday, April 25, in Whiteville. He was 64. Born Oct. 17, 1957 in Tabor City, he was a son of the late Leroy and Doris Jean (Herring) Watts. Survivors include his sister, Lisa Watts of Loris; two brothers, Orrin and Adam Watts, both of Green…
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