Elsie Mae Fowler Bennett Harrelson: Tabor City
1928 – 2022 Elsie Mae Fowler Bennett Harrelson of Tabor City, widow of the late Royce Harrelson, passed away on Monday, Jan. 10, at Shoreland Health Care & Retirement Center in Whiteville. She was 93. Born Aug. 3, 1928 in Tabor City, she was a daughter of the late Worth and Sanatha Fowler. Her father…
Read MoreEdward Gene Spivey: Tabor City
1949 – 2022 Edward Gene Spivey of Tabor City died Monday, Jan., 10, in Lower Cape Fear Hospice & Life Care Center, Whiteville. He was 72. Born in Columbus County, he was the son of Leon Brooks Spivey and Lucille Livingston Spivey. In addition to his mother, he is survived by two sisters, Edwina Dorman…
Read MoreNicholas Alioto: Clarendon
1948 – 2022 Nicholas Alioto of Clarendon died Monday, Jan. 10, in his home. He was 73. Born in Sicily, Italy, he was the son the late Anthony Alioto and Antoinette Reale Alioto. He served his country in the US Army. He is survived by his wife, Rita Jane Alioto of the home; one son,…
Read MoreCommunity complaints, tips lead to drug arrests, narcotics, cash & guns
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Community complaints and tips are credited with leading Columbus County Sheriff’s Office Vice-Narcotics unit investigators to a large stash of drugs, weapons and cash on Peacock Road east of Tabor City. Two Tabor City men were arrested after investigators executed a search warrant at 24344 Peacock Road on Jan. 6, a…
Read MoreHilda Faye Wright: Indian Trail
1940 – 2021 Hilda Faye Wright passed away Thursday, January 6, at her home in Indian Trail. She was 81. Born in Columbus County on Oct. 30, 1940, she was a daughter of the late Carl and Bertha (Faircloth) Wright. Survivors include her son, Billy Ray Atwell, Jr. of Indian Trail; daughter Chanteau Yvette Plowman…
Read MoreFourth grader who alerted family to fire honored as a hero
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com “I still have the dreams,” Theresa Boyd said Thursday of the Nov. 29, 2021 fire that consumed the family home west of Tabor City and burned most inside, including her 9-year-old daughter Isabella Boyd, who alerted the family to the blaze. Isabella was the focus for some better memories made Thursday,…
Read MoreTex Wilson Housand: Clarendon
1940 – 2022 Tex Wilson Housand of Clarendon died Monday, Jan. 3, in his home surrounded by family. He was 81. Tex was born in Columbus County to the late Lavon and Rebecah Housand. He served honorably during peace time in Germany in the United States Army. After discharge, he used his military training and…
Read MoreRun makes Rowland man first CCSO arrest for ’22
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Fleeing from a Columbus County Sheriff’s Office traffic stop late on New Year’s Eve made a Rowland man the county’s first arrest of 2022, CCSO reports show. Rondrell Santana Leach, 30, of Hickory Street in Rowland, faces a long list of drug and weapons charges, with his vehicle, a large quantity…
Read MorePatricia Ann Hufler: Myrtle Beach
1950 – 2022 Patricia “Pat” Ann Johnson Hufler passed away on Saturday, Jan. 1, at her home in Myrtle Beach surrounded by her loving family. She was 71. Born Sept. 22, 1950 in Eerie, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Robert Omer Johnson and the late Elizabeth Joan Kraus Johnson. Survivors include her…
Read MoreLloyd Wilson Harrelson: Loris
1946 – 2021 Lloyd Wilson Harrelson passed away on Friday, Dec. 31, 2021 at his home in Loris, following an illness. He was 75. Born Nov. 3, 1946, in Loris, he was the son of the late Theodore Carson Harrelson and the late Elizabeth “Shorty” Harrelson. Mr. Harrelson served his country with courage and honor…
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