Kenneth McCellan Godwin: Cerro Gordo
1940 – 2021 Kenneth McCellan Godwin of Cerro Gordo died Friday, Aug. 27, in Columbus Regional Healthcare, Whiteville. He was 80. Born Sept. 19, 1940 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late James Albert Godwin and Flora Burney Godwin. He is survived by his wife, Alma Blackwell Godwin of the home; four…
Read MoreGlenn “Deryle” Key: Tabor City
1959 – 2021 Glenn “Deryle” Key of Tabor City died Thursday, Aug. 26, in Lower Cape Fear LifeCare, Whiteville. He was 61. Born Sept. 5, 1959 in Richland County, South Carolina, he was the son of the late Tillman Arthur Key and Thelma Jean Niley Key Jones. He is survived by two daughters, Melissa Ann…
Read MoreDonnie Ray Dew: Tabor City
1951 – 2021 Donnie Ray Dew of Tabor City died Sunday Aug. 29. He was 70. Born July 17, 1951 in Marion, he lived his entire life in Tabor City. Survivors include his children, Michele McPherson, Xena Dew, Gary Wayne Dew, and Gabby Dew of Tabor City, Amy Gail Dew Stanley of Troy; and a…
Read MoreCOVID’s weekend toll at winter surge levels
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Nearly nine months after vaccines to protect against COVID-19 became available a fourth surge of cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the area reached levels not seen since winter this weekend, with 835 cases and 7 deaths recorded for Horry County, another 149 cases and 2 deaths in Columbus, where the population…
Read MoreRossie Franklin Wright: Loris
1947 – 2021 SGT Rossie Franklin Wright of Loris went to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, Aug. 30, at McLeod Health Loris. He was 74. Born June 14, 1947 in Whiteville, he was the son of the late Doctor Franklin “Cedo” Wright and the late Annie Blake Woodell Wright. Mr. Wright served…
Read MoreSouth Columbus High will close for a week due to COVID outbreak
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Students at South Columbus High School will be home next week, the campus shut down due to a COVID-19 outbreak. Staff will be on campus, conducting virtual lessons and isolated to their classrooms, SCHS Assistant Principal Michelle Simmons said. (Corrects initial reporting that students and staff will be home.) Students…
Read MorePhillip Lee Small: Nichols
1948 – 2021 Phillip Lee Small of Nichols died Wednesday, Aug. 25, in his home. He was 72. Born Oct. 17 1948 in Marion County, he was the son of the late Harry Lee Small and Mable Stewart Small. He is survived by his wife Edwina (Winnie) Small of the home; children Phil Small of…
Read MoreKoonce awarded Tabor Medal at delayed Chamber fete
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Sterling Koonce expressed real surprise minutes after The Tabor Medal was placed around his neck as the 2021 Diamond Anniversary banquet of the Greater Tabor City Chamber of Commerce Tuesday. “When Marylou was reading the presentation, she said the winner moved to Chadbourn when he was 7,” Koonce said. “I moved…
Read MoreLaSandra Strickland Grimsley: Florence
1955 – 2021 LaSandra Strickland Grimsley of Florence went home to be with the Lord on Monday, Aug. 23. She was 66. Mrs. Grimsley was born a daughter of Gerata Grainger Strickland and the late William Dailey Strickland. She was a member of Wannamaker Baptist Church and an accomplished organist and pianist. Mrs. Grimsley earned…
Read MoreLee Ethel Vereen: Tabor City
1952 – 2021 Lee Ethel Vereen of Tabor City died Saturday, Aug. 21, at Atrium Health Union in Monroe. She was 68. Surviving are her sons, Darrick Vereen and Harry McCoy of Tabor City and Ralph Vance McCoy of Wadesboro; brothers, Charles Vereen of Elizabeth City, Franklin Vereen and Albert Vereen of Columbia, Darrell Vereen…
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