Yam Festival, largely, returns Oct. 23
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Pandemic considerations have delayed a formal decision on if, and how to hold the North Carolina Yam Festival at Tabor City. In large the festival will return for 2021, festival directors decided this week, a news release from the festival said Thursday. (Full disclosure, this writer is a member of…
Read MoreMichael William Nixon: Loris
1964 – 2021 Michael William Nixon of Loris passed away on Thursday, Sept. 16, at McLeod Seacoast hospital in Little River. He was 57. Born July 8, 1964 in Charlotte, he was the son of the late Ronnie William Nixon and the late Barbara Godfrey Nixon. He was the co-owner of Blackwater Trading. He was…
Read MoreTC man killed in Loris area shooting
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com A Tabor City man died after being shot in the area of Bennett Loop near Loris early Wednesday afternoon. Latarius Evans, 35, died of a gunshot wound or wounds, Horry County Deputy Coroner Michelle McSpadden said Thursday. Horry County police were dispatched to a home on Bennett Loop just before 1…
Read MoreGuilty in 2018 Loris area killing, Clarendon man sentenced to 25 years
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Convicted of voluntary manslaughter in a 2018 Loris area slaying this week, Quotase Jerome Jenrette of Clarendon has been handed a 25 year prison sentence. Jenrette, 24, was convicted in the January, 2018 killing of Kendall Jamar Ray, 20, outside of his home on Bart’s Road near Loris, Fifteenth Circuit Solicitor…
Read MoreErnest Wayne Hendrix: Tabor City
1949 – 2021 Ernest Wayne Hendrix of Tabor City died Tuesday, Sept. 21, in his home. He was 72. Born July 1, 1949 in Rock Hill, he was the son of the late Ernest William Hendrix and Marie Fowler Hendrix Stephens. He was a member of Cherry Grove Baptist Church where he served as a…
Read MoreOscar Odell Hinson: Chadbourn
1937 – 2021 Oscar Odell Hinson of Chadbourn died Monday, Sept. 20, in New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington. He was 83. Born Oct. 10, 1937 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late Alvie Devine Hinson and Eva McPherson Hinson and the widower of Clara Pearl Norris Hinson. He is survived by…
Read MoreTurn around
Several low lying Tabor City streets were closed during an early- to mid-afternoon downpour, part of a front moving through the region on Tuesday. A motorist headed west in the 100 block of East 5th Street was turned around by the Tabor City Fire Department before reaching water too deep for it. East 4th, at…
Read MorePatricia Ann “Sissy” Harrelson Fowler: Clarendon
1957 – 2021 Patricia Ann “Sissy” Harrelson Fowler of the Mollie Community, Clarendon, went to be with her Lord and Savior Monday morning, Sept. 20, in McLeod Loris hospital after a brief illness. She was 63. Born Oct. 2, 1957 in Horry County, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Lucille Powell Harrelson…
Read MoreErnest Gregory Hodge: Chadbourn
1956 – 2021 Ernest Gregory Hodge of Chadbourn died Friday, Sept. 17, in his home. He was 65. He was born July, 29 1956 in Marion County, a son of the late Ernest Hodge and Mary Ruth Johnson Hodge. He is survived by several cousins. No services will be held. A guest register is…
Read MoreJulia Hewgley: Evergreen
1957 – 2021 Julia Hewgley of Evergreen died Friday, Sept. 17. She was 63. She was the daughter of late Homer Eugene Hallmark and Nan Josephine Hallmark. She is survived by one daughter, Deanna Lynn Hewgley of Acworth, Georgia; and a son, Daniel Ray Buice. No services will be held. A guest register is available here.
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