Roberta Jane Campbell: Olympia, Wash.
1936 – 2021 Roberta Jane Campbell of Olympia, Washington passed away on Tuesday, June 15, at McLeod Loris hospital. She was 84. Born Oct. 26, 1936 in Tacoma, Washington, she was the daughter of the late Kenneth Campbell and the late Anne Deppisch Campbell. Ms. Campbell was a psychiatric nurse with western State Hospital until…
Read MoreNeal A. Johnson: Galivants Ferry
1953 – 2021 Neal A. Johnson of Galivants Ferry passed away Monday, June 21. He was 67. Mr. Johnson was born in Horry County, a son of the late Bub Mack Johnson and the late Retha Johnson. He was a member of Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church and was a veteran of the United States…
Read MoreCarl Wayne Floyd: Tabor City
1956 – 2021 Carl Wayne Floyd of Tabor City died Monday, June 21, in McLeod Seacoast hospital in Little River. He was 64. Born November 30, 1956 in Loris, he was the son of the late Nelson Tate and Frances Watts Tate. He is survived by his wife, Judy Kay Floyd of Tabor City; three…
Read MoreUPDATE: Bank robbery suspect in custody
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com UPDATE A suspect in Tuesday’s bank robbery in Tabor City was in custody at about 7 p.m., apprehended at a West 3rd Street home where he had been living, Capt. Christopher Hilburn of the Tabor City Police Department said. Arthur Reid Jennings Jr., 23, will be charged on warrants with robbery…
Read MoreJeanette Buffkin Coleman: Tabor City
1939 – 2021 Jeanette Buffkin Coleman, born May 11, 1939 in Clarkton, passed away peacefully at her Tabor City home on Thursday, June 17. She was 82. She is survived by her loving husband of 61 years, Lavelle Coleman; their two daughters, Suzanne Coleman (Tony Kennedy) and Kendra Coleman Shearin (Brad Shearin); and two grandsons,…
Read MoreVan “Josh” Carl Simmons, Jr.: Longs
1967 – 2021 Van “Josh” Carl Simmons, Jr. of Longs passed away on Thursday, June 17, at his home. He was 53. Born Aug. 19, 1967 in Loris, he was the son of the late Van Carl Simmons, Sr., and the late Margaret Louise Prince Marlowe. Mr. Simmons worked as security guard and was of…
Read MoreWitnesses to get-away lead police to burglary, armed robbery suspect
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Minutes after a Sanders Street man was confronted by an armed burglar in his mother’s home a nearby resident was in custody, her arrest a result of witness tips and a rapid police response, Maj. Russell Conway of the Tabor City Police Department said Thursday. Shondia Russ, 26, of March Avenue…
Read MoreSmokey highway
Burning off a field at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Tabor City plumes of smoke across US 701 Thursday morning that slowed traffic for a time. An engine from the Tabor City Fire Department was on hand, its crew monitoring the “controlled burn.” – (Deuce Niven, TLT)
Read MoreGSF, LHS grads talk of shared experiences, perseverance
By JENN CAUSEY tribjenn@tabor-loris.com Shared experiences were common themes for 2021 commencement exercises at Green Sea Floyds High School Tuesday evening and at Loris High Wednesday morning. GSF “Perseverance” was the theme at Green Sea Floyds High, a theme echoed by Principal Dr. Andrea Pridgen, her daughter and Valedictorian Bailey Alexandrea Parsons, and Salutatorian Grant…
Read MoreDeborah “Debbie” Bonita Hill Norris: Loris
1953 – 2021 Deborah “Debbie” Bonita Hill Norris of Loris passed away on Monday, June 14, at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center. She was 67. Born Aug. 24, 1953 in Green Sea, she was the daughter of the late George Leamon Hill and the late Virginia Blanton Hill. Mrs. Norris was the owner and operator…
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