Elson H. Stevens: Tabor City
1923 – 2020 Elson H. Stevens of Tabor City died Sunday, March 8, in Lower Cape Fear Life Center, Whiteville. He was 96. Born Sept. 26, 1923 in the Mount Vernon community of Horry County, he was the son of the late Benjamin Franklin Stevens and Prudence Annie Hughes Stevens and the widower of Retha Cox…
Read MoreMcLeod Health offers free virtual COVID-19 screenings
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Presumptive positive cases of the Coronavirus COVID-19 in South Carolina has prompted McLeod Health to offer free virtual screening through its McLeod Telehealth App. Anyone experiencing fever, sore throat, cough, or shortness of breath, can access a virtual screening with a trained medical professional, a news release from the Florence based…
Read MorePhillip Condo Cox: Tabor City
1954 – 2020 Phillip Condo Cox of Tabor City died Saturday, March 7, in Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, Myrtle Beach. He was 66. Born Feb. 9, 1954 in Horry County, he was the son of the late Spurgeon Condo and Allene Ivey Cox. He is survived by his wife, Debra Cox of the home:…
Read MoreBringing Phil home
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com On the day his firefighting brothers and sisters held a fund raising dinner veteran Tabor City Fire Department member and community leader Phil Cox’s battle with cancer ended at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center. First responders from multiple agencies escorted Cox from the Myrtle Beach hospital to Inman-Ward Funeral Home late…
Read MoreJames Edward Oxendine: Loris
1970 – 2020 James Edward Oxendine of Loris passed away Tuesday, March 3. He was 49. James was born in Lumberton on July 9, 1970, a son of Bobby Chavis and Patsy Watts. James was predeceased by an infant son, Michael James Oxendine. Survivors include his wife of 26 years, Crystal Rhodes Oxendine, a son, Allen Oxendine…
Read MoreLoris man shot, killed near CC line
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com A shooting in rural Horry County near the Columbus County border early Wednesday claimed a Loris area man, Horry County Deputy Coroner Michelle McSpadden confirmed late Wednesday night. Cory Long, 36, died at McLeod Loris Hospital, where he was taken following the shooting off of Wright Road, east of Tabor City,…
Read MoreRudolph Dorman: Loris
1930 – 2020 Rudolph Dorman of Loris, age 90, passed away Tuesday, March 3, at McLeod Loris hospital with his family by his side. He was 90. Mr. Dorman was born Jan. 25, 1930 in Loris, a son of the late George Herbert Dorman and the late Lunette Todd Dorman. He was a Veteran of the…
Read MoreUPDATE: Suspect arrested in Baby Horry murder
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com UPDATE Jennifer Sahr, charged with homicide in the Baby Boy Horry case from 2008, was arrested in the Myrtle Beach area Tuesday afternoon, less than four hours after the charge against here was released by the Horry County Police Department. Sahr was taken into custody by members of the Carolina Regional…
Read MoreUnidentified body found in Green Acres
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Detectives are asking for help identifying a “deceased black male” found near the roadway in the Green Acres Community east of Tabor City Monday night. Columbus County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division detectives have taken charge of the investigation, and have classified the death as suspicious, a news release from Sheriff…
Read MoreClarence Colon Willoughby, Sr.: Tabor City
1922 – 2020 Clarence Colon Willoughby, Sr. of Tabor City died Monday, March 2, in Summit Place of North Myrtle Beach, Little River. He was 97. Born Dec. 13, 1922 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late Stephen Furney Willoughby and Carrie Belle Grainger Willoughby and the widower of Mildred Elizabeth Smith…
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