Larry Bruce Hulon: Loris
1948 – 2020 Larry Bruce Hulon of Loris passed away Tuesday, Jan. 28, at his residence. He was 71. Mr. Hulon was born July 30, 1948 in Mullins, a son of the late Robert and Eulee Hulon. He worked as an electrician for the City of Myrtle Beach. Mr. Hulon was predeceased by a sister Faye…
Read MoreBoard hears pleas to preserve Guideway School
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Passionate pleas to preserve Guideway Elementary School, challenges to a school consolidation proposal before the Columbus County Board of Education, and some alternative ideas were heard by some 500 people attending the second of three public hearings on the topic Tuesday, this one at South Columbus High School. About 22…
Read MoreIrma Walker Lovett: Tabor City
1932 – 2020 Irma Walker Lovett of Tabor City died Sunday, Jan. 26, in the Lower Cape Fear Life Care Center in Bolivia. She was 87. Born Oct. 15, 1932, in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Rev. B. R. Walker and Lula Mae Tyree Walker and the widow of Aaron Lovett.…
Read MoreRobert James “Shep” Shepherd: Green Sea
1967 – 2020 Robert James “Shep” Shepherd of Green Sea passed away Sunday, Jan. 26, at MUSC Health in Charleston surrounded by his family and friends. He was 52. Shep was born Dec. 14, 1967 in Loris, a son of Jimmy Shepherd and Martha Ann Collins Shepherd. He was a U.S. military veteran, retiring from…
Read MoreState title winning GSF football coach moving on
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com On the heels of back-to-back state varsity football championships, Green Sea Floyds Head Coach Donnie Kiefer is moving on, to the south. Kiefer has been named head coach of the West Ashley Wildcats in Charleston, the team’s official Twitter account said Friday. Kiefer took the Trojan football squad from mediocracy, at…
Read MoreMini-van smashes into downtown thrift store
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Three employees of the Families Values Too thrift store in Tabor City were taken to the hospital after its mini-van backed into the Main Street business Friday morning, Families First Executive Director Vickie Pait said. One employee was behind the wheel of the mini-van, backing to the curb, when the vehicle…
Read MoreCarolina Tire fire quickly contained
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Fire spotted from a rear corner of Carolina Tire Sales in Tabor City just before dawn Friday was contained to an attached restroom and quickly contained, Tabor City Fire Chief Jeff Fowler said. Firefighters from Tabor City, Roseland, Williams Township, Fair Bluff and Loris responded to the commercial alarm, but only…
Read MoreEx-TCPD Major charged with stalking
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com A former high-ranking Tabor City Police Department officer has been arrested on a stalking warrant obtained by the department he once served. Gregory Ray Sibbett, 50, is accused in the warrant obtained by Maj. Russell Conway of stalking, allegedly placing a GPS tracking device on a pick-up truck owned by another…
Read MoreSammie A. Altman: Nichols
1932 – 2020 Sammie A. Altman of Nichols passed away peacefully Tuesday, Jan. 21, at McLeod Hospice House in Florence surrounded by her family. She was 87. Mrs. Altman was born in Brittons Neck, a daughter of the late Johnnie and Rachel Altman and was a member of Pleasant View Baptist Church. She was predeceased…
Read MoreCora Rueline Wingate Orren Lewis: Longs
1932 – 2020 Cora Rueline Wingate Orren Lewis of the Longs area passed away unexpectedly at McLeod Loris hospital Saturday, Jan. 18. She was 87. Born May 3, 1932, she was preceded in death by her parents David and Blanche Wingate; two spouses; her siblings; and one of her sons, Phillip Orren Sr. Her hobbies…
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