1947 – 2020      Kenneth Lee Fowler of Clarendon died Saturday, Jan. 4, in Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, Myrtle Beach. He was 72.      Born Sept. 12, 1947 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late Forest Otto and Olive Pearl Spivey Fowler.      He is survived by two sons, Robert Fowler (Karen) of Rocky…

1936 – 2020      Sarah Ellen Williams Koonce of Chadbourn, entered into the presence of her Lord and Savior on Thursday, Jan. 2, at her residence.  She was 83.      Sarah was born on April 17, 1936 in Boone, to the late Wilton Albert Williams and Edith Shirley Belk Williams.      She was the widow of Samuel Grady…

1945 – 2020      Sarah Shelley Smith of Tabor City died Thursday, Jan. 2, in McLeod Loris hospital. She was 74.      Born Feb. 12, 1945 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Austin Shelley and Nora Arnette Shelley.      She is survived by her husband, Thomas Ray Smith Sr. of the home; a son,…

1931 – 2019      Bertha Mae Causey Strickland, a resident of her home in the Cherry Grove Community, Tabor City, died on Tuesday, Dec. 31. She was 88.      She was the youngest daughter of the late Mayberry and Bertha Elliott Causey of Duford and was preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, her best…

1932 – 2019      William Carlyle Porter of Shallotte died Tuesday, Dec. 31, in Autumn Care of Shallotte. He was 87.      Born July 2, 1932 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late William Purvel Porter and Eva Mae Stephens Porter and the widower of Nancy Delores Boucher Porter.      He was a Veteran of…

1941 – 2019      Minnie Gore Blackburn of Tabor City died Tuesday, Dec. 31, in her home. She was 78.      Born Jan. 9, 1941 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Samuel Earl Gore and Mary Leona Smith Gore and the widow of Cecil Blackburn.      She is survived by one son, Walter Wright…

1938 – 2019      Andrew David Dehart of Green Sea died Monday, Dec. 30, in Loris Rehab and Nursing Center. He was 81.      Born July 4, 1938 in Clay County, he was the son of the late John Henry Dehart and Geneva Mashburn Dehart.      He was a Veteran of the United States Army.      He is survived…

1996 – 2019      Darwin Alexis Herrera Ramirez of Clarendon died Dec. 25, in his home. He was 23.      Born Jan. 16, 1996 in Huehuetenango, Cuilco, Guatemala, he was the son of Jacinta Ramirez Ortiz and the late Mauricio Herrera Ramirez.      Funeral services were planned for 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 2, in the Inman Ward Funeral…

1932 – 2019      Bernard “Puggy” Richardson of Green Sea passed away Sunday, Dec. 29. He was 87.      Mr. Richardson was born in Burnwell, West Virginia, a son of the late Porter and Virgnia Richardson.      Puggy was preceded in death by his wife of 62 years, Helen Richardson; one daughter, Shelley Moss; one son, Porter Lee…