Carolyn King Gore: Tabor City
1952 – 2019 Carolyn King Gore of Tabor City died Saturday Aug. 17, in her home. She was 66. Born in Mullins, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin F. King and Mattie Caulder King. She was the widow of John Alan Gore. She was member of Olyphic Baptist Church and was employed by…
Read MoreAlice “Faye” Hayes: Cerro Gordo
1950 – 2019 Alice “Faye” Hayes of Cerro Gordo died Thursday, Aug. 15, in her home. She was 69. Born in Horry County, she was the daughter of the late Davis Graham and Alice C. Graham. She is survived by her husband, Claude Hayes, of the home; one son, Scott (Angie) Pfennig of Newton Grove;…
Read MorePhilip Tanner Buffkin: Green Sea
2005 – 2019 Philip Tanner Buffkin of Green Sea died Wednesday, Aug. 14, in the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston. He was 14. Born Feb. 17, 2005 in Robeson County, he was the son of Philip and Kammy Buffkin. Tanner was a student at Green Sea Floyds Middle/High School. In addition to his parents,…
Read MoreSteven Edward Rivenbark: Tabor City
1958 – 2019 Steven Edward Rivenbark of Tabor City died Tuesday, August 13. He was 61. Born March 18, 1958 in Horry County, he was the son of the late Edward Lee and Elizabeth Gore Rivenbark. He is survived by his daughter, Sandra Rivenbark Boyter and her husband Scot of Loris; one son, Steven Kenneth…
Read MoreAmanda Jones Lewis: Loris
1974 – 2019 Amanda Jones Lewis of Loris passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 14. She was 44. Ms. Lewis was born on Oct. 23, 1974. She was a homemaker and attended the Conway Church of God. Survivors include her fiancé, John McCumbee of Whiteville; her mother and father, Patsy and Roger Oot of Whiteville; her…
Read MoreUPDATE: Missing man found safe
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com UPDATE Greg Tyler, reported missing by concerned friends on Wednesday, has been located, Maj. Greg Sibbett of the Tabor City Police Department said Thursday. “I spoke to Greg just a few minutes ago,” Sibbett said, expressing gratitude to local newspapers and social media in the effort to locate Tyler. Look for…
Read MoreAll 33 G-Shine drug and gun violence defendants plead guilty
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Every suspect rounded up in a massive local, state and federal investigation into drug trafficking and related gun violence in Horry County have taken guilty pleas in U.S. District Court, U.S. Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced Thursday. Suspects from Loris, Longs and mostly along the Grand Strand, 33 in all, were…
Read MoreStolen hurricane handgun recovered during LPD traffic stop
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com A gun reported stolen after Hurricane Matthew left a Longs area gun shop without electrical power and a functioning alarm nearly two years ago was recovered during a Loris Police Department traffic stop last week. Malcolm Kashif Bellamy, 33, of Jackson Street, Chadbourn, was charged with possession of the stolen Glock…
Read MoreCrash claims area man in Iron Hill Tuesday
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com A local man died following a single vehicle auto crash east of Tabor City Tuesday afternoon. Steven Edward Rivenbark, 61, of Tabor City died after his pick-up truck went off the left side of the road, crashing into a ditch and striking a culvert in the 22000 block of Peacock Road…
Read MoreDeputy Fire Marshal charged with embezzlement from fire department he served
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com A fire department officer and Columbus County Deputy Fire Marshal has been charged with embezzling funds from the Brunswick Fire Department. David Heath Porter, 31, of Lebanon Church Road, Whiteville was arrested early Monday afternoon, charged with 32 counts of embezzlement and 32 counts of obtaining property by false pretense, Sheriff…
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