UPDATE: Charge upgraded to murder in killing of Loris teen
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com UPDATE, April 1 A manslaughter charge has been upgrades to murder in the shooting death of a Loris High School senior last month. Aaron Miguel Vereen, 18, of Log Cabin Road in Loris has been served with a warrant charging him with murder in the March 25 slaying of Mar’trellyiz Vereen,…
Read MoreWoman charged with taking three drugs into TCI
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Found with marijuana, cocaine and Suboxone strips inside Tabor Correctional Institution on Saturday, a Raleigh woman says an “unknown” caller told her to do it. Callie Laverne Graham, 43, of Addison Place, Raleigh, was charged with three felony counts of possession of controlled substances in a prison, the report by Officer…
Read MoreMar’trellyuiz “Trez” Vereen: Loris
2001- 2019 Mar’trellyuiz “Trez” Vereen of Loris died Monday, March 25. Trez was born on March 16, to Louis Vereen and Kashamba Floyd. Viewing for Mr. Vereen was planned from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, March 29, at Freemont Missionary Baptist Church, 541 Freemont Road, Longs. Services were planned for 2 p.m. Saturday, March 30,…
Read MorePolice ask for help to find out who killed Loris teen
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com A Loris teen was shot and killed east of the city Monday night, leaving the Horry County Police Department seeking information they hope will lead to his killer, an HCPD news release said. Mar’trellyiz Vereen, 18, was found at Flag Patch Cemetery off of Wayside Road about 6:30 p.m. Monday. Police…
Read MoreHelen J. Thompson: Whiteville
1953 – 2019 Helen J. Thompson of Whiteville passed on Friday, March 22, at Columbus Regional Healthcare, Whiteville. She was 65. She is survived by two daughters, Alberta Thompson of Green Sea, Lakisha Thompson of Whiteville; one son, Christopher Thompson of Tabor City; and one brother, Sylvester Jackson of Westwood, New Jersey. Viewing was planned from 5 to 7…
Read MoreSecond suspect in Food Lion parking lot murder in custody
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com A second Tabor City man is in custody accused of murder in a parking lot slaying at a Food Lion in Longs last August. Stephon Miller was arrested by members of the U.S. Marshals Task Force on Lewis Street in Tabor City Monday afternoon, an Horry County Police Department news release…
Read MoreWilton Elliott Griffin: Tabor City
1939 – 2019 Wilton Elliott Griffin of Tabor City died Monday, March 25 in Grand Strand Regional Medical Center in Myrtle Beach. He was 79. Born June 7, 1939 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late William Horace Griffin and Ada McPherson Griffin. He is survived by his wife, Kathy Norris Griffin…
Read MoreJacquelyn Louise Adams Boykin: Yorktown, Va.
1958 – 2019 Jacquelyn Adams Boykin of Yorktown, Virginia, 60, died Monday, March 11. She was 60. She was preceded in death by her husband, Brad Boykin and mother, Louise Hess Adams. Jacquelyn is survived by her father, Jack and step-mother Pat Adams; brother, Kevin Adams and wife Alexa; nephew Jack Anthony Adams; and numerous…
Read MoreDiana S. Worley: Cerro Gordo
1946 – 2019 Diana S. Worley of Cerro Gordo died at the Lower Cape Fear Hospice House on Wednesday, March 20. She was 72. Born in Robeson County, she was the daughter of the late William and Louise Stone. Diana attended a year of nursing school at UNC Rex in Raleigh, before working as a…
Read MoreSecond suspect jailed in Loris bank robbery
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Correction: An earlier version of this story said Franklin Graham has admitted his involvement in a Feb. 14 bank robbery in Loris. Loris Police Chief Gary Buley on Tuesday said he made that statement in error, a misunderstanding of a conversation he had with a detective. — A second suspect…
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