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Sarah Silver: Tabor City

1946 – 2018      Sarah Silver of the Green Acres community near Tabor City passed on Thursday, Oct. 11, at McLeod Loris hospital. She was 72.      Visitation was planned from 1 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 17 at Westside Funeral Home, Tabor City.      Funeral services were planned for 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, at Little Iron…

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Randy W. Watson, Sr.: Loris

1957 – 2018      Randy W. Watson, Sr. of Loris passed away on Thursday, Oct. 11,  at home following an illness. He was 61.      Mr. Watson was born on Oct. 1, 1957 in Newport News, Virginia, to Peggy Davis Watson and the late, Johnny Waldon Watson.      Mr. Watson worked as a carpenter and was a member…

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Body found during missing man search

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A body was located during the search for a missing man in the Hallsboro area on Saturday, though identification of the remains is pending an autopsy, Columbus County Sheriff Lewis Hatcher said Monday.      Volunteers with the Wilmington based CUE Center for Missing Persons were conducting a search in the area of…

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Barbara Ann Durrette Soles: Clarendon

1943 – 2018      Barbara Ann Durrette Soles of Clarendon died Saturday, Oct. 13, in McLeod Loris hospital. She was 75.      Born in Richmond, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Jack Durrette and Violet Cox Durette Gunter.      She was currently a member of Lynn Hill Baptist Church, Whiteville, and Calvary Baptist Midlothian of Midlothian…

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Jackquelyne Wilson: Tabor City

1937 – 2018      Jackquelyne Wilson of Tabor City died Friday, Oct. 12, in her home. She was 81.      Born Jan. 11, 1937 in Stockton, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Douglas P. and Mary E. Ennis Wimbrow and the widow of James Barnett Wilson      She was survived by a son, William Cropper and…

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Sammie E. Coats: Loris

1932 – 2018      Sammie E. Coats of Loris passed away Thursday, Oct. 11. He was 86.      Mr. Coats was born in Loris, a son of the late Donnie M. and Alphie B. Coats. He was a lifetime member of Pleasant Meadow Baptist Church where he served as Deacon and served on the Baptismal Committee as…

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Ricky Lee Ward: Elizabethtown

1952 -2018      Ricky Lee Ward of Elizabethtown died Wednesday, Oct. 10, in Premier Living, Lake Waccamaw. He was 66.      Born July 25, 1952 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late Lonzie Dewit Ward and Cecil Mearle Johnson Ward.      He is survived by his wife, Bessie Lee Tyler Ward of Elizabethtown; four sons:…

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Michael moves on, largely sparing the area

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Update Thursday afternoon      Winds from the former Hurricane Michael, passing a bit farther west of the Tabor-Loris Community than initially forecast, brought some trees down causing some power outages but otherwise largely spared this region while causing misery elsewhere in the Carolinas Thursday.      Horry County Schools will operate on a normal…

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Samuel Porcher Smith Jr.: Tabor City

1942 – 2018      Samuel Porcher “Shay” Smith Jr. of Tabor City died Monday, Oct. 8, in McLeod Loris hospital. He was 76.      Born April 26, 1942 in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Samuel Porcher Smith, Sr. and Emilie Howard Smith.      He is survived by his wife, Peggy Taylor Smith of Tabor City;…

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Bert Patrick Rabon: Loris

1977 – 2018      Bert Patrick Rabon of Loris passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 3, at his home. He was 41.      Patrick was born May 3, 1977 in Conway, to Phyllis Ann Todd and the late, Bert Kendall Rabon.      Patrick was a professional tattoo artist and owner of House of Tattoo’s in Whiteville, as well as…

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