Virginia Watts Long: Tabor City
1921 – 2018 Virginia Watts Long of Tabor City, died Sunday, July 29 in her home. She was 96. Born Aug. 3, 1921 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Dow Watts and Edith Soles Watts and the widow of Cortis Eugene Long. She is survived by two brothers, Don Watts of…
Read MoreRev. Derrick M. Farmer Sr.: Tabor City
1978 – 2018 Rev. Derrick M. Farmer Sr., of the Dothan Community, Tabor City, entered into his eternal rest on Monday, July 30 at his residence. He was 40. He is survived by his wife, LaToya Farmer of Tabor City; three sons, Derrick McKeithan Farmer Jr. and Elisha Cinclair Farmer of Tabor City and, Juleel…
Read MoreJudy Bailey McPherson: Chadbourn
1947 – 2018 Judy Bailey McPherson of Chadbourn died Saturday, July 28, in her daughter’s residence. She was 71. Born in Weogufka, Alabama, she was the daughter of the late William Mack Bailey and Vera Mae Wilson Bailey and was the widow of the late Jerry McPherson. She is survived by one daughter, Tammie McPherson Browning…
Read MoreJeanette Edwards: Moncks Corner
1948 – 2018 Jeanette Edwards passed away Friday, July 27, at her home in Moncks Corner. She was 70. Born March 14, 1948 in Loris, Mrs. Edwards was a daughter of the late George Emerson Rowell and the late, Pauline Galloway Rowell. She was a homemaker and a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and sister.…
Read MoreProbationer faces marijuana grow, narcotics charges
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com A marijuana growing operation was found Friday on the property of an area man on probation for previous drug offenses, Columbus County Sheriff Lewis Hatcher said. Byron Scott Stevens, 43, was arrested after state Adult Probation and Parole Officers were joined by sheriff’s Vice/Narcotics detectives executing a search warrant at Stevens’…
Read MoreSeven, including three children, unhurt as gunfire hits TC area home
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Gunfire into a Tabor City area home early Friday left bullet holes in the residence, damage to a vehicle, but no injuries. Seven people were in the Shug Norris Road home of Mabelene McKvian Graham, 61, including two babies and a young child, Columbus County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Michelle Tatum said.…
Read MoreMarilyn Collins Barnhill: Loris
1948 – 2018 Marilyn Collins Barnhill of Loris passed away Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at her residence. She was 70. Mrs. Barnhill was born May 25, 1948 in Mullins, a daughter of the late William Clem Collins, Sr. and Fleetie Mae Beaty Collins. Mrs. Barnhill was predeceased by one brother, William C. “Bill” Collins, Jr.;…
Read MoreMore charges for pest control worker charged in pharmacy Oxycodone thefts
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Tuesday update More charges have been filed against a pest control employee accused last week in the theft of tens of thousands of dollars worth or prescription medication from Baldwin Hills Pharmacy in Whiteville, the Columbus County Sherff’s Office reports. Antonio Donnell Mitchell, 27, of Tart Road in Clarkton…
Read MoreBrittany Lane Stalvey: Longs
1992 – 2018 Brittany Lane Stalvey of Longs passed away Monday, July 23. She was 25. Brittany was born in Conway, the daughter of Delane Stalvey and Christa Lejune Doyle. She loved her friends and family. Brittany enjoyed drawing and spending time at the beach. She graduated with an Associate Degree from Horry-Georgetown Technical College. She was well…
Read MoreNancy Loretta Williams: Longs
1965 – 2018 Nancy Loretta Williams of Longs passed on Wednesday, July 18, at Lower Cape Fear Hospice Center in Whiteville. She was 53. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 22 at Bristol Creek Missionary Baptist Church, in the Dothan Community, Tabor City. Burial followed in the Bristol Creek Church Cemetery. Surviving…
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