Carlon Bryan Bessant: Loris
1995 – 2018 Carlon Bryan Bessant of Loris passed away Monday, July 2, at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center. He was 23. Mr. Bessant was born Feb. 8, 1995 in Conway. A 2013 graduate of Loris High School, he was currently working in the parts department at Conway Ford. Carlon loved the outdoors, whether it…
Read MoreEmma Duncan Long: Shallotte
1927 – 2018 Emma Duncan Long of Shallotte went to her heavenly home on Monday, July 2, while in Autumn Care of Shallotte. She was 90. Mrs. Long was born on August 15, 1927 in Hope Mills, daughter of the late, Calvin Vester Duncan and the late, Minnie Martha Ann Cribb Duncan. Mrs. Long was…
Read MoreMildred Nobles Horne: Nichols
1932 – 2018 Mildred Nobles Horne of Nichols died Thursday, July 5, in her home. She was 86. Born May 16, 1932 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Ardle Nobles and Lissie Norris Nobles and the widow of Dan Odis Horne. She is survived by a son, Hobby Horne of Nichols;…
Read MoreCelebrate the 4th early, tonight, at SCHS
Get an early start to the Independence Day celebration as the Greater Tabor City Chamber of Commerce hosts its annual Fourth of July Fireworks Celebration tonight, one day early. Returning as headline entertainers for the festivities at South Columbus High School is the Kevin Sanson Band, including Chamber President Chris Avery on bass…
Read MoreJean Olin Whittington Stevens: Loris
1935 – 2018 Jean Olin Whittington Stevens of Loris passed away on Thursday, June 28, at her son’s home. She was 83. Ms. Stevens was born on March 30, 1935 in Loris, daughter of the late Howard Wilson Whittington and the late Salem Cox Whittington. Ms. Stevens retired as a nursing assistant at Loris Community…
Read MoreDeputies raid doctor’s office in TC
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Afternoon update “Substantial active prison time,” is facing a Tabor City physician and his girlfriend assistant accused of trafficking in prescription medications and street drugs from their office and home, Assistant District Attorney Heath Nance said Friday. Columbus County Sheriff’s Office Vice-Narcotics detectives served search warrants on both properties Friday morning,…
Read MoreJames Edward Fullard: Green Sea
1965 – 2018 James Edward Fullard, age 52, of Green Sea passed on Monday, June 25, at McLeod Regional Medical Center, Florence. He was 52. He is survived by four sons, John Fullard, Darrell Fullard, Tyrese Fullard of Loris and Nathan Lawson of Tabor City; two daughters, Jenifer Lawson and Diane Lawson of Loris. Funeral…
Read MoreClaudius “Claude” Edward Huggins: Tabor City
September 22, 1922 – June 28, 2018 Claudius Edmond Huggins of Tabor City was born to Ira B. and Margaret McQueen Huggins of Green Sea. On July 16, 1948, Claude married Avie Lee Herring of Loris and they enjoyed 65 years of marriage until Mrs. Huggins death in 2013. They were the parents of three…
Read MoreSupt. Faulk sets retirement
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Supt. Alan Faulk will retire from the Columbus County Schools this fall. Faulk, the school system for seven years, has spent his entire career in education in Columbus County. “I feel like it’s my time,” said Faulk, 57. “I’ve got 34 years in. I feel like it’s time to pursue some…
Read MoreDrug suspect was wearing no pants
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com A previously convicted drug dealer stopped after leaving a known drug area had narcotics in his vehicle, but no pants on his body, Columbus County Sheriff Lewis Hatcher said in a news release. James Eldred Buffkin, 67, of Pireway Road in Tabor City, was charged with possession with intent to manufacture,…
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