Nancy 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…
Read MoreShelby Ezzell Fowler: Bladenboro
1941 – 2018 Shelby Ezzell Fowler of Bladenboro died Sunday, July 22, in her home. She was 76. Born Dec. 14, 1941 in Duplin County, she was the daughter of the late John Roosevelt Ezzell and Elaine Bass Ezzell. She is survived by her husband, Jimmy Clyde Fowler of Bladenboro; two sons, Jimmy Clyde Fowler,…
Read MoreChurch challenged as new CGBC sanctuary dedicated
Story & Photos By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Pastor Rusty Davis issued a challenge to the congregation at Cherry Grove Baptist Church as nearly 300 people gathered to dedicate a new sanctuary Sunday. Reading from Acts 2:42, “And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers,”…
Read MoreElvin Dale Long: Loris
1953 – 2018 Elvin Dale Long of Loris passed away Thursday, July 19, at Embrace Hospice House in Myrtle Beach. He was 64. Mr. Long was born Aug. 19, 1953 in Loris to the late Thurmon Boyd Long, Sr. and the late Gracie Duncan Long. He was an auto body technician and of the Baptist…
Read MoreCGBC dedication service is Sunday
Story & Photo By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Dedicating a new sanctuary is a once-in-a-lifetime event, if then, at most churches. Members at Cherry Grove Baptist Church have a little more practice than most, with the second such dedication in six years set for this Sunday, exactly two years and one week since fire nearly leveled…
Read MoreHeroin case nets Longs man 30 years
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Three decades in prison was the sentence for Longs man convicted last week as a heroin dealer, Fifteenth Circuit Solicitor Jimmy Richardson said. Abel Gause, 44, was convicted by a jury sitting in Conway last Wednesday, Circuit Court Judge Benjamin H. Culbertson handing down the sentence in the one-day trial. Gause…
Read MoreDebra Lynn Edge Hardee: Loris
1956 – 2018 Debra Lynn Edge Hardee of Loris passed away Tuesday, July 17, at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center. She was 61. Mrs. Hardee was born in Wilmington on Oct. 10, 1956 to Waitus Joseph Edge and the late Mildred Ann Ward Edge. Mrs. Hardee was a former RN at Loris Community Hospital and…
Read MoreClara Lee Mills: Tabor City
1943 – 2018 Clara Lee Mills of Tabor City died Tuesday, July 17, in her home. She was 74. Born Aug. 2, 1943 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of David Paul Mills and Doris Lee Stephens Mills. She is survived by one son, Joey Lee Mills of Tabor City; two sisters, Hilda Norris…
Read MoreLeatus Belle Elderdice Indrihovic: Longs
1934 – 2018 Leatus Belle Elderdice Indrihovic of Longs died Tuesday, July 17, in the McLeod Hospice House, Florence. She was 83. A native of Columbus County, she was the widow of Robert Thomas Indrihovic, Sr. and was the daughter of Herman R. Elderdice and Ella Lee Long Elderdice, paternal granddaughter of John Albert and…
Read MoreAttorney: DOJ grants paid school system employees extra, board didn’t know
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com At least two Columbus County Board of Education employees have been paid from federal grant proceeds for work they did applying for those grants, Supt. Alan Faulk confirmed Tuesday. Neither Supt. Faulk nor members of the school board were aware of those payments until after the three-year US Department of Justice…
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