Linda Alexander Graham: Loris
1946 – 2018 Linda Alexander Graham of Loris passed away Wednesday, April 25, at Conway Manor. She was 71. Mrs. Graham was born in Savannah, Georgia, a daughter of the late John and Faye Bryant Alexander. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by a brother, Bucky Alexander. Survivors include her husband of 54…
Read MoreRail tourism from Conway to TC? Maybe
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Could Tabor City be America’s next tourist train destination, tapping into millions of Grand Strand tourists via a hub on Conway’s scenic riverfront? That’s the vision leaders in Tabor City have been exploring for two years, one that has captured the attention of others in Conway, earned federal funding for a…
Read MoreAlice Gause Elliott: Loris
1929 – 2018 Alice Gause Elliott of Loris passed away on Saturday, April 21, at Loris Rehab & Nursing Center. She was 88. Mrs. Elliott was born Oct. 8, 1929 in Loris, daughter of the late, William Davis Gause and the late, Eva Floyd Gause. Mrs. Elliott graduated from Columbia Business College, retired as a…
Read MoreUPDATE: Clarkton man died in ‘apparent’ jail suicide
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com UPDATE/April 19 A Clarkton man has been identified as the Columbus County Detention Center inmate who apparently killed himself in custody last week, Columbus County Sheriff Lewis Hatcher said Monday. Andrew James Ellis, 37, of Mercer Mill Road, Clarkton was arrested on April 16, three days before detention staff found him…
Read MoreBody found near Fair Bluff
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com An unidentified body has been located near Fair Bluff, Columbus County Sheriff Lewis Hatcher said Saturday. The body was located in the 4000 block of Hinson Crossroads behind a tobacco barn on Friday, the sheriff said in a news release. Identity and cause of death are pending autopsy,” the news release…
Read MoreMan, woman charged in home break-ins
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Two residential break-ins have been cleared with two arrests and much of the stolen merchandise recovered, Columbus County Sheriff Lewis Hatcher said Friday. Additional property believed stolen from Walmart in Whiteville was also recovered as part of the same investigation, Hatcher said in a news release. Angel Elizabeth Strickland,…
Read MoreRonald “Ronnie” Dail Nealey: Whiteville
1953 – 2018 Ronald “Ronnie” Dail Nealey of Whiteville, died Tuesday, April 17, in the New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington. He was 65. Born March 27, 1953 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late Joe Garland Nealey and Clara Lovette Nealey. He is survived by his wife, Phyllis Beck Nealey…
Read MoreSBI makes arrest in Fair Bluff murder
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com An early April shooting that resulted in the death of a Fair Bluff man a day later has resulted in an arrest, a warrant served by the State Bureau of Investigation shows. Rykeem Obrian Tyler, 25, of EA Barnes Lane, Fair Bluff, was charged Tuesday, Columbus County Detention Center records show,…
Read MoreMelba Elois Mills Watts: Tabor City
1932 – 2018 Melba Elois Mills Watts of Tabor City died Sunday, April 15, in McLeod Loris hospital. She was 85. Born Dec. 21, 1932 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late David Paul Mills and Doris Lee Stephens Mills and the widow of Dale Watts. She is survived by one son,…
Read MoreMildred Lucille Cribb McPherson: Chadbourn
1937 – 2018 Mildred Lucille Cribb McPherson of Chadbourn died Sunday, April 15, in the Lower Cape Fear Hospice and LifeCareCenter in Whiteville. She was 81. Born March 8, 1937 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Javie Cribb and Leah McPherson Cribb. She is survived by her husband, Raeford Melvin McPherson…
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