Verna Graham Miller: Loris
1946 – 2017 Verna Graham Miller of Loris passed away Tuesday, March 27, at Brunswick Care Center in Bolivia. She was 71. Mrs. Miller was born May 23, 1946 in Conway, daughter of the late Cecil Chestnut Graham and the late Eula Virginia Hardee Graham. She retired as a Mortgage Banker with Bank of America…
Read MoreLavana Elston: Nichols
1952 – 2018 Lavana Elston of Nichols passed away Monday, March 26, 2018 at her home in Nichols. She was 65. Mrs. Elston was born April 21, 1952 in Loris, daughter of the late Richard Gordon Johnson and the late Jean Powell Johnson. She worked as a data entry operator with Watson Clinic and was…
Read MoreClifford Lee Morgan, Jr.: Loris
1962 – 2018 Clifford Lee Morgan, Jr. of Loris passed away Monday, March 26, at McLeod Loris hospital. He was 56. Mr. Morgan was born Jan. 6, 1962 in Madison, West Virginia, son of the late Clifford Lee Morgan, Sr. and the late Patsy Yeager Morgan. Mr. Morgan worked as an appliance repairman and was…
Read MoreKatie Spivey: Tabor City
1927 – 2018 Katie Spivey of Tabor City died Thursday, March 29, in Lower Cape Fear Hospice and LifeCenter, Whiteville. She was 91. Born Jan. 5, 1927 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Nathan Pink McPherson and Sally Jane Garrell McPherson and the widow of J.W. Spivey. She is survived by…
Read MoreDrug & gun charges for Virginia fugitive from TC
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Weapon and drug charges have been leveled against a Tabor City man found inside a “suspicious vehicle” earlier this week, Columbus County Sheriff Lewis Hatcher says. Shonte Jarrel Hutchinson, 41, of Pine Circle Drive in Tabor City was arrested after Vice/Narcotics took over the investigation Tuesday, Hatcher said in a news…
Read MoreDail Brooks Hardie: Clarendon
1929 – 2018 Dail Brooks Hardie of Clarendon died Tuesday, March 27, in the Lower Cape Fear Hospice and LifeCare Center, Whiteville. He was 88. Born Aug. 24, 1929 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late Jobe Lee Hardie and Edna Ruth Ward Hardie and widower of Emma Neil Ward Hardie. He…
Read MoreLouise McDowell Ague: Loris
1962 – 2018 Louise McDowell Ague of Loris passed away on Sunday, March 25, at her daughter’s home in Conway. She was 55. Mrs. Ague was born on April 17, 1962 in Loris, daughter of the late, James McDowell and the late Martha Rabon. Mrs. Ague was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Survivors…
Read MoreLHS soccer player accused of threats against team, coach, over necklace
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Update Zachary Jamaine Jordan, 18, of Hwy 746, Loris, was arrested by Loris police on Tuesday, booking records at J. Reuben Long Detention Center near Conway show. Jordan was charged in Friday’s incident involving the Loris High School soccer team. He was charged with kidnapping, assault and battery in the second…
Read MoreTabor’s growing, state too, Columbus declines
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com North Carolina is growing, new U.S. Census figures show, and Tabor City is growing more. Population estimates released by the federal agency Thursday show Tabor City’s growth between April 2010 and July 2016 at 7.04 percent, eclipsing the statewide average of 6.5 percent. Tabor City’s growth is in stark contrast to…
Read MorePatricia Cartrette Hernandez: Tabor City
1956 – 2018 Patricia Cartrette Hernandez of Tabor City died Tuesday, March 27, in Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, Myrtle Beach. She was 61. Born Oct. 26, 1956 in El Paso, Texas, she was the daughter of Clara Norris Cartrette and the late Rayford Cartrette. In addition to her mother, she is survived by one…
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