Nora Gail Norris: Chadbourn
1950 – 2017 Nora Gail Norris of Chadbourn died Wednesday, Aug. 9, in Lower Cape Fear Hospice and LifeCareCenter, Whiteville. She was 66. She was born Nov. 9, 1950 and was the daughter of the late Charlie Norman Rackley and Lucille Wright Wenger Rackley. She is survived by her husband, Daniel Grady Norris, Jr. of…
Read MoreGeneva Long: Tabor City
1927 – 2017 Geneva Long of Tabor City died Sunday, Aug. 6, in Columbus Regional Healthcare, Whiteville. She was 89. Born Oct. 17, 1927 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Prosper Stanley and Eva Lula Stanley and the widow of Sam Hardie and Willie Long. She is survived by three…
Read MoreWilliam Boyd (Bill) Rogers: Raleigh
1933 – 2017 William Boyd (Bill) Rogers of Raleigh completed his journey home on July 31, 2017 to the welcoming words, “Well done, my good and faithful servant.” He was 83. Born Aug. 17, 1933 in Tabor City as the third of four sons, Bill graduated from Tabor City High School in 1951, where he…
Read MoreShots fired at TC police after state line store robbery
By DEUCE NIVEN Shots were fired towards a Tabor City Police Department officer responding to a late Sunday night armed robbery at the Time Saver convenience store at the state line just south of Tabor City, an Horry County Police Department report said. Neither Officer Gary Lewis nor his patrol vehicle were hit when the…
Read MoreFlorida man shot dead on girlfriend’s porch
By DEUCE NIVEN Gunfire killed a Florida man visiting his girlfriend Saturday afternoon, Tabor City Police Chief Donald Dowless said. Jermaine Rodrick Nelson Vickers, 30, of Brandon, Florida, was shot and killed on the front porch of his girlfriend’s School Street home at about 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Dowless said. Dowless said the woman, who Vickers…
Read MoreRalph M. Fowler: Burlington
1920 – 2017 Ralph M. Fowler of Burlington, passed away on Friday, Aug. 4, at the Hospice Home after several months of failing health. He was 97. Born in Rocky Mount, he was the son of the late B. Worth Fowler and the late Sanatha Stevens Fowler and was married for 68 years to Myrtle…
Read MoreIris Janet “Jan” Fowler: Tabor City
1937 – 2017 Iris Janet “Jan” Fowler of Tabor City died Thursday, Aug. 3. She was 80. Born May 1, 1937 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Edgar Davis Jernigan and Macie Jewel Stevens Jernigan and the widow of Grover LaRue Fowler. She is survived by two sons, Timothy LaRue Fowler…
Read MoreOfficer, inmate assaulted at Columbus prison; Inmates overdose, too
By DEUCE NIVEN Local and state investigators are looking into the stabbing of a Correctional Officer at Columbus Correctional Institution (CCI) near the town of Brunswick, District Attorney Jon David said Friday. A series of incidents at CCI including the stabbing of the Correctional Officer, an apparently unrelated violent assault on an inmate, and two…
Read MoreRuth Fowler: Loris
1913 – 2017 Ruth Fowler of Loris of Loris died Thursday, Aug. 3, in Loris Rehab and Nursing Center. She was 104. Born April 3, 1913 in Horry County, she was the daughter of the late Sally Florence King and the widow of Montgomery “Mack Gumry” Fowler. In addition to her mother and husband, she…
Read MoreHomecoming parade Monday for World Series Dixie Deb champs
Columbus County Dixie Debs will be celebrated with a homecoming parade in Tabor City Monday afternoon on the heels of their World Series win in Alexandria, Louisiana Wednesday night. Scheduled to begin at 4 p.m., the parade will begin on Hickman Road south of the downtown area, proceed through downtown, turning right on East 5th…
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