Verdie Lee Greiner: Myrtle Beach
1936 – 2017 Verdie Lee Greiner of Myrtle Beach died Sunday, April 9, in Grand Strand Regional Medical Center. She was 80. Born Oct. 2, 1936 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Ivory Dewey Norris and Jettie Pearl Spivey Norris and the widow of William Earl Greiner. Mrs.…
Read MoreDouglas “Marvin” Arnette: Kannapolis
1942 – 2017 Douglas “Marvin” Arnette of Kannapolis passed away Wednesday morning, April 5 at his home surrounded by his family. He was 74. Born Nov. 1, 1942 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late Joseph Robert Arnette and Hazel Mae Stevens Arnette. He is survived by his three…
Read MoreOn the hunt
Story & Photo By DEUCE NIVEN Easter is in the air, the big weekend just a week away, with egg hunts on schedule throughout the Tabor-Loris Community and well into Columbus and Horry counties. Turnout was good for the hunt at Tabor City Elementary School Saturday morning, with a Greater Tabor City Chamber…
Read MoreHannah Floyd Skipper: Loris
1929 – 2017 Hannah Floyd Skipper of Loris passed away on Sunday, April 2 at her home. She was 87. Mrs. Skipper was born on April 30, 1929 in Green Sea, daughter of the late Ed Floyd and the late Auddie Strickland Floyd. Mrs. Skipper worked in the furniture business until her…
Read MoreSevere weather threat tonight
A risk for severe weather exists in Columbus and Horry counties tonight, and has already spawned a tornado watch through 8 p.m. for the entire area, a tornado warning south of Horry County earlier, and likely heavy rain and thunderstorms ending about daybreak Thursday, the National Weather Service reported. Horry County has moved…
Read MoreBody in burned building IDd, car sought
By DEUCE NIVEN FRIDAY UPDATE One of two women missing from Wilmington has been positively identified as one of the two bodies found burned in a building in northern Columbus County Monday night, a Columbus County Sheriff’s Office news release said Friday. Tiffany Cartwright, 35, was identified during an autopsy conducted at the…
Read MoreMack Norman Gore of Luttrell, Tenn.
1928 – 2017 Mack Norman Gore of Luttrell, Tennessee passed away Saturday, April 1, at his home with his family. He was 88. He was born in Tabor City, on Aug. 3, 1928. He was a retired truck driver from Roadway Express and served his country in the Merchant Marines. He was…
Read MoreLorena Faircloth Grant: Myrtle Beach
1923 – 2017 Lorena Faircloth Grant of Myrtle Beach passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, on Sunday, March 26. She was 93. Born Nov. 16 1923 in Tabor City, she was the widow of the late Richard Grant. She is survived by two children, Linda Hopkinson and Gary Grant; five grandchildren;…
Read MoreMarvella Davis Dorman: Tabor City
1927 – 2017 Marvella Davis Dorman of Tabor City, passed away Sunday, April 2, at McLeod Seacoast, Little River, after a brief illness. She was 89. Born June 21, 1927, she was the daughter of the late George Preston Davis and Lois Gilleon Davis of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She was preceded in death by…
Read MoreGeneva L. Long: Nakina
1923 – 2017 Geneva L. Long of Nakina died Saturday, April 1, in the Lower Cape Fear Hospice Center, Whiteville. She was 93. Born May 19, 1923 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late James Ransom and Lettie Long and the widow of Henry Joe Long. She is survived…
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