Post Office in Fair Bluff to re-open Wednesday
By DEUCE NIVEN Closed for more than two months in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew, the U.S. Post Office in Fair Bluff is scheduled to re-open at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Postmaster Harriett Epps said Tuesday. “We’re finally ready,” Epps said. Located in the heart of Fair Bluff’s downtown business district, the Post…
Read MoreShane Smith: Loris
1978 – 2016 Shane Smith of Loris passed away Monday, Dec. 12. He was 38. Shane was born in Granbury, Texas, a son of Deborah Harris-Strait and the late Franklin Lavon Smith. In addition to his father, he was predeceased by his grandfathers, Edwood W. Cox and Leo Smith, Sr. Survivors…
Read MoreMable L. Pugh: Tabor City
Mable L. Pugh of Tabor City passed away Sunday, Dec. 4 in the Lower Cape Fear Hospice Center in Whiteville. She was 68. She is survived by her two daughters, Patricia Smith of Tabor City and Elizabeth Brown of Loris. Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 10 at…
Read MoreFlora Belle Gore: Jacksonville, Fla.
1927 – 2016 Flora Belle Gore of Jacksonville, Florida died Dec. 7 in Jacksonville. She was 89. Born in Columbus County on Dec. 7, 1927, she was the daughter of the late John B. and Mollie Belle Gore. Mrs. Gore was an educator. She taught at Tabor City Elementary School for 10…
Read MoreLinda Haven Beasley: Tabor City
1956 – 2016 Linda Haven Beasley of Tabor City died Friday, Dec. 9, in her home. She was 60. Born April 30, 1956 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late William and Effie Ward Phillips and the widow of Ernie Davis Beasley. She is survived by three daughters, Melissa…
Read MoreRembert Hedgecoe Clemons: Green Sea
1935 – 2016 Rembert Hedgecoe Clemons of Green Sea died Friday, Dec. 9 in his home. He was 81. Born in Horry County, he was the son the late Wesley and Blanche Foley Clemons. He is survived by one son, Greg Clemons of Tabor City, granddaughter, Ashlee Brooke Hardwick of Tabor…
Read MoreAces high as Stallion grid season ends
Aces were high as the Stallions of South Columbus High School stumbled in the Eastern 2A North Carolina High School football finals at Civitan Stadium Friday night, 50-14. South Columbus scored first and last with the Aces of Edenton Holmes scoring in every quarter, small but quick a talented team often skirting around…
Read MoreChild sex arrest in 2014 case
By DEUCE NIVEN Child sex warrants were served on a Clarendon man Thursday in a June 2014 case, Columbus County Sheriff’s Office reports show. Wallace Jason Rogers, 39, of Campbell Park Drive, Clarendon, was charged with first-degree sex offense with a child younger than 13 and indecent liberties with a child. He is…
Read MoreSteven Wayne Buffkin: Tabor City
1963 – 2016 Steven Wayne Buffkin of Tabor City died Thursday, Dec. 8, in his home. He was 53. Born Oct. 23, 1963 in Horry County, he was the son of Betty Ruth Merritt James of Tabor City and the late Stevie Roy Buffkin. In addition to his mother, he is survived…
Read MoreBelle Bruton: Tabor City
1923 – 2016 Belle Bruton of Tabor City, 93, died Wednesday, Dec. 7, at her daughter’s home. She was 93. She was born May 16, 1923 in Nakina, the daughter of the late Ballon and Ida Rhodes Watts and the widow of Harry Floyd Bruton, Sr. She was a member of Iron…
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