Kathleen Ray Fowler: Tabor City
Kathleen Ray Fowler of Tabor City died Tuesday, July 21 in Liberty Commons Nursing Center, Whiteville. She was 90. Born Aug. 24, 1924 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Simon Peter Ray and Mary Faulk Ray. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Lyman…
Read MoreBetty Johnson: Tabor City
Betty Johnson of Tabor City died Tuesday, July 14 at Lower Cape Fear Hospice Care Center in Whiteville. She was the daughter of Mack and Florda Williams. Funeral services were held 11 a.m. Saturday, July 18 at Mitchell Sea Baptist Church in Green Sea. Burial followed in the Hills Chapel Cemetery in…
Read MoreCarolyn June Sprinkle Foley: Loris
Carolyn June Sprinkle Foley of Loris passed away Friday, July 17. She was 80. Mrs. Foley was born in Mill Creek, West Virginia and was the daughter of the late Harlan Sprinkle and the late Iva Swiger Sprinkle. She was a homemaker and was a member of the Trinity Baptist Church. Survivors…
Read MoreRailroad incentives pushed up
By DEUCE NIVEN With assurances that their investment to help restore a long dormant rail line is safe, Columbus County Commissioners agreed Thursday to take $1.8 million from county savings for an economic incentives package. Commissioners earlier pledged support to the eventual buyer of Carolina Southern Railroad, its locomotives idled for nearly four…
Read MoreMarie Gayle Norris: Tabor City
Marie Gayle Norris of Tabor City died Tuesday, July 7. She was 36. Born Oct. 17, 1978 in Horry County, she was the daughter of Duane Norris of Jacksonville, Florida and Avonda Merle James Norris of Tabor City. In addition to her parents, she is survived by one son, James Avery…
Read MoreEva Fairfax Strickland: Tabor City
Eva Fairfax Strickland of Tabor City departed for her Heavenly home Sunday, July 12. She was 84. She was born Feb. 22, 1931, a daughter of the late Alex and Mamie Hilbourn Fairfax. She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Elton Farley Strickland, Sr.; two brothers, Wade Fairfax and…
Read MoreMyrtle Jane Jacobs: Tabor City
Myrtle Jane Jacobs of Tabor City died Friday, July 10, in Lower Cape Fear Hospice and Life Care Center, Whiteville. She was 88. Born in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Johnny E. Singletary and Ella Faircloth Singletary. She was the widow of Dupree Joseph Jacobs. She is survived…
Read MoreBobby Ray Brown, Sr.: Loris
Bobby Ray Brown, Sr. of Loris passed away peacefully on July 10, at McLeod Loris hospital. He was 73. He was born Feb. 19, 1942 in Horry County, a son of the late James Bruce Brown and the late Mattie Phillips Brown. He was a longtime farmer in the Green Sea community and…
Read MoreFisherman drowns in Whiteville pond
By DEUCE NIVEN An elderly man fishing in a pond near his Whiteville home drowned after slipping into the water Friday afternoon, Columbus County Assistant Coroner William Hannah said. Daniel Carl Walters, 67, of Hickory Road in the Southwood subdivision, apparently slipped into a pond just across U.S. 701 from the housing development…
Read MoreLloyd “Porky” Mishoe: Loris
Lloyd “Porky” Mishoe of Loris passed away Tuesday, July 7. He was 46. Mr. Mishoe was born in Thomasville, a son of the late Lloyd Daniel “L. D.” Mishoe, Sr. and the late Brenda Singletary Mishoe. In addition to his parents, Mr. Mishoe was predeceased by his wife, Jackie Grantham Mishoe. …
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