Area Obituaries

1963 – 2020      Jeffrey Cox of Pennsylvania and formerly of Loris passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 14, at his home in Adah, Pennsylvania. He was 56.      Mr. Cox was formerly of Loris. Mr. Cox was born on October 7, 1963 in Charleston, to the late Orian Cecil Cox and Etherie Tyler Cox.      Mr. Cox worked…

1944 – 2020      Anita Pearl Gore of Clarendon died Monday, Jan. 13, in her home. She was 75.      Born July 28, 1944 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Charlie Battle Gore and Macie Belle Thompson Gore.      She was a member of Sweet Home Baptist Church.      She is survived by two sisters,…

1934 – 2020      Joann Sawyer Barringer of Loris passed away Sunday, Jan. 12, at her home following an illness. She was 85.      Mrs. Barringer was born on Dec. 29, 1934 in Conway to the late Burroughs Charles Sawyer and the late Bertha Mae Richardson Sawyer.      Mrs. Barringer was a longtime member of Buck Creek Baptist…

1930 – 2020      Carlisle D. Bellamy of Loris passed away Saturday, Jan. 11, at his residence. He was 89.      Mr. Bellamy was born Dec. 15, 1930 in Longs, a son of the late Robert L. and Claudia Bellamy. He was a Veteran of the United States Army and was a longtime member of Camp Swamp United…

1944 – 2020      Ronald Lee Lennox of Loris passed away Friday, Jan. 10, at his residence. He was 75.      Born Jan. 14, 1944 in Fort Dix, New Jersey, he was the son of the late Harry Thomas Lennox, Sr. and Ruth Lafferty Lennox. Mr. Lennox served in the US Army for six years, where he…

1940 – 2020      Carrie Lou Wilson Wright of Tabor City died Friday, Jan. 10, in her home. She was 79.      Born Feb. 27, 1940 in Horry County, she was the daughter of the late Arthur Wilson and Annie Livingston Wilson and the widow of Jerry Lee Wright.      She is survived by one daughter, Jerri Price…

1947 – 2020      Ethel Aileen Williams of Clarendon died Friday, Jan. 10, in her home. She was 72.      Born March 11, 1947 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Golie Richard Jacobs and Mary Aileen Jones Jacobs and the widow of Robert Lee Williams.      She is survived by one daughter, Robin Brown…

1954 – 2020      Daphna Kaye Drish of Wilmington died Friday, Jan. 10, in the New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington.  She was 65.      Born Nov. 22, 1954 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Woodrow Wilson Perritte and Ethel Cartrette Perritte.      She is survived by her husband, John Michael Drish Sr.…

1948 – 2020      Joseph M. Peavy of Loris passed away Thursday, Jan. 9 at the VA Medical Center in Charleston. He was 71.      Joe was born Nov. 1, 1948, a son of the late L.B. and Vera Christmas Peavy.      He served in the United States Army for 8 years and was a member of Cane…

1955 – 2019      Senior Gwinnett County Magistrate Judge Emily Pate Powell of Buford, Georgia passed into glory on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019.  She was 64.      Emily was born in Richmond, Virginia on Sept. 30, 1955 to William Arnold Pate and Martha Powell Pate.      She is survived by her husband, Anthony O.L. Powell of the home;…