Area Obituaries

1930 – 2022      Willa Rae Sloane Cox of Ocean Isle Beach passed away on Aug. 24 at the age of 92.      She was preceded by her father Joseph F. Boyd, mother Lula Mae Hardee, first husband George A. Sloane Jr., and second husband Connor F. Cox, and her two brothers Paul Hardee and Gene Hardee.…

1944 – 2022      Deanna Lynn Clayton of North Myrtle Beach passed away on Aug. 23. She was 77.      She was born Sept. 26, 1944 in Long Island, New York to the late Paul Lancey and Muriel Collins. She was a 1962 Graduate of Belleville Township High School, Belleville, Illinois. She had made North Myrtle Beach…

1958 – 2022      Russell Lee “Rusty” Avins of Sumter died Wednesday, Aug. 24, at his home. He was 63.      Born Dec. 10, 1958, in Sumter, he was a son of the late James Nunnery Avins and the late Mary Elizabeth “Peggy” Williams Nealy.      He was a U.S. Air Force veteran. He was a member of…

1957 – 2022      Robert “Bob” Worley of Chadbourn died on Friday, Aug. 19. He was 64.      Bob was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Sept. 16, 1957, to Cleon and Lola Ruth Worley (Powell).      After the family moved to Chadbourn, Bob was diagnosed with glomerulonephritis, a kidney disease, at 19. Being from a proud family of…

1937 – 2022      Lucille Little Gore of Loris entered eternal rest on Wednesday, Aug. 17, from McLeod Loris hospital. She was 84.      She was born Dec. 3, 1937 to the late Glenn Little and the late Dallie Gearld Little.      Lucille was preceded in death by her husband, Rev. James Alton Gore, Jr.; two sons, Mack…

1928 – 2022      John P. Graham of Loris died Friday, Aug. 19, in Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, Myrtle Beach. He was 93.      Born Sept. 20, 1928, he was the son of the late Franklin Brooks Graham and Annie Lewis Graham and widower of Henrietta Collins Graham.      He is survived by one daughter, Mary Fowler…

1959 – 2022      Aubrey Larry Stanley of Tabor City died Sunday, Aug. 14. He was 62.      Born Aug. 15, 1959, in Loris, he was the son of late Nick and Pearl Watts Stanley.      He is survived by his wife, Teresa Stanley of the home; one son, Quenton Stanley of Leland; one stepson, Eric Rouse of Loris;…

1932 – 2022      Sam T. Hooper passed away on Thursday, Aug. 11, peacefully at his home in Winter Garden, Florida. He was 90.      Born July 19, 1932, he was the son of the late George Richard Hooper and the late Pauline Elizabeth Power Hooper. He was born in Tallulah Falls, Georgia and grew up in…

1952 – 2022      Henry Oliver Holmes, Jr. of Tabor City passed away Sunday, Aug. 14, at his home. He was 70.      He was born March 1, 1952, in Horry County, the son of the late Henry Oliver Holmes and Mary Gertrude (Stevens) Holmes.      Henry was a lifetime member of Loris Masonic Lodge #205 and worked…

1954 – 2022      Alford Hemingway of Loris entered his eternal rest at McLeod Loris hospital on Sunday, Aug. 7. He was 68.      Born Feb. 10, 1954, he was a son of the Pink and Sarah Hemingway. Mr. Hemingway was also preceded in death by his wife of 47 years,  Yanner “Leona” Hemingway:, a daughter Janet…