Area Obituaries

1945 – 2022      Sarah Margaret Long of Nakina passed away Friday, April 29, at Columbus Regional Healthcare in Whiteville. She was 77.      Sarah was born March 11, 1945 in Paterson, New Jersey, the daughter of the late John Burton and Helen Bishop Burton.      Survivors include three sons, Bobby Morris Long Jr. and Christopher Alan Long of Nakina…

1949 – 2022      Mary R. “Bonnie” Ward of Tabor City passed away Tuesday, April 26, 2002, at MUSC in Charleston. She was 72.      She was born Dec. 10, 1949, a daughter of the late Erskine Strickland and Bertha Calder Strickland.      Survivors include her husband, Corbett Ward, Jr. of the home; one son, Jeff (Jessica) Watts…

1994 – 2022      Kristina Mae Jacobs of Tabor City died Thursday, April 28, from injuries sustained from a car accident. She was 27.      Born Dec. 15, 1994 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of Jiles Jacobs and Dawn Beal Stover.      In addition to her parents, she is survived by her son, Malachi Almond; her…

1947 – 2022      Tommy Gordon Sing of the Pireway Community, Tabor City, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 26, at his home. He was 74.      Born Oct. 1, 1947, in Loris, he was the son of the late William Gordon Sing and Mary Ellis Sing.      Tommy was a 1965 graduate of Nakina High School, a…

1946 – 2022      Sara Jernigan Ward of Green Sea died peacefully Tuesday, April 26, in McLeod Loris hospital. She was 75.      She was the daughter of the late James Carson Jernigan and Kathleen Ray Jernigan.      She is survived by her husband, Elroy Ward of Green Sea; two sons, Michael Ward (April) of Green Sea and Mitchell D.…

1957 – 2022      Aaron Watts of Tabor City passed away Monday, April 25, in Whiteville. He was 64.      Born Oct. 17, 1957 in Tabor City, he was a son of the late Leroy and Doris Jean (Herring) Watts.      Survivors include his sister, Lisa Watts of Loris; two brothers, Orrin and Adam Watts, both of Green…

1945 – 2022      Mary Ann O’Connor of Longs passed away on Thursday, April 21, at McLeod Loris hospital. She was 76.      Born April 25, 1945 in Okemah, Oklahoma, she was the daughter of the late L.T. Burnett and the late Willie Scribner Burnett. Mrs. O’Conner worked for the city of Tulsa in Oklahoma until her…

1993 – 2022      Cameron Jule Lemmons of Tabor City died on April 19 in McLeod Regional Medical Center, Florence. He was 28.      Born in Columbus County, he was the son of Randall Eugene Lemmons Jr. and Joanna Smith Lemmons.     He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and currently a sergeant with the Whiteville Police…

1986 – 2022      Toni Kate Dew of Conway died on Easter Sunday, April 17, in her home surrounded by her loving family. She was 35.      Born Nov. 26, 1986 in Raleigh, she was the daughter of the late Tony Andrew Dew and Retanne Baker Wright.      She is survived by one sister, Adrian Dew of Charlotte;…

1999 – 2022      Savannah Grace Harris of Marion died Monday, April 18, in Grand Strand Medical Center, Myrtle Beach. She was 22.      Born Dec. 26, 1999 in Florence County, she was the daughter of Thurman Lee Harris of Tabor City and the late Lisa Renee Lyles Harris.      In addition to her father she is survived…