Area Obituaries

1937 – 2022      Fulton Autry Barnhill of Loris died Monday, Jan. 10, in Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, Myrtle Beach. He was 85.      Born in Horry County, he was the son of Robert William Barnhill and Flossie Graham Barnhill.      He is survived by three sisters, Betty Hardee of Longs, Flossie McManus of Georgetown, and Elna…

1944 – 2022      Wilbur Ronald Hayes of Clarendon died Saturday, Jan. 22, at McLeod Loris hospital. He was 78.      Born Jan. 16, 1944 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late Charlie Wilbur Hayes and Alta Osborne Hayes of Nakina.      In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his only…

1941 – 2022      William Carl “Short” Suggs of Green Sea, Sr. passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 19, at Conway Medical Center. He was 80.      Born Nov. 22, 1941 in Loris, he was a son of the late William Kenneth and Oney (Suggs) Suggs.      He is survived by his wife, Bridgett Buffkin of the home; sons…

1945 – 2021      Rosanne Claytor of Loris went to be with the Lord, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. She was 76.      Rosanne was born Feb. 13, 1945 in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of the late Matthew Gambuzza and the late Bernice Gambuzza.      She is survived by Carl, her husband of 39 years; stepson Lee Claytor,…

1951 – 2022      Darlene Adkins Gleason of Florence passed away on Saturday, Jan. 15, at McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence. She was 70.      Born Jan. 19, 1951 in Jacksonville, she was the daughter of the late Kenneth Wesley Adkins and the late Beulah Mae Russ Adkins. Ms. Gleason was a member of Socastee Baptist…

1946 – 2022      Pacita T. “Pat” Altman of Loris passed away Friday, Jan. 14, at her residence. She was 75.      Born Sept. 7, 1946 in Conway, she was the daughter of the late Davis Ethele Tyler and Ethel Tyler. She and her husband established the former Altman’s Seafood in Loris.      Surviving are her husband of…

1934 – 2022      Emeline Jones Rankin of the Allsbrook Community near Loris passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 11, at Shoreland Health Care and Retirement Center in Whiteville. She was 87.      Born July 15, 1934 in the Buck Creek Community, she was the daughter of the late George Washington Jones, Sr., and the late Mildred Oxner…

1945 – 2022      Alton Parker Ewing, Jr. passed away on Monday, Jan. 10, at his home in Loris. He was 76.      Born Feb. 28, 1945 in Atlanta, Georgia, he was the son of the late Alton Parker Ewing, Sr. and the late Juliett Victoria Lynn Ewing.      Mr. Ewing served his country with courage, honor, and…

1928 – 2022      Elsie Mae Fowler Bennett Harrelson of Tabor City, widow of the late Royce Harrelson, passed away on Monday, Jan. 10, at Shoreland Health Care & Retirement Center in Whiteville. She was 93.      Born Aug. 3, 1928 in Tabor City, she was a daughter of the late Worth and Sanatha Fowler. Her father…

1949 – 2022      Edward Gene Spivey of Tabor City died Monday, Jan., 10, in Lower Cape Fear Hospice & Life Care Center, Whiteville. He was 72.      Born in Columbus County, he was the son of Leon Brooks Spivey and Lucille Livingston Spivey.      In addition to his mother, he is survived by two sisters, Edwina Dorman…