Area Obituaries

1955 – 2021      LaSandra Strickland Grimsley of Florence went home to be with the Lord on Monday, Aug. 23. She was 66.      Mrs. Grimsley was born a daughter of Gerata Grainger Strickland and the late William Dailey Strickland. She was a member of Wannamaker Baptist Church and an accomplished organist and pianist.      Mrs. Grimsley earned…

1952 – 2021      Lee Ethel Vereen of Tabor City died Saturday, Aug. 21, at Atrium Health Union in Monroe. She was 68.      Surviving are her sons, Darrick Vereen and Harry McCoy of Tabor City and Ralph Vance McCoy of Wadesboro; brothers, Charles Vereen of Elizabeth City, Franklin Vereen and Albert Vereen of Columbia, Darrell Vereen…

1951 – 2021      Steve Russ of Loris passed away Sunday, Aug. 22. He was 70.      Mr. Russ was born in Union, a son of the late Lewis Guide and Mary Ann Todd Russ. He was a member of Lawndale Baptist Church where he served as a Deacon.      In addition to his parents, he was predeceased…

1922 – 2021      Isabel M. Gibson of Loris passed away Sunday, Aug. 22, at Loris Nursing and Rehab Center after an extended illness. She was 98.      She was born Sept. 18, 1922 in Winnsboro and was the daughter of the late Ralph Hannahan McDowell and the late Lucille Gladden McDowell.      She grew up in Winnsboro…

1929 – 2021      Eloise Elenora Martin of Loris died Aug. 6, in McLeod Seacoast Hospital. She was 92.      Born Aug. 3, 1929 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Dewey Norris and Jettie Spivey Norris.      She is survived by one daughter, Patricia Martin and husband Robert Flynn of Houston, Texas; two sons,…

1936 – 2021      Carlton Monroe Cartrette of Whiteville died Saturday, Aug. 21, in Columbus Regional Healthcare, Whiteville. He was 85.      Born July 5, 1936 in Columbus County he was the son of the late Cleve McCoy “C.M.” Cartrette and Rebecca McPherson Cartrette and the widower of Blonnie Cribb Cartrette.      He is survived by his children,…

1970 – 2021      Don Wayne Prince of Whiteville died Saturday, Aug. 21, in his home. He was 51.      Born Feb. 27, 1970 in Columbus County, he was the son of Barbara Mae Hardwick Prince and the late Wayne Prince.      In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Pamela Tatum Prince of the…

1945 – 2021      Billy Wayne Turbeville of Tabor City died Sunday, Aug. 22, in Lower Cape Fear LifeCare Center, Whiteville. He was 76.      Born May 31, 1945 in Marion County, he was the son of the late Crayton Turbeville and Margaret Sue Fowler Turbeville Mason.      He is survived by one son, Danny Wayne Turbeville and…

1927 – 2021      Marie Sarvis Norris of Loris moved to her eternal home on Sunday, Aug. 22. She was 94.      Born May 16, 1927 in Loris, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Walter Sarvis and the late Lucille Pender Sarvis. Mrs. Norris was a homemaker, co-founder and mother of Mt. Hebron Church.      Survivors…

1932 – 2021      Etherie Tyler Cox of Loris passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 17. She was 88.      Born Oct. 11, 1932 in Loris, she was the daughter of the late Andrew Jackson Tyler and the late Letha Holmes Todd.      Mrs. Cox was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church.      Survivors include her sons, Terry Cox…