Area Obituaries

1928 – 2021      Evelyn Norris Worley of Little River passed away from cancer on Sunday, Jan. 16, at her home. She was 92.      Born July 31, 1928, in Whiteville, she was the daughter of the late Ed Norris and the late Della Skipper Norris.      Mrs. Worley worked as a farmer with her husband until her…

1940 – 2021      Malcolm “Don” Owen Grainger of Loris passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 12. He was 80.      Mr. Grainger was born Dec. 7, 1940 in Loris to the late Malcolm Archie Grainger and the late Jennie Capytola Ward Grainger.      Mr. Grainger served his country with courage and honor in the United States Air Force.…

1940 – 2021      Harold D. Hardee of Loris passed away on Friday, Jan. 15. He was 80.      Mr. Hardee was born March 15, 1940 in Loris, a son of the late Donnie Woodrow Hardee and Valene Spivey Hardee.      He was predeceased by his wife, Betty J. Hardee; a brother, Ronald Alvin Hardee; and two sisters,…

1950 – 2021      Virginia Blanton Netzband of West Columbia died Tuesday, Jan. 5, in the Lexington Medical Center in West Columbia. He was 70.      Born Feb. 25, 1950 in Mullins, she was the daughter of the late Waddell Blanton and Elma Shelley Blanton.      She is preceded in death by brothers Paul Blanton and Walter Blanton;…

1948 – 2021      Ivan Anderson, Sr. of Loris passed away Tuesday, Jan. 12, at Conway Medical Center. He was 72.      Survivors include his wife of 35 years, Patricia Anderson of Loris; two sons, Kevin Lee Pryor and Ivan Anderson, Jr., both of Baltimore, Maryland; a daughter, Cathy Pryor of Frostburg, Maryland; and numerous grandchildren and…

1933 – 2021      Robert Cullen “Bob” Lytton, 87, formerly of “Bay Tree” in Little River, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 13, at River Park Assisted Living in Little River.      He was born Nov. 19, 1933 in Lumberton. Growing up in Elizabethtown, Bob excelled in the classroom and in athletics, playing baseball in high school and…

1944 – 2021      Melva Dean Bruton of Tabor City died Tuesday Jan. 12, at McLeod Loris hospital, Loris. She was 76.      Born in Conway, she was the daughter of Burbie Burbanks Wright and Lula Delilah Small Wright and the widow of Harry Floyd Bruton, Jr.      She is survived by one son, Harry “Rico” Floyd Bruton…

1964 – 2021      Wayland Devon Nobles of Chadbourn gained his heavenly wings on Sunday, Jan. 10. He was 56.      He was a very simple man who worked hard, loved his family, enjoyed working on his tractors and was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church and worked at Southern Industrial.      He was the son Cora…

1936 – 2021      Russell McAlister of Chadbourn entered into the presence of his Lord on Saturday, Jan. 9, at his home. He was 84.      Born Oct. 28, 1936, he was the son of the late Alonza and Aretha Frink McAllister.      He was also preceded in death by a sister, Helen Johnson; and three brothers, Alonza…

1957 – 2020      David Lambert Cox unexpectedly passed away on Dec. 20, 2020, at his home in Zephyrhills, Florida from a heart attack. He was 63.      Lambert lived most of his life in Tampa but had recently moved to Zephyrhills. He graduated from Myrtle Beach High School in 1975.      Lambert, as he mostly was referred,…