Area Obituaries

1932 – 2021      Eugene Johnson of Conway passed away on Sunday, Jan. 3. He was 88.      Mr. Johnson was born on Aug. 18, 1932 in Conway to the late Kelly Thurman Johnson and the late Eva Mae Sawyer Johnson.      Mr. Johnson served his country with courage, honor, and dignity in the United States Army as…

1935 – 2020      Eva Mae Lewis Long of Loris passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020 at McLeod Loris hospital following an illness. She was 85.      Mrs. Long was born on Feb. 21, 1935 in Loris to the late Boyd Edward Lewis and the late Blanche Livingston Lewis.      Mrs. Long retired as an inspector from…

1950 – 2020      William Larry Leigh of Loris passed away on Monday, Dec. 28, 2020 at McLeod Loris hospital following an illness. He was 70.      Mr. Leigh was born Dec. 28, 1950 in Marion to the late Thomas Leigh and the late Vera Smith Leigh.      Mr. Leigh served his country with courage, honor, and dignity…

1958 – 2021      Donald “Don” Dwyne Swinney of Loris passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 6, at the Lower Cape Fear Angel House in Whiteville, following an illness. He was 62.      Born July 12, 1958 in Georgetown, he was the son of Mrs. Jackie Swinney and the late Marvin Dwyne Swinney. Mr. Swinney worked as security…

1951 – 2021      Kenneth Monroe Lawson of Loris passed away on Monday, Jan. 4, at McLeod Loris hospital. He was 69.      Mr. Lawson was born Feb. 7, 1951 in Winston Salem to the late Carson Lawson and the late Pauline Williams.      Mr. Lawson was a painter until his retirement and of the Baptist faith.      Survivors…

1939 – 2020      Paul Jesse Andrews of Loris passed away on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020 at McLeod Hospice House in Florence, following an illness. He was 81.      Born Aug. 16, 1939 in Delaware, he was the son of Mary Magdalene Andrews and the late Jesse Andrews.      Mr. Andrews worked as a carpenter until his retirement…

1943 – 2020      Paul Frederick Slater of Little River passed away on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020 at McLeod Loris hospital. He was 77.      Born March 5, 1943 in Penn Yan, New York, he was the son of the late Frederick Clarence Slater and the late Faith Evelyn Stryker Slater.      Mr. Slater served his country with…

1934 – 2020      Ladoska Ann Rabon Hardee of Myrtle Beach passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020 at Conway Medical Center. He was 86.      Mrs. Hardee was born on May 14, 1934 in Loris to the late Burroughs Rabon and the late Ruby Inez Buffkin Rabon.      Mrs. Hardee worked with Farmers Bank and then NBSC…

1940 – 2021      Jimmy Calvin McPherson, age 80, of the Beaverdam Community, Clarendon, died Wednesday, Jan. 6, in Columbus Regional Healthcare. He was 80.      Born Jan. 14, 1940 in Columbus County, he was the son of late Fred and Bessie McPherson.      He is survived by his wife, Betty Lou Cribb McPherson of the home; three…

1937 – 2021      David Eugene (Gene) West of Tabor City passed away at McLeod Loris hospital, surrounded by his loving family, on Monday, Jan. 4. He was 83.      He was born Dec. 1, 1937 to the late Thomas J. West and Mamie T. West of Mullins. In addition to his parents, Gene was predeceased by…