Area Obituaries

1942 – 2021      Eula Arnette Edwards of Millennium Township near Aulander passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 31 at her home surrounded by her family. She was 78.      Mrs. Edwards was born Dec. 13, 1942 to Otha and Jesse Watts Arnette in Tabor City. Eula was the baby of 11 children. She was a southern…

1950 – 2021      Levy Gerald Caines of Loris went home to be with Jesus on Tuesday, March 30. He was 70.      Mr. Caines was born in Loris, son of the late Baynard C. Caines and Golie Gerald Caines.      He attended Wampee Baptist Church, was an employee of Pruitt Health, and in his younger days he…

1949 – 2021      Retha P. Sturdivant of  Atlanta, Georgia, formerly of  the Dothan Community, Tabor City, entered eternal rest Sunday March 21, in Atlanta. She was 71. She was a retired educator.      Surviving to cherish her memories are her son, Eugene Sturdivant, Jr.; a life partner Walter Davis; siblings Jessie Pierce, Pauline Cook, Jerry Jenrette, Ernest…

1935 – 2021      William Carlie “W.C.” Graham, Jr. of Loris passed away on Sunday, March 28, at McLeod Loris hospital. He was 85.      Mr. Graham was born June 27, 1935 in Loris to the late William Carlie Graham, Sr., and the late Lula Inez Edwards Graham.      Mr. Graham was a retired farmer and a member…

1996 – 2021      Liam Michael Norris of Loris passed away on Saturday, March 27. He was 24.      Liam was born Nov. 22, 1996 in Loris to Christopher Mitchell Norris and Cathleen Hagan Norris. Liam was a graduate of Loris High School, attended Horry Georgetown Technical College, and currently worked with Coastal Medical Transport as a…

1930 – 2021      Lizzie Watts Smith of the Pireway Community, Tabor City, died Saturday, March 27, in McLeod Seacoast hospital, Little River. She was 90.      Born in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Ned and Gertie McLamb Watts and the widow of Hubert Elderidge Smith.      She is survived by one daughter, Vickie…

1958 – 2021      David Lavern Grainger passed away on Friday, March 26, at his home in Clarendon. He was 62.      Mr. Grainger was born on Oct. 10, 1958 in Georgetown to the late James Clayton Grainger, Sr. and the late Eva Vivian Vaught Grainger. Mr. Grainger worked in logging and as a truck driver, and…

1924 – 2021      Marble Marie Simmons Dudley of the Beaverdam Community, Chadbourn, died Friday, March 26, in Hock Family Pavilion in Durham. She was 96.      Born Sept. 14, 1924 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Charlie Clarence Simmons and Bertha McPherson Simmons and the widow of George Edward Dudley.      She was…

1949 – 2021      Richard Alan Hall of Clarendon died Thursday, March 18, in McLeod Seacoast hospital, Little River. He was 72.      Born Feb. 17, 1949 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late Cephas and Bernice McDowell Hall and the widower of Diane Grainger Hall.      He is survived by a daughter, Gina Dawn…

1996 – 2021      Jenny Logan Fowler of Tabor City and her unborn child, Blakely Langston, died in an automobile accident on Thursday, March 18. Jenny was 24.      Born October 1, 1996 in Horry County, Jenny was the daughter of Joseph Christopher Fowler and his wife, Annie and Rhonda Jones.      In addition to her parents, she…