Area Obituaries

1942 – 2020      Ronald Carson Shelley of Green Sea died Wednesday, Dec. 23, in Embrace Hospice Center, Myrtle Beach. He was 78.      Born Oct. 9, 1942 in Marion County, he was the son of the late Olin Rudolph Shelley and Lillie Mae Grainger Shelley.      He is survived by his wife, Sherry Jean Strickland Shelley of…

1977 – 2020      Joseph Quentin Norris of Tabor City died Monday, Dec. 21, in Columbus Regional Healthcare, Whiteville. He was 43.      Born Dec. 3, 1977 in Cleburne, Texas, he was the son of Patricia King Norris of Tabor City and the late Roy Norris.      In addition to his mother, he is survived by one so,:…

1952 – 2020      Sharon Mills Gott of Clarendon died Sunday, Dec. 20, in New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington. She was 68.      Born Jan. 9, 1952 in Loris, she was the daughter of the late Robert Lacy Mills and Evelyn Juanita Todd Mills Johnson.      She is survived by her husband, John Anthony Gott of the…

1935 – 2020      Donald W. Bellamy, Sergeant of the SCDNR (Ret.) passed away peacefully at his home in Longs on Monday, Dec. 21. He was 85.      Mr. Bellamy was born June 4, 1935 in Longs to the late I.T. Bellamy and the late Olive Vaught Bellamy. He was a devoted Christian and member of Mt.…

1967 – 2020      Prophet Sha-Ron Hemingway of Loris passed away Saturday, Dec. 19, at McLeod Seacoast hospital. He was 52.      Sha-Ron was born in Loris, the son of Bobby and Gladys Hemingway.      He was predeceased by a sister, Barbara Lyn Hemingway.      In addition to his parents of Loris, survivors include his wife, Veronica Ann Little…

1958 – 2020      Alisa Joy Long Duncan of Shallotte died Friday, Dec. 18. She was 62.      Born July 15, 1958 in Columbus County and reared in Brunswick County, she was the daughter of Betty Worrell Long and the late Otha J. Long.      In addition to her mother, she is survived by her husband, Thomas G.…

1933 – 2020      Minnie Virginia Strickland of Green Sea died Tuesday, Dec. 15, in her home. She was 97.      Born Oct. 29, 1933 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Horace Grady Turbeville and Inez Strickland Turbeville and the widow of Gene Tunney Strickland.      She is survived by one son, Terry Wayne…

1950 – 2020      Toni Vonice Martin Housand of Longs passed away on Monday, Dec. 14, at her home. She was 70.      Mrs. Housand was born Sept. 13, 1950 in Conway to the late William Joseph Martin and the late Helen Anderson Martin.      Mrs. Housand was an Accounting Manager with the Naval Air Station in Memphis,…

1979 – 2020      Bucky Dale “Buckshot” Cox of Loris passed away on Dec. 13, his 41st birthday.      Born Dec. 13, 1979, in Loris, he was reared there and followed in his father’s footsteps in the construction business.      He is survived by his two beloved sons, Colby Dale Cox and Mason Carter Cox of Loris; his…