Area Obituaries

1945 – 2020      Floyd Robert Hinson of the Beaverdam Community, Clarendon, died Friday, Nov. 13 in Columbus Regional Healthcare, Whiteville. He was 75.      Born April 19, 1945 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late Walter and Carrie Ward Hinson and the widower of Polly Ann Cartrette Hinson.      He is survived by one…

1931 – 2020      Genell Henderson of Loris passed away on Nov. 12, at McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence. She was 89.      Ms. Henderson was born on Oct. 8, 1931 in Mullins to the late Edward Worth Henderson and the late Zelma Lee Stephens Henderson. Ms. Henderson worked as a Payroll Secretary at M.T.I in…

1957 – 2020      Charlotte Kay Bennett of Greenville, North Carolina passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 10. She was 63.      Ms. Bennett was born July 25, 1957 in Southport to the Mr. Jonathan Bennett and the late Charlotte Jane Milliken Brown. Ms. Bennett was a loving mother, grandmother, and sister.      Survivors include her son, Lonnie Ray…

1943 – 2020      Clara Pearl Norris Hinson of the Beaverdam Community, Chadbourn, died Wednesday Nov. 11 in Shoreland Health Care Center, Whiteville. She was 77.      Born June 17, 1943 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Ezra “Ted” Norris and Rachel Mattie Graves Norris.      She is survived by her husband, Oscar Odell…

1953 – 2020      Gary Hardee of Tabor City passed away on Saturday, Nov. 7. He was 67.      Mr. Gary Hardee was born Aug. 5, 1953 in Conway to the late Leon Hardee and the late Tessie Johnson Hardee. Mr. Hardee was the owner and operator of Gary’s Plumbing. He loved his family dearly, was an…

1954 – 2020      Barbara Ann Spivey of Loris died Wednesday, Nov. 4, in her home with her loved ones by her side. She was 65.      Born Dec. 25, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois, she was the daughter of the late Michael Edward Palumbo and Virginia Stewart Palumbo.      She was a private nurse for more than 30…

1936 – 2020      Lavenia Martin Huggins of the Mount Olive Community died at home Wednesday, Nov. 4, after a long illness. She was 84.      Funeral services were planned for 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at Mt. Olive Baptist Church, burial, directed by Hardwick Funeral Home, following in the church cemetery.      Family planned to receive friends…

1939 – 2020      Miriam Ann Spivey Quinn of Jacksonville, Florida went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, Oct. 21. She was 81.      She was born in Loris, South Carolina on June 27, 1939, daughter of the late Durwood and Bertha Spivey (Mishoe). Miriam married the love of her life, Thomas F.…

1929 – 2020     Miona Kearse Fonvielle of Tabor City died Thursday, Oct. 22, in her home. She was 19.      Born March 28, 1929 in Bamburg, she was the daughter of the late George McMillian and Annie Mae Kearse McMillian and the widow of Harold Lindsay Fonvielle, Sr.      She is survived by a daughter-in-law, Joanne…

1941 – 2020      Frances Mincey McInnis of Sumter, beloved wife of 60 years to Walter M. McInnis, died Tuesday, Oct. 20, at Prisma Health Richland. She was 79.      Born in Loris on Aug. 19, 1941, she was the daughter of the late James Preston Mincey and Anniebell Grainger Mincey.      Mrs. McInnis had worked at Campbell’s…