Area Obituaries

1943 – 2020      Jimmy Lee Fowler of Tabor City died Friday Aug. 7, in Burnsville. He was 77.      Born in Marion County, he was the son of the late Sam Hartford Fowler and Alma Virginia Avant Fowler.      He was a veteran of the U.S. Army.      He is survived by one son, James Christopher Fowler and…

1965 – 2020      Lilly Marie Soles Spivey of Chadbourn passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Aug. 5, , at the Lower Cape Fear LifeCare Center in Whiteville following a courageous battle with cancer. She was 55.      Marie was born on July 18, 1965 in Columbus County to the late Bobby Franklin and Wanda Kay Hammonds Soles.…

1927 – 2020      Bernice Marie Hall of Clarendon died Sunday, Aug. 9, in her home. She was 92.      Born Oct. 18, 1927 in Latta, she as the daughter of the late John Monroe McDowell and Ella Belle Alford McDowell and the widow of Cephas Hall.      She is survived by four sons, Richard Alan Hall and…

1940 – 2020      Carol Frances Sims Lones of Loris passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 5, at Conway Medical Center. She was 80.      Mrs. Lones was born on Jan. 16, 1940 in Washington, D.C., to the late Boyd Sims, Sr. and the late Louise Hyre Sims.      Mrs. Lones worked as a secretary until her retirement and…

1928 – 2020      Emma Mae Shepard Toth of Loris passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 6, at McLeod Seacoast. She was 92.      Mrs. Toth was born March 5, 1928 in Wilmington to the late Alfred Tillon Shepard and the late Mable Baton Shepard Watters.      Mrs. Toth was a homemaker and of the Advent Christian faith, but…

1967 – 2020      Angela “Angie” Bass Gore of the Beaverdam Community, Chadbourn, died Wednesday, Aug. 5, in Columbus Regional Healthcare, Whiteville. She was 53.      Born Feb. 11, 1967 in Cumberland County, she was the daughter of Bobby Gene Bass and Annette Trogdon Bass of Fayetteville.      She was a Columbus County School teacher for 30 years.…

1957 – 2020      Roxanne Nobles McDowell of Tabor City died Sunday, Aug. 2, in her home. She was 63.      Born July 30, 1957 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Willie Howard Nobles and Roxie Green Nobles.      She is survived by her fiancé: Ottis Martin of Tabor City; a daughter, Misty McDowell…

1956 – 2020      Jeffery “Jeff” Grainger of North Myrtle Beach passed away Monday, July 27. He was 63.      Jeff was born Sept. 24, 1956 in Florence, a son of Louise Buffkin Grainger and the late Harold Jackson Grainger. He was employed by Mavis Tire and loved horses.      Surviving in addition to his mother of Conway…

1937 – 2020      Gus Junior Page, Jr. of Loris passed away on Tuesday, July 28, at his home. He was 82.      Mr. Page was born on Sept. 6, 1937 in Mullins to the late Gus Junior Page, Sr. and the late Nellie Elliott Page Smith. He served his country with honor, courage, and distinction in…

1959 – 2020      Billy Ray Livingston was called home to the Lord on Saturday, July 25, from his home in the Boardman Community near Evergreen. Je was 60.      He was born Oct. 2, 1959 and grew up in Loris. Billy Ray was known as a loving and generous man and was well known all along…