Area Obituaries

1937 – 2020      Emma Jane Norris Spivey of Tabor City died Friday, June 12, in Liberty Commons, Whiteville. She was 82.      Born Aug. 18, 1937 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Carter Braxton Cartrette and Beaulah Sellers Cartrette and the widow of Everett Norris and Joseph Spivey.      She is survived by…

1931 – 2020      Paul McLennon Long of Nakina passed away quietly on Friday, June 12, , surrounded by family at Angel House Hospice, Whiteville. She was 88.      Born Aug. 26, 1931 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late Fletcher McLennon Long and Versie Watts Long.      Paul was a Veteran of the United…

1958 – 2020      Pamela Faith Roldan of Green Sea died Thursday, June 11, in McLeod Loris hospital. She was 62.      Born Feb. 24, 1958 in Washington, D.C., she was the daughter of the late Patrick Anthony Higginbotham, Sr. and Barbara Ann Brenaman.      She was a member of Seventh Day Adventist Church and a member of…

1958 – 2020      Rodney “Ronnie” Caines of Whiteville died Thursday, June 11, in his home. He was 61.      Born Nov. 6, 1958 in Bladen County, he was the son of the late Rodney Caines and Macie Jane Cannon Lewis.      He is survived by his sister, Teresa Campbell of Hickory; a brother, Harold Lewis of Hallsboro;…

1933 – 2020      Elsie Cansler Graham of Loris entered into eternal rest on Friday, June 5. She was 87.      She was born on Feb. 28, 1933 in Edgefield to the late Isaac Avery Cansler and the late Myrtle Ann Workman Cansler.      She was married to the late Floyd Elmon Graham. The two made their living…

1958 – 2020      Curtis Brian Pedersen of Loris passed away on June 2, at his home following an illness. He was 61.      Born July 18, 1958 in Shelby, Montana, he was the son of Mrs. Beverly Yvonne Onstad Pedersen and the late Merlyn Oscar Pedersen.      Mr. Pedersen worked in the hotel laundry service at Harbour…

1959 – 2020      Tamera Hufford Cartrette of Green Sea, died Friday June 5, in Embrace Hospice Myrtle Beach. She was 60.      Born in Horry County, she was the daughter of Bonnie Faye Page Hufford of Loris and the late Art Hufford Jr.      She was a member of Green Sea Baptist Church.      In addition to her…

1931 – 2020      John James Gore of Jacksonville, Florida, went home to be with his Lord on Thursday, June 4, at his residence. He was 88.      He was born in his childhood home in Tabor City on June 6, 1931.      Mr. Gore married his soul mate Flora Belle Gore on June 28, 1953 in Tabor…

1931 – 2020      Lehman P. Johnson of Nichols passed away Wednesday, June 3. He was 88.      Born in Horry County, the son of the late Albert Mayberry and Margaret Dawsey Johnson, Mr. Johnson was a veteran of the United States Army.      Mr. Johnson lived in Charlotte, for 35 years prior to his retirement, moved to…

1955 – 2020      Olen Terence “Terry” Lovett, a lifelong resident of Tabor City, passed away at MUSC in Charleston on June 1. He was 64.      He was born Aug. 13, 1955 in Marion. He was the son of the late Olen Lovett and Jean Dimmery Lovett. He was a graduate of Tabor City High School…