Area Obituaries

1981 – 2020      Hazel Arlene Stalvey of Tabor City died Saturday, May 16. She was 39.      She was the daughter of Irvin Stalvey of Tabor City and the late Hazel Spivey Stalvey.      In addition to her father, she is survived by her sons, Christian Lee Todd and Anthony Troy Norris of Tabor City; her daughter,…

1949 – 2020      Robert Joseph Malkmus, III of Loris passed away Monday, May 18, 2020 at McLeod Regional Medical Center of the Pee Dee. He was 71.      Mr. Malkmus was born on March 2, 1949 in Long Branch, New Jersey, to the late Robert Joseph Malkmus, Jr. and the late Edna Lorraine Morley Malkmus. Mr.…

1958 – 2020      Diana Pace Cartrette of Fort Worth, Texas went to be with our Lord on Tuesday, May 12,. She was 62.      Diana was born in Alexandria, Virginia to Allen and Marjorie Pace and was the youngest of five children. Diana married the love of her life, Tabor City native Jimmy Jack Cartrette, on…

1933 – 2020      I died today, May 17, 2020. However my spiritual body is more alive than it ever was on Earth and I’m dancing on streets of gold!      I was born Sept. 24, 1933 in Conway to Gurley Mace and Arlene Caines Cannon. I was blessed with four brothers, Olease, Wallace, Dennie, and Windle…

1983 – 2020      Anna Marie Hipp of Loris was the daughter of Robert Chester Hipp and Janice Weathers Hipp, who survive her. Anna was 37.      She was predeceased by her grandparents, J.C. and Edith Hipp of Loris, and Bill and Osie Weathers of Spartanburg.      Anna died at home in Loris on May 15 after an…

1947 – 2020      Flossie “Rose” Rosella Walker of Loris passed away on Thursday, May 14, at McLeod Loris hospital. She was 73.      Mrs. Walker was born on April 4, 1947 in Conway to the late William McKinnley Chestnut and the late Rosa Mae Chestnut.      Mrs. Walker was a long term resident of Tabor Commons in…

1961 – 2020      Raymond Morton Wicker of Mebane passed away peacefully at home on May 16, from esophageal cancer. He was 58.      Raymond was born in Chapel Hill on Sept. 24, 1961, the son of the late Raymond Blackwell Wicker Jr. and Joann Ruth Morton of Tabor City.      Raymond was a business analyst at XPO…

1944 – 2020      Brenda Tompkins of Tabor City died Tuesday, May 12, in Compass Rehab, Conway. She was 75.      Born Oct. 13, 1944 in Barnesville, she was the daughter of the late Sanford and Geraldine Page Jenkins and the widow of Dale Tompkins.      She is survived by one daughter, Page Tompkins Wallace and her husband…

1946 – 2020      Carolyn Yvonne Johnson Chestnut of Tabor City died Thursday, May 14, at her residence. She was 74.      Surviving are her husband, Wilbur Chestnut; daughter, Carol Chestnut of Durham; sister, Gloria Bradshaw of Conway; two grandchildren; and her mother-in-law, Mildred Chestnut of Tabor City.      Funeral services, for immediate family only with notification, were…

1962 – 2020      Allyson Strickland of Tabor City died Thursday, May 14, in Duke University Hospital, Durham. She was 57.      She was born in Mullins, Sept. 9, 1962, a daughter of the late Reginald and Clarice Dimmery Strickland.      Surviving are her husband, Eddie L. Strickland of the home; two daughters, Amanda Strickland and her husband…