Area Obituaries

1943 – 2020      Sue Ann Norris of Myrtle Beach died Saturday, May 2, in her home. She was 77.      She was born in Tabor City to Davis Floyd Norris and Jennie Estalean Norris.      She graduated from Tabor City High School and East Carolina University. Ms. Norris taught school and retired from Loris Elementary School and…

1945 – 2020      Roger Delane McPherson of the Beaverdam community, Chadbourn, died Friday, May 1, in his home. He was 74.      Born June 6, 1945 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late Dock Shelton and Mattie Godwin McPherson.      He is survived by his wife, Brenda N. McPherson of the home; two sons,…

1932 – 2020      Peggy Harrelson Clemons of Green Sea went to be with her heavenly father on Tuesday, April 28, after an extended illness. She was 87.      Mrs. Clemons was born Dec. 18, 1932 in Loris to the late Harmon Quincy Harrelson and the late Minnie Pridgen Harrelson. She was a member of Green Sea…

1966 – 2020      Dana Michele Clark-Strickland of Las Vegas, Nevada died Tuesday, April 14.      She was the daughter of Jon and Diana Holten of Las Vegas, Nevada.      She was a 1984 gradate of Bishop Gorman High School and she went on to receive her Doctorate of Nurse Practitioning from Grand Canyon University in 2017.      Dana…

1933 – 2020      William “Bill” Norman Herring of Tabor City died Tuesday, April 28, in his home. He was 87.      Born March 16, 1933 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late Donnie Daniel and Curlie Soles Herring.      He is survived by his wife of 69 years, Carolyn Duncan Herring of the home;…

1930 – 2020      Junior Godwin of Chadbourn died Sunday, April 26, in his home.  He was 90.      Born Feb. 9, 1930 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late Arthur Milton Godwin Sr. and Helen Duncan Godwin.      He was a mason and a member of Chadbourn Lodge 190.      He is survived by four…

1939 – 2020      Shelby Jean Bryan of Whiteville died Saturday, April 25, in the Lower Cape Fear LifeCareCenter of Whiteville. She was 80.      Born in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Carson Jernigan and Dulah Mae Hardee Jernigan.      She was the widow of Kent Bryan.      She is survived by one daughter,…

1934 – 2020      Elizabeth Anne Wright of Sunset Beach passed away peacefully on April 23 at McLeod Seacoast, Little River. She was 85.      Born Sept. 15, 1934 in Tabor City, she was the daughter of the late Allard and Flossie McMillan Jernigan.      Mrs. Wright is survived by her husband of 64 years, Duncan C. Wright;…

1944 – 2020      Patricia Lynn Brown Tyler of Loris passed away on Monday, April 20, at her home. She was 75.      Mrs. Tyler was born on Aug. 7, 1944 in Loris, to the late Solomon C. Brown and the late Deaette Miller Brown.      Mrs. Tyler worked with Hardee’s IGA and Tiny Tot’s Daycare and was…

1927 – 2020      Eunice Pearl Edwards Martin, widow of H. L. Martin of the Lawndale section of Loris passed away Wednesday, April 22, at Conway Medical Center.      Born July 10, 1927 in Loris, she was the daughter of Lewis A. Edwards and Emma Jean Rogers Edwards.      In addition to her husband of 65 years and…