Area Obituaries

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…

1936 – 2020      Jimmy Wayne Fowler of the Cribbtown community near Chadbourn, died Tuesday, April 21, in his home.  He was 84.      Born Jan. 21, 1936 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late Robert L. Fowler and Mable Phipps Fowler.      He was a member of Welcome Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church.  He…

1935 – 2020      Marie Hazel Blanton of Tabor City died Monday, April 20. She was 84.      Born June 16, 1935 in Horry County, she was the daughter of the late Sam Causey and Lucy Wilson Causey and the widow of Odell Blanton.      She is survived by three daughters, Theresa Owens, Connie Williamson, and Wanda Hardee…

1934 – 2020      Enoch Ivey Lee of Whiteville died Monday, April 20, in Lower Cape Fear LifeCare Center in Whiteville.  He was 85.      Born Sept. 20, 1934 in Camden County, he was the son of the late Robert E. Lee and Irdell Wilson Lee and the widower of Nellie McPherson Lee.      He was a veteran…

1943 – 2020      Rifton ‘JR’ Joseph Gore, Jr., of Nakina died Saturday, April 18, in the McLeod Loris hospital. He was 76.      Born May 10, 1943 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late Rifton Joseph Gore, Sr. and Edith Gore.      He is survived by his wife Clara Lindsay Gore of the home;…