Area Obituaries

1970 – 2020      Joey Harold Watts of Clarendon died Friday, Feb. 14, in his home. He was 49.      Born April 25, 1970 in Horry County, he was the son of John Watts and his wife Sharon and Mary “Bonnie” Ruth Strickland Ward and her husband Corbett.      He is survived by his wife, Melissa Kay Jernigan…

1924 – 2020      Mildred Elizabeth Smith Willoughby of Tabor City died Tuesday, Feb. 11, in Summit Place of North Myrtle Beach. She was 96.      Born Jan. 15, 1924 in Seward, Illinois, she was the daughter of the late Robert Hunter Smith and Blanche Myrtle McCartin Smith.      She is survived by her husband of 73 years,…

1950 – 2020      Willie Lee Moss, Jr., of Green Sea died Tuesday, Feb. 11, in McLeod Loris hospital. He was 69.      Born June 6, 1950 in Marion County, he was the son of the late Willie Lee “Bill” Moss, Sr. and Evelyn Lovette Moss and the widower of Elizabeth Andrea Benton Moss.      He is survived…

2001 – 2020      Rashawn Demetrius Smith of Tabor City died on Saturday, Feb. 8. He was 18.      Surviving to cherish his memories are; his guardians, Bobby and Luberta Hunter; sisters Sheronda White, Brittany Smith, and Jeanne Norris; brothers Jonathan Smith, Bobby Smith, Jamine Smith and Daquan Jackson.      Family is receiving friends at 117 Jessie Street,…

1941 – 2020      Janice Gore Smith of Whiteville died Monday, Feb. 10, in the Lower Cape Fear LifeCare Center, Whiteville. She was 78.      Born July 2, 1941 in Robeson County, she was the daughter of the late Joe Lupton and Del Bella Gore.      She is survived by one daughter, Sheila Caines and husband William of…

1949 – 2020      Roger Dale Watts, Sr., of Longs passed away on Sunday, Feb. 9, at Embrace Hospice House surrounded by his loving family. He was 70.      Mr. Watts was born on Aug. 23, 1949 in Tabor City, to the late Norman Watts, Sr. and the late Elizabeth Milligan Watts.      Mr. Watts was a member…

1938 – 2020      Clara Belle Spivey Hardee of Loris passed away on Saturday, Feb. 8, at her home.  She was 81.      Mrs. Hardee was born on Oct. 4, 1938 in Loris, to the late Stanley Ceymore Spivey and the late Edna Mae Cartrette Spivey.      Mrs. Hardee retired from the Horry County School System and was…

1935 – 2020      Johnny James Hughes of Loris passed away on Saturday, Feb. 8, at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center in Myrtle Beach. He was 84.      Mr. Hughes was born on Nov. 25, 1935 in Loris, to the late John James Hughes and the late Hattie Idell Cooper Hughes. Mr. Hughes retired as a farmer…

1932 – 2020      Lucille Causey Waine if Loris passed away on Friday, Feb. 7. She was 87.      Mrs. Waine was born June 22, 1932 in Loris to the late Needham Kelly Causey, also known as Needham Oliver Crosby, and the late Mary Eliza Todd Causey.      Mrs. Waine was a homemaker and small business owner. She…

1953 – 2020      Kendal G. Caulder of Conway, age 66, passed away Friday, Feb. 7.      Mr. Caulder was born in Kirksville, Missouri, a son of Doris B. Cook and the late Fredrick Caulder.      He retired as a Lieutenant from the Horry County Sheriff’s Department with over 20 years of service.      Mr. Caulder was predeceased by…