Area Obituaries

1951 – 2026      Brenda Faye Watts of Loris passed away on Sunday, July 5, in her home. She was 75.      Born May 13, 1951 in Horry County, she was the daughter of the late Glenwood Fowler and Magalene Bozeman Fowler.      She is survived by two daughters, Charlene Knutson of Loris and Trudy Faircloth (James) of…

1933 – 2026      Bufa Mae Ikner Milligan of Tabor City passed away on Saturday, July 4, in Lower Cape Fear LifeCare, Whiteville. She was 92.      Born July 7, 1933 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Leamon George Ikner and Rosettie Williams Ikner.      She is survived by two daughters, Donna Marie Milligan…

1959 – 2026      Wilbur “Killer” James Causey of Loris passed away on Tuesday, June 30, at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was 66.      Born Aug. 6, 1959, in Loris, he was the son of the late Olen Junior “OJ” Causey and the late Flossie Lillian Carter Causey.      Survivors include his stepdaughter, Valerie…

1951 – 2026      Ricky Wayne Graham, 75, a loving husband, daddy, and papa, of Loris, passed away peacefully Tuesday, June 30, 2026, at his home surrounded by his family following an illness.      Mr. Graham was born March 5, 1951 in Loris, son of the late Hubert Blake Graham and Louise Strickland Graham. He was of…

1953 – 2026      Sammy Simmons of Tabor City passed away peacefully on June 30. He was 72.      Born on November 21, 1953, in Loris, South Carolina, Sammy was the son of the late Dewey Simmons and Hazel McPherson Simmons.      Sammy was a devoted husband to his loving wife, Sherry Simmons, and a cherished father, grandfather,…

1963 – 2026      Sonya Kaye Browning Richard of Loris passed away on Saturday, June 27, at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center. She was 62.      Born on August 8, 1963, in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, she was the daughter of the late Franklin Roosevelt Browning and the late Nancy Upton Browning.      Survivors include her loving husband of 12…

1965 – 2026      Jeffrey Parry Coleman of Tabor City passed away on June 18. He was 61.      He was the son of Sylvia Ferguson and the late Jerry Wayne Coleman.      In addition to his mother he was preceded in death by his sister, Vicky Lynn Coleman.      He is survived by a nephew, two great-nephews, and…

1959 – 2026      Franklin Bibb Sellers, Jr. of Shallotte passed away on Saturday, June 27, at Autumn Care of Shallotte. He was 66.      Born Sept. 12, 1959, in Dothan, Alabama, he was the son of the late Franklin Bibb Sellers, Sr, and the late Dorothy McKay Sellers.      Survivors include his sisters, Susan Sellers Johnson and…

1951 – 2026      Karen Renee Tillman Cox of Myrtle Beach passed away peacefully on June 27. She was 75.      Born May 25, 1951, in Hampton, Virginia, Karen was the daughter of the late Lewis Tillman and Sybil Stephens Tillman.      Karen graduated from Virginia Wesleyan College in 1973 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She spent…

1996 – 2026      Damien Draper Bost of Nakina, a deputy with the Columbus County Sheriff’s, died in the line of duty while assisting a highway construction crew near Hallsboro on Thursday, June 25. He was 30.      He served his community as a Deputy for Columbus County Sheriff’s Office as an SRO during the school season…