Area Obituaries

1947 – 2020      Ethel Aileen Williams of Clarendon died Friday, Jan. 10, in her home. She was 72.      Born March 11, 1947 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Golie Richard Jacobs and Mary Aileen Jones Jacobs and the widow of Robert Lee Williams.      She is survived by one daughter, Robin Brown…

1954 – 2020      Daphna Kaye Drish of Wilmington died Friday, Jan. 10, in the New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington.  She was 65.      Born Nov. 22, 1954 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Woodrow Wilson Perritte and Ethel Cartrette Perritte.      She is survived by her husband, John Michael Drish Sr.…

1948 – 2020      Joseph M. Peavy of Loris passed away Thursday, Jan. 9 at the VA Medical Center in Charleston. He was 71.      Joe was born Nov. 1, 1948, a son of the late L.B. and Vera Christmas Peavy.      He served in the United States Army for 8 years and was a member of Cane…

1955 – 2019      Senior Gwinnett County Magistrate Judge Emily Pate Powell of Buford, Georgia passed into glory on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019.  She was 64.      Emily was born in Richmond, Virginia on Sept. 30, 1955 to William Arnold Pate and Martha Powell Pate.      She is survived by her husband, Anthony O.L. Powell of the home;…

1946 – 2020      Joanne Goff Grice of Tabor City died Thursday, Jan. 9, in her home. She was 73.      Jesus came by and picked up Joanne today to go home and be with the Lord forever. She gave a big effort to get well but it was not to be. She would much rather be…

1978 – 2019      William Lewis Carter III of Clarkton died Jan. 6 in New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington. He was 41.      Born Sept. 8, 1978 in Horry County, he was the son of the late William Lewis Carter Jr. and Carolyn Kathy Soles Carter.      He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Rose Heath…

1946 – 2020      Lake Howard, Jr. of Clarendon transitioned to his heavenly home Tuesday, Jan. 7. He was 73.      He was a servant of humility and self-sacrifice.  He was employed by DuPont for 31 years where he worked as an Industrial Mechanic.  He was a man of many talents; knife maker, videographer, photographer. He made…

1943 – 2020      Larry John Wade of Loris passed away on Monday, Jan. 6 at Compass Post Acute Rehabilitation in Conway. He was 76.      Mr. Wade was born on Sept. 20, 1943 in Loris to the late John Herschel Wade and the late Mary Jane Causey Wade.      Mr. Wade was of the Baptist faith.      Survivors…

1963 – 2020      Laura Abeita Griego of Loris passed away on Saturday, Jan. 4, at McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence. She was 56.      Mrs. Griego was born on Dec. 12, 1963 in Gallup, New Mexico to the late Mr. Abby Abeita and Mrs. Laura Victoria Glascock Abeita.      Mrs. Griego and her husband owned Rockefellers…

1926 – 2020      Mary Rose Harrelson of Green Sea died Sunday, Jan. 5, in McLeod Regional Medical Center, Florence. She was 93.      Born Oct. 12, 1926 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Don and Sarah Mills Harrelson and the widow of Keith Wylan Harrelson.      She is survived by two daughters, Cindy…