Area Obituaries

1948 – 2020      Sonny Bellamy of Loris passed away Sunday, Feb. 23, at the Warriors Walk Hospice House at Dorn VA Medical Center in Columbia. He was 71.      Sonny was born June 18, 1948, a son of the late Robert L. and Claudie Bellamy.      He was a veteran of the United States Navy and served…

1928 – 2020      Gloria Fowler of Tabor City died Tuesday, Feb. 18, in the McLeod Hospice House in Florence. She was 91.      Born Dec. 23, 1928 in Albany, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Anthony Carl Putnam and Leila Broy Watson Putnam and the widow of Elton May Fowler.      She was a member…

1936 – 2020      Elsie Fowler Long of Carolina Beach passed away Wednesday, Feb. 12, surrounded by her loving family at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. She was 83.      Born Sept. 5, 1936 in Loris, she was the daughter of the late Wilbur F. Fowler and Inez Graham Fowler.      She was preceded in death by her infant brother,…

1927 – 2020      Dalma Marie Shannon Tyler of Loris passed away on Sunday, Feb. 16, at her home. She was 92.      Mrs. Tyler was born on Sept. 19, 1927 in Loris to the late William Dow Shannon and the late Bertha Faulk Shannon.      Mrs. Tyler was a loving homemaker and farmed with her husband until…

1930 – 2020      Carmine “Buddy” Nicholas Botti of Myrtle Beach passed away on Friday, Feb. 14, at Portside Assisted Living at Grand Dunes in Myrtle Beach, surrounded by his loving family. He was 89.      Mr. Botti was born on April 5, 1930 in Bellmore, New York, to the late Nicholas Botti and the late Marie…

1964 – 2020      James “Mike” Michael Tyler of Tabor City died Saturday, Feb. 15, in his home. He was 55.      Born July 16, 1964 in Horry County, he was the son of Margie Marie Tyler and the late James Garland Tyler.      In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Sandra “Sandy” Tyler…

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,…