Area Obituaries

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…

1953 – 2020      Jean Suggs of Tabor City, died Wednesday, Jan. 29, at Lower Cape Fear LifeCare Center in Whiteville, with family by her side. She was 66.      Jean was born on Dec. 11, 1953 to the late Monroe Hardin and Ruth Thompson Hardin.      She is survived by two daughters, Terrie Soles Holden and her…

1938 – 2020      Billy Joe Blackburn of Loris passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 4, at McLeod Loris hospital surrounded by his loving family. He was 81.      Mr. Blackburn was born March 9, 1938 in Loris, to the late Fred Devoe Blackburn and the late Virgie Lee Esther Suggs Blackburn.      Mr. Blackburn served his country with…

1937 – 2020      Raymond Aubrey McLain Sr. of Loris passed away from injuries sustained in an automobile crash on Jan. 30. Both were 82.      Raymond was born Aug. 2, 1937 in Falls Church, Virginia, a son of the late Preston Skidmore and Margaret Burgess McLain. Prior to retirement, he was a Senior Personnel Management Specialist…

1943 – 2020      Rev. Roger Dale Small of Tabor City died Sunday, Feb. 2, in Lower Cape Fear LifeCare Center, Whiteville. He was 76.      Born Nov. 27, 1943 in Horry County, he was the son of the late Ernest Horace Small and Gracie Inez Stanley Small.      He is survived by his wife Kay Phipps Small…