Area Obituaries

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…

1947 – 2020      Kenneth Lee Fowler of Clarendon died Saturday, Jan. 4, in Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, Myrtle Beach. He was 72.      Born Sept. 12, 1947 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late Forest Otto and Olive Pearl Spivey Fowler.      He is survived by two sons, Robert Fowler (Karen) of Rocky…

1936 – 2020      Sarah Ellen Williams Koonce of Chadbourn, entered into the presence of her Lord and Savior on Thursday, Jan. 2, at her residence.  She was 83.      Sarah was born on April 17, 1936 in Boone, to the late Wilton Albert Williams and Edith Shirley Belk Williams.      She was the widow of Samuel Grady…

1945 – 2020      Sarah Shelley Smith of Tabor City died Thursday, Jan. 2, in McLeod Loris hospital. She was 74.      Born Feb. 12, 1945 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Austin Shelley and Nora Arnette Shelley.      She is survived by her husband, Thomas Ray Smith Sr. of the home; a son,…

1931 – 2019      Bertha Mae Causey Strickland, a resident of her home in the Cherry Grove Community, Tabor City, died on Tuesday, Dec. 31. She was 88.      She was the youngest daughter of the late Mayberry and Bertha Elliott Causey of Duford and was preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, her best…

1932 – 2019      William Carlyle Porter of Shallotte died Tuesday, Dec. 31, in Autumn Care of Shallotte. He was 87.      Born July 2, 1932 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late William Purvel Porter and Eva Mae Stephens Porter and the widower of Nancy Delores Boucher Porter.      He was a Veteran of…