Area Obituaries

1941 – 2019      Minnie Gore Blackburn of Tabor City died Tuesday, Dec. 31, in her home. She was 78.      Born Jan. 9, 1941 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Samuel Earl Gore and Mary Leona Smith Gore and the widow of Cecil Blackburn.      She is survived by one son, Walter Wright…

1938 – 2019      Andrew David Dehart of Green Sea died Monday, Dec. 30, in Loris Rehab and Nursing Center. He was 81.      Born July 4, 1938 in Clay County, he was the son of the late John Henry Dehart and Geneva Mashburn Dehart.      He was a Veteran of the United States Army.      He is survived…

1996 – 2019      Darwin Alexis Herrera Ramirez of Clarendon died Dec. 25, in his home. He was 23.      Born Jan. 16, 1996 in Huehuetenango, Cuilco, Guatemala, he was the son of Jacinta Ramirez Ortiz and the late Mauricio Herrera Ramirez.      Funeral services were planned for 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 2, in the Inman Ward Funeral…

1932 – 2019      Bernard “Puggy” Richardson of Green Sea passed away Sunday, Dec. 29. He was 87.      Mr. Richardson was born in Burnwell, West Virginia, a son of the late Porter and Virgnia Richardson.      Puggy was preceded in death by his wife of 62 years, Helen Richardson; one daughter, Shelley Moss; one son, Porter Lee…

1934 – 2019      Lillie Mae Tyler of Loris passed away Friday, Dec. 27. She was 85.      Mrs. Tyler was born in Conway a daughter of the late Reedy and Aleen Jones Graham. She was a member of Dogwood Hill Baptist Church where she sang in the choir and helped with the Good News Club.      Mrs.…

1960 – 2019      Morris Garwood Boggs III of Tabor City died Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2019 in Columbus Regional Healthcare. He was 59.      Born July 18, 1960 in Guilford County, he was the son of the late Morris Garwood Boggs III and Margie Eva Williams Boggs.      He is survived by his wife, Wilma Faye Boggs of…

1929 – 2019      Waldo Buddy Cooper of Loris passed away on Thursday, Dec. 26, at Compass Rehabilitation Facility in Conway. He was 90.      Mr. Cooper was born on Nov. 2, 1929 in Tabor City to the late Henry Cooper and the late Eula Buffkin Cooper.      Mr. Cooper served our country with honor, courage, and dignity…

1949 – 2019      June Carol Jacobs of Wilmington died Tuesday, Dec. 24, in Liberty Commons, Wilmington. She was 70.      Born Jan. 10, 1949 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Arthur Parnell and Mary Looper Parnell and the widow of Clyde Wilson Jacobs.      She is survived by one son, William Clyde Jacobs…

1936 – 2019      Junior Glenn Miller of Loris passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 24, at his home. He was 83.      Mr. Miller was born on Dec. 5, 1936 in Boone to the late James Frank Miller and the late Clara Pearl Trivette Miller.      Mr. Glenn was a longtime member of New Life Baptist Church where…

1934 – 2019      Reba Singletary Smith of Whiteville died Monday, Dec. 23, in the Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, Myrtle Beach. She was 85.      Born July 14, 1934 in Robeson County, she was the daughter of the late Alton and Ruth Ward Singletary and the widow of the late Robert Smith.      She is survived by…