Area Obituaries

1956 – 2019      Nathaniel Goodson, formerly of the Dothan Community near Tabor City, died Wednesday, June 12, at his home in Longs.      Survivors include his wife, Lou Ellen Goodson; children Keyond, Monchele, and Kenneth Randall, Bridgett Goodson, Nixon, Paul, Matthew, Marcus, Christopher and Antwuan Goodson.      Funeral services were planned for 1 p.m. Thursday, June 20,…

1939 – 2019      Janice Eulean Williams Gore of Whiteville died Monday, June 17, in Columbus Regional Healthcare, Whiteville.  She was 80.      Born Jan. 24, 1939 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late William Pinkney Williams and Dorothy Louise Hewett Williams.      She is survived by her husband, Daniel Jackson Gore of the home;…

1946 – 2019      Danny Earl Cartrette of Loris died Sunday, June 16, in his home. He was 72.      Born Dec. 7, 1946 in Marion County, he was the son of the late Earl Cartrette and Elwanda Watts Cartrette.      He is survived by his wife Jane Cartrette of the home; two sons, Gregory Cartrette  and Jamie…

1932 – 2019      William Norwood Fipps of Tabor City died on June 11 in McLeod Loris hospital. He was 86.      Born Dec. 4, 1932 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late William Alton Fipps and Rose Lee Harper Fipps. Mr. Fipps was a Veteran of the United States Air Force where he…

1927 – 2019      Sennie L. Cribb, formerly of Tabor City, went to be with her Savior on June 5.  She was 92.      She was the loving daughter of the late Sennie and James F. Cribb.      In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister Nona Cribb, her brother Charles “Buddy” Cribb,…

1943 – 2019      Mary Brown Clark of Tabor City passed on Tuesday, June 4 at McLeod Loris hospital, Loris. She was 75.      Survivors include her two daughters, Marjorie Jordan of Tabor City, and Tammy Blackmon of Whiteville; one son, Henry Terrell Clark of Tabor City; and a sister, Hattie Ruth Long of Loris.      Funeral services…

1948 – 2019      JoAnne Nobles Johnson of Tabor City died Saturday, June 8, in her home. She was 70.      Born Oct. 18, 1948 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Taft and Alice Bertie Edwards Nobles and the widow of the Johnny Michael Johnson.      She was a member of Emerson Original Free…

1924 – 2019      Julius King Suggs of Tabor City died Friday, June 7. He was 95.      His death came on the 75th anniversary of his arrival in France to fight for generations to come following the D-Day invasion on the Normandy coast there.      He left home briefly as a teenager, breaking his mother Viola’s heart,…