Area Obituaries

1987 – 2019      MacMillian “Rea” Grainger of Atlanta, Georgia, and formerly of Chadbourn and Holden Beach, passed away on Monday, May 27. He was 31.      Rea was the son of Barry Rea Grainger of North Myrtle Beach, and the late Annette Brown Grainger.  He is the grandson of the late F.M. Sr., and Ethel Williamson…

1967 – 2019      Jolena Joy Long Timmons of Clarendon died Friday, May 31, in an automobile accident. He was 51.      Born Nov. 27, 1967 in Robeson County, she was the daughter of Joe Eddie Long and Maylene Inman Long of Nakina, and the wife of Donald Bradley Timmons.      In addition to her parents, she is survived…

1977 – 2019     Donald Bradley Timmons of Clarendon died Friday, May 31, in an automobile accident. He was 41.      Born Oct. 4, 1977 in Horry County, he was the son of Donald Ray Timmons of Tabor City and the late Jennie Lynn Tyson Timmons, and the husband of Jolena Joy Long Timmons.      In addition to…

1968 – 2019      Helen Ann McDaniels of Green Sea died Friday, May 31, in her home. She was 50.      Born Aug. 7, 1968 in Cumberland County, she was the daughter of Harry McLaurin and the late Phyllis Morrison McLaurin and the widow of Joey McDaniels.      In addition to her father, she is survived by a…

1951 – 2019      Joseph Devon Nobles of Tabor City died Thursday, May 30, in the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. He was 67.      Born Dec. 8, 1951, he was the son of the late James and Josephine Nealy Nobles and the widower of Patsy Davis Nobles.      He is survived by two daughters, Tracy…

1935 – 2019      George Liston Nealy of Loris passed away on Wednesday, May 29, at his home. He was 83.      Mr. Nealy was born on Sept. 6, 1935 in Loris to the late Jessie Thurman Nealy and the late Odell Odessa Caines Nealy.      Mr. Nealy served his country with courage and dignity for four years…

1945 – 2019      Diane Stevens Jones of Tabor City died Wednesday, May 29 in her home surrounded by those she loved and cherished. She was 74.      Born March 10, 1945 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of Elson Stevens and the late Retha Cox Stevens.      She is survived by her husband, Ferrell L. Jones,…

1924 – 2019      Florene Anderson Stevens of Loris passed away on Tuesday, May 28, following an illness. She was 95.      Mrs. Stevens was born on Jan. 12, 1924 in Rocky Mount, to the late Oscar “Bud” G. Anderson and the late Bessie Suggs Anderson. Mrs. Stevens worked at Loris Hospital and then Loris Drug store…