Area Obituaries
Clara Iree Grainger: Green Sea
1926 – 2019 Clara Iree Grainger of Green Sea, died Monday, Feb. 18, in the McLeod Loris hospital. She was 92. Born March 2, 1926 in Loris, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Turner West and Rosa Gause West and the widow of Ralph Reppert Grainger. She is survived by three daughters, Patricia…
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1926 – 2019 Flora Berniece Garrell Dunnagan of Myrtle Beach died on Feb. 12. She was 92. She was born on Dec. 28, 1926 to Clarence Dow Garrell and Bertha Elizabeth Garrell of Tabor City. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry Dutton Dunnagan; brother Clarence Dow “Dick” Garrell, Jr. of Murrells Inlet;…
Read MorePatricia Hope Snyder: Green Sea
1958 – 2019 Patricia Hope Snyder of Green Sea died Friday, Feb. 15, in McLeod Loris hospital. She was 60. Born Feb. 24, 1958 in Washington, DC, she was the daughter of the late Patrick Anthony Higginbotham, Sr. and Barbara Ann Brenaman and the widow of Carl Jack Synder. She is survived by two sons,…
Read MoreJames Prentiss Norton, Sr.: Loris
1938 – 2019 James Prentiss Norton, Sr., of Loris passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 12, at his home following an illness. He was 80. Mr. Norton was born on Sept. 29, 1938 in Loris, to the late Lonnie Norton and the late Lizzie Alford Norton. Mr. Norton loved spreading the word of God to others…
Read MoreDanny Marlowe: Cerro Gordo
1953 – 2019 Danny Marlowe of Cerro Gordo died Monday, Feb. 11, in his home. He was 65. Born Dec. 14, 1953 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late Henry Marlowe and Sudie Blackwell Marlowe. He is survived by two daughters, Danielle Rae Mintz and Judy Gail Floyd of Cerro Gordo; five…
Read MoreGerry Layne Ramsey: Chadbourn
1948 – 2019 Gerry Layne Ramsey of Chadbourn, died Friday, Feb. 8, at his home. He was 70. Born Nov. 29, 1948 in Brunswick County, he was the son of the late George Thomas Ramsey and Mary Alice Benton Ramsey. He is survived by his wife, Valda Duncan Ramsey of the home; one daughter, Amanda…
Read MoreRoger Dale Fipps: Loris
1950 – 2019 Roger Dale Fipps of Loris died Friday, Feb. 8, at his home. He was 68. Born June 7, 1950 in Cerro Gordo, he was the son of the late Howard Fipps and Veila Leonard Fipps. He is survived by his wife Donna Jean Collins Fipps of the home; two sons: Neal Fipps…
Read MoreSharon Lee Rogers Pelt: Mount Pleasant
1946 – 2019 Sharon Lee Rogers Pelt of Mount Pleasant, wife of Julius Grey Pelt, died Monday, Feb. 4, in a Charleston hospital surrounded by her family. She was 72. A graveside service was planned for 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, in Mt. Pleasant Memorial Gardens, Mt. Pleasant. A memorial service was planned for 1…
Read MoreDixie Emma Lane: Florence
1933 – 2019 Dixie Emma Lane of Florence passed away on Wed., January 30, in Florence. Dixie was born in Pamplico, on Dec. 5, 1933 to Earle Bolton Lane and Eunice Purvis Lane. Dixie’s dream was to live in a house built on a farm that had been in her family for generations, to raise…
Read MoreKatherine M. Wooster: Tabor City
1951 – 2019 Katherine M. Wooster of Tabor City died Friday, Feb. 1 at Grand Strand Medical Center in Myrtle Beach. She was 67. Born Sept. 29, 1951 in Washington, she was the daughter of the late Robert Ernest Matthews and Catherine Latham Matthews. She is survived by her husband, Robert Wooster Sr.; a son,…
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