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Area Obituaries

James Goodson: Tabor City

1952 – 2018      James Goodson of the Dothan community near Tabor City passed on Friday, Nov. 30, at his home. He was 65.      Surviving to cherish his memory is his wife Vinnie Lee Hemingway; children, Althea Hemingway, Monee Goodson, James Dyson Goodson, James Westly Hemingway, all of Loris; Bernard Hemingway of Myrtle Beach, Vennie Mae…

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Ronnie McCray: Loris

1955 – 2018      Ronnie McCray of Loris passed on Friday, Nov. 30 at McLeod Loris hospital, Loris. He was 63.      Surviving to cherish his memory is Beverly McCray, Marsha Floyd, Ronnie McCray, Johnny McCray, Kristal Anderson, Jordan Anderson, Chance Anderson, Carlissia Dixon, and Franklin McCray.      Funeral services were planned for 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8 at…

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Tammie René West Cox: Longs

1960 – 2018      Tammie René West Cox of Longs passed away on Monday, Dec. 3, at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center following an illness. She was 58.      Mrs. Cox was born on Sept. 3, 1960 in Charleston, to John Turner West, Sr. and  Versie Carter West. Mrs. Cox was a member of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church,…

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Edward Michael Burke: Longs

1959 – 2018      Edward Michael Burke of Longs passed away on Monday, Dec. 3, at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center following an illness. He was 59.      Mr. Burke was born on March 9, 1959 in Mineola, New York, to the late John Harold Burke and the late, Janet Hubbard Bossler Burke.      Survivors include his son,…

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Patricia Sarah Housman Gray: Loris

1928 – 2018      Patricia Sarah Housman Gray of Loris passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 28, at McLeod Loris hospital following an illness. She was 89.      Mrs. Gray was born on Dec. 9, 1928 in Westwood, New Jersey, to the late Mortimer J. Housman and the late, Hazel Collignon Housman.      Mrs. Gray was predeceased by her…

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Thomas Mitchell Tyler: Loris

1941 – 2018      Thomas Mitchell Tyler of Loris passed away on Monday, Nov. 26, at Grand Strand Rehab & Nursing Center following an illness. He was 77.      Mr. Tyler was born on July 1, 1941 in Loris, to the late Clifton W. Tyler and the late Fannie Bell Tyler.      Mr. Tyler was a telephone office…

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Frances W. Winstead: Hendersonville

1934 – 2018      Frances W. Winstead of Hendersonville passed away at her home Tuesday, Nov. 27. She was 84.      She was born Oct. 17, 1934 in Gainesville, Georgia to the late Carlton Graves and Frances Lott Westmoreland.      Following her completion of high school at Tabor City, she graduated from Women’s College of UNC at Greensboro.…

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Hallet Larrimer Wallace: Longs

1935 – 2018      Hallett “Hal” Larrimer Wallace of Longs passed away on Thursday, Nov. 29, at his home following an illness. He was 83.      Mr. Wallace was born on Oct. 9, 1935 in San Antonio, Texas to the late Robert Wallace and the late Francis Ellsworth Wallace.      Mr. Wallace retired as an electronic warfare engineer…

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Debra Kaye Graham Duncan: Valrico, Fla.

1955 – 2018      Debra Kaye Graham Duncan of Valrico, Florida passed away on Friday, November 23, at Brandon Regional Hospital in Brandon, Florida following an illness. She was 63.      Mrs. Duncan was born Aug. 1, 1955 in Loris, to Clayton Graham and Margie Virginia Small Graham Floyd.      Mrs. Duncan was a homemaker and attended Kings…

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Harvey Labron Whisnant: Loris

1942 – 2018      Harvey “Papaw”  Labron Whisnant of Loris went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, Nov. 24. He was 76.      Born in Burke County, on Jan. 5, 1942,  he spent most of his youth in the Church of God Orphanage in Concord. After joining the U.S. Army in 1960, he spent the majority of…

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