Area Obituaries

1954 – 2018      Patricia Whitley Lennon of Whiteville died Monday, Sept. 10, at her residence. She was 63.      She was the daughter of the late Horace Benjamin Whitley and Ruth Dozier Whitley.      Patricia was a Registered Nurse and worked with Shoreland  Healthcare as Administrator  for many years. She attended First Baptist Church in Whiteville.      Survivors…

1929 – 2018      Ernest Stedman Cox of Denver passed away peacefully on Oct. 1, following a stroke.      Ernie, as he was known to friends and family, was born on Aug. 1, 1929, to Grover Stedman and Anne Carmichael Cox in Wilmington.  He lived a full and happy life, and deeply loved his wife and family,…

1948 – 2018      It is with much love and humble acceptance of God’s will, that we announce Cathy S. Strickland of Summerville passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018 at MUSC in Charleston. She was 70.      Cathy was born May 12, 1948 in Tabor City, a daughter of the late Josh and Agnes Soles of Tabor…

1962 – 2018      Ira Franklin “Frankie” Graham of Loris passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 26 at McLeod Seacoast following an illness. He was 56.      Frankie was born Sept. 3, 1962 in Loris, son of the late Fred Graham and the late Sylvia Dawsey Graham. He worked as an auto body repairman and was of the…

1937 – 2018      Roy Carmel Milligan, of Greenville, South Carolina, passed away at the age of 81 on Sept. 27, after a courageous 12-year battle with cancer.        Roy, the second son of John Roland Milligan and Connie Maxwell Cox Milligan, was born on a farm in Tabor City on July 2, 1937.      He was…

1929 – 2018      Cecil Inman of Little River passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 11, at Embrace Hospice House Myrtle Beach following an illness. She was 88.      Ms. Inman was born on Nov. 6, 1929 in Brooksville, to the late, Robert Zeno Ward and the late, Florence Blanton Ward.      Ms. Inman was a longtime member of…

1948 – 2018      Judy Laye Morton Faircloth of Longs passed away Saturday, Sept. 22 in Macon, Georgia following an illness. She was 70.      Mrs. Faircloth was born on Jan. 4, 1948 in Pinehurst, a daughter of the late Baxter Morton and the late Ruby Jenkins Morton. Mrs. Faircloth worked as a loan officer with Stock…

1957 – 2018      Patsy Kay Fowler Richardson of Loris passed away Saturday, Sept. 22, at McLeod Loris hospital. She was 61.      Born Jan. 18, 1957 in Loris, she was the daughter of the late Ernest Melvin Fowler and the late Helen Florence Grainger Fowler.      Mrs. Richardson graduated from Green Sea High School in 1976, and…