Area Obituaries

1961 – 2018      John Steven Jackson, of Tabor City died Tuesday, June 19, in McLeod Loris hospital. He was 57.      Born April 7, 1961 in Marion County, he was the son of the late Frank S. Jackson and Jean Sinclair Jackson.      He is survived by two brothers, Danny Jackson of Loris and Ken Jackson of…

1936 – 2018      Rev. Waties Page McLeod of Loris passed away on Saturday, June 16, at Tidelands Waccamaw Hospital in Georgetown. He was 81. Rev. McLeod was born on Sept. 11, 1936 in Fayetteville, son of the late Waties Page McLeod, Sr. and the late Sadie Mae Parker McLeod. Rev. McLeod served his country…

1938 – 2018      Marie Strickland Cox of Loris passed away on Thursday, June 14, in the arms of her family at home. She was 79.      Mrs. Cox was born on Sept. 16, 1938 in Loris, daughter of the late Cain Strickland and the late Restie Marlow Strickland.      Mrs. Cox worked with Marlene Industries for 20…

1946 – 2018      Retired Master Sergeant Houston Thomas Watts died Saturday, June 16, in his Tabor City home. He was 72.      He was the son of the late Dozier Watts and Zettie Spivey Watts.      He was a Retired Veteran of the United States Army.      He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Ellen Julia…

1935 – 2018      Jimmy Woodard Garrell of Britt St., Tabor City, died Sunday, June 10, in Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, Myrtle Beach. He was 82.      Born July 21, 1935 in Marion County, he was the son of the late Brightly Alton Garrell and Doris Woodard Garrell.      He is survived by his wife Martha Jo…

1945 – 2018      Lewis Wayne Cox of Tabor City died Thursday, June 7, in New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington. He was 72.      Born Sept. 24, 1945 in Horry County, he was the son of the late Lewis Jackson and Dalma Cox.      He was a Veteran of the United States Army.      He is survived by…