Area Obituaries
Margaret Irene Strickland: Whiteville
1944 – 2018 Margaret Irene Strickland of Whiteville died Monday, April 2. She was 73. Born Aug. 30, 1944 in Horry County, she was the daughter of the late Ernest Smith and Addie Odella Harper. She was the owner and operator of 701 Nursery for 25 years. She is survived by two daughters, Debbie Strickland…
Read MoreBetty Spivey Buffkin Campbell: Archdale
1937 – 2018 Betty Spivey Buffkin Campbell of Archdale passed away on Saturday, March 31. She was 80. She was born Sept. 3, 1937 in Columbus County to the late John and Ressie Spivey. A resident of the Archdale area most of her life, she was a member of Hope Chapel Baptist Church. Betty enjoyed…
Read MoreVerna Graham Miller: Loris
1946 – 2017 Verna Graham Miller of Loris passed away Tuesday, March 27, at Brunswick Care Center in Bolivia. She was 71. Mrs. Miller was born May 23, 1946 in Conway, daughter of the late Cecil Chestnut Graham and the late Eula Virginia Hardee Graham. She retired as a Mortgage Banker with Bank of America…
Read MoreLavana Elston: Nichols
1952 – 2018 Lavana Elston of Nichols passed away Monday, March 26, 2018 at her home in Nichols. She was 65. Mrs. Elston was born April 21, 1952 in Loris, daughter of the late Richard Gordon Johnson and the late Jean Powell Johnson. She worked as a data entry operator with Watson Clinic and was…
Read MoreClifford Lee Morgan, Jr.: Loris
1962 – 2018 Clifford Lee Morgan, Jr. of Loris passed away Monday, March 26, at McLeod Loris hospital. He was 56. Mr. Morgan was born Jan. 6, 1962 in Madison, West Virginia, son of the late Clifford Lee Morgan, Sr. and the late Patsy Yeager Morgan. Mr. Morgan worked as an appliance repairman and was…
Read MoreKatie Spivey: Tabor City
1927 – 2018 Katie Spivey of Tabor City died Thursday, March 29, in Lower Cape Fear Hospice and LifeCenter, Whiteville. She was 91. Born Jan. 5, 1927 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Nathan Pink McPherson and Sally Jane Garrell McPherson and the widow of J.W. Spivey. She is survived by…
Read MoreDail Brooks Hardie: Clarendon
1929 – 2018 Dail Brooks Hardie of Clarendon died Tuesday, March 27, in the Lower Cape Fear Hospice and LifeCare Center, Whiteville. He was 88. Born Aug. 24, 1929 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late Jobe Lee Hardie and Edna Ruth Ward Hardie and widower of Emma Neil Ward Hardie. He…
Read MoreLouise McDowell Ague: Loris
1962 – 2018 Louise McDowell Ague of Loris passed away on Sunday, March 25, at her daughter’s home in Conway. She was 55. Mrs. Ague was born on April 17, 1962 in Loris, daughter of the late, James McDowell and the late Martha Rabon. Mrs. Ague was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Survivors…
Read MorePatricia Cartrette Hernandez: Tabor City
1956 – 2018 Patricia Cartrette Hernandez of Tabor City died Tuesday, March 27, in Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, Myrtle Beach. She was 61. Born Oct. 26, 1956 in El Paso, Texas, she was the daughter of Clara Norris Cartrette and the late Rayford Cartrette. In addition to her mother, she is survived by one…
Read MoreMary Ford: Rock Hill
1961 – 2018 Mary Ford, formally of Green Sea passed on Saturday, March 17, at her residence in Rock Hill. She was 57. She is survived by her husband, James Ford of Lumberton, and three children, Georgette Chavero of Charlotte, Frederick Fullard of Yelm, Washington, and Mable Fullard of York. Funeral services were held at…
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