Area Obituaries
Mildred Watts Russ: Tabor City
1923 – 2018 Mildred Watts Russ of Tabor City died Friday, Jan. 26, in McLeod Loris hospital. She was 94. Born in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Fred Melvin Watts and Ruthie Mae Norris Watts. She was the widow of Jesse E. Russ. She is survived by one daughter, Evelyn Russ…
Read MorePeggy Currie : Tabor City
1937 – 2018 Peggy Currie of Tabor City died Friday, Jan. 26 in her home. She was 81. Born Jan. 19, 1937 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Dow Watts and Edith Soles Watts and the widow of Lewis Mack “LM” Currie. She is survived by a daughter, Kelli Currie of…
Read MoreArchie E. Spivey: Chadbourn
1948 – 2018 Archie E. Spivey of Chadbourn died Monday, Jan. 22, in New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington. He was 69. Born July 9, 1948 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late Archie Joffie Spivey and Norma Lee Spivey. He is survived by his wife, Donna Lewis Spivey of the home;…
Read MoreMary Frances Bullock: Greenville, NC
1951 – 2018 Mary Frances Bullock of Greenville, North Carolina, died Monday, Jan. 22 in her home. She was 66. Born July 7, 1951 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Edmond Pinkney Worley and Mary Jane Norris Worley. She is survived by her husband, Johnny Bullock of the home; one daughter,…
Read MoreJimmy Lee Dew, Sr.: Loris
1935 – 2018 Jimmy Lee Dew, Sr. passed away on Saturday, Jan. 20, at his home in Loris. He was 82. Born May 23, 1935 in Dillon, he was the son of the late Hugh Wilson Dew and the late Martha Loraine Rogers Dew. Mr. Dew worked as a heavy equipment operator with the state…
Read MoreMartha Ann Phillips: Aynor
1935 – 2018 Martha Ann Phillips of Aynor died Saturday, Jan. 20 at her home. She was 83. She was the daughter of the late John Kelly Jacobs and Emma Eliza Long Jacobs. She is survived by one daughter, Debra Phillips Johnson and husband Randall of Aynor; one son, James Mitchell Phillips of Longs; four…
Read MoreFlaudia Fowler: Clarendon
1933 – 2018 Flaudia Fowler of Clarendon died Sunday, Jan. 21, in her home. She was 84. Born in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Tobie Godwin and Mary Garrell Godwin and the widow of the late Andrew J. Fowler. She is survived by three daughters, Iris McPherson of Clarendon, Betty Fowler…
Read MoreIrene Norris: Whiteville
1951 – 2018 Irene Norris of Whiteville, died Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, in her home. She was 66. Born April 9, 1951 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Marion Wilson Williams and Sylvia Faye Powell Williams. She is survived by her husband, Johnny Mitchell Norris of the home; two daughters, Tara…
Read MoreMatthew Allen Sarvis: Loris
1990 – 2018 Matthew Allen Sarvis of Loris died Tuesday, Jan. 16. He was 28. Matthew was born Jan. 14, 1990 in Loris, a son of Danny and Connie Branton Sarvis. He graduated from Loris High School in 2008 and was a member of Sweet Home Baptist Church. He was predeceased by his brother, DJ…
Read MoreBrenda McCrackin: Nichols
1941 – 2017 Brenda McCrackin of Nichols passed away Tuesday, Jan. 16. She was 76. Mrs. McCrackin was born in Farmville, a daughter of the late Archie Tyson and Lila Wainwright Hinson. She was a member of Wannamaker Baptist Church. She was predeceased by one brother, Jerry Lynn Hinson. She is survived by her husband of…
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