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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…

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Peggy 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…

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Archie 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;…

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Mary 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,…

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Jimmy 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…

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Martha 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…

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Flaudia 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…

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Irene 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…

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Matthew 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…

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Brenda 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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