Area Obituaries

1946 – 2018      Roy Dale Worley, Sr. of Nakina died Wednesday, Jan. 3, at home, surrounded by his loving family. He was 71.      Born July 31, 1946 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late Roy and Evelyn Norris Worley.      He was a lover of all nature.      Mr. Worley is survived by two…

1940 – 2018      Edna Milligan Gonzales of Loris passed away on Monday, Jan. 1, at her home. She was 77.      Born March 17, 1940, she was the daughter of the late Leon Homer Milligan and Gladys Milligan.      Mrs. Gonzales was a loving homemaker and a longtime member of Camp Swamp United Methodist Church.      Survivors include…

1952 – 2017      Robbie Ball Phillips of Tabor City died Friday, Dec. 29, in McLeod Loris hospital. She was 65.      Born Oct. 9, 1952 in Madison County, she was the daughter of the late Hezekiah and Muncie Norton Ball and the widow of Henry Alfred Phillips.      She is survived by a son, Junior Alfred Phillips…

1947 – 2017      John Terrell Driggers of Loris passed away Tuesday, Dec. 19 in McLeod Regional Medical Center, Florence. He was 70.      Mr. Driggers was born Aug. 10, 1947 in Blenheim, a son of the late Frank Elbert Driggers and the late Ethel Caulder Driggers.      Survivors include his son, Johnathan Driggers of Loris; daughter Sherry…

1954 – 2017      Ann Clark Shepard of Tabor City died Monday, Dec. 25 in New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington. She was 63.      Born Sept. 4, 1954 in New Hanover County, she was the daughter of the late Julian Clark and Annie Belle Matthew Adams and the widow of Larry Wayne Shepard.      She is survived…

1994 – 2017      Bryan DaQuan Marlowe of Chadbourn died Wednesday, Dec.  20, in Loris. He was 23.      He is survived by his mother, Melissa Marlow and father, Eddie Marlow; two sisters, Dakiera Washington of Greenville, South Carolina and Shaniqua Marlow of Whiteville;  three brothers, Juwan Washington and De`Vante Marlow, both of Tabor City, and Quinn…

1931 – 2017      Ellie Ard of Green Sea died Sunday morning, Dec. 24, in his home. He was 86.      Born in Florence County, he was the son of the late Ben and Alice Poston Ard.      He is survived by his wife, Elwanda Norris Ard of the home; a son, Ronnie Ard of Lake City; a daughter,…