Area Obituaries

1950 – 2017      Gary W. Conn of Loris passed away Monday, Nov. 6. He was 67.      Mr. Conn was born in Richmond, Virginia, a son of the late Earl and Jeanne Conn.      He was a sergeant in the US Army, serving during the  Vietnam War.      He was predeceased by one daughter, Rebecca Gregory; one granddaughter, Morgan…

1952 – 2017      Willie Lee Wallace of Tabor City passed on Wednesday, Nov. 1, at the Lower Cape Fear Hospice in Whiteville. He was 65.      Funeral services were planned for 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7, at Mt. Vernon Missionary Baptist Church, Nichols, burial following in the Mt. Vernon Church Cemetery.      Surviving to cherish his memory…

Dorothy Mae Gore 1928 – 2017      Dorothy Mae Gore of Kettering, Ohio, formerly of Longs, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 1. She was 89.      Mrs. Gore was born in Conway, a daughter of the late Avery Jason and Lizzy Mae Carter.  She was a former member of Mt. Leon Baptist Church of Longs.      She was predeceased by…

1935 – 2017      Kenneth Allen of Whiteville, age 82, died Wednesday, Nov. 1, in Shoreland Health Care, Whiteville. He was 82.      Born Oct. 4, 1935 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late A.J. and Emma Long Allen and the widow of Nancy Martin Allen.      He is survived by one brother, Vernon Allen.…

1949 – 2017      Cheryl Mullinax  Foster of Myrtle Beach passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 25 at her home. She was 68.      Born Feb 19, 1949 in Gaffney, she was the daughter of the late Mr. Elbert Mullinax and the late Mrs. Della Jane Crawford Mullinax.      Survivors include her husband, Michael James Katalinich of Conway; son, Stan…

1961 – 2017      Randy Ard of Aynor passed away on Friday, Oct. 20, at Conway Medical Center following a sudden illness. He was 56.      Born July 5, 1961 in Conway, he was the son of the late James Ard and the late Yvonne Cunningham Ard Godbolt.      Survivors include his two sons, Randall Timothy Ard, Jr.…