Area Obituaries

1951 – 2017      Jimmy Wayne Blanton of Loris passed away on Friday, Aug. 11 at McLeod Loris hospital following an illness. He was 66.      Born Jan. 1, 1951 in Mullins, he was the son of the late Joseph Blanton and the late Myrtie Mae Watts Blanton. Mr. Blanton worked as a farmer and truck driver…

1931 – 2017      Louise Rogers Gerald Miles of Loris went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017 at McLeod Seacoast hospital while in the arms of her loving adopted son Dewey Price. She was 86.      Born May 3, 1931 in Loris, she was the daughter of the late Jessie…

1950 – 2017      Nora Gail Norris of Chadbourn died Wednesday, Aug. 9, in Lower Cape Fear Hospice and LifeCareCenter, Whiteville. She was 66.      She was born Nov. 9, 1950 and was the daughter of the late Charlie Norman Rackley and Lucille Wright Wenger Rackley.      She is survived by her husband, Daniel Grady Norris, Jr. of…

1933 – 2017      William Boyd (Bill) Rogers of Raleigh completed his journey home on July 31, 2017 to the welcoming words, “Well done, my good and faithful servant.” He was 83.      Born Aug. 17, 1933 in Tabor City as the third of four sons, Bill graduated from Tabor City High School in 1951, where he…

1920 – 2017      Ralph M. Fowler of Burlington, passed away on Friday, Aug. 4, at the Hospice Home after several months of failing health. He was 97.      Born in Rocky Mount, he was the son of the late B. Worth Fowler and the late Sanatha Stevens Fowler and was married for 68 years to Myrtle…

1937 – 2017      Iris Janet “Jan” Fowler of Tabor City died Thursday, Aug. 3. She was 80.      Born May 1, 1937 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Edgar Davis Jernigan and Macie Jewel Stevens Jernigan and the widow of Grover LaRue Fowler.      She is survived by two sons, Timothy LaRue Fowler…

1913 – 2017      Ruth Fowler of Loris of Loris died Thursday, Aug. 3, in Loris Rehab and Nursing Center. She was 104.      Born April 3, 1913 in Horry County, she was the daughter of the late Sally Florence King and the widow of Montgomery “Mack Gumry” Fowler.      In addition to her mother and husband, she…