Area Obituaries

1971 – 2017      Lisa Renee Soles of Tabor City died Saturday, April 15, in Columbus Regional Healthcare, Whiteville. She was 45.      Born Oct. 31, 1971 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of Tex and Peggy Cribb Housand.      In addition to her parents, she is survived by her husband, Michael Lynn Soles;…

  1956 – 2017 Danny Lloyd Nealy of Tabor City passed away Sunday, April 16, at Angel House HospiceCareCenter in Whiteville. He was 61. Born on March 16, 1956 in Loris, he was the son of the late Lloyd Nealy and the late Betty Jean Hardee Nealy. Mr. Nealy was a retired brick mason and…

1950 – 2017 Wadis Earl Stephens of the Iron Hill community near Tabor City passed on Thursday, April 13, at his residence. He was 66. He is survived by his daughter, Tamika Gore and son, Willie McKvain; one brother, Fredrick Stephens of Lumberton; three sisters, Lora Williams, Ella Stephens, and Juanita Smith, all of Tabor…

1965 – 2017      Edie Hewett Carlile of Lumberton, died Sunday, April 9, 2017 in Lower Cape Fear Hospice & LifeCareCenter in Whiteville. She was 51.      Born Dec. 29, 1965 in Robeson County, she was the daughter of the late Dian Prince Barnes.      She is survived by her husband, Harlan Carlile of Lumberton;…

1936 – 2017      Verdie Lee Greiner of Myrtle Beach died Sunday, April 9, in Grand Strand Regional Medical Center. She was 80.      Born Oct. 2, 1936 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Ivory Dewey Norris and Jettie Pearl Spivey Norris and the widow of William Earl Greiner.      Mrs.…

1942 – 2017      Douglas “Marvin” Arnette of Kannapolis passed away Wednesday morning, April 5 at his home surrounded by his family. He was 74.      Born Nov. 1, 1942 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late Joseph Robert Arnette and Hazel Mae Stevens Arnette.      He is survived by his three…

1928 – 2017      Mack Norman Gore of Luttrell, Tennessee passed away Saturday, April 1, at his home with his family. He was 88.      He was born in Tabor City, on Aug. 3, 1928. He was a retired truck driver from Roadway Express and served his country in the Merchant Marines.      He was…

1923 – 2017      Lorena Faircloth Grant of Myrtle Beach passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, on Sunday, March 26. She was 93.      Born Nov. 16 1923 in Tabor City, she was the widow of the late Richard Grant.      She is survived by two children, Linda Hopkinson and Gary Grant; five grandchildren;…