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Area Obituaries

Everette Wayne Fowler, Sr.: Loris

1931 – 2017     Everette Wayne Fowler, Sr. of Loris died Saturday, Jan. 21, at Loris Rehab Nursing Center. He was 85.     Born Oct. 26, 1931 in Loris, he was a son of the late Harvey Wright Fowler and Gwendolyn Fowler and the widower of the late Nellie Strickland Fowler..     He was a…

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Rev. Robert Eckel Sellers: Tabor City

1933 – 2017     Rev. Robert Eckel Sellers of Tabor City died Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017 in his home. He was 83.     Born March 26, 1933 in Wise County, VA, he was the son of the late Sarah Catherine Sellers and the widower of Rena Bell Soles Sellers.     He is survived by four…

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Jack Owens Perry: Nakina

1928 – 2017     Jack Owens Perry of Nakina died Sunday, Jan. 22 in his home. He was 88.      Born Aug. 28, 1928 in Belmont, he was the son of the late Everett Owens and Florence Mae Clendening Perry and the widower of Jewell Mier Perry.     He is survived by one son,…

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Carol Gray Hughes Canady: Tabor City

1938 – 2017     Carol Gray Hughes Canady of Tabor City died Sunday, Jan. 22 in Lower Cape Fear Hospice & Lifecare Center, Whiteville. She was 78.     She was born Dec. 24, 1938 in  Columbus County, the daughter of the late Gray Hughes and Ruby Stanley Hughes.     Carol graduated in 1957 from the School of…

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John Olan “Johnny Blaze” Burr, Sr.: Chadbourn

1976 – 2014     John Olan “Johnny Blaze” Burr, Sr., of Chadbourn died Saturday, Jan. 21 at his home. He was 40.     Born Oct. 5, 1976 in Camden, he was the son of William B. Burr of Blackshear, Georgia and Grace Camille Burney of Whiteville.     In addition to his parents, he is survived…

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Judson Benjamin Cox: Loris

1945 – 2017      Judson Benjamin Cox of Loris passed away Thursday, Jan. 19. He was 71.      Mr. Cox  was born in Horry County a son of Thelma Cox Joyner and the late Henson Berry Cox, Sr.  He was a member of Loris First Presbyterian Church and worked with Santee Cooper for 30…

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Hilton L. Gause: North Myrtle Beach

1937 – 2017     Hilton L. Gause of North Myrtle Beach passed away Wednesday, Jan. 18. He was 79.     Mr. Gause was born in Loris, a son of the late Alton and Bertha Gause.     In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by three brothers, William Joseph Gause, Tommy Gause, and Donald Gause.…

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Myrtie Marie Williams: Chadbourn

1926 – 2017     Myrtie Marie Williams of Chadbourn of AD Hinson Road, Chadbourn, died Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017 in her home. She was 90.     Born Sept. 24, 1926 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Melvin and Blanche Lee Fipps McPherson.     In addition to her parents, she was preceded…

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Frances Mildred Gore Worthy: Carolina Shores

1926 – 2017     Frances Mildred Gore Worthy of Carolina Shores passed away at her home on Jan. 18. She was 90.      Mildred was born April 24, 1926 to the late Jim C. and Eva Long Gore of Nakina.     She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Paul Worthy; her sister…

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Barbara Jane Mack: Tabor City

    Barbara Jane Mack of Tabor City died Sunday, Jan. 15. She was 65.     She is survived by her husband, Thales Mack.     Visitation will be 4 to 6 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 20 in the Westside Funeral Home Chapel in Tabor City and one hour prior to and following the service.     Funeral…

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