Area Obituaries

1960 – 2017     Barbara Kay Shaw Morris of Loris passed away on Friday, March 10, at her home following an illness. She was 57.     Mrs. Morris was born on March 1, 1960 in Portsmouth, Ohio, daughter of the late, Russell Eugene Shaw and the late, Emma Mae Howard Shaw.     Survivors include her…

1973 – 2017     Frankie Jean Lanier Bridgers of Chadbourn died Saturday, March 11. She was 43.     She is survived by her mother, Barbara Phipps Lanier, and father, Waylen F. Lanier, both of Chadbourn; and one son, Austin Blake Oliver of Chadbourn.     Visitation was planned from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, March 13,…

1925 – 2017     Mary Lucille Monroe Smith of Tabor City died Wednesday, March 8, in Premier Living, Lake Waccamaw. She was 91.     Born Sept. 28, 1925 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Kenneth and Osley Jacobs Monroe and the widow of Leo Franklin Smith, Sr.     She is survived…

1952 – 2017     John Alan Gore of Tabor City died Tuesday, March 7, at McLeod Seacoast hospital in Little River. He was 64.     He was born in Columbus County, the son of the late, John M. Gore and Daphine Rhodes Gore.     He was an Associational Missionary with the Dock Baptist Association; a…

1931 – 2017     Shirley Anne Metts Ayers of Loris passed away Monday, March 6. She was 85.      Mrs. Ayers was born in Spartanburg, daughter of the late Harry Omerle and Myrtle Foster Metts. She was a homemaker and a member of Living Water Baptist Church.     Mrs. Ayers was predeceased by one son, James…

1945 – 2017     Barbara Gail Kiser Lowery of Shallotte went home to be with her heavenly Father on March 5. She was 71.     Born Sept. 4, 1945 in High Point, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Helen Blanche Lawson Kiser.     She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert…