Area Obituaries

1954 – 2016     Eddie Carroll Watts of Longs passed away Thursday, Dec. 15 at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center with his family by his side. He was 62.      Eddie was born Oct. 6, 1954, in Whiteville to the late Charlie Brice Watts and the late Margaret Anderson Mincey.      He was preceded in…

1920 – 2015     Cicero Canady of Leland died Tuesday, Dec. 13, in Lower Cape Fear Hospice Center, Whiteville. He was 96.     He was the son of the late Vance Canady and Minnie Reynolds Canady and was preceded in death by his wife, Elka R. Canady . He served in the U.S. Army during…

1978 – 2016     Shane Smith of Loris passed away Monday, Dec. 12. He was 38.     Shane was born in Granbury, Texas, a son of Deborah Harris-Strait and the late Franklin Lavon Smith.     In addition to his father, he was predeceased by his grandfathers, Edwood W. Cox and Leo Smith, Sr.      Survivors…

    Mable L. Pugh of Tabor City passed away Sunday, Dec. 4 in the Lower Cape Fear Hospice Center in Whiteville. She was 68.     She is survived by her two daughters, Patricia Smith of Tabor City and Elizabeth Brown of Loris.     Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 10 at…

1927 – 2016     Flora Belle Gore of Jacksonville, Florida died Dec. 7 in Jacksonville. She was 89.     Born in Columbus County on Dec. 7, 1927, she was the daughter of the late John B. and Mollie Belle Gore.     Mrs. Gore was an educator. She taught at Tabor City Elementary School for 10…

1956 – 2016     Linda Haven Beasley of Tabor City died Friday, Dec. 9, in her home. She was 60.     Born April 30, 1956 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late William and Effie Ward Phillips and the widow of Ernie Davis Beasley.     She is survived by three daughters, Melissa…

1935 – 2016     Rembert Hedgecoe Clemons of Green Sea died Friday, Dec. 9 in his home. He was 81.     Born in Horry County, he was the son the late Wesley and Blanche Foley Clemons.      He is survived by one son, Greg Clemons of Tabor City, granddaughter, Ashlee Brooke Hardwick of Tabor…

1923 – 2016     Belle Bruton of Tabor City, 93, died Wednesday, Dec. 7, at her daughter’s home. She was 93.     She was born May 16, 1923 in Nakina, the daughter of the late Ballon and Ida Rhodes Watts and the widow of Harry Floyd Bruton, Sr.     She was a member of Iron…