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Area Obituaries

Dorothy Phillips Elliott: Green Sea

1933 – 2016     Dorothy Phillips Elliott died peacefully on Wednesday, Nov. 16 at Loris Rehab and Nursing Center in Loris after an extended illness. She was 83.      Mrs. Elliott was born on June 18, 1933 the sixth of eight children born to the late Everette Phillips, Sr. and the late Maggie Collins Phillips.…

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George Hiddleston Kim, Jr.: Longs

1936 – 2016       George Hiddleston Kim, Jr. of Longs passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 16 at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center following an illness. He was 80.     Born on May 23, 1936 in Newark, New Jersey, he was the son of the late George Hiddleston Kim, Sr. and the late Elizabeth Warrender…

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Herbert Wayne Fawcet: Loris

1920 – 2016       Herbert Wayne Fawcett of Loris passed away peacefully Friday, Nov. 11 at Lower Cape Fear Hospice in Whiteville.  He was 96.     He leaves behind his beloved friends of over half a century and home mates, Marlene and Arnold Gaspersohn and their daughter, Shelly (Wayne’s God daughter) and her children,…

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Lionell “Nell” Stevens: Longs

1932 – 2016     Lionell “Nell” Gore Duncan Stevens of Longs passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loved ones, on Wednesday, Nov. 16. She was 84.      “Nell”, as she was lovingly known, was born to Lefon and Minnie B. Gore on June 18, 1932. She grew up and lived all of her life in…

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Richard Brett English: Florence

1990-2016       Richard Brett English of Florence passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 16 in Coward. He was 26.     Born on July 18, 1990 in Florence he was the son of Cynthia Hardee Filyaw and Richard English.      Survivors including his mother and step-father, Cynthia and Kelly Filyaw of Florence; his father, Richard English;…

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Jean Mary McGrath D’Auria: Longs

1947 – 2016     Jean Mary McGrath D’Auria of Longs passed away on Thursday, Nov. 10 at her home in Longs. She was 68.     Born on Dec. 8, 1947 in Nyack, New York, she was the daughter of the late Anita Claire Murphy McGrath and the late James J. McGrath.      Survivors include her…

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Dalton Foster Ward Jr.: Raleigh

1933 – 2016     Dalton Foster Ward Jr. of Raleigh, loving husband, father, father-in-law, Papa, great Papa, uncle and friend, died Saturday, Nov. 19. He was 83.     Born in Columbus County, he was the son of the late Dalton Foster Ward Sr. and Nina Brown Ward.     Dalton brought his young family to the…

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Hazel Tyree: Whiteville

1941 – 2016     Hazel Tyree of Whiteville died Sunday, Nov. 20 in her home. She was 74.     Born Nov. 21, 1941 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Vernon Dawson and Maude Worley Cartrette.     In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by two brothers, Robert Lee Cartrette and…

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Carolyn Louise Ward: Whiteville

1964 – 2016     Carolyn Louise Ward of Whiteville died Saturday, Nov. 19 in New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington. She was 52.     Born May 2, 1964, she was the daughter of Katherine Louise Roberts Sarvis and the late James S. Sarvis.     In addition to her mother, she is survived by three sons,…

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Frankie Aubrey Gore: North Myrtle Beach

1945 – 2016     Frankie Aubrey Gore of North Myrtle Beach, died Saturday, Nov. 19, in Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, Myrtle Beach, from respiratory failure. He was 71.     He was the son of the late Austin and Fannie Alene Fipps Gore.     He is survived by his wife, Alanza Gore; three children, Kim…

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