Area Obituaries

1942 – 2017     Wade Pierce of Whiteville, formerly of Wilmington, died Sunday, Jan. 8, in Shoreland Health Care Center. He was 74.     Born Dec. 18, 1942 in New Hanover County, he was the son of the late John Oscar Pierce and Lula Margaret Gore Pierce. He was also predeceased by his sister, Barbara…

1930 – 2017     Jeanne Pinner Hood of Rock Hill passed away on Sunday, Jan. 8, at Harbor Chase Memory Care, Rock Hill. She was 86.     Born in Mt. Olive, Mrs. Hood was a daughter of the late Charles Harlan Pinner and the late Wilma West Pinner. She graduated from Mars Hill Junior College and then…

1963 – 2017     Steven Earl Hinson of Clarendon died Sunday, Jan. 8, in the Columbus Regional Healthcare Center, Whiteville. He was 53.     Born March 12, 1963 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late Earl and Ruth Duncan Hinson.       He is survived by his half brother, Robert Hinson of…

1923 – 2017     John “Don” Donnie Cox, Sr. of Tabor City passed away Friday, Jan. 6, at his home. He was 93.     Mr. Cox was born April 4, 1923 in Tabor City, a son of the late John Graddie and Mary Caroline Gore Cox. He was a Veteran of the U.S. Navy where…

1939 – 2016     William Carlyle Prince of Tabor City died Thursday, Jan. 5, in the Lower Cape Fear Hospice and LifeCareCenter, Whiteville. He was 77.     Born Sept. 2, 1939 in Horry County, he was the son of the late Joseph Carl and Cora Lee Harrelson Prince.     He is survived by his wife,…

1932 – 2017     Jesse Raymond Singletary of Whiteville, died Sunday, Jan. 1, in McLeod Loris hospital. He was 84.     Born Jan. 7, 1932 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late Jessie Alton and Ruth Ward Singletary.     He is survived by three brothers, Paul Singletary and Robert Singletary of York,…

1935 – 2016     Loyd “Bob” Cartret of Chadbourn died Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016 in Lower Cape Fear Hospice and LifeCare Center, Whiteville. He was 81.     Born Jan. 16, 1935 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late C.M. Cartret and Rebecca McPherson Cartret.     He was a pipe fitter and welder…

1928 – 2017     Sylvia Faye Powell Williams of Whiteville died Sunday, Jan. 1, in Lower Cape Fear Hospice and LifeCareCenter, Whiteville. She was 88.     Born Jan. 24, 1928 in New Hanover County, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Stella Fowler Powell and the widow of Marion Wilson Williams.     She…

1923 – 2016     Catherine Boyd Causey of Whiteville went to be with her Lord on Wednesday, Dec. 28 at the Lower Cape Fear Hospice Lifecare Center in Whiteville. She was 92.      Final rites were planned for 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31, at Chadbourn Baptist Church with Dr. Danny Russell and Reverend C.F.…