Area Obituaries

1953 – 2016     John Wesley King, Jr. of Tabor City died Saturday, Oct. 29 in the McLeod Loris hospital, Loris. He was 63.     Born March 19, 1953 in Hartsville, he was the son of the late John Wesley King, Sr. and Jacqueline Sparrow King.     He is survived by his wife, Judy Gray…

1946 – 2016     Thomas Fowler of Tabor City passed away Saturday, Oct. 29, at McLeod Loris hospital following an illness. He was 70.     Thomas was born in Horry County a son of the late Bertha Fowler. He was a loving husband and was devoted to his daughter.     Survivors include his wife of…

1954 – 2016     Terry Mae Johnson Elliott of Loris passed away Friday, Oct. 21, at her home in Loris. She was 62.     Born Jan. 17, 1954 in Mullins,, she was the daughter of the late Harmon Bryant Johnson and the late Gracie Elwood Alford Johnson. Mrs. Elliott was a loving homemaker and of…

1960 – 2016     Willis Earl Boyd, Sr. of Loris passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 25 at McLeod Loris hospital. He was 56.     Born Oct. 1, 1960 in Loris, he was the son of the late Pearlie Preston Boyd and the late Cecile Mae Holmes Boyd.     Survivors include his wife, Pamela Diane Perritt…

1930 – 2016     Edna Louise Long of Whiteville died Thursday, Oct. 27, in Liberty Commons Nursing Home, Whiteville. She was 86.     Born July 17, 1930 in Sevierville, Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late Pinkney Whaley and Anner Huskey Whaley and the widow of Herbert Graden Long.     In addition to her…

1952 – 2016     Carol T.  Williams McPherson of Whiteville died Tuesday, Oct. 25 in her home. She was 64.     Born June 27, 1952, in Horry County, she was the daughter of the late Carson Williams and Leona Faulk Williams.     She is survived by one son, Travis McPherson (Kim) of Clarendon; one daughter,…

1931 – 2016     Estalene Long Faulk of Tabor City passed away peacefully Sunday, Oct. 23 at Lower Cape Fear Hospice in Whiteville. She was 85.     She was born Oct. 16, 1931 to the late Walter Emerson “Duff” Long and Evie Lula Jones Long.     Estalene was preceded in death by her husband, William…

1937 – 2016     Ethel Carol Rhodes Armakovitch of Tabor City passed away Tuesday, Oct. 18  at Liberty Commons Nursing Center in Whiteville. She was 79.     Ms. Armakovitch was born on March 10, 1937 in Whiteville, a daughter of the late Ernest McNeil Rhodes and the late Myrtle Belle Ward Rhodes.     Survivors include…