Area Obituaries

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…

1932 – 2016     Verbee Cribb Cartrette of Whiteville died Friday, Oct. 14. at home surrounded by her loving family.  She was 84.     She was born April 23, 1932 in Columbus County, a daughter of the late Dow and Vernie Duncan Cribb.     Survivors include her daughters, Margie Carol McLeod of Green Sea and…

1930 – 2016     Susan Marie Barnes Arnette of Smsithfield, Virginia 86, passed away Friday. Oct. 14. She was 86.     Born in Columbus, North Carolina, Marie was the daughter of the late Jenavy Cooper and Lossie C. Barnes.     She had lived in the area for 16 years, coming here to be close to…

1964 – 2016     Mark Johnson Holmes of Loris passed away Tuesday, Oct. 11. He was 51.     Born Nov. 24, 1964 in Loris, Mr. Holmes was a son of Myrtle Johnson Holmes and the late Ira Thomas Holmes.      Survivors include his mother, Myrtle Holmes and her special friend, Lester Blanton of Loris; two…