Area Obituaries
Leona Cox Floyd: Green Sea
1930 – 2016 Leona Cox Floyd of Green Sea died Monday, Feb. 29 in her home. She was 85. Born April 20, 1930 in Columbus County, she was the widow of Hoyt E. Floyd and the daughter of the late Wayman Cox and Nora Long Cox. She is survived by one son,…
Read MoreEure Theodore “E.T.” Hinson: Clarendon
1940 – 2016 Eure Theodore “E.T.” Hinson of Clarendon, age 75, died Monday, Feb. 29, in McLeod Loris hospital. He was 75. Born May 25, 1940 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late George Lacy Hinson and Mattie Mae Cribb Hinson. He is survived by his wife, Ila Faulk…
Read MoreDoris Ann Meares Fowler: Whiteville
1947 – 2016 Doris Ann Meares Fowler of FM Watts Road, Whiteville, died Friday, Feb. 26, at her home. She was 68. Born June 6, 1947 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Taft Meares and Allie Ward Meares. She is survived by one son, Bobby Joe Fowler (Cathy)…
Read MoreBruce Wayne Thompkins: Tabor City
1951 – 2016 Bruce Wayne Thompkins of Tabor City died Sunday, Feb. 28 in the Duke University Hospital in Durham. He was 64. Born May 27, 1951, in Horry County, he was the son of the late Oscar Neal Tompkins and Lettie Mae Spivey Tompkins. He is survived by one sister, Shirley…
Read MoreErnest Wayne Hardee, Sr.: Loris
1954 – 2016 Ernest Wayne Hardee, Sr. of Loris passed away Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016 in Grand Strand Regional Medical Center following an illness. He was 62. He was born Feb. 18, 1954 in Loris, a son of the late Ernest Claude Hardee and the late Marva Lee Collins Hardee. Mr.…
Read MoreJimmy Ward Spivey: Whiteville
1941 – 2016 Jimmy Ward Spivey of Whiteville died Thursday, Feb. 25 in the Lower Cape Fear Hospice and LifeCareCenter, Whiteville. He was 74. Born in Columbus County, he was the son of the late H. Cliff Spivey and Ruby Hooker Spivey. He was preceded in death by three siblings, Doris…
Read MoreShelby Jean Reaves: Loris
1939 – 2016 Shelby Jean Reaves of Loris passed away Tuesday, Feb. 23. She was 76. Mrs. Reaves was born in Loris, a daughter of the late Austin and Alberta Brinson. She was a devoted member of Macedonia Baptist Church. Mrs. Reaves was a loving and caring nurse for over 40…
Read MoreLarry Kenyard Wright: Tabor City
1946 – 2016 Larry Kenyard Wright of Tabor City died Monday, Feb. 22 in the Lower Cape Fear Hospice & LifeCareCenter, Whiteville. He was 69. Born March 2, 1946 in Horry County, he was the son of the late Robert Wright and Annie Faircloth Wright. He is survived by his wife, Saundra…
Read MoreJohn Fuller Atkinson, Jr.: Juliette, Ga.
1939 – 2016 John Fuller Atkinson, Jr. of Juliette, Georgia passed away Sunday, Feb 21.He was 77. Mr. Atkinson, the son of the late John Fuller Atkinson, Sr. and Ellen Ruth Harrelson Atkinson was born Sept. 12, 1939, in Macon, Georgia. His son, Johnny Atkinson and his three sisters preceded him in death.…
Read MoreJohn Henry Bruton: Loris
1938 – 2016 John Henry Bruton of Loris died Thursday, Feb. 18 in Loris. He was 77. Born February 23, 1938 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late John Bruton and Margaret Smith Bruton. He is survived by his wife, Sallie Grainger Bruton of Loris; three sons, Johnny Dale…
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