Area Obituaries

1957 – 2015     Bryan Keith Strickland, Sr. of Fair Bluff went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, Dec 12. He was 58.     Bryan was a loving husband, father and “Pa-Pa”. He was also a veteran of the US Armed forces.     Mr. Strickland was preceded in death by his father, Ralph…

1959 – 2015     Max Strickland of Tabor City died Saturday, Dec. 12, in Lower Cape Fear Hospice and LifeCareCenter, Whiteville. He was 56.     He is survived by his wife, Tracy Lee Strickland; a daughter, Jessica Paige; a son, Steve Strickland of Elizabethtown; his mother, Estelle Strickland of Tabor City; a brother, Adam Strickland…

1926 – 2015     Mary Verna Gore of Clarendon died Friday, Dec. 11, 2015 in Ash. She was 89.     Born June 8, 1926 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late John Henry Vanderbilt Gore and Mary Ella Gore.     She is survived by four brothers, J. C. Gore of Nakina, Paul…

1919 – 2015     Howard Grainger of Longs passed away Wednesday, Dec. 9 at his home in Longs after a long illness. He was 96.     Born on Oct. 20, 1919, he was the son of the late Ferd and Minnie Sarvis Grainger.  He was a member of Mt. Leon Baptist Church and a retired…

    Betty Gayle Grainger of Loris died Tuesday, Dec. 8 in her home. She was 64.     Born in Horry County, she was the daughter of the late Benny Lee Duncan and Annie Jane Manning Duncan.       She is survived by one son, Richard Grainger of Loris; one sister, Jeanette Jenrette of Tabor City;…

1948 – 2015     Billy Ray Blackwell of Tabor City died Monday, Dec. 7 in his home. He was 67.     Born in Columbus County, he was the son of the late Howard James Blackwell and Ola Jane Spivey Blackwell.     He is survived by one daughter, Kristie Lynette Blackwell of Green Sea; two brothers,…

1955 – 2015     Debra Lynn Autry White of Myrtle Beach age 60 died Thursday, Dec. 3 in Loris. She was 60.     Born in Marion, NC, she was the daughter of the late McGarvey “Mack” Autry and Frances Marie Graham Autry.     She is survived by special friend, Michael Gore of Loris; one son,…

1922 – 2015     Dorothy Williams Campbell of Tabor City died Saturday, Dec. 5, in Lower Cape Fear Hospice & LifeCareCenter, Whiteville. She was 93.     Born July 12, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Lester Williams and Fleetie Morse Williams and the widow of Herbert Campbell.     She is survived by a…

    Lula Long Faulk of Nakina, died Wednesday, Dec 2 at her home. She was 86.     She was born in Brunswick County the daughter of Murray Long and Bertha Parker Long. She was the widow of Clifton Faulk.     Mrs. Faulk was a retired cafeteria manager with Nakina High School.      She is survived…