Area Obituaries

    Villa Mae Cox of Tabor City passed on Friday, Nov. 13, at Lower Cape Fear Hospice and LifeCareCenter in Whiteville. She was 82.     She is survived by two brothers, Leonard Stephens and Lawrence Stephens of Tabor City; and a cousin.     Funeral services were planned for 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, at Little Iron…

1939 – 2015     William Pink “King” Cox of Loris passed away Friday, Nov. 13, at his home following an illness. He was 76.     Mr. Cox was born on August 6, 1939 in Loris, SC. Mr. Cox was a retired farmer and a longtime member of Freedom Baptist Church.     Survivors include his three…

1944 – 2015     Mary Ann Hardee of Tabor City, died Thursday, Nov. 12, in Lower Cape Fear Hospice & LifeCareCenter, Whiteville. She was 71.     Born May 1, 1944 in Marion County, she was the daughter of Donnie Vereen and Magaline Rabon Vereen.     She is survived by two sons, Donnie Thompkins and Wayne…

1936 – 2015     Billy Gene Prince of El Paso, Texas and formerly of Tabor City, died Friday, Nov. 6 in El Paso, Texas. He was 79.     Born May 9, 1936 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late Abner Kern Prince and Kate Spivey Prince.     He is survived by three…

1931 – 2015     Patsy Buffkin of Green Sea died Monday, Nov. 9 in her home. She was 84.     Born Sept. 17, 1931 in Marion County, she was the daughter of the late Edgar Strickland and Carrietta Strickland.     She is survived by one son, Robert Gale Buffkin of North Myrtle Beach; one daughter,…

    Veta Ithean Gurganus Bullock of Clarendon died Saturday, Nov. 7, in Lower Cape Fear Hospice and LifeCareCenter, Whiteville. She was 85.     Born in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Bert and Ollie Singletary Gurganus.     She is survived by her husband of 69 years C.B. Bullock Jr. of Clarendon; two…

    Martha Watts Caldwell of Tabor City died Wednesday, Nov. 4 in Providence Hospital in Columbia. She was 79.      Born April 3, 1936 in Horry County, she was the widow of James Burt Caldwell and the daughter of the late John Solomon Watts and Hattie Suggs Watts.     She is survived by two…

1921 – 2015     Laura G. Inman Lowery of Whiteville went home to be with her Lord Jesus Christ on Monday morning Nov. 2, following an extended illness. She was 94.     She was the last surviving child of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Inman of Ash, NC. She was preceded in death by her…

1920 – 2015     Gladys Obera Stanley Mills of Clarendon died Tuesday, Nov. 3 in the Liberty Commons Nursing Center, Whiteville. She was 95.     Born Jan. 3, 1920 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Henry Emerson Stanley and Vira Tula Hinson Stanley.       She is survived by one…