Area Obituaries

    Johnnie Mae Brown of Tabor City passed away Sept. 13 at Lower Cape Fear Hospice and LifeCareCenter. She was 81.     She was the daughter of the late John and Arcenia Grice.     She is survived by one son, Tracy Brown of Loris.     Visitation was planned from 1 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept.…

Eloise “Johnnie” Mercile Williams 1939 – 2015     Eloise “Johnnie” Mercile Williams of Conway passed away Monday, Sept. 14. She was 75.     Mrs. Williams was born Dec. 22, 1939 in Jacksonville, Florida, a daughter of Betty Herndon and the late John Tomlin.       She was predeceased by her granddaughter, Leslie Edmondson and great-grandson,…

Joyce Kathleen Bellinger 1934 – 2015     Joyce Kathleen Bellinger of Conway passed away Friday, Sept. 11. She was 81.     Mrs. Bellinger was born in St. Louis on May 1, 1934 to Paul and Marguerite O’Rourke Landrum.     She was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur Bellinger.         She is survived by…

    Mary Jane Wilburn of Conway, age 82, passed away Thursday, Sept. 10. She was 82     Mrs. Wilburn was born in Conway, a daughter of the late Jule Allen. She was a member of Zion Pentecostal Holiness Church.     She was predeceased by her husband of 65 years, Morris C. Wilburn, Sr.; two brothers,…

Janet Pope Blalock of Rougemont died in her home on Sept. 1. She was 79. Born in Wake County to the late J.G. Pope and Mary Tilley Pope, she was the wife of the late Hugh G. Blalock Jr. Mrs. Blalock had several ties to Tabor City. She was an administrative assistant to former state…

Lorraine Metts Turner 1946 – 2015     Lorraine Metts Turner of Brittons Neck died Monday, Sept. 7 in the McLeod Hospice House, Florence. She was 68.     Born Nov. 9, 1946 in Columbia, she was the daughter of the late Floyd Backman Metts and Dorothy Hoffman Metts.       In addition to her parents, she…

Margaret Boseman 1941-2015        Margaret Bosman of Loris died Sunday, Sept. 06, in her home. She was 73. Born September 13, 1941 in Horry County, she was the daughter of the late Dolphus Marlowe and Annie Mae Shelley Marlowe.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, one…

Clytie H. Sessions 1932 – 2015     Clytie H. Sessions of Loris passed away Friday, Sept. 4. She was 83.     Mrs. Sessions was born in Loris, a daughter of the late Mayberry and Addie E. Hardee.       She was a graduate of Anderson College and was a school teacher and homemaker.  She was…