Area Obituaries

    Nellie McPherson Lee of Tabor City died Wednesday, July 22 in the Lower Cape Fear Hospice LifeCareCenter, Whiteville. She was 80.     Born Jan. 22, 1935 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Fred and Bessie McPherson.       In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by one brother, David…

    Kathleen Ray Fowler of Tabor City died Tuesday, July 21 in Liberty Commons Nursing Center, Whiteville. She was 90.     Born Aug. 24, 1924 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Simon Peter Ray and Mary Faulk Ray.     In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Lyman…

    Betty Johnson of Tabor City died Tuesday, July 14 at Lower Cape Fear Hospice Care Center in Whiteville.     She was the daughter of Mack and Florda Williams.     Funeral services were held 11 a.m. Saturday, July 18 at Mitchell Sea Baptist Church in Green Sea. Burial followed in the Hills Chapel Cemetery in…

    Carolyn June Sprinkle Foley of Loris passed away Friday, July 17. She was 80.     Mrs. Foley was born in Mill Creek, West Virginia and was the daughter of the late Harlan Sprinkle and the late Iva Swiger Sprinkle. She was a homemaker and was a member of the Trinity Baptist Church.     Survivors…

     Marie Gayle Norris of Tabor City died Tuesday, July 7. She was 36.      Born Oct. 17, 1978 in Horry County, she was the daughter of Duane Norris of Jacksonville, Florida and Avonda Merle James Norris of Tabor City.     In addition to her parents, she is survived by one son, James Avery…

    Myrtle Jane Jacobs of Tabor City died Friday, July 10, in Lower Cape Fear Hospice and Life Care Center, Whiteville. She was 88.     Born in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Johnny E. Singletary and Ella Faircloth Singletary. She was the widow of Dupree Joseph Jacobs.     She is survived…

    Bobby Ray Brown, Sr. of Loris passed away peacefully on July 10, at McLeod Loris hospital. He was 73.     He was born Feb. 19, 1942 in Horry County, a son of the late James Bruce Brown and the late Mattie Phillips Brown. He was a longtime farmer in the Green Sea community and…

    Lloyd “Porky” Mishoe of Loris passed away Tuesday, July 7. He was 46.     Mr. Mishoe was born in Thomasville, a son of the late Lloyd Daniel “L. D.” Mishoe, Sr. and the late Brenda Singletary Mishoe.     In addition to his parents, Mr. Mishoe was predeceased by his wife, Jackie Grantham Mishoe.   …

    Sandra Faye Rogers of Conway passed away Thursday, July 9, at her home with her family by her side. She was 61.     Mrs. Rogers was born in Loris, a daughter of Ednaleen S. Harris and the late Floyd Auston Harris.     In addition to her mother of Conway, she is survived by her…