Area Obituaries

    Joseph Coley “Joey” Faircloth of Loris died Saturday, June 20 in an automobile accident.  He was 56.      Born Oct. 14, 1958 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he was the son of Samuel Joseph Faircloth and Virginia Jones Faircloth Brown of Whiteville.     In addition to his parents, he is survived by his wife,…

    Margaret Brown Cox of Loris passed away Sunday, June 14 at her daughters home surrounded by her loving family. She was 78.     Born on October, 23, 1936 in Loris, she was the daughter of Mr. Ellie Leonard Brown and Mrs. Roberta Cannon Brown.      Survivors include her daughter, Kathy Housand of Loris; two…

    Devon Montrice Hemingway of Tabor City died Saturday, June 13, in Carolinas Medical Center Northeast in Concord. He was 23.     He was the son of Dexter Stanley and Joyce Grady.     He is survived by his fiancé, Tameka Davis; his mother Joyce Grady and father Dexter Stanley; three brothers, Chuck Hemingway, Lamont Terrell…

    William Henry Vereen of the Green Acres community near Tabor City died Saturday, June 6 at his residence. He was 56.     He was the won of Rosa Lee Brown and the late John Henry Brown.     Survivors include his Mother, Rosa Lee Brown and his children, Keisha Butler, Treslyn Washington, William Tykee Boyd,…

    Brenda Gray Fields of Surfside Beach passed away Friday, June 5 at Waccamaw Community Hospital in Murrells Inlet following an illness. She was 62.     Mrs. Fields was born on Sept. 24, 1952 in Loris, a daughter of the late Laverne Floyd and the late Lora Mae Fowler.     Mrs. Fields worked with NHC…

    Eliza Fowler Stephens of Tabor City died Saturday, June 13, in her home. She was 93.     Born October 12, 1921 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Silvester Godwin and Annie Hughes Godwin.     In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband: Earl Lee Fowler…

    Furney Defentrice “Dee” Buffkin of Tabor City died Friday, June 12, in Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, Myrtle Beach. He was 81.     Born in Horry County, he was the son of the late Tom William Buffkin and Frosty Pridgen Buffkin.     He is survived by his wife of 61 years Shelby Jean Buffkin…

    Frances Elnita Norris Sikes of Whiteville, died Tuesday, June 9 in the Lower Cape Fear Hospice Center, Wilmington.  She was 70.     Born March 12, 1945 in Horry County, she was the daughter of the late Harry Lee Norris Sr. and Rosa Evonna Dew Norris.     In addition to her parents, she was preceded…