Area Obituaries

    Susie S. Cribb of Alton Singletary Road, Whiteville, died Saturday, May 2, in Liberty Commons Nursing Home. She was 100.     Born Oct. 14, 1914 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Jimmy and Helen Ring Singletary.     In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband…

    John Ruben Vargas of Conway passed away Friday, April 24 at Brookdale Conway Senior Living following an illness. He was 88.     Mr. Vargas was born Nov. 6, 1926 in New York, New York, son of Mr. Manuel Vargas and Mrs. Maria DeQuesada Vargas.      Survivors include his two daughters, Jill Ann Vargas and…

    Earl Buffkin of Loris passed away Tuesday, April 28. He was 72.     Mr. Buffkin was born in Columbus County, a son of the late Alton and Bernice Buffkin.  He was a member of Trinity Freewill Baptist Church in Green Sea.  Mr. Buffkin was predeceased by three brothers, Elton Buffkin, Frances Strickland, and Carlyle…

    Tama Sue Stevens Frahm of Chesapeake, Virginia passed away on April 14; taken from us at the young age of 68 by cancer. She passed at her home, surrounded by family and tears.     Tama was born in Conway, South Carolina on July 8, 1946, as daughter to the late Florene and Clarence Stevens…

    Wilma Webber Stone of Cary died quietly and peacefully on Sunday, April 26  at “The Oaks of Mayview” in Raleigh.     She was surrounded by her family, her favorite Methodist hymns and her beloved husband of 9 years, William (Bill) Stone.       Wilma was born, Wilma Roberta Wright, in 1928 to Delia and…

    Brenda W. Sherman of Loris, age 52, passed away Sunday, April 26.     Mrs. Sherman was born in North Wilkesboro, a daughter of the late Kenneth Everette Whittington and the late Grace Katherine Frazier Whittington.       Mrs. Sherman was a Special Education teacher for over 25 years and retired in 2010 from Horry…