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Area Obituaries

John Fredrick Kosick: Tabor City

    John Fredrick Kosick of Tabor City died Thursday, March 5, in McLeod Loris hospital. He was 89.     Born July 16, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska, he was the son of the late John Francis Kosick and Mabel Ann Hopkins.     He is survived by his wife of 71 years, Betty Jean Kerr Kosick of…

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Paul Earl Rackley: Tabor City

    Paul Earl Rackley of Tabor City died Thursday, March 5, in Lower Cape Fear Hospice & LifeCareCenter, Whiteville. He was 84.     Born March 7, 1930 in Horry County, he was the son of the late Robert Charles Rackley and Ola Mae Perkins Rackley.     He is survived by his wife, Beth Watts Rackley…

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Annie Bell Lovett: Tabor City

    Annie Bell Lovett of Tabor City, died Wednesday, March 4 at her home. She was 81.     Born June 1, 1933 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Julius Tyson and Ida Bell Soles Tyson.       In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Franklin…

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Lionel Pierce: Brooklyn, NY

    Lionel Pierce of Brooklyn, New York passed away Feb. 23.     Funeral services were held 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28 from the Bristol Creek Missionary Baptist Church in Dothan with burial following in the Faulk Cemetery.

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Ernestine Gore: Brooklyn, NY

    Ernestine Gore of Brooklyn, New York and formerly of Tabor City passed away Feb. 23. She was 88.     She was the daughter of Mary Jane Faulk and Frank Gore.     She is survived by four children, Daphne Lynch, Carl Gore, Angela Penn and William Penn.     Funeral services were planned for 2 p.m.…

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Shirley Lee Lewis: Nichols

    Shirley Lee Lewis of Nichols, passed away Saturday, Feb. 28 at McLeod Hospice House in Florence following an illness. She was 79.     Born Jan. 7, 1936 in Loris, she was the daughter of Mr. John Barley Lewis and Mrs. Ethel Mackey Lewis. Mrs. Lewis worked in textiles for many years and was a…

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Inez Marie Hilburn Atwell: Loris

    Inez Marie Hilburn Atwell of Loris, passed away Friday, Feb. 27 at her home following an illness. She was 94.     Born March 15, 1920 in Fayetteville, she was the daughter of Mr. James Walter Hilburn and Mrs. Mertie Harrelson Hilburn. Mrs. Atwell was a loving homemaker and a member of Body of Believers…

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William Clayton Fowler: Green Sea

    William Clayton Fowler Sr. of Green Sea died Tuesday March 3, in McLeod Loris hospital. He was 99.     Born Feb. 3, 1916 in Horry County, he was the son of the late Charlie Monroe Fowler and Rebecca Lou Cribb Fowler.     In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his…

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Randy Kyle Butler: Tabor City

    Randy Kyle Butler of Tabor City died Thursday, Feb. 26 at his residence. He was 27.     He is survived by two children, Aubrey Bliss Butler of the home and Kinleigh Blaire Butler of Whiteville; his parents, Karen Faye Bryant Phillips of Bladenboro and Ricky Dale Butler of Whiteville; two sisters, Katelyn Renaye Phillips…

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Alice Sarvis Hedgecoe: Tabor City

    Alice Sarvis Hedgecoe of Tabor City, died Sunday, March 1, in McLeod Loris hospital, Loris. She was 95.     She was the wife of the late Lee Berton Hedgecoe Jr. They were married for 54 years. She was the daughter of the late Marsdell Cornelius and Frances Anderson Sarvis.     Survivors include two sons,…

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