Area Obituaries

    Jane Ellen Wannemacher Hammer of Tabor City died Sunday, Feb. 1. She was 63.      Born Dec. 6, 1951 in Montclair, New Jersey, she was the daughter of the late Paul Harry Wannemacher and Rita Pellens Wannemacher.     She is survived by her husband, Peter Donald Hammer Sr. of the home; two daughters, Ellen…

    Barbara June Long Jacobs of Leland died Sunday, Feb. 1, in her home. She was 62.     Born Dec. 24, 1952 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of Wilda Laye Formyduval Long of Nakina, and the late Floyd Leonard Long.     In addition to her mother, she is survived by her husband, Mitchell…

    Ethel Emma Cook Lockwood of Green Sea passed away Thursday, Jan. 22 at her home following an illness. She was 92.      Mrs. Lockwood was born on Aug. 7, 1922 in Brooklyn, New York, a daughter of the late Mr. Fred Cook and the late Mrs. Charlotte Chopping Cook.     Survivors include her…

    Brenda Chavis of Tabor City died Tuesday, Jan. 27, in McLeod Loris hospital. She was 63.       Born July 22, 1951 in Horry County, she was the daughter of the late Rufus Dock Turbeville and Edna Earl Grainger Turbeville.       In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two…

    Geraldine Arnette Fowler of Newport News, Virignia, died Saturday, Jan. 10. She was 83.     Born in Horry County, she had been a longtime resident of the Peninsula and member of Liberty Baptist Church, Hampton, Virginia. She retired from Bendix Corporation as a supervisor.     Mrs. Fowler is survived by her daughters, Jeanette F.…

    Jerry Dean Johnson of Mullins died Friday, Jan. 23 at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston after an illness. He was 49.     Dean was born Sept. 11, 1965 in Conway, a son of the late Jerry Johnson and the late Inez Harper Grainger.     He was an engineer for EASB.   …

    Ricky Dale Godwin of Tabor City died Monday, Jan. 26 in the McLeod Loris hospital. He was 53.     Born April 6, 1961 in Cumberland County, he was the son of the late Burris Godwin and Luria Norris Godwin.     He is survived by two brothers, David Godwin of Tabor City, Alton Godwin of…

    Janet R. Soles of Tabor City passed away Thursday, Jan. 22 at her home following an illness. She was 78.     Mrs. Soles was born on May 11, 1936 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a daughter of the late Mr. Wilbert Ruhland and the late Mrs. Selma Bender Ruhland. Mrs. Soles was a retired assembly line…

    Daisy Marie Bennett of Tabor City died Wednesday, Jan. 21, in Lower Cape Fear Hospice & Life Care Center, Whiteville. She was 67.     Born April 11, 1947 in Bogalusa, Louisiana, she was the daughter of the late Goodbee Gordon Thomas and Esther Mae Garner Thomas.     In addition to her parents, she was…