Area Obituaries

1956 – 2025      Sesley Gore Blanton of Loris died Sunday, Jan. 26, in McLeod Regional Hospital, Florence. She was 68.      Born in Horry County, she was the daughter of the late B. C. and Louise Gore. She was the widow of Johnnie Blanton.      She is survived by two daughters, Misty Blanton Jones (Chris) of Conway…

1937 – 2025      William Clyde James of Tabor City died Monday, Jan. 27, in Loris Rehab and Nursing Center. He was 87.      Born Aug. 22, 1937 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late Buster James and Annie Lee Fowler James.      He is survived by one son, Donald Earl James and wife Debbie…

1928 – 2025      Thomas Gwilliam Duncan of Nakina died Thursday, Jan. 23, in his home. He was 96.      Born Oct. 23, 1928 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late Alton Edwin Duncan and Retha Lola Long Duncan.      He was a retired veteran of the United States Air Force where he served in…

1941 – 2025      Rev. Charles Wesley Clubb of Fayetteville passed away peacefully Thursday, Jan. 23, in Autumn Care of Raeford. He was 83.      Born May 20, 1941 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late Rev. Clifford Wright Clubb and Vergie Cox Clubb.      He served as pastor of several Presbyterian churches and was…

1953 – 2024      Hilda Carol Hewett Suggs of Tabor City passed away on Thursday, Jan. 16. She was 71.      Born in England, Hilda was a daughter of the late Ernest and Hilda Rodriguez Hewett. She was the wife of the late Danny Jay Suggs.      Surviving are her children, Matthew Suggs, Joshua Suggs, and Samantha Suggs;…

1942 – 2025      Donnie “Donna” Mishoe Conner of Loris died Friday, Jan. 17, in Oak Hollow of Georgetown Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was 82.      Born Aug. 3, 1942 in Horry County, she was the daughter of the late Maggie Lucille Mishoe.      She is survived by two grandsons, Kenneth Brandon Long (Paige) and Samuel Gene…

1967 – 2025      Judy Gail Chestnut Herring of Florence passed away on Sunday, Jan. 12, at McLeod Florence Hospital. She was 57.      Born July 18, 1967, in Loris, she was the daughter of Judy Gail Ganis Chestnut and the late Giles Wendell Chestnut.      In addition to her mother survivors include her loving husband, Drake Herring;…

1948 – 2024      Lula Bell Grainger Russ of Tabor City, wife of the late Leon Lavon Russ, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 5. She was 76.      Mrs. Russ was born in Loris, a daughter of the late Ruffin and Addie Grainger. She was predeceased by a son, Timothy Barnhill, Sr.; a daughter, Cynthia Auvil; a…

1941 – 2025      Sara Alice Davis Smallwood of Tabor City died Monday Jan. 6, in her home. She was 83.      Born in Cordova, Alabama, she was the daughter of the late Foide Davis and Emmie Eldis Mills Davis.      She is survived by one son, Shane Bryan Smallwood of Tabor City; a daughter, Candice Marie Russell…

1964 – 2025      Janice Branton Rhue of Tabor City died Sunday, Jan. 12, in her home. She was 60.      Born May 8, 1964 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Curtis Hodge and Annie Lee Todd Hodge.      She is survived by her husband, Robert Alton Rhue, Sr. of the home; two daughters,…