Area Obituaries

1938 – 2024      On December 29, 2024 heaven gained a son, brother, husband, father, grandfather, friend, patriot and child of God.      David Earl “Andy” Anderson was born to Johnnie and Ethel Anderson on Jan. 14, 1938 in Tabor City.     As a high school athlete, a coach nicknamed him Andy and it stuck. After high school…

1939 – 2025      Betty Ann Cummings of Clarendon died Wednesday, Jan. 8, in her home. She was 85.      Born July 5, 1939 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Edward White and Edith Wilma Roman White.      She is survived by her husband, Robert “Bobby” David Cummings; two daughters, Lois Phister, and…

1989 – 2025      Misty Faye Cribb of Clarendon died Monday, Jan. 6. She was 35.      Born in Columbus County, she was the daughter of Terry Lee Cribb Sr. and Marlyn Long Cribb of Clarendon.      In addition to her parents, she is survived by her children, Kyla Mae Benton, and Rhea Lee Zimmerman; two brothers, Terry…

1943 – 2025      Brenda Norris McPherson the Beaverdam Community, Chadbourn, died Monday, Jan. 6, 2025 in her home surrounded by her loving family. She was 81.      Born in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Macey Jack and Linnie Ruth Thompkins Norris.      In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by…

1943 – 2025      Frances Faye Fowler Powell of Loris died Friday, Jan. 3, in McLeod Loris hospital. She was 81.      Born in Horry County, she was the daughter of the late Wilson and Pet Lewis Fowler. She was the widow of the late Charles Windell Powell.      She is survived by her three children, Tammy Donahay,…

1956 – 2024      Bruce Daniel Tyler of Tabor City died Monday Dec. 30, 2024, in his home. He was 68.      Born in Charleston, he was the son of the late Johnny and Wilma Tyler.      In addition to his parent’s, he was preceded in death by one daughter, Danielle Thompson; a son, Bruce Daniel Tyler Jr.;…

1951 – 2024      Lonnie Lee Powers of Mullins died Friday, Dec. 27, in his home surrounded by his family. He was 73.      Born Aug. 20, 1951 in Dillon County, he was the son of the late Dewey Powers and Elberta Lee Powers.      He is survived by his wife, Doris Marie Hunt Powers of the home;…

1943 – 2024      Lora L. Shelley of Tabor City died Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, in her home. She was 81.      Born in Robeson County she was the daughter of the late LeRoy Grice and Gladys Caulder.      She is survived by one son, Terry Dewayne Strickland of Tabor City; two daughters, Patty Strickland and Tara Floyd…

1953 – 2024      Stephanie Davis Fultz of Loris passed away on Dec. 26, 2024, at Bladen East Health and Rehab Center in Elizabethtown. She was 71.      Born March 17, 1953, in Cheverly, Maryland she was the daughter of the late David Connelly Davis, Sr. and the late Elizabeth Webb Davis.      Survivors include her loving husband,…

1943 – 2024      Eulee “Lucy” Long Roark passed away on Friday, Dec. 27, 2024, at her home in Loris. She was 81.      Lucy was born on Oct. 18, 1943, in Loris, daughter of the late Marvin David Long and the late Eula Inez Hardee Long.      In addition to being a homemaker and a compassionate caregiver…