Area Obituaries

1946 – 2024      James Derrick “Ricky” Harrelson of Wilmington died Tuesday, Aug. 27. He was 78.      Born July 10, 1946 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late J.C. Harrelson and Lorena Bennett Harrelson Fowler and the widower of Linda Grainger Harrelson.      He is survived by his daughter, Jamie Lynn Crist and husband…

1941 – 2024      Henry James Taylor of Tabor City died Tuesday, Aug. 27, in the McLeod Regional Medical Center, Florence. He was 83.      Born Jan., 11, 1941 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late Harley James Taylor and Helen Singletary Taylor. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by…

1961 – 2024      Alice “Lori” Duncan (Summers) of Loris went to the Moon, December 7, 2023.      Youngest daughter of the late Jesse and Alice Duncan of Tabor City; mother to three sons, Stephen and Jessie Johnson and Nathanial Summers; wife of Peter Summers; and beloved grandmother, aunt, sister and friend.      Lori grew up in Tabor…

1935 – 2024      Alice was born in Columbus County the oldest child of Charlie Raymond and Leona Gore White. She was preceded in death by her parents; step-mother Lillian Norris White; husband Joseph Lane; brothers Elroy, Willard, Ray, and Dale; sister Hilda (Mosbey); and daughters Marcella (Lane) and Regina (Dongell).      Alice is survived by brothers…

1937 – 2024      Billie Jo Tyler of Loris passed away on Monday, Aug. 19. She was 87.      Mrs. Tyler was born in Loris, a daughter of the late John Talmadge and Myrtle M. Prince.      In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Junior Tyler; her sister, Wilhemina Cannon; brother-in-law Clarence Cannon; and…

1945 – 2024      Noella (Lachance) Coderre passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 13, at her home in Loris. She was 78.      Mrs. Coderre was born Sept. 20, 1945 to the late Ernest Joseph Lachance and the late Lorraine Chartier Lachance. She was wed to the love of her life, Gerald Coderre, on May 30, 1964, and…

1943 – 2024      Lloyd Vernon Cook of Loris passed away on Sunday, Aug. 11, at his residence. He was 81.      Born July 29, 1943, in Loris, he was the son of the late Hosea C. Cook and the late Mabel Porter Cook.      Vernon was the owner and operator of his own trucking company, Cook’s Transportation…

1954 – 2024      Howard Alden Simonson, III of Loris passed away on Sunday, Aug. 11, at McLeod Loris hospital. He was 70.      Born Jan. 27, 1954, in Oneida, New York, he was the son of Edna May Wheeler and Howard Alden Simonson II.     Mr. Simonson was a sergeant E5 in the United States Army where…

1946 – 2024      Dennis Franklin Moore of Whiteville died Saturday, Aug. 17, in McLeod Loris hospital. He was 77.      Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he was the son of the late John Moore and Mary Harris Moore.      He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force where he served in the Vietnam War.      He is survived…

1945 – 2024      Melvin Douglas Grainger of Tabor City died Friday, Aug. 16, in McLeod Loris hospital. He was 79.      He was the son of the late Homer John Grainger and Anastacia Dyson Grainger.      He was a veteran of the U.S Army.      He is survived by a nephew, Eric Prout (Mirenda) of Tabor City; a…