Area Obituaries

1941 – 2024      Ronald Watts of Tabor City died Thursday, June 6, at McLeod Loris hospital. He was 83.      Born April 20, 1941, in Tabor City, he was the son of the late Dow Watts and the late Edith Soles Watts.      He is survived by two sisters, Doris Grainger of Green Sea and Phyllis Althen…

1947 – 2024      Barbara Jean Lanier of Chadbourn died Thursday, June 6, , in Lower Cape Fear Hospice and LifeCare Center, Whiteville. She was 77.      Born March 2, 1947, she was the daughter of the late Rozier Clinton Phipps and the late Geneva Duncan Phipps.      She is survived by her grandson, Austin Oliver (Emma) of…

1955 – 2024      Horace Brooks Miller Jr. of Loris passed away on Monday, June 3, at McLeod Loris hospital. He was 69.      Born May 6, 1955 in Mullins, he was the son of the late Horace Brooks Miller Sr., and the late Mary Elizabeth Bullard Miller. He enjoyed his occupation of being a truck driver.…

1947 – 2024      Paul Russell Higgs of Loris passed away on Sunday, June 2, at Mcleod Loris hospital following a sudden illness. He was 77.      Born April 5, 1947, in Laurel, Maryland, he was the son of the late Paul Elmer Higgs and the late Katherine Mae Green Higgs.      Mr. Higgs served his country with…

1932 – 2024      Patrick Donald Moretti of Loris passed away on Wednesday, May 29, at Grand Strand Medical Center. He was 92.      Born Jan. 12, 1932 in Syracuse, New York, he was the son of the late Pasquale Moretti and the late Isabella Senise Moretti.      Mr. Moretti was a great logistical thinker and handyman, building…

1972 – 2024      Sammy Joe Graham (US Army, Ret.), age 52, of El Paso, Texas, passed away on May 13 in Colorado.      Born Jan. 22, 1972, in Loris, he was the son of the late Charlie Arthur (C.A.) Graham, Jr., and the late Lillie Mae Hodge Graham Miller.      He served his Country with honor and…

1951 – 2024      Clyde “Shorty” Anderson of Tabor City passed away Tuesday, May 28, at his home. He was 72.      He was born Dec. 3, 1951 in Horry County, the son of the late Clyde Anderson and the late Sarah Anderson.      Left to cherish his memory is his wife of 37 years, Marcia Soles Anderson…

1939 – 2024      Agnes Gertrude McQueen Lee of Longs passed away on Saturday, May 25, at McLeod Seacoast Hospital. She was 84.      Born Dec. 4, 1939, in Mullins, she was the daughter of the late Arthur McQueen Sr. and the late Mary Pinson McQueen.      Mrs. Lee was an elementary teacher until her retirement, and a…

1939 – 2024      Samuel “Sammy” Phillips of Green Sea died Saturday, May 25, in McLeod Seacoast hospital, Little River. He was 84.      Born in Horry County, he was the son of the late McKinley and Easter Snow Pridgen Phillips.      He is survived by his wife, Wilma Ernestine Johnson Phillips of the home; two daughters, Toni…

1980 – 2024      Patrick Dain Lovette of Tabor City died Thursday, May 23, in Novant New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington. He was 43.      Born in Columbus County, he was the son Myra Daye Hinson and the late George David Lovette Sr.      In addition to his mother, he is survived by two daughters; Skyla Lovette…