Area Obituaries

1926 – 2024      Frances Bowker Jennings of Loris passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 14. She was 97.      Born Dec. 16, 1926, in Lumberton, New Jersey, she was the daughter of the late Daniel Bowker and the late Bertha Bowker.      Mrs. Jennings was a seamstress and loved to sew, crochet, and knit.      Survivors include her five…

1937 – 2024      Bobbie Suggs Stevens of Loris went to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, Feb. 13. She was 87.      Born Jan. 1, 1937 in Loris, she was the daughter of the late Lester G. Suggs and the late Mary P. Suggs.      Mrs. Stevens was a very generous person, loved to work…

1941 – 2024      Jeanette Phipps Rentz of Loris passed away on Saturday, Feb. 10. She was 82.      Born Dec. 15, 1941, in Loris, she was the daughter of the late Robert Colon Phipps, Sr. and the late Martha Causey Phipps.      Ms. Rentz was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church.      Survivors include her nephew, Randall C.…

1928 – 2024      Keith Gordon Lay, Sr. of Tabor City passed away on Thursday, Feb. 15. He was 95.      Born April 19, 1928 in Tabor City he was the son of the late Fred and Betty Lay. He attended Wake Forest University where he graduated with a BS in Biology. After graduation, he proudly served…

1927 – 2024      Mary Stanley Currie of Loris went to her heavenly home on Wednesday, Feb. 14. She was 96.      She was born on Nov. 21, 1927, in Loris. She was a daughter of the late Wayland H. and Bertha Rhodes Stanley of Loris.      Mrs. Currie is survived by her daughters, Audrey C. Greene (Mickey) of…

1934 – 2024      Pauline Soles Watts of Loris, wife of the late William Grady Watts, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 14. She was 89.      Mrs. Watts was born in Loris, a daughter of the late Forrest Covell and Iola Fisher Soles.      She was also predeceased by a brother, Covell Soles; and two sisters, Shirley Reaves and…

1932 – 2024      Letha Pearl Smith McDaniels of Clarendon died Wednesday, Feb. 7, in her home with family by her side. She was 91.      Born in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Rev. Archie R. Smith and Addie Marinda Ward Smith.      She was the widow of the late Thomas Huey McDaniels.      She…

1935 – 2024      Jacqueline Mary Gruszel Graham of Conway passed away on Sunday, Feb. 4. She was 88.      Born on May 12, 1935, in Chicago, Illinois, she was the daughter of the late John and Helen Gruszel.      Mrs. Graham retired from Myrtle Beach Air Force Base in 1999 after 31 years of civil service. Mrs.…

1931 – 2024      William Bernice Gerald of Tabor City died Friday, Feb. 2, in Brightwater Skilled Nursing Center, Myrtle Beach. He was 93.      Born Jan. 15, 1931 in Horry County, he was the son of the late William Henry Gerald and Ollie Gilmore Gerald and the widower of Barbara Wayne Hayes Gerald.      He was a…

1958 – 2024      Terry K. Blanton of Longs passed away at home Jan. 23. He was 65.      Terry was born on October 28, 1958 to the late Ken and Lois Blanton.      Terry spent his early years in Virginia, where his father was employed with the Newport News Shipyard, the family moved back to South Carolina…