Area Obituaries

1927 – 2024      Allie Orilla (Rogers Swarts) Leigh of North Myrtle Beach passed away on Friday, Jan. 5, after a long bout with dementia. She was 96.      Allie was born on Oct. 12, 1927 to Charles and Lee Orilla Rogers in Tabor City. She was married twice and survived both previous husbands.      She is survived…

1941 – 2024      Charles Burnett Coleman of Tabor City died Tuesday, Jan. 2, at McLeod Loris Hospital. He was 82.      He was born Sept. 16, 1941 in Lumberton and was the son of late Hosea and Eloise Lancaster Coleman of Tabor City. He grew up on the farm in Cherry Grove Community of Columbus County.…

1926 – 2024      Rev. James Wade Fowler of Tabor City died Tuesday, Jan. 2, in Tabor Commons Assisted Living, Tabor City. He was 97, and a retired Baptist minister.      Born April 23, 1926 in Horry County, he was the son of the late Leon Adolphos Fowler and Hattie Daisy Rogers Fowler.      He is survived by…

1921 – 2023      Funeral Services for Mrs. Miriam A. Potter of North Augusta, South Carolina, who entered into rest Dec. 29, will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024, in Twin City Memorial Gardens Mausoleum, Loris. She was 102.      Mrs. Potter was a native of Marietta, North Carolina, having made Loris, South Carolina…

1972 – 2023      Samuel “Sam” Dale Soles of Tabor City died Saturday, Dec. 30, in his home. He was 51.      Born in Horry County, he was the son of Brenda Phillips Soles and the late Aubry Soles.      He is survived by two sisters, Alice Alford and Kay Causey (Johnny) of Tabor City; four nieces, Kayla…

1948 – 2023      Thelbert Lee “Bob” Roberts of Hinesville, Georgia, died Thursday, Dec. 28, in Savannah, Georgia after a nearly year-long battle with colon cancer. He was 75.      He was born May 8, 1948, in Tabor City, the son of his James Walter Roberts, Allie Lee Sellers Hardwick, and his very special stepdad Jim C.…

1945 – 2023      Danny Elroy Davis of Lake Waccamaw died Friday, Dec. 29, in Premier Living & Rehab Center, Lake Waccamaw. He was 78.      He was born Dec. 29, 1945 in Columbus County, the son of the late George Elroy Davis and Mary Elizabeth Hedgepeth Davis.      He is survived by one brother, Michael Randy Davis…

1934 – 2023      Rebecca J. Suggs of Loris passed away Tuesday, Dec. 26, at McLeod Seacoast hospital. She was 89.      Born Sept. 12, 1934 in the Maple Community of Horry County, she was the daughter of Mr. James Pinkney Jordan and Mrs. Lettie Edge Jordan.      After graduating from Conway High School, where she was a…

1938 – 2023      Douglas Eldridge Stevens of Loris passed away on Sunday, Dec. 24, at McLeod Seacoast in Little River. He was 85.      Born Nov. 12, 1938, in Loris, he was the son of the late Buren Stevens and the late Eulyn Russ Stevens.      Mr. Stevens farmed and worked with AVX for 41 years until…

1948 – 2023      Wendy Boyd of North Myrtle Beach wife of John B. Boyd, departed this earth and entered into eternal rest with her heavenly Father on Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023, surrounded by her loving family. She was 75.      Born May 18, 1948 in Loris, she was the daughter of the late W. L. “Willie”…