Area Obituaries

1942 – 2023      James Raleigh “JR” McPherson of Chadbourn died Friday, Dec. 1, in his home. He was 81.      Born in Columbus County, he was the son of the late James Floyd McPherson and Letha Wilson Sellers. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and member of Beaverdam Original Free Will Baptist Church where…

1951 – 2023      Bessie Leety Grainger Holt of Green Sea died Tuesday, Nov. 28, in McLeod Loris hospital, Loris. She was 72.      Born in Horry County, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin Oscar Grainger and Leety Strickland Grainger.      She is survived by one daughter, Crystal Blanchard Hill and husband Greg of Green Sea; two sons,…

1945 – 2023      Patricia Ann Trenta of Tabor City died Monday, Nov. 27, in McLeod Seacoast, Little River. She was 78.      Born in Childress, Texas, she was the daughter of the late Forest Sterling Bright and Aylece Hunter Bright.      She is survived by one daughter, Cathy Hanns of Tabor City; a brother, James Bright of…

1981 – 2023      Julian Cecil Lee of Tabor City died Thursday, Nov. 23, in his home. He was 42.      Born April 23, 1981 in Columbus, he was the son of Cecil Lee Jr. of Tabor City and the late Janie Pat Jacobs Lee.      In addition to his mother, he was preceded in death by one brother,…

1952 – 2023      Sylvia Prince Woolley of Tabor City died Sunday, Nov. 12, in her home. She was 71.      Born June 22, 1952 in Horry County, she was the daughter of the late Herbert Elton Prince and Shelby “Peggy” Coats Prince and the widow of James David Woolley.      She is survived by two daughters, Stacy…

1973 – 2023      Reginald Curtis Hayes of Whiteville died Wednesday, Nov. 22, in Columbus Regional Healthcare System, Whiteville. He was 50.      Born in Robeson County, he was the son of the late Woodrow Curtis (WC) Hayes and Frances Grainger Carpenter.      He is survived by his fiancée, Debra Lenore Wheeler of Whiteville; and one brother, Greg…

1983 – 2023      Tiffani Paule Branch Dudney of Tabor City died Tuesday, Nov. 21, in her home. She was 40.      Born May 4, 1983 in New Hanover County she was the daughter of late Paul Branch and Sharon Sykes Branch.      She is survived by one daughter, Paris Raine Floyd of Tabor City; a son, Presley…

1963 – 2023      Randy D. Chestnut, Sr. of Conway passed away at his home on Tuesday, Nov. 14. He was 59.      Randy was born in Loris, a son of the late John Thelton and Hazel Chestnut. He was retired from the Horry County Police Department.      Survivors include his wife of 41 years, Billie Chestnut of…

1941 – 2023      Linda Ellen Skipper Brown of Loris passed away peacefully on Monday, Nov. 13, at the home of her son. She was 82.      She was predeceased by her husband, Billy Brown; a daughter, Vanessa Galloway; her brother, Wayne Skipper; and an aunt.      Survivors include her son, William Brown; a sister, Vivian Skipper Orrell;…

1929 – 2023      Elizabeth Ann Kiraly Drozdiak of Longs passed away on Sunday, Nov. 12, at her home. She was 94.      Born June 12, 1929 in Passaic, New Jersey, she was the daughter of the late Elizabeth Miklos Kiraly.      “Betty” was a successful business woman who retired at an early age, as a supervisor of…