Area Obituaries

1943 – 2023      Wayne Allen Lones of Loris passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 23. He was 80.      Born Jan. 25, 1943 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Howard William Lones and the late Ruth Arlene Booth.      Mr. Lones worked with Xerox as a service repairman until his retirement and was an…

1949 – 2023      Deborah Ricketts Pearce of Longs passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 23, at McLeod Health Carolina Forest. He was 73.      Born Sept. 6, 1949 in Forty Fort, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late John Ricketts and the late Louise Wilkinson Ricketts.      Mrs. Pearce worked as a manger for a natural health…

1938 – 2023      Dallie Ray Canady of Tabor City passed away Tuesday, Aug. 29, in McLeod Seacoast hospital, Little River. He was 85.      He was born Feb. 14, 1938 to Major Donnie Canady and Mary Jane Long Canady. He was a Master Mason and a member of Tabor Lodge 563.      Ray is survived by his…

1944 – 2023      Mary Judith Harrison Spivey of Tabor City died Sunday, Aug. 27, in Shoreland Health Care, Whiteville. She was 79.      Born April 11, 1944 in Portsmouth, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Raymond Harrison and Annie Leola Baines Harrison and the widow of Earl Dale Spivey.      She is survived by two…

1938 – 2023      Vernon Allen of Tabor City died Sunday, Aug. 27, in his home. He was 85.      Born Feb. 4, 1938 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late A.J. Allen and Emma Long Allen.      He is survived by his wife, Geraldine Boswell Allen of the home; one daughter, Heather Dawn Faulk…

1953 – 2023      Timothy Mathew Soler of Tabor City died Friday, Aug. 25, in Lower Cape Fear Hospice and LifeCare Center, Whiteville. He was 70.      Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of the late Joseph Frances Soler and Delphia Marie Knotts Soler.      He is survived by his wife, Janie Miller Soler of Tabor…

1979 – 2023      Timothy Lamont Spivey of Tabor City passed away in Clanton, Alabama on Aug. 18. He was 44.      He was born Aug. 14, 1979 to the late Timothy Young “Chub” Spivey of Williams Township and Leona Johnson Spivey of Mullins.      In addition to his mother he is survived by his wife, Anne Spivey;…

1934 – 2023      Martha Lou Hilbourn Elliott of Tabor City died Thursday, Aug. 24, in her home. She was 89.      Born June 6, 1934 in Columbus County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Johnny Hilbourn and Leatha Edwards Hilbourn and the widow of Robert Vance Elliott, Jr.      She is survived by one son,…

1940 – 2023      Fred Buck of the Pireway Community, Tabor City, died Tuesday, Aug. 22, in McLeod Seacoast hospital, Little River. He was 83.      Born in Columbus County, he was the son of the late Guy Austin Buck and Georgia Lee Grice Buck.      He is survived by his wife, Betty Ann Grainger Buck of the…

1973 – 2023      Wendee Graham Reynolds of Longs passed away on Sunday, Aug. 20. She was 50.      Born Jan. 11, 1973, in Loris, she was the daughter of Connie Ethel Graham and the late Harry Dean Graham.      Survivors include her mother; her husband, Ricky Thompson; three children, Charles “P.J.” Gore (Heather Fields), Whitnee Danielle Reynolds…