Area Obituaries

1942 – 2023      Peggy Lester Tyler of Loris passed away on Thursday, Aug. 3. She was 81.      Born July 28, 1942 in Welch, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Lucas Lester and the late Madeline Simms Lester. Mrs. Tyler was a member of Clarendon Freewill Baptist Church and worked with Conway Mill…

1946 – 2023      Patricia Lou “Pat” Hursey Dunn of Loris passed away on Friday Aug. 4, at her home following an illness. She was 76.      Born Oct. 17, 1946 in Loris, she was the daughter of the late Lindsey Alex Hursey, Sr., and the late Margie Lee Campbell Hursey.      Mrs. Dunn was a loving homemaker…

1958 – 2023      Charles Timothy Adams of Loris died Thursday, July 27, in McLeod Loris hospital. He was 64.      Born Aug. 10, 1958 in Horry County, he was the son of the late Charles Whaldon Adams and Sylvia Graham Adams.      He is survived by one daughter, Hannah Bliss Adams of Charleston; a sister, Cynthia “Cindy”…

1947 – 2023      Elizabeth “Liz” Strickland Cox of Loris passed away on Thursday, July 27. She was 76.      Born March 8, 1947 in Tabor City, she was the daughter of the late Wendell Strickland and the late Bernice Strickland.      Mrs. Cox will be most remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend.      Survivors…

1932 – 2023      Harry Lee Lyles Sr. of Green Sea died Friday, July 28, in Mcleod Loris hospital. He was 90.      He was the widower of Louise Powell Lyles.      He was a retired veteran from the U.S. Army and a member of New Life Baptist Church, Tabor City.      He is survived by two sons, Michael…

1956 – 2023      Ralph Waburn Ward of Ash died Wednesday, July 26. He was 67.      Born Jan. 15, 1956 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late Ralph Ward and Doris Smith Ward.      He is survived by one sister, Nancy Bennett of Ash; a brother, Randy D. Ward of Ash; three nieces; four…

1939 – 2023      Anna Grainger Rogers of Loris passed away on Saturday, July 22. She was 84.      Born Jan. 31, 1939 in Tabor City, she was the daughter of the late Braxton Grainger and the late Alma Lucille Williams Grainger.      Mrs. Rogers was a member of Loris First United Methodist Church, retired from Horry County…

1928 – 2023      Agnes Strickland Soles died Friday, July 21, in her daughter’s home in Tabor City. She was 94.      Born in Horry County, she was the daughter of the late Carlton Floyd Strickland and Ruby Jane Edwards Strickland.      She is survived by one son, Danny Soles and wife Theresa of Hope Mills; two daughters,…

1947 – 2023      Betty Ann Watts of Tabor City died Saturday, July 22, in her home. She was 76.      Born in Marion County, she was the daughter of the late Willie Blount and Polly Barnes Blount.      She is survived by one daughter, Heather Renee Norris (John) of Tabor City; two grandchildren, Trevor Norris (Anna) and…

1969 – 2013      Carl Dean Lewis Jr. of Loris, lovingly known as Dean, passed away unexpectedly on July 12. He was 53.      Dean is survived by his wife of 31 years, Connie Lilly Lewis; daughters Destiny Taylor Lewis and Nikki Dean Lewis; a son, Harley Dean Lewis; his mother, Ida “Patsy” Lewis; a sister, Patricia “Patty”…