Area Obituaries

1956 – 2026      Josephine Lynn Music of Charleston passed away on Monday, Feb. 9, in her home. She was 70.      Born Jan. 7, 1956 in Omaha, Nebraska, she was the daughter of the late Rohort Smith and Betty Sekyra Smith.      She is survived by one sister, Linda Music of Clarendon.      In addition to her parents,…

1941 – 2026      Evelyn Lewis Hodge of Whiteville passed away on Sunday, Feb. 15, in Shoreland Health Care, Whiteville. She was 84.      Born Feb. 18, 1941 in Horry County, she was the daughter of the late David Lewis and Reba Fowler Lewis.      She is survived by one daughter, Genene Rowe of Tabor City; two grandchildren;…

1930 – 2026      Wilma Louise Hardee Fowler of Fort Mill passed away on Thursday, Feb. 12, at Atrium Steele Creek Hospital, in Charlotte. She was 95.      Born April 11, 1930, in Horry County, she was the daughter of the late Edgar Cornelius Hardee and the late Sarah Elizabeth Soles Hardee.      Mrs. Fowler worked as a…

1937 – 2026      Angelyn (Ann) Grainger Hinson of Longs passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 11, at McLeod Seacoast hospital. She was 89.      Born Feb. 11, 1937, in Green Sea, she was the daughter of the late Bradley Homer Grainger and the late Glennie Irene Sarvis Grainger.      Mrs. Hinson was a homemaker and longtime member of…

1945 – 2026      Antoinette Cecilia “Toni” Lewis passed away peacefully on Feb. 8, at her home in Loris. She was 80.      Toni was born March 21, 1945, in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first child and only daughter to Anthony and Dorothy Pasella. She was a veteran of the U.S. Navy.      In addition to her…

1953 – 2026      Anthony Dyrell Hill of Tabor City passed away Saturday, Feb. 14, in his home. He was 72.      Born June 25, 1953 in Marion, he was the son of the late Odell Hill and Doris Kay Hammond Hill.      Dyrell owned and operated two auto parts stores and machine shops alongside his family. Dyrells…

1968 – 2026      Donald Clayton Ward of Clarendon passed away on Monday, Feb. 9, in his home.  He was 57.      Born Aug. 9, 1968 in Edenton, he was the son of the late Berlyn Ward and Margaret Alexander Ward.      He was a member of Clarendon Baptist Church where he served as a deacon.      He is…

1944 – 2026      Bobbie Mae Burkhart West Southworth of Tabor City died peacefully on Monday, Feb. 9, at the Lower Cape Fear LifeCare Center in Whiteville. She was 81.      Bobbie was born on April 29, 1944, daughter of the late James E. Burkhart and Jennie Lee Lanning Burkhart. She was also preceded in death by…

2026      Rita Louise Seiwell Miller of Clarkton passed away on Monday, Feb. 9, in Liberty Commons, Whiteville. She was 78.      Born in Baltimore, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Ray Samuel Seiwell and Anna Theresa Hug.      She is survived by her husband, John George Miller of Clarkton; one son Dennis Trace of Whiteville;…

1935 – 2026      Joyce Miller Woodell of Clarksville, Tennessee. formerly of Tabor City, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 3, in the Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital, Clarksville, Tennessee. She was 90.      Born Dec. 7, 1935 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Shep Miller and Lizzie Strickland Miller, and the widow of Alvie Lee Woodell.…