Area Obituaries

1962 – 2023      Michael “Mike” John Eckert of Tabor City died Wednesday, June 21, in his home. He was 60.      Born Oct. 8, 1962 in Painesville, Ohio, he was the son of the late Eugene F. Eckert and Lucy Susan Taylor Eckert.      He is survived by two brothers, Daniel Eckert of Leroy, Ohio and Edward…

1944 – 2023      Frances Gore Faulk of Nakina died Tuesday, June 20, in the Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte. She was 79.      Born in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Montross and Lucille Jacobs Gore.      She is survived by her husband of 45 years, David Lee Faulk of the home, three…

1959 – 2023      Elden Lavern Long of Myrtle Beach passed away on Monday, June 19, at MUSC Health Mullins Nursing Center. He was 63.      Born Aug. 19, 1959 in Thomasville, he was the son of the late Thurmon Boyd Long, Sr. and the late Gracie Duncan Long.      Mr. Long worked as an automotive mechanic, was…

1968 – 2023      Sharen Gwen Buffkin Brown of Loris passed away peacefully in her home after a brief illness, Saturday, June 17. She was 55.      Sharen Gwen Buffkin was born Feb. 13, 1968 to Katie and Carlyle Buffkin. Although her time with her biological father was cut short when he passed away during her early…

1954 – 2023      Roger Flimming Wade of Longs passed away on Monday, June 12at Grand Strand Medical Center. He was 68.      Born July 20, 1954 in Loris, he was the son of the late Willie James Wade and the late Rosa Evelyn McCormick Wade. He was an avid hunter and fisherman and member of Pleasant…

1939 – 2023      Melba Faye Spivey Long of Tabor City died Thursday, June 8,, in Columbus Regional Healthcare, Whiteville. She was 84.      Born March 30, 1939, in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Dalton Spivey and Gertie Lee Simmons Spivey and the widow of William Perry Long, her husband of 52…

1929 – 2023      Maxine Willey of Longs passed away on Friday, June 2, at home. She was 93.      She was born Aug. 8, 1929 in New Orleans, Louisiana and was the daughter of the late Ralph Gossin and the late Bertha Gossin.      Maxine attended Bob Jones University where she met “that crazy Jim Willey”. They…

1951 – 2023      Linda Gayle Croft of Tabor City died Thursday, June 1, in her home. She was 72.      Born March 4, 1951 in Horry County, she was the daughter of the late Percy Lee Williams and Lizzie Ann German Williams and the widow of Jimmy Clearmont Croft.      She is survived by three sisters, Martha…

1936 – 2023      Rebecca “Becky” Ruth Gerald Sarvis of Summerville passed away on Saturday, May 27 in Summerville. She was 87.      Born March 26, 1936, in Longs, , she was the daughter of the late Herman Gerald and the late Ruth Cox Gerald.      Mrs. Sarvis graduated from Loris High School in 1954, then earned her…

1959 – 2023      Manly Oscar “PeeWee” Bullock of Tabor City joined his Lord Jesus on Sunday, May 28, in Grand Strand Health in Myrtle Beach. He was 63.      PeeWee was born in Green Sea and he and his wife of 42 years, Roxanne Lovette Bullock, built a wonderful life in Tabor City.      A believer in…