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Hattie Mae (Ford) Crayton
Hattie Mae Ford Crayton, 66, of Whiteville, died Friday, October 22, 2021, [Read More]
Month: October 2021
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Eula Mae Bracey-Searcy
Eula Mae Bracey-Searcy, 64, formerly of Hallsboro, died Thursday, October 21, 2021. The family will host a Memorial Service at a later date. [Read More]
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Brittany Elizabeth Lynn
Brittany Elizabeth Lynn 28, of Whiteville passed on October 20, 2021 [Read More]
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Wayne Miller
Mr. Wayne Miller, age 69 of Chadbourn, passed away on Thursday, October 21, 2021 [Read More]
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Brenda Gail (Walker) Lembcke
Brenda Gail Walker Lembcke, age 75 of Walkertown and formally of Columbus County, passed away on Tuesday, October 19, 2021. [Read More]
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The Good News Oct. 23- 29
Fall fun is in store all week long for Columbus County. Festivals, haunted houses, and spooky trails kick off the holiday season as we say goodbye to the month of October. • The District 31 Haunted [Read More]
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Mrs. Ellen Graham
Mrs. Ellen Graham formerly of Clarkton, NC. passed away on October 21, 2021 [Read More]
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George “Freddie” Hargrove
George “Freddie” Hargrove, 81, of Bladenboro went to his eternal home on Wednesday, October 20, 2021. [Read More]
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Valda Marguerite (Lewis) Hufham
Valda Marguerite Lewis Hufham, 95, of Clarkton went to her eternal home on Wednesday, October 20, 2021, [Read More]
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Channing Ziashaun Jones
Channing Ziashaun Jones, 17, Whiteville, died Monday, October 18, 2021 [Read More]
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Dogowner threatens to sue cafe
A misunderstanding led to a viral social media post attacking a local restaurant over alleged treatment of a veteran and what she calls her service dog. Alexandria Nass, a four-year veteran of the U.S. Army, [Read More]
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Yam Festival to go big or go home this year
The North Carolina Yam Festival was largely canceled last year due to the COVID 19 pandemic, but this year “Tater City” will go all out for the big yam day. At 10 a.m. Saturday a [Read More]
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Halloween activity guide for 2021
Editor’s note — we will be adding to this list in the coming days. If you have a Halloween activity to share, email crystalfaircloth@columbuscounty.news. Halloween is creeping around the bend, and the county has big [Read More]
Obituaries
Tylon Franklin Wise, Jr.
Tylon Franklin Wise, Jr., age 62, of Delco, passed away on Monday, October 18, 2021 [Read More]
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Miles Marion Buffkin, Sr.
Miles Marion Buffkin age 66, of Tabor City died Tuesday, October 19, 2021 [Read More]
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King, Young-Jacobs will serve as grand marshal, queen
The North Carolina Pecan Harvest Festival is shelling out a parade marshal and a queen ahead of the Nov. 6 event. Suzanne King has been named Parade Marshal for 2021. Suzanne loves the city of [Read More]