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Obituaries

Letha Pearl (Smith) McDaniels

February 7, 2024 Columbus County News Comments Off on Letha Pearl (Smith) McDaniels

December 4, 1932 ~ February 7, 2024 (age 91) Letha Pearl Smith McDaniels age 91, of Clarendon, NC died Wednesday, February 7, 2024 in her home with family by her side. Born in Columbus County, [Read More]

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Terry Lane Auvil Sr.

February 7, 2024 Columbus County News Comments Off on Terry Lane Auvil Sr.

Service arrangements to be announced by Inman Ward Funeral Home & Crematory. December 1, 1961 ~ February 5, 2024 (age 62) Terry Lane Auvil Sr., age 62, of Tabor City, NC, died Monday, February 5, [Read More]

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Airplane Manufacturer Moving to Elizabethtown

February 7, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Airplane Manufacturer Moving to Elizabethtown

Aviation management company Sovereign Aerospace will invest $4.15 million to manufacture, sell, and service personal aircraft in Elizabethtown, Gov. Roy Cooper announced this week. This first U.S. manufacturing plant will bring 33 new jobs to [Read More]

Drug Seized from Stefan Geathers' vehicle. (CCSO)
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‘Manic Monday’ leads to Meth, MDMA, Marijuana

February 7, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on ‘Manic Monday’ leads to Meth, MDMA, Marijuana

Monday was a busy day for the sheriff’s office, as two departments made major narcotics arrests in two different parts of the county. Stefon Geathers, 38, of 4875 Old Lumberton Rd., Whiteville, was held under [Read More]

Lois Weaver
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Jefferson Weaver • I Saw My Mother

February 7, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Jefferson Weaver • I Saw My Mother

I saw my mother the other day, despite the fact that she went to Heaven 20 years ago. There was a pretty, intense and somewhat frazzled young mother holding hands with a handful of a [Read More]

NCFS personnel are on the scene of a wildfire that has caused N.C. 211 to close at the Brunswick line. (File photo)
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Dry Conditions Lead to Burn Advisory

February 6, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Dry Conditions Lead to Burn Advisory

Dry, windy conditions and low humidity have led emergency officials to discourage outdoor burning today (Tuesday). The advisory is not the same as a burning ban. No ban has been put in place, but conditions [Read More]

Timothy Ray Cain (CCSO)
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Cain Guilty of Landreth Murder

February 6, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Cain Guilty of Landreth Murder

Timothy Ray Cain II was found guilty this morning for the 2021 murder of Jacqueline “Lynn” Landreth of Clarkton. Cain was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole by Superior Court Judge Paul Holcombe. [Read More]

Obituaries

Stevie Lee Parnell

February 5, 2024 Columbus County News Comments Off on Stevie Lee Parnell

April 14, 1958 ~ February 4, 2024 (age 65) Stevie Lee Parnell,65, of Whiteville, died on Sunday, February 4, 2024, while in the Lower Cape Fear LifeCare in Whiteville, NC. Stevie was born on April [Read More]

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Alfred Ronald Smith

February 5, 2024 Columbus County News Comments Off on Alfred Ronald Smith

January 5, 1951 ~ February 5, 2024 (age 73) Alfred Ronald Smith, 73, formerly of Bolton, NC, died Monday, February 5, 2024, at Capital Nursing & Rehab Center in Raleigh, NC. The funeral will be [Read More]

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Matthew Register

February 5, 2024 Columbus County News Comments Off on Matthew Register

July 20, 1977 ~ February 3, 2024 (age 46) Matthew Nelson Register, 46, of Whiteville, passed away at Columbus Regional Medical Center. He was born July 20, 1977 in Robeson County, the son of Wanda [Read More]

State superintendent Truitt and Rep. Jones
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Schools Receive $52 Million Grant

February 5, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Schools Receive $52 Million Grant

Developing story: The planned new K-8 school for East Columbus will now become a reality. In a press conference this morning in Whiteville, Rep. Brenden Jones and State Superintendent Catherine Truitt announced today (Monday) that [Read More]

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Mr. Paul Long

February 4, 2024 Columbus County News Comments Off on Mr. Paul Long

February 2, 2024 Mr. Paul Long aka Paul Ford 65, of Whiteville, NC exchanged this life for a home in glory on Friday, February 2, 2024. He was the son of Ms. Mable Long and [Read More]

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Dana Louise (Kerns) Nance

February 4, 2024 Columbus County News Comments Off on Dana Louise (Kerns) Nance

April 17, 1958 ~ February 3, 2024 (age 65) Dana Louise Kerns Nance age 65 of Cerro Gordo, went to be with her Lord on February 3, 2024, at the Cape Fear Lifecare “Angel House” [Read More]

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Eva Jane (Williamson) Britt

February 4, 2024 Columbus County News Comments Off on Eva Jane (Williamson) Britt

August 21, 1933 ~ February 2, 2024 (age 90) Eva Jane Williamson Britt, 90, of Boardman, went home to be with her Lord on Friday, February 2, 2024, while in the Columbus Regional Healthcare System. [Read More]

Obituaries

William Bernice Gerald

February 4, 2024 Columbus County News Comments Off on William Bernice Gerald

January 15, 1931 ~ February 2, 2024 (age 93) William Bernice Gerald, age 93, of Tabor City, NC, died Friday, February 2, 2024 in Brightwater Skilled Nursing Center, Myrtle Beach, SC.  Born January 15, 1931 [Read More]

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Mildred Louise Bordeaux Smith

February 4, 2024 Columbus County News Comments Off on Mildred Louise Bordeaux Smith

March 22, 1929 ~ February 3, 2024 (age 94) Mildred Louise Bordeaux Smith, age 94, of Delco, NC passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 3, 2024 at the Lower Cape Fear Hospice Angel House, Whiteville, [Read More]

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