Obituaries
Jacoby Charles Merritt
April 11, 2007 ~ March 25, 2024 (age 16) Jacoby Charles Merritt, 16-year-old son of Frank and Lakeisha Merritt of Lumberton, NC, died Monday, March 25, 2024, at home. The funeral will be 1:00 PM [Read More]
Year: 2024
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Parole and Probation Violators Caught in Sweep
A multi-agency sweep led by the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office resulted in multiple arrests and changes last week. Sheriff W.A. “Bill” Rogers said in a press release that the CCSO, N.C. Community Supervision, U.S. Homeland [Read More]
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Judy Carol (Simmons) Phillips
February 8, 1948 ~ March 25, 2024 (age 76) Judy Carol Simmons Phillips, 76, of Evergreen, passed away on during the morning hours of Monday, March 25, 2024, at Columbus Regional Healthcare System. Judy was [Read More]
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Mary Ellen Bedsole Johnson
February 25, 1929 ~ March 25, 2024 (age 95) Mary Ellen Thompson Bedsole Johnson, 95, of Whiteville, NC, died peacefully at her home, on Monday, March 25, 2024 surrounded by her loving family and wonderful [Read More]
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Helen (Bowen) Williams
November 6, 1926 ~ March 25, 2024 (age 97) Helen Bowen Williams 97, of Whiteville passed on Monday, March 25, 2024 in Autumn Care in Shallotte. She was born November 6, 1926 in Tampa, FL [Read More]
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Myra (Hewett) Chestnutt
March 24, 2024 Myra Lynne Hewett Chestnutt 72, of Tabor City passed on Sunday, March 24, 2024 in McLeod Seacoast Medical Center in Little River, SC. She was born August 15, 1951, the daughter of [Read More]
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Fannie Mae Sanders
March 24, 2024 Fannie Mae Marlowe Sanders, 78, of Chadbourn, passed away on Sunday, March 24, 2024, at her home. Fannie was born on April 17, 1945, in Columbus County, daughter of the late Buck [Read More]
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Faye (Smith) Pierce
December 10, 1932 ~ March 22, 2024 (age 91) Faye Smith Pierce, 91, of Whiteville, went home to be with her Lord on Friday, March 22, 2024, at the Angel House in Whiteville, NC. Faye [Read More]
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Betty “Tobie” (Godwin) Duncan
June 17, 1945 ~ March 21, 2024 (age 78) Betty Jo Godwin Duncan, lovingly known as “Tobie”, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Lower Cape Fear LifeCare [Read More]
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Esther Gerone (Smith) Gore
June 8, 1952 ~ March 24, 2024 (age 71) Esther Gerone Smith Gore, 71, of Whiteville, died Sunday, March 24, 2024, at Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro, NC. The funeral will be 1:00 PM Saturday, [Read More]
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Father Charged in Daughter’s Death
Jeffrey Fowler is being held under no bond for the Thursday night shooting of his daughter, Kaylee. Columbus County Detention Center reports show Fowler, 53, was booked at 4:16 p.m. He was arrested after being [Read More]
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Alethia (Waddell) Shaw
August 16, 1924 ~ March 23, 2024 (age 99) Alethia Waddell Shaw, 99, of Riegelwood, NC, died Saturday, March 23, 2024, at Brunswick Cove Living Center. The funeral will be 1:00 PM Saturday, March 30, [Read More]
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Teen Identified in Thursday Killing
The victim in Thursday night’s shooting on Wagon Wheel Drive near Evergreen has been identified as Kaylee Fowler, 17. Miss Fowler was allegedly shot to death around 9 p.m. by her father, Jeffrey Fowler, 56. [Read More]
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Putting the ‘Pop’ into Pop Culture
When did parenting become mainstream? I certainly couldn’t pinpoint the pivot in society where we decided that marketing the idea of being a good parent became a good idea. I’d like to credit the internet [Read More]
News
Campbell Oil, EAS Fined for Air Charters
Campbell Oil Co. and a charter service will pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines after illegally offering passenger charter flights. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced Friday [Read More]
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The Good News for march 22
Those heavy rains forecast for today changed some plans for Easter egg hunts across the county. There is still a lot to do in Columbus over the next few days. The hunts at Williams Township [Read More]