Obituaries
Linda Collins Avant
March 12, 1944 – January 7, 2025 Linda Collins Avant, 80, of Evergreen, passed away on Tuesday, January 7, 2025 in the Lower Cape Fear Angel House in Whiteville. Linda was born on March 12, [Read More]
Year: 2025
Obituaries
Mildred Virginia (Baldwin) Maultsby
March 27, 1937 ~ January 2, 2025 (age 87) Mildred Virginia Baldwin Maultsby, 87, formerly of Whiteville, died Thursday, January 2, 2025, at Piedmont Hospital in Athens, GA. The funeral will be 12:00 PM Thursday, January 9, at [Read More]
Obituaries
Pauline (Carmichael) Godfrey
December 12, 1958 ~ January 7, 2025 (age 66) Pauline Carmichael Godfrey, 66, of 105 Forest Edge Circle, Tabor City, NC, died Tuesday, January 7, 2025, at home. The funeral will be 1:00 PM [Read More]
Obituaries
James Franklin Roberts Jr.
August 13, 1946 ~ January 3, 2025 (age 78) James Franklin “Jimmy” Roberts, Jr., 78, of Whiteville, passed on Friday, January 3, 2025, in Columbus Regional Healthcare. He was born August 13, 1946, in Robeson County, [Read More]
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Season’s End
I kept watching the clock, but I knew in my heart there wasn’t time. It was the last day of deer season, which in my business really just means it’s about a half-day at work, [Read More]
CCN Weather Update
Weather Update – Tuesday January 7, 2025
Hello everyone, Meteorologist Christopher Cawley here with your CCN News Weather Update for Tuesday January 7, 2025. High pressure of Arctic origin is taking control of our weather and will dominate into Friday. COLD [Read More]
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CCN Daily News Briefs
News Briefs for January 6, 2025 Columbus County’s first road fatality of the year took the life of a Clarendon woman this morning. Misty Cribb, age 35, was killed when another car crossed the [Read More]
Obituaries
Emerson “E.C.” Duncan, Jr.
April 16, 1942 – January 5, 2025 Emerson Carol Duncan, Jr. lovingly known as “E.C.”, died on Sunday evening, January 5, 2024, at Columbus Regional Healthcare System in Whiteville, NC. E.C. was born on April [Read More]
Obituaries
Sara Alice (Davis) Smallwood
September 1, 1941 ~ January 6, 2025 (age 83) Sara Alice Davis Smallwood age 83, of Tabor City died Monday January 6, 2025, in her home. Born in Cordova, AL. She was the daughter, of the late Foide [Read More]
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Misty Faye Cribb
August 23, 1989 ~ January 6, 2025 (age 35) Misty Faye Cribb age 35, of Clarendon, died Monday, January 6, 2025. Born in Columbus County, NC. She was the daughter of Terry Lee Cribb Sr. and Marlyn Long [Read More]
Brews & Bites
A Sweet Discovery: Fair Bluff’s Sweet Treat
By Justin Williamson – Brews & Bites I was driving over to an appointment late last August. The GPS led me down 76 West. I headed into the very familiar town of Fair Bluff, but [Read More]
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Mother Dies, Three Transported in Monday Wreck
The first highway fatality of the year in Columbus claimed the life of a Clarendon woman this morning. Misty Cribb, 35, of Cribbtown Road, died after her 2010 Dodge was struck head on by a [Read More]
CCN Weather Update
Weather Update – Monday January 6, 2025
Greetings readers, Meteorologist Christopher Cawley here with your CCN Weather Update for Monday January 6, 2025. We’ll have some rather active weather during the day today. A warm front has lifted north over the [Read More]
Lead Story
County 911 Being Rerouted
County 911 Being Rerouted Columbus County is experiencing problems with the 911 system, and calls are being routed through Bladen County. Columbus County Emergency Services Director David Ransom said calls are still being answered and [Read More]
Obituaries
Gladys Irene Clayton Melvin
January 4, 1934 — January 4, 2025 Gladys Melvin died on 4 January 2025 surrounded by family and loved ones. Gladys was pre-deceased by her loving husband of 70 years, Colon Franklin Melvin, her father [Read More]
Obituaries
Glenda Norman Strole
July 21, 1926 – January 5, 2025 Glenda Norman Strole, wife of the late John Philip Strole, passed peacefully from the bonds of earth into the heavenly presence of her Lord Jesus Christ on Sunday [Read More]