Obituaries
Mamie Jane McCauley
1950 – 2021 Mamie Jane McCauley, age 70, of Hope Mills, N.C., passed away Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at Lower Cape Fear Life Care. She was born August 21, 1950 to the Late Lawrence Barnes [Read More]
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Kitty Burgess Blanton
1928 – 2021 Kitty Burgess Blanton, age 92, of Apex, N.C., passed away Wednesday, February 17, 2021, at Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford, N.C.. Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced soon.
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Johnny Phillip Miller, Jr.
November 28, 1988 ~ February 17, 2021 Johnny Phillip Miller, Jr., age 32, of Whiteville, N.C., died Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at Columbus Regional Healthcare. Johnny was born on November 28, 1988 in Columbus County. He worked [Read More]
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Myra Jane Ward
February 16, 1965 ~ February 16, 2021 Myra Jane Mason Ward, age 56 of Whiteville, passed away on Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at Atrium Health in Charlotte, following a recent illness. Myra was born on February 16, [Read More]
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Claudia (Shackelford) Ward
May 17, 1935 ~ February 17, 2021 Claudia Shackleford Ward, age 85 of Whiteville, went to be with her Heavenly Father on Thursday, February 17, 2021, at her residence, with her family by her side. Claudia was [Read More]
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Bad Santa
By Katie Compton Boyd No doubt about it, my gramps loved Christmas. He loved everything about it, the meaning, the reason, the joy dancing across children’s faces. Each Christmas he assembled scores of his adult [Read More]
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Fear of the ‘S’ word
By Katie Compton Boyd I saw what strikes dread and terror in every old Southern woman’s heart: a wooly worm! An omen of a bad winter. It’s hard to imagine now, as it’s been so [Read More]
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Frogs, miracles and being a lady
By Katie Compton Boyd I remember as a child, the women in my family would remind me, “you mustn’t talk of politics or religion, especially at the dinner table. It isn’t very ladylike.” Naturally being [Read More]
Business
Diabetes: A Closer Look
By Dawn Langley, PA This is the first in a series of columns focusing on diabetes management as part of November as Diabetes Awareness Month. Let’s begin with some statistics from the Centers of Disease [Read More]
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Snakes alive!
By Katie Compton Boyd It was a rookie mistake buying an 8-year-old boy a very realistic rubber rattlesnake. I knew too, at the time, that its fangs might be plastic but this was going to bite [Read More]
Business
COPD events raise awareness of lung disease
Amanda Crabtree, Southeastern Health Last year, two Southeastern Health co-workers, Melanie McKee and Stephanie Smith, helped to organize an event designed to raise awareness and funds to assist COPD patients. Their involvement was in memory [Read More]
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My name is Katie
Editor’s note — we’re pleased to welcome Katie Compton Boyd to Columbuscountynews.com. Katie is the owner and operator of Old South Tour Company in Southport. Rather than tell you about her, we’ll let Katie describe [Read More]
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