Articles by Columbus County News

April 23, 1952 ~ November 19, 2023 (age 71) Hattie Malpass, age 71, of Delco, NC passed away at New Hanover Regional Medical Center on Sunday, November 19, 2023.  Hattie was born in New Hanover [Read More]

January 24, 1950 ~ November 14, 2023 (age 73) Ms. Stella Louise Barden passed on 11/14/2023 at McLeod Health, Loris SC.   Funeral services will be held on Friday November 24th at 12:00 noon at [Read More]

August 21, 1944 ~ November 17, 2023 (age 79) James Boyce Meares, age 79, of Elizabethtown, North Carolina, passed away on November 17, 2023 in Whiteville, NC. He is survived by his wife, Annette Vaught [Read More]

January 18, 1953 ~ November 14, 2023 (age 70) Harold “Maurice” Hamilton 70, of Cerro Gordo passed on Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at Novant New Hanover Regional Medical Center. Maurice was born on January 18, [Read More]

October 11, 1965 ~ November 15, 2023 (age 58) Bobby Dale Ward age 58, died Wednesday, November 15, 2023. Born in Columbus County, NC. He was the son of the late Waldo and Mary Jane [Read More]

October 26, 1959 ~ November 15, 2023 James Lee McDuffie 64, of Chadbourn passed on Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at Shoreland Health Care & Ret Center in Whiteville. James was born on October 26, 1959 [Read More]

October 26, 1994 ~ November 13, 2023 (age 29) Kayla LeeAnn Green Strickland, 29, of Fair Bluff, passed away on Monday, November 13, 2023, while in the Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center in [Read More]

August 4, 1961 ~ November 5, 2023 (age 62) Richard Anthony Wilson, 62, of Bolton, NC, died Sunday, November 5, 2023, at home. The funeral will be 11:00 AM Saturday, November 18, at Peoples Funeral [Read More]

November 23, 1973 ~ November 13, 2023 (age 49) Kendall Jarrard Freeman, 49, of Hallsboro, NC, died Monday, November 13, 2023, at home. The funeral will be 12:00 PM Friday, November 17, at Mount Hebron [Read More]

July 27, 1981 ~ November 11, 2023 (age 42) Christopher William Hemingway, 42, of Tabor City, NC, died Saturday, November 11, 2023, in Greenville, NC. A Graveside Service will be 2:00 PM Saturday, November 18, [Read More]

March 12, 1958 ~ November 11, 2023 (age 65) Cheyenne Carswell Brown Funeral services will be held on Saturday, November 25, 2023 at 12 noon in the funeral home chapel. Union Funeral Home 571 West [Read More]

June 22, 1952 ~ November 12, 2023 (age 71) Sylvia Prince Woolley, age 71, of Tabor City, NC, died Sunday, November 12, 2023, in her home.  Born June 22, 1952 in Horry County, SC, she [Read More]

February 15, 1945 ~ November 11, 2023 (age 78) Michael Andrew Bain, age 78, of Ash, NC, died Saturday, November 11, 2023 in Premier Living and Rehab Center, Lake Waccamaw, NC.  Born February 15, 1945 [Read More]

October 19, 1952 ~ November 11, 2023 (age 71) Melvin Singletary of Tabor City, passed away on Saturday, November 11, 2023. He was born October 19, 1952, the son of the late Elmer Singletary and [Read More]

February 14, 1940 ~ November 11, 2023 (age 83) Clara Thompson of Whiteville, NC, passed away Saturday, November 11, 2023. She is survived by son, Markus Eugene Thompson of Whiteville, NC; sister, Virginia Baxley of [Read More]

June 28, 1953 ~ November 10, 2023 (age 70) Woodrow Graham Britt, 70, of Whiteville, passed away on Friday, November 10, 2023, while in the Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center. Graham was born [Read More]