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Claudia (Shackelford) Ward
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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...

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February 18, 2021
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Willie Porter Graham
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Willie Porter Graham

Willie Porter Graham, age 78 of Clarkton, passed away peacefully on Friday, February 12, 2021...

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February 15, 2021
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Kathryn Kitty Carolina (DuBoise) Hinson
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Kathryn “Kitty” Carolina (DuBoise) Hinson

Kathryn “Kitty” Carolina DuBoise Hinson, age 72 of Whiteville, passed away on Sunday, February 14, 2021...

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February 15, 2021
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Sally Carol (Miller) Powers
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Sally Carol (Miller) Powers

Sally Carol Miller Powers, age 69, of Evergreen, peacefully slipped into eternity on Sunday, February 14, 2021...

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February 15, 2021
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Dallie “Dale” Lee (Nobles) Godwin
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Dallie “Dale” Lee (Nobles) Godwin

Dallie “Dale” Lee Nobles Godwin, age 94 of Chadbourn, entered into the presence of her Lord and Savior on Sunday, February 14, 2021...

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February 15, 2021
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Allen Turner
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Allen Turner

Mr. John Allen Turner, age 71, died Saturday, January 2, 2021...

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January 3, 2021
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Katie Compton Boyd
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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...

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December 9, 2020
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Katie Compton Boyd
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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...

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November 19, 2020
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Rev. Dave Heller
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Find five reasons to be thankful

I will thank the Lord with all my heart; I will declare all your wondrous works. I will rejoice and boast about you; I will sing about your name, Most...

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November 18, 2020
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Katie Compton Boyd
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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...

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November 9, 2020
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Rev. Dave Heller
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What we need to do

And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’  Matthew 25:4...

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November 6, 2020
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Dawn Langley, P.A.
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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...

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November 5, 2020
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Katie Compton Boyd
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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...

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October 28, 2020
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Vicky McLamb is just one patient who has benefitted from COPD programs at Southeastern. (Submitted photo)
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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 ...

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October 27, 2020
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Katie Compton Boyd
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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 ab...

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October 20, 2020
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Rev. Dave Heller
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Act like somebody

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.  2 Corinthians 5:17 NKJV My father alw...

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October 13, 2020
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