April 20, 1969 ~ February 7, 2025 (age 55) Sean Pierre Coleman, 55, of 102 Stanley Street, Whiteville, NC, died Friday, February 7, 2025, at Premier Living. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. A Servic...
March 15, 1935 ~ February 9, 2025 (age 89) Marilyn Dew Watkins, age 89, of Whiteville, NC, passed away at Lower Cape Fear Angel House on Sunday, February 9, 2025. Marilyn was born in Columbus County o...
News Briefs for February 10, 2025 The sheriff’s office is investigating after someone illegally took out a mortgage on a Smyrna Road property. The victim of the fraud told detectives after he w...
February 9, 2025 Deacon Robert D. Edwards 93, of Chadbourn, NC formerly of Whiteville, NC gave his hand to the Lord and entered eternal rest on Sunday, February 9, 2025, at Columbus Regional Healthcar...
News Briefs for February 9, 2025 A fight between brothers sent one man to jail and another to the hospital Thursday night. Hermilo Guitterez fled from deputies but was captured in a cornfield. ...
February 18, 1959 ~ February 7, 2025 (age 65) Sandra Kay Richardson Nance age 65 of the Macedonia Community of Evergreen, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, February 7, 2025, at McLeod Lor...
August 27, 1940 ~ February 7, 2025 (age 84) Ray Atkins, 84 of the China Grove Community, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, February 7, 2025, at his residence. Ray was born on Augus...
December 26, 1972 ~ February 9, 2025 (age 52) Weldon Timothy Faulk, age 52 of Tabor City, NC, died Sunday, February 9, 2025, in McLeod Seacoast in Little River, SC. Born in Loris, SC, he was th...
February 3, 1942 ~ February 8, 2025 (age 83) Jonny Woodrow Pridgen, age 83, of Riegelwood, NC passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Saturday, February 8, 2025, at Lower Cape Fear Hospi...
April 23, 1949 ~ February 7, 2025 (age 75) Johnnie Preston Gore, age 75, of Whiteville (Old Dock), passed away at his residence on Friday, February 7, 2025. Preston was born in Columbus County on Apr...
Columbus County Night To Shine 2025 CCN Christopher Cawley had a great night supporting Western Prong Baptist Church and the Tim Tebow Foundations’ Night to Shine. Local friends got to experienc...
News Briefs for February 7, 2025 Deputies working on speed enforcement Thursday arrested a man and a woman with five marijuana “joints” in an astray, MDMA pills and fentanyl at Boardman. ...
March 16, 1962 — February 7, 2025 Phillip Ray Hodge of Tar Heel was born on Friday, March 16, 1962 to the late Sam and Inez Hodge and passed away on Friday, February 7, 2025 at Lower Cape Fear ...
April 21, 1959 — February 5, 2025 Michael “Wayne” Vause of Whiteville, was born on Tuesday, April 21, 1959 in Bladen County, and passed away on Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at Novant New Ha...
August 24, 1938 ~ February 5, 2025 (age 86) Carrie Powell Blackwell, 86, of the Cedar Grove Community of Cerro Gordo, gained her golden wings on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, at her home surrounded by ...
January 8, 1959 ~ February 3, 2025 (age 66) Rex Lane Cribb, 66, of Burgaw, and formerly of Chadbourn, passed away on Monday, February 3, 2025, in the Novant-New Hanover Regional Medical Center. Rex wa...