James "Jimmy" Batton
Jul 10, 2021
James “Jimmy” Edsel Batton, 60, of Bladenboro passed away Saturday, July 10, 2021. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ralph and Frances Batton; daughter, Ashley Buchanan; grandson, Landon Batton and brother, Ralph Batton.
Jimmy leaves behind his son, Brandon Batton; four sisters: Vonda Hester of Bladenboro, Shirley Smith and husband, Gerald of...
Michael Smith
Jul 10, 2021
Michael Curtiss Smith, 78, of Bay Tree Lakes passed away suddenly in an accident on July 10, 2021 in the community that he loved and had lived for 47 years. It was his piece of paradise. It was there that he taught countless children and adults to water ski and coached his children to become National Champions and...
Thomas Nelson Jr.
Jul 9, 2021
Thomas Beasley Nelson, Jr., 89, of Elizabethtown, passed away peacefully on Friday, July 9, 2021. Tom was born at Lake Waccamaw to his parents, Thomas Nelson, Sr. and Mildred West Nelson. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and then graduated from East Carolina University with a degree in History. He taught high school in...
Luther Deaver Jr.
Jul 8, 2021
Luther Deaver Jr., 64, of Bladenboro passed away on Thursday, July 8, 2021.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Luther Deaver Sr. and Sadie Burney Deaver, and one nephew Tommy Burney. He leaves behind his wife, Donna Deaver of the home, one son Randy Lee Deaver (April) of Bladenboro, daughter Sondra K....
Hope Jackson
Jul 7, 2021
On July 7, 2021, Britany Hope Jackson went home to be with the Lord. She joined her mother, Bebe Gail Jackson, her paternal grandpa Joseph L. Jackson and maternal grandpa James Gunter. She was 42 years old. Left to cherish her memory are her father Joe A. Jackson, paternal grandmother Shelby Jackson “Dolly”, maternal grandmother Bobbie Joann Gunter,...
Emma Benton
Jul 6, 2021
On Tuesday, July 6, 2021, Emma McNair Lewis Benton, loving wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family; she was 82 years old.
Emma was born on September 11, 1938, to Edward Bruce Lewis and Annie Mae Gibson Lewis. She married her childhood sweetheart, Charles, on July 27, 1958. Once...
Marcia Glenys Thompson
Jul 4, 2021
Marcia Glenys Thompson, 81, of Elizabethtown passed away on Sunday, July 4, 2021 at Columbus County Hospital. She was preceded in death by her parents, Berry Lewis and Edith Myrtice Warwick Lewis; her husbands, William (Billy) Whiteford Yandle and Leroy Thompson; infant son at childbirth; sisters: Netta Thay White, Jean Lewis Gooden; brothers: Coegil Lewis, Rusty Lewis. Glenys...
Iula Bedsole
Jul 4, 2021
Iula Lennon Bedsole, 86, of White Lake, passed away Sunday, July 4, 2021. She was preceded in death by her parents, Luther and Ina Lennon; husband, Harvey Layton Bedsole, Sr.; brothers: Murdock E. Lennon, L. David Lennon; sisters: Alease Corbin and Mary Ida Jenkins.
Iula leaves behind two sons, Harvey Layton Bedsole, Jr. and...
Betty Polston
Jul 2, 2021
Betty Ann Polston, 51, of Bladenboro went to her heavenly home on July 2, 2021. She was preceded in death by her parents, James Wilbur and Betty Joanne Polston, paternal grandparents Bleese and Lois Polston, maternal grandparents Ella Mae and Curtis Watts, a special aunt Jeanette Polston Smith and special uncle, Robert Tyler. They all probably had a...
Jonathan Hair
Jul 2, 2021
Jonathan Daniel Hair, 77, an US Army veteran, of Laurinburg passed away Friday, July 2, 2021 at Moore Regional Hospital. He was preceded in death by his father, Alvin C. Hair, mother, Geneva Melvin Hair and sister, Hilda Atkinson.
Jonathan leaves behind his wife, Patsy Revels Hair of the home; three sons:...