Mar 11, 2013

Jane Dowless Lamie, age 66, formerly of Dublin passed away on Monday, March 11, 2013 in Salisbury, NC. She is predeceased by her parents Raymond and Leola Kriner Dowless, two sisters: Edith Allen and Dorothy Cassidy, four brothers: Raymond Dowless Jr., Bobby Dowless, Leon Dowless, and Herman Dowless. She is survived by her husband Mark Lamie of the home,...

Mar 10, 2013

Joseph Forrest McDaniel, 73, of Dublin passed away on Sunday, March 10, 2013. Joseph loved animals and to fish and loved to eat his catch. He loved his church Dublin PFWB Church where he was a longtime member; he was there as much as he was able to be. He was born in Bladen County on February 2, 1940...

Mar 4, 2013

John "JP' Bryan, age 77, of Bladenboro went home to be with the Lord on March 4, 2013. He is preceded in death by his parents, Kirby and Estelle Bryan, one sister: Lois Phillips, one brother Kirby Roger Bryan, one granddaughter Melissa Bryan, and one grandson Robert Cain. He is survived by his wife Margaret Bryan of the home,...

Mar 3, 2013

Kevin Barkley Smith, age 42, of White Oak passed away on Sunday, March 3, 2013 at Southeastern Hospice House in Lumberton. He liked taking care of people and would put everyone before himself. He was a nurse at Bladen County Hospital for 12 years and Southeastern Regional Medical Center for five years in the operating room. He loved hunting,...

Mar 1, 2013

SSG. David Bartley Hunsinger, retired army veteran,age 69, of White Oak, passed away March 1, 2013. He is predeceased by his parents, Ralph and Romayne Hunsinger, one brother; Jack Charles Hunsinger,one sister; Delores Griffith, and one grandchild David Hunsinger Jr. He is survived by his wife Sandra Kay Hunsinger of the home, three sons: Thomas John Hunsinger and wife...

Feb 25, 2013

Riles Alexander Porter Jr., 82 of Clarkton passed away on Monday, February 25, 2013, at Lower Cape Fear Hospice surrounded by his family and friends.

Mr. Porter was born on August 14, 1930 to the late Riles A. Porter Sr. and Pauline Priest Porter. He is preceded in death by his wife, Carolyn Haire Porter; two sisters,...

Feb 24, 2013

Gretchen Tatum Brown, 96, of White Oak passed away on Sunday, February 24, 2013. She was born in Bladen County on January 3, 1917 to the late Daniel and Mary Lillie Kinlaw Tatum.

She survived by one son, Ronnie Brown of Hope Mills and one daughter, Sherrill Taylor of Currituck, NC; five grandchildren and five great grandchildren....

Feb 17, 2013

Katie Nye Meshaw, 90, of 8955 Highway 701 Clarkton, passed away Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013, in Columbus Regional Health Care in Whiteville. She was born on January 24, 1923, to the late Ruth Council Nye and Graham David Nye, Sr. of Bolton. She was preceded in death by her parents, and one infant baby boy, Morgan Perry Meshaw, Jr....

Feb 16, 2013

James Otis Bell, age 74 of Bladenboro, died Saturday, February 16, 2013 at home. He is preceded in death by his parents, Forrest and Fannie Cole Bell, a daughter DiAnna Bell McHugh and his two brothers Elden,Garvin, and three sisters Christine, Flonnie and Marie . He is survived by his wife Pat Hyatt Bell of the home; two sons,...

Feb 13, 2013

Patricia Ward Hemingway, loving wife of John Alden Hemingway and daughter of the late Lacy Belton and Ruby Bennett Ward of Clarendon, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, February 13, 2013 after a two-year courageous battle with cancer.

Pat and her husband Alden met at Duke University in December 1957 and it was love at first...