Obituaries

Louie Al Lewis

Feb 3, 2023

Louie Al Lewis, age 87, of Bolivia, North Carolina passed away on Thursday, February 2, 2023.

Dolores Jean West

Feb 2, 2023

Dolores Jean West, age 81, of Southport, North Carolina passed away on Tuesday, January 31, 2023.

Donna Jane Moore

Updated Feb 1, 2023

Donna Jane Moore, 58, passed away on Friday, Janu-ary 20, 2023 at Novant New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Sally Johnson Banulis

Updated Feb 2, 2023

Sally Johnson Banulis of St. James, North Carolina, passed from this life on January 27, 2023.

Arlene Helen LeFante

Feb 1, 2023

Arlene Helen LeFante, 76, of Oak Island, North Carolina passed away on Sunday, January 22, 2023.

Barbara Jean Vice

Feb 1, 2023

Barbara Jean Vice, age 76, of Southport, North Carolina, passed away on Sunday, January 29, 2023.

Erica Dawn Beal

Feb 1, 2023

Erica Dawn Beal, 97, a resident of Oak Island, North Carolina, for the past 17 years, passed away peacefully on January 18, 2023.

Uldis “John” Jaunzemis

Feb 1, 2023

Uldis “John” Jaunzemis, age 87, of Southport, North Carolina, passed away on January 24, 2023, after a brief illness.

Bryant Leland Stutts

Feb 1, 2023

Bryant Leland Stutts, age 84, of Oak Island, North Carolina, passed away on Friday, January 27, 2023 at his home with his loving family by his side.

Paul Snyder

Feb 1, 2023

Following a 17-year battle with Parkinson’s disease, Paul Snyder of St. James passed away on January 25, 2023.

Derith Ann Witkege

Updated Feb 1, 2023

Derith Ann Witkege, age 79, of Wilmington, North Carolina, passed away on Tuesday, January 10, 2023.

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Michael Jay “Mike” Phelps

Updated Jan 20, 2023

Michael Jay “Mike” Phelps, 70, of Southport (Boiling Spring Lakes), North Carolina passed away on Monday, January 16, 2023, following a lengthy illness.

Mary Lou Coleman

Jan 20, 2023

Mary Lou Coleman, 92, former resident of Oak Island, passed on Sunday, January 9, 2023 in Belhaven, North Carolina.

George Ratliff Johnson

Updated Feb 1, 2023

George Ratliff Johnson, 69, of Winnabow, North Carolina passed away on Friday, January 13, 2023.

Arlene Rose Lock Brown

Updated Feb 1, 2023

Arlene Rose Lock Brown, born July 25, 1936, in Cleveland, Ohio, passed away peacefully at age 86 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, with family by her side on January 17, 2023.

Eloise Morgan Randolph of Southport, North Carolina, passed away on January 13, 2023 at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, North Carolina surrounded by her loving family. She was 83 years old.

Emily Margaret Loether– Hutchins

Updated Jan 20, 2023

Emily Margaret Loether– Hutchins, 44, of Bolivia, North Carolina and formerly of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, passed away on January 10, 2023, following complications from treatment for a recent cancer diagnosis.

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June Sessions Harper

Updated Jan 17, 2023

June Sessions Harper, 70, of Lauderdale by the Sea, Florida and Southport, North Carolina, passed away Saturday, January 7, 2023, in the company of family members and her four-legged companion, Woody.

John S. Shaw, II

Jan 11, 2023

John Shaw, 78, died Sunday, January 1, 2023 at Novant Brunswick Medical Center.

Ardith Ann Thompson Luke

Jan 11, 2023

Ardith Ann Thompson Luke passed away at WakeMed Cary Hospital, Cary, North Carolina, in the early morning hours of December 21, 2022, from complications of the trauma of a fall at her home three weeks prior to her death. She also battled kidn…