Extracts from Obituaries
Published in
 The Dillon Herald
 1973


The extracts for 1973   are not in alphabetical order.  They are listed in the month as they appeared in the Dillon Herald

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Index of Selected Obituary Transcriptions



JANUARY


Name:     John Covington Jr.
Parents:  Queen Covington
Date of Birth/Age: Age 10
Place of Birth:  resident of Latta
Date of Death: Monday
Place of Death: home
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 2, 1973, page 1, col. 6


Name:     Jimmy Hamer
Date of Birth/Age: Age 22
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Death: St. Eugene Community Hospital
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 2, 1973, page 1, col. 2  


Name:     Cecil M. Proctor
Parents:  Jesse T. and Cora McCall Proctor
Date of Birth/Age: Age 64
Place of Birth:  resident of Chapel Hill
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death: Chapel Hill home
Place of Burial: Alford Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 2, 1973, page 4, col. 6 and 7  


Name:     Carl M. Freeman
Parents: Carl Porter and Eva Quick Freeman
Spouse:  Marie Caddell Freeman
Date of Birth/Age: Age 53 
Place of Birth: Des Moines, Ia.
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death: Little Rock 
Place of Burial: Greenlawn Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 9, 1973, page 1, col. 5, 6 and 7  


Name:     George W. Hayes Sr.
Parents:  John and Fannie Price Hayes
Spouse:  Bertie Church Hayes
Date of Birth/Age: Age 81
Place of Birth: Dillon County
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death: a Mullins hospital
Place of Burial: arrangements by Prevatte Funeral Home
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 9, 1973, page 5, col. 3 


Name:     Frank Hunt
Parents:  James Chavis and Katie Hunt
Spouse:  Annie Hunt
Date of Birth/Age: Age 84
Place of Birth: Robeson County, NC
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death:  a Bennettsville hospital
Place of Burial: Leland Grove Baptist Church
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 9, 1973, page 5, col. 3 and 4


Name:     Carson Hinson Adams
Parents:  Dewey Adams and Lucy Hinson Adams
Spouse:  Ruth Tanner Adams
Date of Birth/Age: Age 51
Place of Birth:  Chesterfield County
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Death: a Lumberton, NC hospital
Place of Burial: Greenlawn Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 9, 1973, page 5, col. 4   


Name:     Hal Franklin Hyatt Jr.
Parents:  Mr. and Mrs. Hal Hyatt
Date of Birth/Age: infant
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Burial: Greenlawn Cemetery 
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 9, 1973, page 5, col. 4  


Name:     Delana Horne Miller
Parents:  Stephen and Bettie Rogers Horne
Spouse:  E. J. Miller
Date of Birth/Age: Age 86
Place of Birth: native of Dillon County
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Death: a Mullins hospital
Place of Burial: Lake View Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 9, 1973, page 5, col. 4 and 5  


Name:     Lonnie Lambert
Parents:  Mr. and Mrs. William Lambert
Spouse: Essie Huggins Lambert
Date of Birth/Age: Age 71
Place of Birth: Marion County
Date of Death: January 3
Place of Death: a Mullins hospital
Place of Burial: Magnolia Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 9, 1973, page 5, col. 5 and 6  


Name:     Ethel Moore Townsend
Date of Birth/Age: Age 83
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Burial: services at Witner Funeral Home (Herald spelling) 
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 9, 1973, page 5, col. 6 


Name:     James Covington Allen
Parents:  Roy and Beaulah McCormick Allen (Herald spelling)
Spouse:  Myrtle Lewis Allen
Date of Birth/Age: Age 62
Place of Birth:  Wadesboro, NC
Date of Death: Tuesday
Place of Death: a local hospital
Place of Burial: Greenlawn Cemetery, World War II veteran, assisted in keeping the USS Albert W. Grant from sinking during action with a Japanese task force Oct. 24-25, 1944
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, January 11, 1973, page 8, col. 6 and 7  


Name:     William Martin Bentley Jr.
Parents:  Evelyn Bernard Bentley and William M. Bentley Sr.
Spouse:  Geneieve Taylor Bentley
Date of Birth/Age: Age 40
Place of Birth:  California
Date of Death: Monday
Place of Death: a Columbia hospital
Place of Burial: Riverside Cemetery, Korean War veteran
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, January 11, 1973, page 8, col. 7  
 

Name:     Laura Turner Price
Parents:  Thomas L. and Sadie Watson Turner
Spouse:  J. E. Price
Date of Birth/Age: Age 56
Place of Birth:  Marion County, of Nichols
Date of Death: Tuesday
Place of Death: home
Place of Burial: Jones – Nichols Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, January 11, 1973, page 8, col. 8 and 9  


Name:     Woodrow A. Sarvis
Parents:  M. C. Sarvis of Tabor City
Spouse:  Sara Herring Sarvis
Date of Birth/Age: Age 57
Place of Birth:  of Tabor City, NC
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Death: Loris Community Hospital
Place of Burial: Forest Lawn Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 16, 1973, page 5, col. 1  


Name:     Joseph C. Cook
Date of Birth/Age: Age 83
Place of Birth:  of Lake View
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Death: a Florence hospital
Place of Burial: Cook Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 16, 1973, page 12, col. 3 and 4


Name:     Ora Lee Brown
Spouse:  Belton B. Brown
Date of Birth/Age: Age 78
Place of Birth:  of Latta
Date of Death: Wednesday
Place of Death: a Columbia hospital
Place of Burial: Union Baptist Church cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 16, 1973, page 12, col. 4   


Name:      Mildred Carmichael McCallum
Parents:  Clyde L. and Blanche Edwards Carmichael
Spouse:  Victor McCallum
Date of Birth/Age: 
Place of Birth:  native of Dillon, of Rowland, NC
Date of Death: Thursday
Place of Death: home
Place of Burial: Rowland Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 16, 1973, page 12, col. 4 


Name:     Helen Bailey
Parents:  Dave and Mollie Turbeville Bailey
Date of Birth/Age: Age 76
Place of Birth:  Marion County
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death: a hospital here
Place of Burial: Mt. Andrews Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 16, 1973, page 12, col. 5  


Name:     Edgar Bryan Morton
Spouse:  Thelma Hedgpeth Morton
Date of Birth/Age: Age 70
Place of Birth: of Proctorville
Date of Death: Monday
Place of Burial: Rowland Cemetery 
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, January 18, 1973, page 3, col. 1


Name:   Low L. Parrish  
Parents: Bishop and Mary Phillips Parrish
Spouse:  Bessie Britt
Date of Birth/Age: Age 76
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Wednesday
Place of Death: home on Harrison St.
Place of Burial: Evergreen Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, January 18, 1973, page 3, col. 1   


Name:     Nettie Dillard Ellis
Parents:  Jesse Drayton and Addie Adair Dillard, mother of Dill Ellis of Dillon
Spouse:  George H. Ellis
Date of Birth/Age: Age 82
Place of Birth:  life long resident of Clinton
Date of Death: Tuesday
Place of Death:  a Clinton hospital
Place of Burial: Rosemont Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, January 18, 1973, page 3, col. 1   


Name:     Silas F. Huggins
Parents:  Mrs. Vernon Huggins
Spouse:  Lucille L. Huggins
Date of Birth/Age: Age 62
Place of Birth:  native of Dillon County
Date of Death: Tuesday
Place of Death: Veterans Administration hospital
Place of Burial: LaFayette Memorial Park, World War II veteran
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, January 18, 1973, page 3, col. 2  


Name:      Sam Herold Harrelson
Parents:  Charles M. and Betty Richardson Harrelson
Spouse: Esta Mae Harrelson
Date of Birth/Age: Age 69
Place of Birth:  Marion County
Date of Death: Thursday
Place of Death: a Marion hospital
Place of Burial: Greenlawn Cemetery, Dillon
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 23, 1973, page 11, col. 7 


Name:     L. Neuman Connor
Parents:  Alephus David and Henrietta Collier Conner, brother of Alma Peterkin of Dillon
Spouse:  Alice Carswell Connor
Date of Birth/Age: Age 72
Place of Birth: of Barnwell
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death: residence
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 23, 1973, page 11, col. 7    


Name:     John Henry Edwards
Parents:  Issac and Eva Cartledge Edwards
Spouse: Nancy Jones Edwards
Date of Birth/Age: Age 57
Place of Birth:  Batesburg, SC
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Death: a Fayetteville, NC hospital
Place of Burial: Greenlawn Cemetery, veteran of World War II
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 23, 1973, page 11, col. 7 and 8  


Name:     Willie Yarboro
Parents:  Cora Yarboro, Latta
Date of Birth/Age: Age 54
Place of Birth: of Latta
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death: a Marion hospital
Place of Burial: Bethlehem Church cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 23, 1973, page 11, col. 8  


Name:   Addie R. Mitchell  
Date of Birth/Age: Age 81
Place of Birth: of Fairmont, NC 
Date of Death: January 16
Place of Death: Richmond, Va.
Place of Burial:  Floyd Memorial Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 23, 1973, page 11, col. 8  


Name:     Grace Haselden Watson
arents:  Charles E. and Minnie Dusenbury Haselden
Date of Birth/Age: Age 75
Place of Birth: Society Hill
Date of Death: Wednesday
Place of Death: a Summerville hospital
Place of Burial: Hillcrest Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 23, 1973, page 11, col. 9  


Name:     Katie Jackson Coward
Parents:  Lawrence and Apsie Jane Hamilton Jackson
Spouse:  Roy Coward
Date of Birth/Age: Age 62
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Death: home
Place of Burial: Greenlawn Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 23, 1973, page 11, col. 9  


Name:     Huey McCoy Page
Parents:  Chalmer and Delphine Martin Page
Date of Birth/Age: Age 37
Place of Birth:  Horry County
Date of Death: Thursday
Place of Death: a Charleston hospital
Place of Burial: Calvary Cemetery near Nichols
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 23, 1973, page 11, col. 9 


Name:     William H. Reid Sr.
Spouse:  Vivian Reid
Date of Death: Wednesday
Place of Death: Dillon home
Place of Burial: arrangements by Cottingham Funeral Home
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, January 25, 1973, page 5, col. 1 and 2


Name:    Miss Lillian Stallings Powell
arents: William Henry and Elizabeth B. Batten Powell
Date of Birth/Age: Age 88
Place of Birth:  Windsor, Va.
Date of Death: Tuesday
Place of Death: a hospital here
Place of Burial: Riverside Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, January 25, 1973, page 7, col. 1 and 2 


Name:     Lelious Parnell Sr.   
Date of Birth/Age: Age 71  
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Burial: St. Luke’s Methodist Church cemetery, Little Rock (AA)
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, January 25, 1973, page 7, col. 3  


Name:     Albert Jackson Norton
Parents:  Andrew Jackson and Edie Florence Norton
Spouse:  Bertha Daniels Norton
Date of Birth/Age: Age 76
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Tuesday
Place of Death: Marlboro General Hospital
Place of Burial: Little Rock Baptist Church cemetery (Huggins Cemetery) hlw
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, January 25, 1973, page 7, col. 3 and 4  


Name:     Wade Barnes
Date of Birth/Age: Age 66
Place of Birth: of Fairmont, NC
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Burial: Fairmont Cemetery 
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, January 25, 1973, page 7, col. 4 and 5  


Name:     Christian Fisher
Parents:  Mr. and Mrs. Pitman L. Fisher, Jr
Date of Birth: July 4
Date of Death: Monday       
Place of Death: Fairmont, NC home
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, January 25, 1973, page 7, col. 5   


Name:      Bernice R. Ford
Parents:  Allen Richardson and Rebecca Tanner Richardson
Date of Birth/Age: Age 64
Place of Birth:  native of Dillon,
Date of Death: Wednesday
Place of Death: a Petersburg, Va. nursing home
Place of Burial: Colonial Memorial Gardens in Colonial Heights
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, January 25, 1973, page 7, col. 5, 6 and 7


Name:   Evelyn Richardson
Parents: Rosie Simpson McPhatter and Doc McPhatter
Spouse:  Jimmy Richardson Sr
Date of Birth/Age: Age 43
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Wednesday
Place of Death: a Marion hospital
Place of Burial: Riverside Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, January 25, 1973, page 7, col. 7, 8 and 9   

  
Name:     Osborne Brooks
Date of Birth/Age: Age 20
Place of Birth:  resident of Charlotte, NC
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Death: near Little Rock       
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 30, 1973, page 1, col. 3  


Name:     Charles Carroll Hayes
Parents:  Carroll Edwin and Annie Kelly Hayes
Date of Birth/Age: Age 24
Place of Birth:  Hartsville, Latta resident
Date of Death: Thursday      
Place of Burial: Catfish Creek Baptist Church cemetery 
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 30, 1973, page 1, col. 2   


Name:    Sandy Michele Wilkes
Parents: Leo and Patricia Allen Wilkes 
Date of Birth/Age: five month-old
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Death: home in Dillon
Place of Burial: Greenlawn Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 30, 1973, page 11, col. 7


Name:     Willie Kenlaw Berry
Parents:  Lawrence and Mary Frances Berry
Date of Birth/Age: Age 68
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Death: Veterans Hospital at Fayetteville, North Carolina
Place of Burial: Beulah Baptist Church cemetery, veteran of World War II
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 30, 1973, page 9, col. 8 and 9


Name:     Catherine Kennedy Cook
Date of Birth/Age: Age 87
Place of Birth:  formerly of the Oakland community in Dillon County, Rowland resident
Date of Death: Monday
Place of Burial: Rowland Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 30, 1973, page 12, col. 1


Name:     Vera King
Parents:  H. and Betty Roland Ivey
Spouse:  Johnny King
Date of Birth/Age: Age 75
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Death: a Mullins hospital
Place of Burial: Lake View Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 30, 1973, page 12, col. 1  


Name:   Eula Ward Barnes  
Date of Birth/Age: Age 84        mother of Mrs. Harris Horne, Lake View
Place of Birth:  of Orrum and Fairmont, NC
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death:
Place of Burial: Fairmont Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 30, 1973, page 12, col. 1  


Name:      Berta Gibson Stanton
Parents:  John K. and Emma G. Gibson
Spouse:  Grady Stanton Jr.
Date of Birth/Age: Age 83
Place of Birth:  Gibson, NC
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Death: home
Place of Burial: Greenlawn Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 30, 1973, page 12, col. 1  


Name:     Walton Thomas Parrish
Spouse:  Angeree Thompson Parrish
Date of Birth/Age: Age 60
Place of Birth: of Fair Bluff, NC
Date of Death: January 23
Place of Death: a Marion, SC hospital
Place of Burial: McColl, South Carolina
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 30, 1973, page 12, col. 1    


Name:      Stacie Lynn Hyatt
Parents:  William E. and Faye Huggins Hyatt
Date of Birth/Age: Age three month-old
Date of Death: Monday
Place of Death: Florence
Place of Burial: Riverside Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 30, 1973, page 13, col. 2 


FEBRUARY


Name:     Silas W. Epps
Parents:  James and Martha Ann Epps
Spouse:  Caroline Monroe Epps
Date of Birth/Age: Age 91
Place of Birth: Kingstree
Date of Death: Tuesday
Place of Death: hospital here
Place of Burial: Magnolia Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, February 1, 1973, page 14, col. 1, 2, 3 and 4


Name:     Allen Worth Miller, Sr.
Parents:  Edward Warren and Mary Burns Miller
Spouse:  Grace Moody Miller
Date of Birth/Age: Age 69
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Thursday
Place of Death: home
Place of Burial: Pleasant Hill Baptist Church cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, February 1, 1973, page 14, col. 4 and 5 


Name:   Oldia Hinson Israel 
Spouse:  Harvey Israel
Date of Birth/Age: Age 81
Place of Birth: Whiteville resident 
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Death: a Florence hospital
Place of Burial:  Columbus Memorial Park
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, February 1, 1973, page 14, col. 6


Name:     Emmie Collins Goodyear
Parents:  William D. and Ellen Leggett Collins
Date of Birth/Age: Age 82
Place of Birth:  Marion County, Nichols resident
Date of Death: Monday
Place of Death: home
Place of Burial: Riverside Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, February 1, 1973, page 14, col. 5  


Name:     James McInnis
Date of Birth/Age: Age 70
Place of Birth: 
Date of Death: Saturday        fire death
Place of Death: home
Place of Burial:
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 6, 1973, page 1, col. 1  


Name:     Peggy Joyce Nelson 
Date of Birth/Age: Age 20
Place of Birth:  of Green Terrace
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Death: Pitt County        accident
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 6, 1973, page 4, col. 1 


Name:     Jim Fairley
Date of Birth/Age: Age 24
Place of Birth:  native of Laurinburg, living in New York
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Death: Pitt County        accident
Place of Burial: 
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 6, 1973, page 4, col. 1    


Name:     Abe Kruger
Spouse:  Helen W. Kruger
Date of Birth/Age: Age 79
Place of Birth: former resident of Dillon, lived in Fitzgerald 59 years
Date of Death: January 18
Place of Death: Ben Hill County Hospital in Fitzgerald, Georgia
Place of Burial: services held at the Fetzgerald Hebrew Cemetery, interment in the Jewish Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 6, 1973, page 9, col. 3


Name:    Miss Maude Norton
Parents: Walter and Tissie Crowley Norton
Date of Birth/Age: Age 74
Place of Birth: Marlboro County
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death: a hospital here
Place of Burial: Beulah Baptist Church cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 6, 1973, page 9, col. 2 and 3


Name:     Eddie McNair
Date of Birth/Age: Age 46
Place of Birth: 
Date of Death: Monday
Place of Death: 
Place of Burial: 
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 13, 1973, page 1, col. 1   


Name:     Nick Harley Daniels Sr.
Spouse:  Mamie Daniels
Date of Birth/Age: Age 75
Place of Birth: 
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Death: a hospital here
Place of Burial: Riverside Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 13, 1973, page 4, col. 6


Name:     Edward G. Caldwell
Place of Birth: of Holly Hill, Fla., formerly of Dillon
Date of Death: Wednesday
Place of Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Daytona Beach, Florida
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 13, 1973, page 4, col. 6 and 7 


Name:     Mrs. J. Frank Thompson
Parents:  Dr. John Fletcher and Emma Clinkscales Shirley
Date of Birth/Age: Age 79
Place of Birth: Honeapath, of Dillon and Columbia
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death: a Columbia nursing home
Place of Burial: Evergreen Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 13, 1973, page 4, col. 5  


Name:     Lizzie Parker Fields
Spouse:  James Alex Fields
Date of Birth/Age: Age 77
Place of Birth:  of Fair Bluff
Date of Death: February 8
Place of Death: Southeastern General Hospital, Lumberton, North Carolina
Place of Burial: Boardman Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, February 15, 1973, page 5, col. 1 and Tuesday, February 20, 1973, page 10, col. 1 


Name:     Lou Vernon Campbell Stone
Date of Birth/Age: Age 72
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Death: Lake Charles, Louisiana
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, February 15, 1973, page 5, col. 1    


Name:     Vera S. Thompson
Spouse:  J. Frank Thompson
Place of Death: a Columbia hospital 
Place of Burial: Evergreen Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, February 15, 1973, page 5, col. 1    


Name:     Emerson Genare Hayes
Parents:  John and Sara Ford Hayes
Date of Birth/Age: Age 77
Place of Birth:  Lake View
Date of Death: Tuesday
Place of Death: a Mullins hospital
Place of Burial: Lake View Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, February 15, 1973, page 5, col. 1     


Name:     William Watson Hammond
Parents:  Guthrie Berry and Grace Watson Hammond
Date of Birth/Age: Age 49
Place of Birth:  Horry County
Date of Death: Monday
Place of Death: VA hospital in Fayetteville, N. C.
Place of Burial:  Spring Branch Cemetery in Horry County, veteran of World War II
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, February 15, 1973, page 5, col. 1     


Name:  Dewey Dobson Hall  
Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Luther Hall of Cumberland County
Spouse: Janie Prevatte Hall
Date of Birth/Age: Age 73
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death: his home on Route 1, Fairmont
Place of Burial: Fairmont Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, February 15, 1973, page 5, col. 1        


Name:     Della Mae Edmond Richardson
Date of Birth/Age: Age 69
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Death: a Lumberton hospital
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, February 15, 1973, page 13, col. 7         


Name:     Geneva Campbell Hayes      
Date of Birth/Age: age 46 
Date of Death: February 19
Place of Burial: St. Mark Baptist Church cemetery   (AA)
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 20, 1973, page 1, col. 5 and Tuesday, February 27, 1973, page 9, col. 2


Name:      Raeford Campbell  
Date of Birth/Age: Age 29
Place of Birth: of the Fairmont-Orrum area
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death: Fairmont
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 20, 1973, page 8, col. 3  


Name:     Etta Jane Michau Davis
Parents: John C. and Emma Jane Powell Michau
Spouse: Henry D. Davis
Place of Birth:  Andrews, of Darlington
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death: a Darlington hospital
Place of Burial: Grove Hill Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 20, 1973, page 10, col. 1   


Name:     French Bethea   
Parents:  Robert and Mae Frances Bethea
Spouse:  Lillie D. Bethea
Date of Birth/Age: Age 63
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Burial: St. Mary’s Cemetery  (AA)
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 20, 1973, page 10, col. 2   


Name:     Daisy Godbold Hargrove
Parents:  Asa and Sarah Ellerbee Godbold
Date of Birth/Age: Age 89
Place of Birth:  Marion County
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death: a hospital here
Place of Burial: Riverside Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 20, 1973, page 10, col. 3       


Name:     F. C. Turbeville
Date of Death: Thursday
Place of Death: Veterans Administration Hospital at Fayetteville, N. C.
Place of Burial: Riverside Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 20, 1973, page 10, col. 3   


Name:     Vernon Arnette Huggins
Parents:  John and Martha Phillips Arnette
Spouse:  Smiley Bigham Huggins
Date of Birth/Age: Age 81
Place of Birth:  Robeson County, N. C.
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death: a nursing home here
Place of Burial:  Greenlawn Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 20, 1973, page 10, col. 1  


Name:     Sally Ella Bryant Lee
Parents:  Curtis and Annie Moody Bryant
Spouse:  John L. Lee
Date of Birth/Age: Age 78
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death: home here
Place of Burial: Union Baptist Church cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 20, 1973, page 10, col. 2   


Name:      Eunice Alford Ford
Spouse:  Willie Ford
Date of Birth/Age: Age 43
Date of Death: February 14
Place of Burial: Cotton Valley Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 20, 1973, page 10, col. 2     


Name:     Luther Hunt
Spouse:  Pearl Hunt
Date of Birth/Age: Age 67
Place of Birth:  of Rowland, N.C.
Date of Death: February 13
Place of Burial: Dogwood Baptist Church cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 20, 1973, page 10, col. 3   


Name:   Louise Hamer Hasty    
Parents: James Willis and Sallie Breeden Hamer
Spouse: James C. Hasty
Date of Birth/Age: Age 75
Place of Birth: native of Dillon
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Burial: Hamer Family Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 20, 1973, page 10, col. 1       
 

Name:     Gerthi S. Scott
Parents:  William Alford and Nancy Poston Scott
Spouse:  Myrtle Manuel Scott
Date of Birth/Age: Age 68
Place of Birth: Robeson County
Date of Death: Thursday
Place of Death: a Marion hospital
Place of Burial: Raynham Baptist Church cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 20, 1973, page 10, col. 1and 2       


Name:     Ruth Willoughby Clark
Parents:  W. J. and Mary Graham Willoughby
Spouse:  John R. Clark
Date of Birth/Age: Age 75
Place of Birth:  Florence County
Date of Death: Monday
Place of Death: of Scranton
Place of Burial: Graham Cemetery 
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, February 22, 1973, page 10, col. 1  


Name:     Eugene Clyde Shelley
Parents:  Ford and Iris Coleman Shelley
Spouse:  Danie Lee Shelley
Date of Birth/Age: Age 63
Place of Birth: Marion County
Date of Death: Monday
Place of Death: a Marion hospital
Place of Burial: Reedy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, February 22, 1973, page 12, col. 1


Name:     Thomas E. Myers
Spouse:  Esther     brother Caddett Page of Dillon
Date of Birth/Age: Age 62
Place of Birth:  Winston-Salem, N.C. of Virginia
Date of Death: Monday, February 12
Place of Death: Fairfax Hospital
Place of Burial: National Memorial Park
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, February 22, 1973, page 12, col. 4, 5 and 6  


Name:     Max McLennan    
sister: Mrs. Maurice Carmichael   
Place of Birth: of Los Angeles, Calif.
Date of Death: Monday    pedestrian accident
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 27, 1973, page 1, col. 2


Name:     Ada Bullock   
sisters: Mrs. Floyd Lee and Mrs. Tom Norton   
Date of Birth/Age: Age 67
Place of Birth: of Fairmont, N. C.
Date of Death: Wednesday
Place of Burial: Fairmont Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 27, 1973, page 3, col. 7 and 8  


Name:     Mattie Davis Williams       
Spouse:  George Williams
Date of Birth/Age: Age 62
Place of Burial: St. Mary Cemetery  (AA)
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 27, 1973, page 3, col. 8 and 9  


Name:     J. Van Demery
Spouse:  Jessie Demery
Place of Birth:  of Rowland, N. C.
Date of Death:  Friday
Place of Death: Southeastern General Hospital, Lumberton, N. C.
Place of Burial: Preston Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 27, 1973, page 3, col. 5 and 6  


Name:    Gladys Summer Varn    
Parents: J. Eugene and Elizabeth Watson Summer
son: Herbert Eugene Varn of Dillon
Date of Birth/Age: 
Place of Birth:  Darlington
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death: a Columbia hospital
Place of Burial: services held at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Columbia
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 27, 1973, page 3, col. 1 and 2   


Name:     Charles Ralph Barfield
Parents:  Parker and Olin Sparkman Barfield
Spouse:  Evelyn J. Barfield
Date of Birth/Age: Age 63
Place of Birth: native of Dillon
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Death: Durham, N. C.
Place of Burial: Greenlawn Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 27, 1973, page 9, col. 2


Name:     Lacy Swett
Parents:  Mr. and Mrs. Eli Swett
Spouse:  Grace Scott Swett
Date of Birth/Age: Age 52
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Death: Cape Fear Valley Hospital, Fayetteville
Place of Burial: Reedy Branch Church cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 27, 1973, page 3, col. 3 and 4  


Name:     Elvia Hunt Locklear
Spouse:  Arthur Locklear Jr.
Date of Birth/Age: Age 31
Place of Birth: of Rowland, N. C.
Date of Death: Saturday    auto accident
Place of Death:
Place of Burial: Rowland Church of God cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 27, 1973, page 3, col. 1 


Name:     Eula Brumbles
Spouse:  Ernest H. Brumbles
Date of Birth/Age: Age 79
Place of Birth: of Fairmont, N. C.
Date of Death: Wednesday
Place of Burial: Proctorville Cemetery 
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 27, 1973, page 3, col. 1  


Name:     Carol L. Carmichael
Parents:  Clyde and Sallie Edwards Carmichael
Spouse:  Marian Rogers Carmichael
Date of Birth/Age: Age 57
Place of Birth:  Dillon, resident of Columbia
Date of Death: Monday
Place of Death: Providence Hospital
Place of Burial: Greenlawn Memorial Park, veteran of World War II
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 27, 1973, page 3, col. 2.


MARCH


Name:     William Ross Johnson
Date of Birth/Age: Age 56
Place of Birth:  of Rowland, N. C.
Date of Death: Wednesday
Place of Burial: Midway Presbyterian Church cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, March 6, 1973, page 2, col. 8


Name:     Shell Oxendine
Date of Birth/Age: 
Place of Birth:  of Fairmont, N. C.
Date of Death: February 27
Place of Burial: New Bethel Methodist Church cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, March 6, 1973, page 2, col. 7 


Name:     Fannie E. McKenzie
Parents:  Ferdinand and Ellen Herring
Spouse:  Fred McKenzie
Date of Birth/Age: Age 74
Place of Birth:  native of Dillon County
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death: a Florence nursing home
Place of Burial: Riverside Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, March 6, 1973, page 14, col. 4


Name:     Fernie Lewis
Parents:  Archable and Emmaline Shannon Lewis
Spouse:  Inez Bullock Lewis
Date of Birth/Age: Age 81
Place of Birth:  Horry County
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Death: a Fayetteville, N. C. hospital
Place of Burial: Zoan Methodist Church cemetery in Horry County, veteran of World War I
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, March 6, 1973, page 14, col. 4 and 5   


Name:     Dewey Bethea 
Date of Birth/Age: Age 75
Place of Birth: Little Rock, resident of Sumter
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death: his home
Place of Burial: Sumter Cemetery, veteran of World War I
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, March 6, 1973, page 14, col. 5   


Name:     Fred Pate McKenzie
Parents:  Carey Joseph and Elsie Walker McKenzie
Spouse:  Ethelleen Snead McKenzie
Date of Birth/Age: Age 60
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Tuesday
Place of Death: a Dillon hospital
Place of Burial: Beulah Baptist Church cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, March 8, 1973, page 6, col. 4 and 5 


Name:     Frank Floyd Townsend
Parents:  Frank Floyd and Sophia Page Townsend
Date of Birth/Age: Age 77
Place of Birth:  Robeson County
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Death: a Wilmington, N. C. hospital
Place of Burial: Greenlawn Cemetery, veteran of World War I and II
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, March 8, 1973, page 6, col. 5, 6 and 7


Name:     William O. Ayers
Parents:  John A. and Susan Page Ayers
Date of Birth/Age: Age 84
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Tuesday
Place of Death: his residence
Place of Burial: Riverside Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, March 8, 1973, page 9, col. 5 


Name:     Dora Crawford
Parents:  Mr. and Mrs. Henry Legette 
Date of Birth: December 10, 1898
Place of Birth:  Marion County
Date of Death: February 27
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, March 8, 1973, page 9, col. 5  


Name:     Louise Hay McCaskill
Parents:  Frederick and Annie Righton Richards Hay  
Date of Birth/Age: Age 86
Place of Birth:  Kershaw County, of Waycross, Ga.
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death: her home
Place of Burial: Liberty Hill Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, March 13, 1973, page 8, col. 6 and 7  


Name:     Edwin Howard Townsend
Parents:  Kesler G. and Nellie Prevatte Townsend
Spouse:  Linda Miller Townsend
Date of Birth/Age: Age 31
Place of Birth:  Dillon
Date of Death: Thursday
Place of Death: a Charleston hospital
Place of Burial: Greenlawn Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, March 13, 1973, page 8, col. 3  


Name:     Mrs. Coye Ford Scott
Parents: Hardy and Fannie Lupo Ford
Date of Birth/Age: Age 92
Place of Birth:  Marion County, resident of Lake View
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Death: a nursing home
Place of Burial: Cedardale Cemetery in Mullins
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, March 13, 1973, page 8, col. 4  


Name:     Robert Perry McCormick Sr.
Parents:  Nathan Stewart and Flora Jane Price McCormick
Spouse:  Lois Elaine Pettit McCormick
Date of Birth/Age: Age 61
Place of Birth: Dillon County
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Death: a Mullins hospital
Place of Burial: Union Baptist Church cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, March 13, 1973, page 8, col. 3


Name:     Catherine Jenkins Clark
Date of Birth/Age: Age 30
Place of Birth: 
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Death: north of Rowland        auto accident
Place of Burial: 
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, March 15, 1973, page 1, col. 4 


Name:     Daniel Rembert Jackson
Parents:  Asberry and Sue Carmichael Jackson
Spouse: Leather Strickland Jackson (Letha on the census)
Date of Birth/Age: Age 78
Place of Birth:  Dillon County, Nichols resident
Date of Death: Monday
Place of Death: a Mullins hospital
Place of Burial: Olive Baptist Church Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, March 15, 1973, page 7, col. 2 and 3. 


Name:     Winston Vester Bailey
Parents:  Thelma Blackmon Bailey and James Bailey
Spouse:  Louise Waters Bailey
Date of Birth/Age: Age 37
Place of Birth: Dillon County, resident of Norwalk, Conn.
Date of Death: Monday
Place of Death:
Place of Burial: Riverside Cemetery 
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, March 15, 1973, page 12, col. 5   


Name:     Mrs. Lonie Hill
Date of Birth/Age: Age 90
Place of Birth: 
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Death:
Place of Burial: Big Branch Cemetery 
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, March 15, 1973, page 12, col. 3 and 4  


Name:     Retha F. Cribb
Parents:  Cleve and Ellen Watts Faircloth
Spouse:  Rev. A. M. Cribb
Date of Birth/Age: Age 58
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death: near Marion        auto accident
Place of Burial: Sumter Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, March 20, 1973, page 1, col. 6 


Name:     Charles A. Thomas
Date of Birth/Age: Age 35
Place of Birth:  of Greenville
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death: near Marion
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, March 20, 1973, page 1, col. 6   


Name:     Luther Eldridge English
Parents:  Will and Dora McKenzie English
Spouse:  Louise Quarles
Date of Birth/Age: Age 77
Date of Death: March 18
Place of Death: Marlboro General Hospital
Place of Burial: Carolina Presbyterian Church cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, March 20, 1973, page 3, col. 7, 8 and 9


Name:   Thomas Oliver Cottingham  
Parents:  Mary Graham Cottingham and Oscar Cottingham
Spouse:  Dorothy Farmer Cottingham
Date of Birth/Age: Age 54
Place of Birth:  Dillon
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Death: a Myrtle Beach hospital
Place of Burial: Greenlawn Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, March 20, 1973, page 3, col. 4, 5 and 6    


Name:     Tollie Lee Froneberger
Parents:  Miller Washington and Iva Stewart Froneberger
Spouse:  Sallie Mae Cochrane Froneberger
Date of Birth/Age: Age 61
Place of Birth: Gaston County, N. C.
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Death: a local hospital
Place of Burial: Greenlawn Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, March 20, 1973, page 14, col. 1, 2 and 3   


Name:     Flossie Weatherford Hamilton
Parents:  Hillard and Ola Barnhill Weatherford
Date of Birth/Age: Age 60
Place of Birth:  of Maxton, N.C.
Date of Death: Thursday
Place of Death: Fort Mead, Florida
Place of Burial: Riverside Cemetery in Dillon
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, March 20, 1973, page 14, col. 1 


Name:     Lloyd Freeman Byrd
Parents:  Iran and Polly Hulon Byrd
Spouse:  Vincie Lane Byrd
Date of Birth/Age: Age 63
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Death: his residence
Place of Burial: Greenlawn Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, March 20, 1973, page 14, col. 1  


Name:     Betty Lewis
Parents:  L. Woodrow and Vergie Daniels Sanderson
Spouse:  Charles Lewis
Date of Death: Wednesday     
Place of Death: Hartsville
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, March 22, 1973, page 1, col. 5  


Name:  Tony Lewis   
Parents: Charles and Betty Lewis
Date of Death: Wednesday       
Place of Death: Hartsville
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, March 22, 1973, page 1, col. 5     


Name:     Daniel Murdock Dove
Parents:  John A. and Elise Cox Dove
Date of Death: March 13
Place of Death: a Charleston hospital
Place of Burial: Mount Pleasant Memorial Gardens, World War II veteran
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, March 22, 1973, page 6, col. 1  


Name:     Inez Walters Musselwhite
Spouse:  Earl Musselwhite
Date of Birth/Age: Age 60
Date of Death: last Wednesday
Place of Burial: Floyd Memorial Cemetery 
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, March 27, 1973, page 3, col. 1  


Name:     Buddy Young
Parents:  George and Janie Hughes in Dillon
Spouse:  Linda Todd Young
Date of Birth/Age: Age 43
Place of Birth:  Hemingway
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Death: his home
Place of Burial:  veteran of the Korean War
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, March 27, 1973, page 3, col. 2  


Name:     Robert McLean Sitton 
Spouse:  Margaret Nettleton Sitton
Date of Birth/Age: Age 55
Place of Birth:  native of Dillon
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death: his home in Biloxi, Mississippi
Place of Burial: Biloxi, retired Air Force lieutenant colonel
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, March 27, 1973, page 8, col. 1   


Name:     Sam Usher
Parents:  Sam and Pearl Pate Usher
Spouse: Margaret Thompson Usher
Date of Birth/Age: Age 60
Place of Birth:  native of Dillon County
Date of Death: Thursday
Place of Death: a Marion hospital
Place of Burial: Greenlawn Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, March 27, 1973, page 12, col. 8 and 9 


Name:     John Wesley Campbell   
Spouse:  Daisy Campbell
Date of Death: Monday
Place of Death: his home in Dillon
Place of Burial: St. Mary Cemetery  (AA)
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, March 29, 1973, page 5, col. 8  


Name:     Mrs. William Gairy Nichols
Parents: William Haselden Ellerbe and Henrietta Rogers Ellerbe
Place of Birth:  Marion County
Date of Death: Wednesday
Place of Death: a Mullins hospital
Place of Burial: Nichols-Jones Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, March 29, 1973, page, 6, col. 5


Name:     Infant daughter Bedinger
Parents:  Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Bedinger of Latta
Date of Birth: Tuesday
Date of Death: Thursday
Place of Death: Palmetto General Hospital, Marion
Place of Burial: Magnolia Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, March 29, 1973, page, 6, col. 5 


Name:     Blanche Page McClam   
Date of Death: Monday
Place of Death: a local hospital
Place of Burial: Riverside Cemetery, Nichols  (AA)
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, March 29, 1973, page, 10, col. 4  


  APRIL


Name:     J. W. (Whit) Herring
Parents:  Jesse and Kitsy Rogers Herring
Spouse:  Bonnie M. Herring
Date of Birth/Age: Age 81
Place of Birth:  Marion County
Date of Death: Thursday
Place of Death: a Marion hospital
Place of Burial: Pyerian Baptist Church cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 3, 1973, page 10, col. 6


Name:     Mattie B. Atkinson
Parents:  W. R. and Ella Faircloth Britt
Spouse:  Matthew J. Atkinson
Date of Birth/Age: 
Place of Birth:  Rowland, N. C.
Date of Death: Thursday
Place of Death: St. George
Place of Burial: Rose Hill Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 3, 1973, page 10, col. 5   


Name:     Bessie Love Coward
Parents: John R. and Louise Hargrove Love  
Date of Birth/Age: Age 79
Place of Birth: Marlboro County
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Burial: Union Baptist Cemetery in the Temperance Hill community 
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 3, 1973, page 10, col. 1  


Name:     Jimmy Hodges
Parents:  Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hodges
Date of Birth/Age: three month old
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Death: at his home
Place of Burial: Riverside Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 3, 1973, page 10, col. 1  


Name:     Luther Harris
Spouse:  Alice Davis Harris
Date of Birth/Age: Age 74
Date of Death: Monday
Place of Death: a Lumberton, N. C. hospital
Place of Burial: Bladen Memorial Gardens
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 3, 1973, page 10, col. 6  


Name:     James Walter Jackson
Parents:  Swannie Miller Jackson and James R. Jackson
Spouse:  Jessie Morris Jackson
Date of Birth/Age: Age 58
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death: a Marion hospital
Place of Burial: Greenlawn Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 3, 1973, page 10, col. 6   


Name:     Grady L. Moore
Parents:  Leon Major Moore and Annie Lous Tart Moore
Spouse:  Ella Mae Gibson Moore
Date of Birth/Age: Age 51
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Tuesday
Place of Death: a Dillon Hospital
Place of Burial: Shady Grove Baptist Church near Clarkton, North Carolina
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, April 5, 1973, page 5, col. 5  


Name:    Lloyd William Barfield
Parents:  Gordon and Emma Ford Barfield
Spouse:  Nora Bullock Barfield
Date of Birth/Age: Age 62
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Tuesday
Place of Death: 
Place of Burial: Lake View Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, April 5, 1973, page 5, col. 3    


Name:      John Wesley Campbell
Place of Burial: final tribute at Manning Baptist Church Sunday, served in World War I 
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, April 5, 1973, page 5, col. 2   


Name:     Ge orge Richard Brownell
Parents:  John and Mary Sargent Brownell
Spouse:  Thelma Ayers Brownell
Date of Birth/Age: Age 77
Place of Birth:  England
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Death: a Loris hospital
Place of Burial: Cederdale Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 10, 1973, page 9, col. 1  


Name:     Mary Ethel Johnson
Parents:  Duncan A. and Mary Stanton Johnson
Spouse:  Frank F. Johnson
Date of Birth/Age: Age 69
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death: Columbia
Place of Burial: Riverside Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 10, 1973, page 9, col. 1and 2  


Name:     Nora Owens
Parents:  Simon and Susan Lane
Spouse:  Randolph Owns, Sr,
Date of Birth: 1874
Place of Birth:  early childhood in Marion County
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death: Latta
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 10, 1973, page 9, col. 5    


Name:     Mary (Mae) Viola Ford Hutchinson
Spouse:  William Vernon Hutchinson
Date of Birth/Age: Age 77
Place of Birth:  Marion County
Date of Death: Thursday
Place of Death: a Mullins hospital
Place of Burial: Hudson family cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 10, 1973, page 9, col. 6, 7 and 8    


Name:     Mattie Hill
Parents:  Thomas V. and Nancy Carroway Lewellyn Hill
Spouse:  Garnett Menton Hill
Date of Birth/Age: Age 81
Place of Birth:  Sumter County
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death: Dundees Rest Home
Place of Burial:  Rogers Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 10, 1973, page 10, col. 2     
 

Name:     Dave Miller
Spouse:  Chessie Stokes Miller
Date of Birth/Age: 
Place of Birth: 
Date of Death:
Place of Death: 
Place of Burial: Bermuda Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 10, 1973, page 10, col. 3


Name:     Aline Gilbert Christmas  
Parents:  J. W. and Maggie Bullard Gilbert
Spouse:  Henry Christmas
Date of Birth/Age: Age 66
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death:  Sunday
Place of Death: St. Eugene Community Hospital
Place of Burial: services at Williams Funeral Service
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 10, 1973, page 10, col. 3 and 4  


Name:     Teressa G. Hunt
Parents:  Ernest Kendall Hunt of Fairmont
Date of Birth/Age: five year old
Place of Birth:  of Fairmont, N. C.
Date of Death: Friday        highway accident
Place of Death:  near Fairmont
Place of Burial:
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, April 12, 1973, page 11, col. 7   


Name:    Miss Mary Mac Alford
Parents: Malcolm and Sara Margaret McPhaul Alford
Date of Birth/Age: Age 84
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Tuesday
Place of Death: her resident
Place of Burial: Carolina Presbyterian Church cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, April 12, 1973, page 11, col. 8  


Name:     John Daniel Brigman
Parents:  Clem H. and Maggie Coley Brigman
Spouse:  Dora Elizabeth Brigman
Date of Birth/Age: Age 44
Place of Birth: Marlboro County
Date of Death: Monday
Place of Death: Marlboro General Hospital
Place of Burial: services in Daniels Chapel, Rogers Funeral Home in charge
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, April 12, 1973, page 11, col. 8 and 9  


Name:     James Smith
Date of Birth/Age: Age 41
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 17, 1973, page 1, col. 1   


Name:      William Blount (hlw) Bracey
Parents:  Othneil Bracey, Sr. and Ellen McLean (hlw)
Date of Birth: September 10, 1898 (hlw)  
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Death: Scotland Memorial Hospital, Laurinburg
Place of Burial: Ashepole Presbyterian Church cemetery, veteran of World War II
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 17, 1973, page 4, col. 5     


Name:     Alma Johnson Collins
Parents:  Flossie Collins Johnson and L. C. Johnson
Spouse:  George Cleveland Collins Sr
Date of Birth/Age: Age 52
Place of Birth:  Horry County
Date of Death: Thursday
Place of Death: her home
Place of Burial: New Home Baptist Church cemetery 
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 17, 1973, page 10, col. 1   


Name:     Geneva Evans Perritte
Parents: Roy A. and Nettie Thorp Evans
Spouse: Leo R. Perritte
Date of Birth/Age: Age 53
Place of Birth: native of Wilmington, N.C.
Date of Death: Thursday
Place of Death: a Mullins hospital
Place of Burial: Devotion Gardens Cemetery 
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 17, 1973, page 10, col. 1      


Name:     Furnie L. Bailey
Parents:  Redden and Katie Lee Bailey
Spouse:  Bertha Snipes Bailey
Date of Birth/Age: Age 60
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Wednesday
Place of Death: a Charleston hospital
Place of Burial: Riverside Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 17, 1973, page 10, col. 1     
 

Name:     Legrand Smith
Parents:  Luther and Bertha Cook Smith
Spouse:  Beatrice Hulon Smith
Date of Birth/Age: Age 52
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Death: a Marion hospital
Place of Burial: Pyrian Baptist Church Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 17, 1973, page 12, col. 5


Name:   Ilsa Jane Hughes Capps   
Parents: Reba C. Hughes and W. P. Hughes
Spouse:  Edwin L. Capps II
Date of Birth/Age: Age 23
Place of Birth: 
Date of Death: Tuesday        accident at home
Place of Death: home
Place of Burial:
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, April 19, 1973, page 3, col. 1 


Name:     Fred Page
Parents:  Jake and Isla Crawford Page
Spouse:  Lillie Mae Hodge Page
Date of Birth/Age:
Place of Birth: native of Lake View
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Death: a local hospital
Place of Burial: Hodge Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, April 19, 1973, page 6, col. 2  


Name:     Bonnie Lucille Nichols Berry
Parents:  Mathew Clarence and Della Mahaffey Nichols
Spouse: J. B. Berry Sr.
Date of Birth/Age: Age 72
Place of Birth:  Fountain Inn
Date of Death: Wednesday
Place of Death: a Marion hospital
Place of Burial: Magnolia Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, April 19, 1973, page 6, col. 3 and 4


Name:     James Carlye Norman
Parents:  George F. and Ethel Lovin Norman
Date of Birth/Age: Age 62
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Tuesday
Place of Death: a local hospital
Place of Burial: Greenlawn Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, April 19, 1973, page 6, col. 4 and 5   


Name:     Carrie Lee Gibson     
Parents: Lee and Sarah Williams Cooper
Spouse:  William Gibson
Date of Birth/Age: Age 78
Place of Birth: Darlington County, resident of Latta more than 40 years
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death: her home
Place of Burial: Oaky Point Cemetery (AA)
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 24, 1973, page 4, col. 3  


Name:     Miss Ella Jane Watts
Parents:  Joe and Janie Brigman Watts
Date of Birth/Age: Age 67
Place of Birth:  Florence County
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death: a Dillon hospital
Place of Burial: Beulah Baptist Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 24, 1973, page 7, col. 1


Name:     Nathan Wade Strickland
Parents:  Loeetta Grainger and Jasper Wade Strickland
Spouse:  Corine Gibson Strickland of Mullins
Date of Birth/Age: Age 49
Place of Birth:  Horry County, resident of Mullins
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death: a Conway hospital
Place of Burial: Pleasant View Baptist Church Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 24, 1973, page 7, col. 2   


Name:     James Elitheus Thomas   
Parents:  John and Reathea Thomas
Spouse:  Theo Thomas
Date of Birth/Age:
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Tuesday
Place of Death: Cape Fear Valley Hospital in Fayetteville, N. C.
Place of Burial: St. Mary’s Cemetery  (AA)
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 24, 1973, page 7, col. 3 and 4  


Name:     Manton C. Alford
Parents: Manton and Rena Curry Alford
Spouse:  Mary Ella Montgomery Alford
Date of Birth/Age: Age 74
Place of Birth: Dillon County
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Death: Scotland Memorial Hospital
Place of Burial: Alford Cemetery in Dillon
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 24, 1973, page 7, col. 1


Name:     Mrs. Cornelius Cooper
Parents:  John and Orphie Bass Williams  
Date of Birth/Age: Age 82
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Thursday
Place of Death: a Conway hospital
Place of Burial: Riverside Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 24, 1973, page 7, col. 1  


Name:     Mellie Gibson Sports
Parents:  Merritt and Lavenia Parrott
Date of Birth/Age: Age 67
Place of Birth:  Georgetown County
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death: a Florence hospital
Place of Burial: Bristow Chapel Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 24, 1973, page 7, col. 1   


Name:    Elizabeth Carter Webster
Parents: Donnie Hinson Carter and John Carter
Spouse: Darwin J. Webster
Date of Birth/Age: Age 46
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Monday
Place of Death: her home
Place of Burial: Green Lawn Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 24, 1973, page 12, col. 1   


Name:     William Henry Watson
Date of Birth/Age: Age 83
Place of Birth: formerly of Latta, now of Rowland, N. C.
Date of Death: services conducted today
Place of Death: 
Place of Burial: Rowland Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 24, 1973, page 12, col. 5


Name:     Edna Gilbert Braddock
Spouse:  Lonnie B. Braddock
Date of Birth/Age: Age 84 
Place of Birth: of Latta
Date of Death: Wednesday
Place of Death: a Dillon hospital
Place of Burial: Bethlehem Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 24, 1973, page 12, col. 6 and 7


Name:     Kenneth Malcolm McCormick
Date of Birth/Age: Age 46
Place of Birth: of Nichols
Date of Death: Tuesday        auto accident
Place of Death: near Fair Bluff, N. C.
Place of Burial:
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, April 26, 1973, page 1, col. 3


Name:     Virgie McDaniel Wallace
Spouse:   Henry Wallace
Date of Birth/Age: Age 80  
Date of Death: Tuesday
Place of Burial: Rowland Cemetery 
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, April 26, 1973, page 9, col. 5


Name:     James Sampson Revels
Date of Birth/Age: Age 35
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death: Baltimore, Md.
Place of Burial: Hickory Hill Church cemetery in Rowland
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, April 26, 1973, page 9, col. 5 and 6  


Name:    James D. Wright
Spouse:  Louise Wright
Date of Birth/Age: Age 68 
Date of Death: this morning
Place of Death: his home
Place of Burial: arrangements by Cottingham Funeral Home
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, April 26, 1973, page 9, col.  4 


Name:     Allen Junior Brown
Spouse:  Minnie E. Brown
Date of Birth/Age: Age 29
Place of Birth:  of Rowland, N. C.
Date of Death: Sunday        accident
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, April 26, 1973, page 10, col. 1

 
MAY


Name:     Bobby Gene Hunt
Parents:  A. L. Hunt and Nora Oxendine Hunt
Spouse:  Sally Hunt
Date of Birth/Age: Age 24
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Death: near Little Rock
Place of Burial: Fairview Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 1, 1973, page 1, col. 4.


Name:     Kermit Richeson
Spouse:  Eva Quick Kirby, a native of Dillon
Date of Birth/Age:
Place of Birth:  former resident of Dillon, lived in Indiana since 1954
Date of Death: April 9
Place of Death: University Hospital, Indianapolis
Place of Burial: services conducted in Crawfordsville, Indiana
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 1, 1973, page 5, col. 7 and 8  


Name:     Dr. Charles M. Graham
Parents:  Daniel and Margaret McGirt Graham
Spouse:  Olive Crone Graham
Date of Birth/Age: Age 68
Place of Birth:  Red Springs, N. C., practiced in Clio since 1933
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Death:
Place of Burial: Red Springs
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 1, 1973, page 11, col. 8 and 9  


Name:     Florence Sweat Hunt
Parents: 
Spouse:  Ab Sweat
Date of Birth/Age: Age 63
Place of Birth:  of Fayetteville
Date of Death: Wednesday
Place of Death: Cape Fear Valley Hospital, Fayetteville, North Carolina
Place of Burial: Dogwood Baptist Church cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 1, 1973, page 14, col. 2. 


Name:     Harry Thornton McCormick
Parents:  LeRoy and Madeline Cooke McCormick
Spouse:  Essie Blackwell McCormick
Date of Birth/Age: Age 51
Place of Birth:  Robeson County
Date of Death: Thursday
Place of Death: a Lumberton, N. C. hospital
Place of Burial: Riverside Cemetery in Nichols, World War II veteran
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 1, 1973, page 14, col. 1. 


Name:     Preston A. Riddick Jr.
Parents:  Preston A. and Cleveland Smith Riddick
Spouse:  Marian Elvington Riddick
Date of Birth/Age: Age 55
Place of Birth:  Marion
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Death: a Mullins hospital
Place of Burial: Riverside Cemetery in Nichols, World War II veteran
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 1, 1973, page 14, col. 8 and 9.    


Name:     Julius Michael Alford
Parents:  Ola Frances Huggins Alford and Julius Thomas Alford
Spouse:  Patsy Johnson Alford of Aynor
Date of Birth/Age: Age 21
Place of Birth:  Marion County
Date of Death: Friday        drowning accident
Place of Death: near Aynor
Place of Burial: Methodist Rehobeth Cemetery in Galvant’s Ferry
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 1, 1973, page 14, col. 5  


Name:   Steven Cook   
Parents: Jasper and Doris Davis Cook
Spouse: 
Date of Birth/Age: Age 9
Place of Birth: 
Date of Death: Monday    drowning accident
Place of Death: Sandwich, Illinois
Place of Burial: Riverside Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 1, 1973, page 14, col. 6 and 7.


Name:     Jeddie Dillon Parker
Parents:  Frank Bethea and Hattie Dillon David of Dillon
Spouse:  Albert B. Parker
Date of Birth/Age: Age 79
Place of Birth: 
Date of Death:  Sunday
Place of Death: Magnolia Hall Nursing Home in Chestertown, MD.
Place of Burial: St. Paul’s Churchyard, near Chestertown
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 1, 1973, page 14, col. 5.  


Name:     Elizabeth “Snuck” McRae
Parents:  Ernest McRae
Date of Birth/Age: 
Place of Birth: 
Date of Death: April 20
Place of Death: a Trenton, N. J. hospital
Place of Burial: services held in Trenton
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 1, 1973, page 14, co. 3 and 4.  


Name:     Miss Mattie Arnette Williams
Parents: Emory L. and Bertha Taylor Williams
Date of Birth/Age: Age 30
Place of Birth:  Lexington County
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death: Whitten Village at Clinton
Place of Burial: Lybrand Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 1, 1973, page 14, col. 1. 


Name:     Edna McDaniel Haselden
Parents: Alton and Georgia Mae Lewis McDaniel
Spouse:  Malcolm Haselden
Date of Birth/Age: Age 36
Place of Birth: Marion County, of Poston
Date of Death: Thursday
Place of Death: a Florence hospital
Place of Burial: Garden of Devotion Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 1, 1973, page 14, col. 1 and 2.  


Name:     Coke Johnson
Parents:  Mr. and Mrs. C. Walter Johnson
Spouse:  Flora Mae Register Johnson
Date of Birth/Age: Age 60
Place of Birth:  Dillon County, of Marion
Date of Death: Tuesday
Place of Death: a local hospital
Place of Burial: Union Baptist Cemetery near Temperance Hill
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, May 3, 1973, page 11, col. 4  


Name:     Shep M. Causey
Parents:  Bill and Cindy Fowler Causey
Spouse:  Becky Bullock Causey
Date of Birth/Age: Age 80
Place of Birth: Horry County
Date of Death: Wednesday
Place of Death: a Mullins hospital
Place of Burial: Mt. Olive Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, May 3, 1973, page 11, col. 4  


Name:     Jean Shelley Sawyer
Maiden name: Shelley
Parents: Betty Rowell Shelley and W. D. Shelley
Spouse:  Theo Sawyer Sr.
Date of Birth/Age: Age 58
Place of Birth:  Marion County
Date of Death: Wednesday
Place of Death: a local hospital
Place of Burial: Devotion Gardens Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, May 3, 1973, page 11, col. 4 and 5  


Name:     Lenon Caswell Grainger
Parents:  Nathan Chester Grainger and Edna Floyd Grainger of Nichols
Spouse:  Alvania Watts Grainger
Date of Birth/Age: Age 48
Place of Birth:  Horry County, now of Nichols
Date of Death: Tuesday
Place of Death: a Florence hospital
Place of Burial: Devotion Gardens
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, May 3, 1973, page 11, col. 5   


Name:     Carrie Sweatt
Parents: 
Spouse: 
Date of Birth/Age: Age 87
Place of Birth:  native of Dillon County, now of Bennettsville
Date of Death: Tuesday
Place of Death: a Cheraw nursing home
Place of Burial: Parnassus Church cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, May 3, 1973, page 11, col. 5  


Name:     Millie Lillie Felkel Shuler
Parents: Peter Jeremeah and David Ann Hungerpiller Felkel
Date of Birth/Age: Age 85
Place of Birth: Calhoun County
Date of Death: Monday
Place of Death: an Orangeburg nursing home
Place of Burial: Island Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 8, 1973, page 8, col. 4 and 5. 


Name:      Gerald W. Gaddy     
Parents:  Hannah David Gaddy and William C. Gaddy, and brother of Monroe Gaddy of Dillon
Spouse:  Hannah Rhyne Gaddy
Date of Birth/Age: Age 43
Place of Birth:  Anson County, N. C. now of Pageland
Date of Death: Thursday
Place of Death: his home
Place of Burial: Sandy Plains Methodist Cemetery in Anson County
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, May 3, 1973, page 11, col. 4.


Name:     William Leroy “Buddy” Paul
Date of Birth/Age: Age 58
Place of Birth: of Rowland, N. C.
Date of Death: Wednesday
Place of Burial: Mt. Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery 
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, May 3, 1973, page 11, col. 4  


Name:     Willie James Blue
Date of Birth/Age: Age 22
Date of Death: Friday        accident
Place of Death: Dillon
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, May 10, 1973, page 1, col. 3 


Name:     Leon Walter Fryant 
Spouse:  Ione Berry Fryant
Date of Birth/Age: Age 75
Place of Birth:  Cape May, N. J., resident of Latta 33 years
Date of Death: Tuesday
Place of Death: a Marion hospital
Place of Burial: Magnolia Cemetery, World War I veteran
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, May 10, 1973, page 6, col. 1  


Name:     George Elliott McMackin
Parents:  Robert G. and Merscogie Howell McMackin, brother of R. H. McMackin of Little Rock
Spouse: 
Date of Birth/Age: Age 69
Place of Birth:  York County, now of Clover
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Death: a Charlotte, N. C. hospital
Place of Burial: Bethany ARP Church Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, May 10, 1973, page 6, col. 1  


Name:     Elias Alford McCormac
Parents:  Elias Alford and Mary Flynn Cousar McCormac
Spouse:  Lena Rhoad McCormac
Date of Birth/Age: Age 70
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Tuesday
Place of Death:
Place of Burial: Alford Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, May 10, 1973, page 6, col. 2  


Name:     James F. Spears
Parents:  James L. and Tommie Jane Copeland Spears
Spouse: Anis B. Spears
Date of Birth/Age: Age 76
Place of Birth:  Marlboro County
Date of Death: Monday
Place of Death: a local hospital
Place of Burial: McColl Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, May 10, 1973, page 6, col. 2 and 3  


Name:     Donald Joseph McCormick
Place of Birth:  Chester County    accident
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, May 10, 1973, page 6, col. 2  


Name:     Reginal Laverne Grainger
Parents:  Donald Leverne and Geraldine Williamson Grainger
Date of Birth/Age: Age 16
Place of Birth:  Horry County
Date of Death:  Sunday
Place of Death: east of Loris
Place of Burial: Riverside Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 15, 1973, page 1, col. 4  


Name:     James Lacy Locklear
Parents:  Hugh L. and Maggie Ransom Locklear
Spouse:  Kattie Lawery Locklear
Date of Birth/Age: Age53
Place of Birth:  Robeson County
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Death: a Bennettsville hospital
Place of Burial: Mount Elam Church
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 15, 1973, page 3, col. 1  


Name:     Miss Allie Morrison
Parents:  Cameron and Mary Jane Little Morrison
Date of Birth/Age: Age 72
Place of Birth:  Dillon County, living in Bingham
Date of Death: Thursday
Place of Death: a Marion nursing home
Place of Burial: McLeod Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 15, 1973, page 3, col. 1  


Name:     Carolyn Inman Powell
Spouse:  Ariah Powell
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Death: Southeastern General Hospital
Place of Burial: Fairmont Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, May 17, 1973, page 7, col. 3. 


Name:     Herbert W. Gardner
Parents:  Swillie and Emma King Gardner
Spouse:  Annie Mae Culley
Date of Birth/Age:
Place of Birth:  Chesterfield County
Date of Death: May 8
Place of Death: Chesterfield County Memorial Hospital
Place of Burial: services held in Union Methodist Church, veteran of World War II
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, May 17, 1973, page 7, col. 5.


Name:     Restie Marlowe Strickland
Parents: Crawford and Alice Granger Marlowe
Date of Birth/Age: Age 70
Place of Birth:  Columbus County
Date of Death: Wednesday
Place of Death: a local hospital
Place of Burial: Green Sea Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, May 17, 1973, page 7, col. 5 and 6.


Name:     Bertha Hayes Hyatt  
Parents: Leona Elvington and Fulton Lee Hayes
Spouse:  Levi Hyatt
Date of Birth/Age: 
Place of Birth: Dillon County
Date of Death: Tuesday
Place of Death:
Place of Burial: Hayestown Cemetery 
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, May 17, 1973, page 7, col. 6. 


Name:     James Edward Hunt
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Burial: Piney Grove Church cemetery 
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 22, 1973, page 10, col. 1  


Name:     Edward Oxendine
Date of Birth/Age: Age 19  
Date of Death: May 14
Place of Death: near Lumberton
Place of Burial:
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 22, 1973, page 10, col. 1     


Name:   Cornie Hardin     
Spouse: Hubert Harden
Date of Birth/Age: Age 80
Place of Birth: 
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death:
Place of Burial: Barnesville Community Cemetery 
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 22, 1973, page 10, col. 1     


Name:     Rev. Henry Floyd Surles
Parents:  A. P. and Phoebe Coats Surles
Date of Birth/Age: Age 91
Place of Birth:  Dillon
Date of Death: native of Dillon
Place of Death: Bethea Baptist Home, Darlington
Place of Burial: Springwood Cemetery in Greenville
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 22, 1973, page 10, col. 3


Name:     Daniel Franklin Hamer
Parents:  John B. and Kate Berry Hamer
Spouse:  Mary H. Hamer
Date of Birth/Age: Age 85
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Wednesday
Place of Death: a Florence hospital
Place of Burial: Rose Hill Cemetery in Marion
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, May 24, 1973, page 4, col. 3 


Name:     Velmer Dee Locklear
Parents:  Mr. and Mrs. Allen A. Hunt
Spouse:  Alex Locklear
Date of Birth/Age: Age 62
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Burial: Hunt family cemetery 
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, May 24, 1973, page 5, col. 1


Name:     John Gary McKenzie
Parents:  John D. and Sarah Hamilton McKenzie
Spouse:  Cora Ann Bryd McKenzie
Date of Birth/Age: Age77
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Tuesday
Place of Death: a Dillon hospital
Place of Burial: Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, May 24, 1973, page 5, col. 1 


Name:     Pfc. Thomas Brooks Alford Jr.
Parents:  Brooks Alford Sr. and Ada Hayes Alford of Dillon
Date of Birth: June 5, 1951
Place of Birth:  Coffee County, Georgia
Date of Death: May 11        auto accident
Place of Death: Marine Corps Base, Quantico, Va.
Place of Burial: Douglas, serving with the Marine Corps
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 29, 1973, page 5, col. 5


Name:     Lizzie Lane Miller
Date of Birth/Age: Age 69
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death: a Mullins hospital
Place of Burial: Lake View Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 29, 1973, page 5, col. 5   


Name:      Miss Marjorie Dew
Parents:  Lawrence Edward and Ellen Allen Dew
Date of Birth/Age:
Place of Birth: Dillon County
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Death: a Dillon hospital
Place of Burial: services held in Catfish Baptist Church
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 29, 1973, page 5, col. 5 and 6  


Name:     Katherine Michelle Smith
Parents:  Dan J. and Lucy Kate Love Smith
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death: a Marion hospital
Place of Burial: Riverside Cemetery in Dillon
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 29, 1973, page 5, col. 6 


Name:     Shirley Lynn Lane
Parents:  Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Lane
Date of Birth/Age: two year old
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Death: a Florence hospital
Place of Burial: services held in Mt. Calvary Baptist Church
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 29, 1973, page 5, col. 6  


Name:     Tracey Dudley Fore
Parents:  Linwood and Lou Dudley Fore
Spouse: Lyla Hayes Fore
Date of Birth/Age: Age 68
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death: a Marion hospital
Place of Burial: Magnolia Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, May 31, 1973, page 5, col. 5   


Name:     Nita Jackson Hughes Hulon
Parents: Lawrence  and Appsie Jane Hamilton Jackson
Spouse: # 1 Herbert G. Hughes died 1943, # 2 Lonzo T. Hulon
Date of Birth/Age: Age 81
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Wednesday
Place of Death: a Cheraw hospital
Place of Burial: Greenlawn Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, May 31, 1973, page 10, col. 1  


Name:   Mollie Mae Locklear  
Date of Birth/Age: Age 60
Place of Birth:  resident of Rowland, N. C.
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Burial: Rowland Church of God cemetery 
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, May 31, 1973, page 10, col. 1     


Name:  Rev. Gilmore Hayes   
Parents:  V. I Hayes and Alma McDonald Hayes
Spouse:  Marie Taylor Hayes
Date of Birth/Age: Age 49
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Wednesday
Place of Burial: Cedardale Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, May 31, 1973, page 10, col. 1    


Name:     E. Frank McKenzie
Parents:  Ella Watts McKenzie and Manning McKenzie
Spouse:  Mrs. E. Frank McKenzie
Date of Birth/Age: Age 42
Place of Birth:  Horry County, resident of Florence
Date of Death: Tuesday
Place of Death: a hospital here
Place of Burial: Mount Hope Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, May 31, 1973, page 10, col. 3 


Name:     Jesse Carter
Parents:  Owen and Fronnie Gray Carter
Date of Birth/Age: Age 55
Place of Birth:  Lake View
Date of Death: Tuesday
Place of Burial: Lake View Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, May 31, 1973, page 10, col. 4    
 

JUNE


Name:      Thermon L. Mitchell
Date of Birth/Age: Age 17
Place of Birth:  of Fairmont, N. C.
Date of Death: Wednesday       
Place of Death:  near Rowland, drowned
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 5, 1973, page 12, col. 6  



Name:     Oddie Sweat
Spouse:  Tommie Hunt Sweat
Date of Birth/Age: Age 71
Place of Birth:  of Fairmont
Date of Death: Tuesday
Place of Death:
Place of Burial: Lumbee Memorial Gardens
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 5, 1973, page 12, col. 6  


Name:    Mattie Gerald
Spouse:  Hosea Gerald
Date of Birth/Age: 
Place of Birth: of Orrum
Date of Death: Thursday
Place of Burial: Kirkfield Cemetery 
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 5, 1973, page 12, col. 8 and 9 


Name:     Jimmy Oxendine  
Date of Birth/Age: Age 24
Place of Birth: of Fairmont, N. C.
Date of Death: Friday       
Place of Death: near Dillon, accident
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 5, 1973, page 1, col. 3  


Name:     Bessie Pearl Hudson
Parents:  Andrew and Mary Etta Hayes Deese
Date of Death: Tuesday
Place of Death: Marlboro General Hospital
Place of Burial: Rogers Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, June 7, 1973, page 12, col. 5


Name:     Catherine Fisher Griffin
Date of Birth/Age: Age 66
Place of Birth: of Nashville, N. C.
Date of Death: Tuesday
Place of Death: 
Place of Burial: Forest Hill Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, June 7, 1973, page 12, col. 7 and 8  


Name:     Alma Elvington Cooke
Parents:  John M. and Elatha Hinson
Spouse:  Pembroke F. Cooke
Date of Birth/Age: Age 73
Place of Birth:  Horry County
Date of Death: Tuesday
Place of Death: home
Place of Burial: Pleasant View Baptist Church cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, June 7, 1973, page 12, col. 4 and 5   


Name:    John Conley Hayes
Parents: Stephens Phillip Hayes and Annie Jane McDowell Hayes
Date of Birth/Age: Age 82
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Tuesday
Place of Death: Veterans Hospital in Fayetteville, N. C.
Place of Burial: Magnolia Cemetery, World War I veteran
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, June 7, 1973, page 8, col. 3  


Name:     Richard Kelly Collins
Date of Birth/Age: Age 85
Place of Birth:  of Fairmont, N. C.
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death: Southeastern General Hospital
Place of Burial: Broadbridge Baptist Church cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 12, 1973, page 3, col. 2 


Name:     Warren T. White
Spouse:  Clara Anderson White
Date of Birth/Age: Age 77
Place of Birth:  Marion
Date of Death: Wednesday
Place of Death:
Place of Burial: army veteran of World War I
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 12, 1973, page 3, col. 2    


Name:     Harry Sellers Jr.
Parents:  Harry and Grace Turbeville Sellers
Date of Birth/Age: Age 47
Place of Birth:  Marion County
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Death: a Richmond, Va. hospital
Place of Burial: Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, World War II veteran
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 12, 1973, page 6, col. 1


Name:      Thermon L. Mitchell
Date of Birth/Age: Age 17
Place of Birth:  of Fairmont, N. C.
Date of Death: Wednesday        drowned
Place of Death:  near Rowland
Place of Burial: 
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 5, 1973, page 12, col. 6  


Name:     James Madison Meggs
Parents:  H. L. and Nora Berry Meggs   
Spouse:  Doris Barfield
Date of Birth/Age: Age 53
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Wednesday
Place of Death: home
Place of Burial: Spring Branch Methodist Church Cemetery, World War II veteran
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 12, 1973, page 2, col. 6


Name:     Albert Wayne Cox
Date of Birth/Age: Age 25
Date of Death: Saturday    accident
Place of Death: Oak Grove
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 12, 1973, page 1, col. 3  


Name:     Raleigh Reasons
Date of Birth/Age: Age 48
Place of Birth:  of Britton’s Neck
Date of Death: Monday        auto accident
Place of Death: near Marion
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 12, 1973, page 14, col. 6  


Name:     William M. (Bubba) Capps
Date of Birth/Age: Age 44
Place of Birth: of Britton’s Neck 
Date of Death: Monday        auto accident
Place of Death: near Marion
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 12, 1973, page 14, col. 6 


Name:     Frances Paul Smith
Date of Birth/Age: Age 81
Place of Birth:  of Rowland, N. C.
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Burial: Rowland Cemetery 
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, June 14, 1973, page 5, col. 2  


Name: Betty Wilson    
Date of Birth/Age: Age 89
Place of Birth:  of Fairmont, N. C.
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Death: Lee County hospital
Place of Burial: Stephens family cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, June 14, 1973, page 5, col. 2      


Name:     Frank Carter
Parents:  Harry C. and Juanita Johnson Carter
Date of Birth/Age: Age 18
Place of Birth:  of Marion
Date of Death: June 1        auto accident
Place of Death: Duke Hospital in Durham, N. C.
Place of Burial: Greenlawn Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, June 14, 1973, page 7, col. 7


Name:     Dr. Thomas Russell Howell Sr.
Parents:  Pansy Edwins and Alphonso A. Howell Sr.
Spouse:  Ann McPhatter Howell
Date of Birth/Age: Age 49
Place of Birth:  Sumter
Date of Death: Monday
Place of Death:
Place of Burial: Greenlawn Cemetery, veteran of World War II, U. S.  Army Medical Corps.
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, June 14, 1973, page 8, col. 7   


Name:     James Thomas Small
Parents:  Jimmie P. and Edith Turner Small
Spouse:  Mary Frances Ervin Small
Date of Birth/Age: Age 26
Place of Birth:  Marion County
Date of Death: Thursday        Motorcycle accident
Place of Death: near Dillon
Place of Burial: Cedar Creek Cemetery in Horry County
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 19, 1973, page 1, col. 1 and 2 


Name:     Judy Ann Wilkerson
Parents:  Annie Pearl Leviner
Spouse:  Roger Wilkerson
Date of Birth/Age: Age 24
Place of Birth:  Cumberland County, N. C.
Date of Death: Thursday
Place of Death: a Dillon hospital
Place of Burial: Riverside Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 19, 1973, page, 10, col. 7   


Name:     Nora Berry Meggs
Parents:  John Madison and Florence Hayes Berry
Spouse:  Harvey L. Meggs
Date of Birth/Age: Age 82
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death: a local hospital
Place of Burial: Spring Branch Methodist Church Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 19, 1973, page, 10, col. 7  


Name:     W. Roy Mundy
Parents:  William Lomax and Margaret Palmyra McCord Mundy
Spouse:  Lena Martin Mundy
Date of Birth/Age: Age 70
Place of Birth:  Greenwood County
Date of Death: Thursday
Place of Death: Duke University Hospital
Place of Burial: Greenwood Memorial Gardens in Greenwood
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 19, 1973, page, 10, col. 7 and 8


Name:     Catherine Munnerlyn
Parents:  W. F. Orr, Sr. and Ethel Stanley Orr of Mullins
Spouse:  Joe C. Munnerlyn
Date of Birth/Age: Age 60
Place of Birth:  Marion
Date of Death: Monday
Place of Death: her home
Place of Burial: Cedardale Cemetery in Mullins
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 19, 1973, page, 10, col. 8  


Name:     Charles Ross Ashley
Spouse:  Rubie Fields Ashley
Date of Birth/Age: Age 77
Date of Death: Wednesday
Place of Death: Southeastern General Hospital
Place of Burial: services at Prevatte Funeral Home
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 19, 1973, page, 10, col. 9   


Name:     Mrs. Sam Hicklin Kell
Parents:  Henry Alston and Kate Bracey Hasty
Spouse:  Sam Hicklin Kell
Date of Birth/Age: Age 69
Place of Birth:  Little Rock
Date of Death: Tuesday
Place of Death: Waxhaw, N. C.
Place of Burial: Banks Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, June 21, 1973, page 12, col. 3  


Name:     Mary Bethea Darwin
Parents:  John Crawford Bethea and Marietta Georgia Bethea
Spouse:  Dr. Robert Fleetwood Darwin
Date of Birth: October 17, 1891
Place of Birth:  Latta
Date of Death: Wednesday
Place of Death: St. Eugene Community Hospital
Place of Burial: Riverside Cemetery
Source & date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 19, 1973, page, 14, col. 1  


Name:      Ga