Bolivia, NC Obituaries

Myrna Rice McSwain, age 77 of Holden Beach, passed away surrounded by the love of her family on Tuesday, November 25, 2025. She was born September 10, 1948, and was daughter of the late Earl and The...

On Thursday, November 20, 2025, Martha King Forsythe danced through the gates of heaven, celebrating complete healing from a 6 year battle with kidney disease. Her journey was long but her reward is ...

Marshall Oliver Morefield died November 11, 2025, due to Cardiac Arrest. He was born March 7, 2003, in Rowan County to Tanya Morefield and Chris Oliver. He was adopted by Max and Sis Morefield on...

Mrs. Wagner was born in Christian County Kentucky on June 20, 1939 and was the daughter of the late William and Rosella Baldwin. Edna retired from clerical work, owning a ceramic shop and driving an ...

Richard John Fennessy, aged 83, passed away on November 17, 2025. He was born on February 13, 1942 in New Haven CT. Richard was a resident of Shallotte, North Carolina. He was the son of the late Rob...

Charles C. "Charlie" Bowie, Jr., who died of natural causes on November 15, 2025, was born in Harlingen, Tx, as there was not hospital in San Benito in January 1940, and raised in the home of his pare...

Kim Cleary, born on August 23, 1961, passed away on October 31, 2025, at the age of 64. Kim was a resident of Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina.

Bobby Edward Owens, Sr. 86 of Wilmington, N.C. went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on November 12, 2025. Mr. Owens was born in Robeson County on February 10, 1939 and was the son of the ...

Robert "Bob" Joseph Theisen, 85, passed away Wednesday, November 12, 2025. He was preceded in death by his father, Robert Godfrey Theisen and his mother Evelyn Charlotte Gill. Left to cherish his me...

Mr. Charles “Chuck” Lee Brewer, 81 of Supply, passed away on Wednesday, November 5, 2025. Chuck was born on July 13, 1944 and was son of the late Joffrey Sr. and Robbie Brewer. He was faithful membe...

Marvin Vestal, age 65, of Supply, North Carolina passed away on Sunday, October 26, 2025. Marvin was a staple in his community both here in Supply and in the town of Midway. He was best known for his...

Joseph Raymond Scuderi, age 74, of Syracuse, New York passed away on Tuesday, October 21, 2025. Joseph was born in Syracuse, NY.

John Howard Murray, age 64, of Oak Island, North Carolina passed away on Thursday, October 23, 2025. John was born in Baltimore, MD.

Peggy Yarborough Leonard, age 83, of Smithfield, North Carolina passed away on Monday, October 20, 2025. Ms. Leonard was born in Richmond County, North Carolina on November 28, 1941 and was the daugh...

Joan Hartzel LaBlanc, age 96, of Bolivia, North Carolina passed away on Saturday, October 18, 2025. A long time resident of Virginia’s Eastern Shore, Joan was born October 12, 1929 in Philadelphia, ...

John Destefano, age 95, of Supply, North Carolina passed away on Saturday, October 4, 2025. A committal service for John will be held Monday, October 6, 2025 from 4:00 PM to 4:30 PM at Ocean View Pe...

Lillie Repsie Mitchell, age 78, of Leland, North Carolina passed away on Monday, October 6, 2025. Lillie was born in Murray, GA.

Richard ‘Dick’ Andrew Staat, 92 of Southport, NC, passed away on Friday, October 3, 2025. He was born in Spokane, Washington on January 26, 1933 to Isabel Lydia Lentz Staat and Frederick Francis Staa...

William Henry Marshall of Lynchburg, Virginia, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, at his granddaughter’s home in Southport, NC. William was born in Charlotte County, Virginia, on ...

Edward Terrence Milnamow, age 85, of Bolivia, North Carolina passed away on Friday, September 26, 2025.

Alan Edward Perry, age 69, of Leland, North Carolina passed away at Lower Cape Fear LifeCare Hospice on September 24, 2025. Alan was born in Levittown PA on March 7, 1956 to Frank Perry and Joan Mar...

Jean Covington Liles, age 82, of Supply, North Carolina passed away on Friday, September 19, 2025. Born February 11, 1943 in Hamlet, NC, she was the daughter of the late Harris Kemper and Catherine ...

Karen Dolan, age 77, of Bolivia, North Carolina passed away on Wednesday, September 17, 2025. Karen was born on October 11, 1947 and was the daughter of the late Kenneth and Agnes Anderson. She was ...

Mary Somersett Tharp, 98, of Old Town Creek Road, Leland died Wednesday September 17, 2025 at her home. Ms. Tharp was born in Brunswick County on April 21, 1927 and was the daughter of the late Harv...

Wana Kaye Batson February 29, 1952 – September 16, 2025 Wana Kaye Batson, 73, of Winnabow, North Carolina, born on February 29, 1952, in Brunswick County, passed away peacefully at her home on Septem...

Augustus “Skeeter” Steve Keeter, III, 44 of Leland, NC, passed away on Friday, September 12, 2025. Skeeter was born on August 5, 1981 and was son of the late Augustus Keeter, Jr. and Sandra Diane Bla...

Cheryl Johnson Herring, age 69, of Harrells, North Carolina passed away on Thursday, September 11, 2025. Cheryl was born in Valdosta, Georgia on May 19, 1956 and was the daughter of Hazel Johnson Bab...

Tom Bragg Rabon Sr., longtime Winnabow postmaster and storekeeper, passed away on Thursday, September 11, 2025, the conclusion of a long and fruitful life. A memorial service will be held Saturday...

Mr. Michael Wayne Wright, 76, of Supply, NC, passed away on Tuesday, September 9, 2025 at the Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Hospital in Winston Salem, NC. Michael was born on February 5, ...

Sonia Sedonia Acheson (née Polny) passed away peacefully in her sleep on September 5, 2025 in the Cape Fear region of North Carolina. She was born on November 23, 1934 in Montreal, Quebec to Sophie (C...

Hannah Devoe, age 24, of White Oak, North Carolina passed away on Sunday, August 31, 2025.

Mr. John Wayne Tarbush, 72, of Bolivia, passed away on Monday, September 1, 2025. John was born in Mecklenburg County and was the son of the late Edward Lee and Eula Mae Coates Tarbush. John was an ...

Anne McIntyre, age 80, of Supply, North Carolina passed away on Saturday, August 30, 2025. Born in Wilmington, NC, she was daughter of the late Harrill Luther and Lillian Louise Griffith Neal. Mrs. ...

Elaina Jean Darter, 67, of Wilmington, North Carolina, passed away peacefully in her sleep at home on August 27, 2025. Born November 21, 1957, at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Brooklyn, NY, she was the belov...

David Leo Fulford Jr., age 73, of Supply, North Carolina passed away on Tuesday, August 26, 2025. Mr. Fulford was born in Brunswick County on August 17, 1952 and was the son of the late David Leo Ful...

Dorothy Hucks Wayland, age 97, of Supply, North Carolina passed away on Monday, August 18, 2025. Dorothy was born in Charlotte, NC, a daughter of the late Thomas & Mabel Stallings Hucks. She loved ...

Lavonne McCarver Thompson, age 80, of Bolivia, North Carolina passed away on Friday, August 15, 2025.

Rita Thompkins Rich, 73 of Winnabow, passed away on Friday, August 1, 2025, at her home. Rita was born in Cumberland County, NC on August 25, 1951, and was the daughter of Buford and Maxine McLamb Th...

Augustine Angeline Vitale, age 89, of Cornelius, North Carolina passed away on Monday, July 28, 2025. Augustine was born in North Carolina.

James Norman Chestnut, 64 of Supply, NC, passed away on Friday, July 25, 2025 in Wilmington, NC. He was born in New Hanover County, NC on June 6, 1961 and was the son of the late James Albert and Eli...

JoAnn Ruth Staat, 92 of Oak Island died Friday July 25, 2025 in Southport, North Carolina. JoAnn was born in Columbus Ohio on October 24, 1932 to William A. Clark and Florence Nisley Clark who preced...

Ronnie Stewart Champion, 70 of Holden Beach, died Friday, July 11, 2025. Mr. Champion was born in Louisburg, NC on September 28, 1954 and was the son of the late John Daniel and Frances Gupton Champi...

Mary Simmons Clemmons, 79 of Supply, NC, passed peacefully Sunday, June 29, 2025. She was born June 10, 1946 in Brunswick County. She was the daughter of the late Sherwood and Shirley Holden Simmons...

Jerry Richard Sikes, 75, of Supply NC and formerly of Evergreen, NC, passed into his Heavenly Home on Tuesday, July 2nd at New Hanover Medical Center. Jerry is survived by his soul mate and best fri...

Carolyn Justice, age 81, passed away on Sunday, June 29, 2025 at her home in Bolivia NC. Born in Brunswick County she was the daughter of the late William Joseph and Florence Flowers McDowell. She ...

Marie Ann Wickwire, 81 of Leland, NC died Monday June 30, 2025 at SECU Hospice House of Bolivia. Marie was born in Hamilton, New York on August 29, 1943 and was the daughter of the late Rosario “Zing...

William “Bill” R. Chase, 81, of Roanoke, Virginia, passed on June 29, 2025, surrounded by his family and loved ones. A friend to all, he is well-remembered for his merry spirit. No one will forget his...

Kearney “Ken” C. Sibley, 81 of Supply died Friday June 27, 2025 at SECU Hospice House of Brunswick. Mr. Sibley was born in Gulfport, Mississippi on March 3, 1944 and was the son of the late Clifton R...

Douglas Dewey Edge, age 81, of Bolivia, North Carolina passed away on Friday, June 20, 2025 in Grand Strand Medical Center. Mr. Edge was born June 20, 1944 in Columbus County, son of the late Dewey H...

Nettie Lilla Poorman, age 102, of Bolivia, North Carolina passed away on Monday, June 2, 2025. Ms. Poorman was born on September 14, 1922 and was daughter of the late Wilson and Dorothy Little. She ...