All Obituaries

Mr. Howard Haley age 75 of Bladenboro passed away on April 21,2024 at Cape Fear Valley Hospital in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced later by Divine Funeral Service of Whiteville .

Mr. Eric Lamont Stephens age 42 of Calabash, North Carolina passed away on April 19, 2024, at the Millennium Post Acute Rehabilitation in West Columbia, South Carolina. Funeral services will be Wednesday April 24,2024 1pm at Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church 8950 Ocean Highway W, Calabash, North Carolina. Burial will follow in the Pleasant View Cemetery, Sunset Beach, North Carolina. Divine Funeral Service serving the family. 

Sabrina Rising, age 67, joined the angels on March 15th, 2024, in Lower Cape Fear LifeCare after an 8-month long battle with pancreatic cancer. She was born in Robeson County on June 27th, 1956, to her late parents Louise Davis (nee, Bass) and Rupert Davis. She was a loving mother, wife, and friend who enjoyed cooking and baking, crocheting, and going to the beach. Sabrina was a hard worker who gave her absolute best no matter what the task at hand was. As someone with two green thumbs, she...

Mrs. Girlever (Bo-Pete) Smith of Whiteville passed away on February 25th,2024 at home. Funeral services will be held on Saturday March 2nd,2024 12 pm at the Brunswick Waccamaw Missionary Baptist Association, 600 Pine Log Road Whiteville. Visitation will be Friday March 1st,2024 at Divine Funeral Home from 4pm to 6pm. The final resting place will be at the Lennon Cemetery in Evergreen.  Girlever leaves to cherish her humble husband Mr. Charles Smith of the home, three...

Mr. Stanley Vernon "Stanley Toole" Stokes, 59, of Taylors, South Carolina, passed away Sunday, January 21, 2024, at his residence. Born in Columbia, SC; He was a son of the late George Thomas and Eula Mae Stokes. Surviving: his wife of 30 years, Terri Armstrong Stokes, of the home, two sons, Stanley Armstrong Stokes, of Atlanta, GA; and Terrance Connor Stokes, of Simpsonville, SC; a sister, Natasha Stokes, of Columbia, SC; his grand puppy "MAX", and a host of other...

Ms. Leverne Costello Brown age 65, of Whiteville passed away on December 30,2023 at the Lower Cape Fear Hospice Care in Whiteville. Visitation will be Saturday January 6th,2024 from 2pm to 3pm at Divine's Memorial Chapel and after the funeral service.  A funeral service will be held on Sunday January 7,2024 at 1pm at Atkinson Temple Holiness Church in Whiteville. Burial will follow in the Cedar Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Bladenboro. Leverne Costello Brown was born August 1,...

 Leah Lynne Young age 65, passed away on November 24,2023 at the Columbus Regional Healthcare System in Whiteville. She was loved by many and her family. Leah Young is preceded in death by her mother Agnes Young, her father Edward L Young, her brother Edward Young, and her life companion of 23 years Edward G King JR. She is survived by two sons Edward King of Whiteville, NC and his son George King, Erick E. Young of Autryville, NC and his wife Violet Johnson and his three kids Erick...

With humble hearts, our beloved Rebecca Strange age 78 of Conway, passed away peacefully on Thursday August 3,2023 at the Carolina Gardens in Conway, South Carolina. Memorial services will be announced later by Divine Funeral Service of Whiteville.

Annie Bell Washington, age 89, of Philadelphia, PA formally of the Boardman Community passed away on May 10,2023 in Philadelphia, PA. Funeral services will be held on Sunday May 28,2023 4pm at the New Light Apostolic Church of Jesus Church 19 Allen Street in Lumberton, North Carolina. Viewing will be 1 hour prior to the service. Burial will follow in the Evergreen Community Cemetery. Divine Funeral Service of Whiteville in charge of the service.