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Durwood Louis Johnson, 86
WILMINGTON — Durwood Louis Johnson, born on January 22, 1938, Sampson County, NC, passed away peacefully on June 19, 2024, at home in Wilmington, NC at age 86. Durwood grew up in Turkey, NC where he enjoyed fishing and hunting during his youth. After graduating from high school, he joined the Navy. He served in the Navy Anti-submarine Warfare outfit before he transferred to the Navy Aviation “Top Gun” training unit. While being stationed in California, he attended Imperial Valley College.
Sampson fire brings massive response
A Tuesday afternoon fire at a Sampson County pallet manufacturing yard presented a water challenge for firefighters and though contained, the blaze continues. The Plain View Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to Discount Pallet Services LLC at 391 Ira B. Tart Road, Dunn, soon after 4 p.m. Telecommunicators in the Sampson County 911 Center received a call reporting the large piles of disposed pallets in the yard surrounding the business were on fire.
Fire at pallet business in Dunn causes heavy smoke seen from I-95, officials say
DUNN, N.C. (WNCN) — Heavy smoke was seen near Dunn Tuesday evening after a fire broke out at a business, according to the Sampson County Sheriff’s Office. Crews said they were called to the fire at a pallet business on Ira B Tart Road east of I-95. The location is listed as Discount Pallet Services.
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