Jim Harper, former photographer for The State Port Pilot newspaper in Southport, died Friday, July 6, 2018.

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Jim Harper, former photographer for The State Port Pilot newspaper in Southport, died Friday, July 6, 2018, from complications following a brief battle with acute leukemia. He was 79.

Harper's past journalism experience included as a writer with the Chicago Tribune, the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot and the Detroit Free Press.