All Obituaries

  Shelby Harris, 78 of Cameron passed away Friday November 16, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 11:30am Tuesday at Cypress Presbyterian Church. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery. The family will begin receiving at 10:30 am Tuesday at the Church prior to the Funeral service.   Ms. Harris was born in Harnett Co, a daughter of the late William Grady Harris and Sarah Margaret McMillian Harris. Shelby was preceded in death by her brother, Dennis Harris.   Ms....

Lynwood Franklin “Lynn” Coombs, 82 of Cameron passed away Friday morning November 16, 2018.   A private service will be held at a later date.   Mr. Coombs was born in Jones Co, a son of the late Floyd Lemuel Coombs and Atha Mae Adams Coombs. He was preceded in death by two sons, Thomas Franklin Coombs and Jessie Coombs and a granddaughter, Elizabeth Coombs.   Mr. Coombs is survived by sons Earl Coombs and his wife Leonia, and Rusty Coombs; a daughter, Sherry...

Steven E. Hempe, 66 of Sanford passed away Wednesday November 14, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 2:00pm Sunday (11/18/2018) at Shallow Well United Church of Christ. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery.   Mr. Hempe was born in Mass, son of the late John Daniel Hempe and Helel Marie Pratt Hempe. Steve was a US Air Force Veteran, retired Captain with the Sanford Police Dept, and currently working with the Lee County Sheriff’s Dept.   Mr. Hempe is survived by...

Larry G. Blakley, 79 of Sanford passed away Monday November 12, 2018. Graveside services will be held 2:00pm Wednesday at Carbonton United Methodist Church Cemetery.   Larry was born November 25, 1938 in Carbonton, NC, son of the late T.J. and Johnnie Belle Fincher Blakley. He was preceded in death by his brothers Tim Blakley and Johnny Blakley; son-in-law Brian Hinesley; nephew John McInnis and niece Megan Blakley.   Larry is survived by his wife of 52 years, Janeth Walker...

Richard A. Elliott, 75 of Sanford passed away Tuesday November 6, 2018. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 4:00pm Saturday November 10th at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home. The family will greet friends following the service.   Mr. Elliott was born in Camden, NJ son of the late Aloysius William Elliott and Margaret O’Hare Elliott. Mr. Elliott was a truck driver and a Veteran of the US Air Force. He loved spending time with his family, his dogs, fishing and...

Kelly Joe Natte, 58 of Sanford passed away Saturday November 3, 2018.  A Memorial service will be held at 6:00pm Friday November 9th at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home.   Mr. Natte was born in Conway, SC, son of the late Kelly Joe Natte Sr and Margie Pauline West Natte.   Mr. Natte is survived by a daughter, Brenna Kenneth of VT; sister, Carol Ann Gonzalez (Martimiano Lopez Gonzalez) of Sanford; a brother, Robert Natte (Denise) of Sanford; several nieces and nephews.  

Ralph Herbert Fields, 88 of Winston-Salem, formerly of Sanford passed away Thursday November 1, 2018 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice House. A memorial service will be held at 3 PM on Saturday, November 17 at First Baptist Church, Sanford. Mr. Fields, a life-long resident of Sanford until this past July, was a son of the late Graham Salmon Fields and Beulah McDonald Fields. He was a member of First Baptist Church, Sanford, where he served as a deacon and more recently, chief assistant to...

James G. Ashworth, 78 of Sanford passed away Wednesday October 31, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 2:00pm Monday at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Lee Memory Gardens.   Mr. Ashworth was born in Wake Co, son of the late Grady Ashworth and Irene May Fuller Ashworth. He was preceded in death by his grandson, James Monroe"Duck" Bullard, granddaughter, Amber Ashworth and great granddaughter, Sophia Ashworth. James loved doing the Lord's...

Helen Marie Thomas, 81 of Sanford passed away Tuesday October 30, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 3:00pm Sunday at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Jonesboro Cemetery.   Mrs. Thomas was born in Robeson Co, daughter of the late Luther Thomas and Gathie Smith Thomas. She was preceded in death by her husband Joel K. Thomas, a grandson, Anthony Ragan, sisters Ira Lee Lowry and Geneva Locklear. For many years Helen worked at the Country Cupboard and also,...

Frances Johanna Gaskins Coggin, 72, of Sanford, passed away on Tuesday, October 30, 2018. Funeral services will be held at Hay Street United Methodist Church in Fayetteville, NC, on Saturday, November 3 at 11:00 a.m. A graveside service will be held at 3:30 p.m. at Westminster Gardens in Greensboro.   Fancy was born in Fayetteville on September 22, 1946, and graduated summa cum laude from Greensboro College in 1968. She served as Director of Christian Education at Hay Street UMC, as a...