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Richard M. Betts
Apr 16, 2024
Richard M. Betts, 92 of Sanford peacefully passed away Tuesday April 16, 2024.Arrangements are incomplete at this time.
Josephine Floyd Lane
Apr 15, 2024
Josephine Floyd “Jo” Lane, 93 of Sanford, formerly of Fayetteville, was ushered into heaven on the wings of a prayer surrounded by love at 11:27 am Monday April 15, 2024. The family will greet friends at 10:00 am Monday April 22, 2024, in the Parlor at First Baptist Church, with the memorial service following in the Chapel at 11:00am.
Mrs. Lane...
Helga Müller Gunter
Apr 6, 2024
Helga Müller Gunter, 86 of Sanford passed away Saturday April 6, 2024. The family will greet friends from 5:00 until 7:00 pm Wednesday at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home. A memorial service will follow at 7:00.
Helga was born in Wiesbaden Germany on February 9, 1938. She was the daughter of the late Jakob and Elizabeth Müller. In addition to her parents, she...
Dorothy Stevens
Apr 5, 2024
Dorothy Womble Stevens, 99 of Sanford passed away Friday April 5, 2024. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 am Friday April 12, 2024, at Broadway Town Cemetery.
Mrs. Stevens was born in Moncure daughter of the late George Moody Womble and Maude Odell Hearn Womble. She was preceded in death by her husband, Layton M. Stevens, a son, Robert G. “Bob”...
Margie Ruth Thomas Murchison
Mar 29, 2024
Margie Ruth Thomas Murchison passed away on March 29, 2024 at the age of 95. Visitation will be held on Thursday, April 4, 2024 at 1:00 PM at Rogers-Pickard Funeral Home followed by a graveside service at 3:00 PM at Buffalo Church Cemetery.
Margie was born to Decie Barber Thomas and John E. Thomas on November 22, 1928. She was the...
Carolyn Hawley Ausley
Mar 25, 2024
Carolyn Hawley Ausley died early Monday morning, March 25, 2024 at her home with her
children by her side. She was born May 10, 1942, in Dunn, North Carolina to Thomas Earl
Hawley and Jewel Williams Hawley.
Carolyn attended the Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina, “the WC,” in 1960.
She married her childhood sweetheart, the late Andrew Harold Ausley, Sr. and...
Marie Stone Gunter
Mar 20, 2024
Marie Stone Gunter, 91 of Sanford passed away Wednesday March 20, 2024. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm Sunday (3/24/2024) at Pocket Presbyterian Church. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery.
Mrs. Gunter was born in Durham Co a daughter of the late Mattie Stone. She was preceded in death by her husband, Glenn Ray Gunter, her daughter, Audrey...
Katsuko Ishihara Whitlow
Mar 12, 2024
Katsuko Ishihara Whitlow, 85 of Cameron passed away Tuesday March 12, 2024. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 am Thursday March 21st at Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery, Ft. Liberty, NC.
Mrs. Whitlow was born in Japan a daughter of the late Hiro Mon and Kiyoko Onaha. She was preceded in death by her husband George Taylor Whitlow.
Mrs. Whitlow is survived...
Stephen Ray Suitt
Mar 10, 2024
Stephen Ray “Steve” Suitt, 73 of Sanford passed away Sunday March 10, 2024. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 am Thursday (3/14/2024) at St Luke United Methodist Church.
Steve was born in Lee Co, a son of the late Nelson Thomas Suitt Sr and Peggy Nan Campbell Suitt. He was a graduate of Sanford Central High School and Shaw...
Pablo Rubio
Mar 6, 2024
Pablo Rubio, 87 of Sanford passed away Wednesday March 6, 2024. Services will be private.
Mr. Rubio was born in Honduras a son of the late Pedro Rubio and Albertina Velazques. He was a very talented man who could do most anything from carpentry to being a mechanic and could fix anything. Pablo Rubio was a dedicated husband, father, grandfather, and...
Anne Bailey Andrew
Mar 5, 2024
Anne Bailey Andrew, 92 of Sanford peacefully passed away Tuesday March 5, 2024. Funeral services will be held at 3pm Saturday (3/9/24) at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Hickory Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Bear Creek.
Mrs. Andrew was born in Rowan Co a daughter of the late Harold Dyke Bailey and Ollie Catherine Lowrance Bailey. She was...
Jack Ray Hall Jr.
Mar 4, 2024
Jack R. “Jackie” Hall Jr, 72 of Sanford passed away Monday March 4, 2024.
Graveside services will be held at 3:30 pm Thursday in the Hall Family Cemetery.
Mr. Hall was born in Lee Co, a son of the late Jack R. Hall Sr and Mary Wall Hall. He was preceded in death by a brother, Johnnie Dean Hall, and his grandson...
Rodney Alexander Allen
Feb 29, 2024
Rodney “Randy” Alexander Allen, 73, of Sanford, passed away peacefully on Thursday at First Health Hospice House with family by his side.
A lifelong resident of Lee County, he was a skilled carpenter and was known for his excellent carpentry work.
He was predeceased by his parents, Marion and Jessie Allen; his brother, Jim Allen; sister, Ruth Lattanzio; and a grandson,...
Rebecca "Betty" Knight
Feb 27, 2024
Rebecca Everett “Betty” Knight, 74 of Sanford passed away Tuesday, February 27, 2024. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 pm Friday March 8th at Life Springs Church. Burial will follow at Meroney Methodist Church Cemetery in Bear Creek.
Mrs. Knight was born in Lee Co, a daughter of Lee Everett and Ora Hall Everett. She was preceded in death by...
Joanna Harden Dempsey
Feb 24, 2024
Joanna H. Dempsey, age 71, passed away on February 24, 2024, at home.
Joanna was born in Washington County, North Carolina on June 11, 1952, to Robert and Christine Harden. She was a graduate of Jamesville High School and East Carolina University.
Joanna loved her Lord and Savior and her family and friends. Her greatest joy in life was her role as...
Joseph Thaddeus "Joe" Lawrence
Feb 22, 2024
Joseph Thaddeus “Joe” Lawrence, 94, of Sanford, NC passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 22, 2024 at his home.
Joe was born in Sanford on November 23, 1929 to the late Thaddeus Mayo Lawrence, Jr. and Alice Taylor Pender Lawrence. Joe was the ninth of eleven children and was preceded in death by his siblings: Evelyn Leary Lawrence Blue and husband...
Gerard Frederick Ihle
Feb 21, 2024
Gerard Frederick Ihle, 82 of Sanford passed away Wednesday February 21, 2024. A funeral mass will be held in Glendale, NY with a memorial in Sanford at a later date.
Jerry was born in Queens, NY a son of the late Frederick Ihle and Rose Tramposch Ihle. Jerry loved his sports including golf, the New York Mets and the Brooklyn Dodgers....
James Allen Yarborough
Feb 19, 2024
James Allen “Jimmy” Yarborough, 69, of Sanford passed away on Monday February 19, 2024. Services will be private.
He enjoyed fishing, going to the beach, and was an avid Duke fan.
He was preceded in death by his father James Franklin Yarborough, and brother Ricky Yarborough.
Jimmy is survived by his mother Deurene Sharpe Yarborough, and son Jody Yarborough.
Michele Lynn Riggsbee
Feb 16, 2024
Michele Lynn Riggsbee, 68, of Sanford passed away Friday, February 16, 2024, after a brief, but hard-fought illness. A celebration of life will be held at a later date.
Michele was born in Wellington, Kansas to Raymond Pennock and Wanda Peterson. She was raised by her father, Marvin Peterson. She was preceded in death by her parents. Michele grew up in...
Ina Rose Jones
Feb 9, 2024
Ina Rose Jones, 52, of Sanford passed away. No services are scheduled at this time.
Ms. Jones was preceded in death her mother Della Ella Jones; father Eddie Bullard; adoptive father Carroll Lee Jones; and brother Darryl Jones.
She is survived by her daughters Della James and Lakaya Easterwood; sisters Bridget Lankford, Lisa Jones Davidson, and Kristy Gibson; and grandchildren Xavier Bell...
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