Erica Leigh Willard

Erica Leigh Willard, 40, of Sanford passed away on May 28, 2025. Services to be announced.

Erica was born in Lee Co. to Lora Webster and the late Roger Willard. She was a loving sister whose smile lit up the room. She enjoyed helping others and rarely met a stranger. She liked to travel, visit the beach, go out to eat with friends, and pick strawberries with her nieces. In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by her son Landon Suggs, and Ann Richardson Willard.

She is survived by her son Drake Mason Gunter; siblings Christopher Adam Willard, Lonnie L. Lemons Jr., Heather Jarvis, and Sylvia Pattishall (Frank); nephews Tyler Lykens, Kaleb Willard, Kolton Griffin, Dustin Pattishall; nieces Ashley Willard, Shley Willard, Krystle Cole, Stacey Boughton (Ben), and Tiffany Leigh Pattishall; many aunts and uncles; and special friends Candice Akens, Ashley Hodges, and Lindsay Henderson. Maternal grandmother Judy Childers, Valdez, NC.