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Karen Lynn Bresee
Jan 23, 2023
Karen Lynn Bresee, 50, of Lillington North Carolina, passed away peacefully on Monday, January 23,2023 at the SECU Hospice Home of UNC Healthcare in Pittsboro, North Carolina.
Mrs Bresee was preceded in death by her father Austen C. Asquith.
She was born August 14, 1972, the daughter of Austen and Sherry Asquith of Morris, New York. Karen...
Paul Martin Kelly
Jan 23, 2023
Paul Martin Kelly, 82 of Sanford passed away Monday January 23, 2023.
A Memorial service will be held at 2:00 pm Saturday April 22, 2023 at First Presbyterina Church. Following the ceremony the family will greet friends in the Harper Center at First Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Kelly was born in Lee Co, son of the late...
Eileen Gross Pelkey
Jan 9, 2023
Eileen Gross Pelkey, 85, of Cameron passed away September 20, 2023. No service will be held at this time.
Eileen was born in New Jersey to the late George Gross and Alice Whycleff. She was an active member of her church, and senior center. She also enjoyed crossword puzzles. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...
Bryan K. Scruggs
Jan 8, 2023
Bryan K. Scruggs, 59 of Sanford passed away Sunday January 8, 2023. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 pm Thursday at Cool Springs Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery.
Mr. Scruggs was born in Asheville, grew up in Waynesville, moved to Thomasville and graduated High School from Brandy’s High School. After High School he...
Walter Neill Patterson
Jan 2, 2023
Walter Neill Patterson (43) passed away at his home on January 2, 2023. He was born and raised in Sanford, NC, where he lived life to the fullest with life-long friends and a big Patterson family. You’d find him with neighborhood friends, taking on adventures in Forest Hills during his younger years. He enjoyed all that nature has to...
John Oliver Barker
Jan 1, 2023
John Oliver Barker, 90, of Sanford, passed away Sunday, January 1, 2023. The funeral service will be held on January 5, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. at Solid Rock Community Church.
Mr. Barker was born in Chatham County, son of the late William G. Barker and Zella Davis Barker. He was preceded in death by sibling James Edgar Barker,...
Helen High Dusenbury
Dec 26, 2022
Helen High Dusenbury, 93, of Sanford, North Carolina, passed peacefully on December 26, 2022.
She is survived by her son, David Philip Dusenbury and his wife Renee, of Sanford.
She was preceded in death by her eldest son Gerald Bobbitt Dusenbury (1981), her husband of 53 years Philip E. Dusenbury (2006), and her three brothers, PFC George Gerald...
Jerry Waylon Ingram
Dec 25, 2022
Jerry Waylon Ingram, 44 of Sanford passed away Sunday December 25, 2022. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm Thursday at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Moore Union Christian Church Cemetery.
An Immaculate welder and self-made tattoo artist Waylon’s love of life didn’t come to an end with his death. Waylon transitioned into eternal rest...
Tammy Roxanne Towell
Dec 24, 2022
Tammy Roxanne Towell, 59 of Sanford passed away Saturday December 24, 2022.
Service arrangements are pending at this time.
Surviving are her partner, Faith Merriman; siblings, Elizabeth "Gaye" Starnes (Johnny) of Kannapolis, Carrie Callihan (Christopher) of Rockwell, Teresa Taboueynski of MI, and Norman Towell of Salisbury;
Edna Ruth Barnes Atkinson
Dec 21, 2022
Edna Ruth Barnes Atkinson, 95 of Sanford passed away Wednesday December 21, 2022.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm Monday January 2, 2023, at St. Luke United Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Buffalo Cemetery.
Mrs. Atkinson was born in Lucama, NC, a daughter of the late Luther Haywood Barnes and Josephine Boyette Barnes. She was...
Diana Leigh Frye
Dec 12, 2022
Diana Leigh Frye, 52, of Cameron passed away on Monday December 12, 2022. Funeral services will be held on Monday December 19, 2022 at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home at 2pm. Burial will follow at Lemon Springs Baptist Church.
Diana was a homebody who loved to spend time with her family. She was a beloved grandmother who especially loved playing with...
Peggy Kellam Royals
Dec 12, 2022
Peggy Kellam Handy Royals, 80 of Broadway passed away at her home peacefully, Monday December 12, 2022. Funeral Services will be held Friday December 16th, 2022, at Juniper Springs Baptist Church.
Mrs Royals was born in Guilford County, a daughter of the late John and Thelma Kellam. Mrs Royals was a hairdresser for many years and owned her own...
J. Eugene Rogers
Dec 11, 2022
Joseph Eugene Rogers, 93, passed away on Sunday, December 11, 2022 in his home in Sanford. Born in Greensboro on June 9, 1929 to Henry Aaron Rogers and Josie Collins Rogers, Gene is predeceased by his devoted wife of 71 years, Edna Cameron Rogers; sister, Sue Rogers Stancil and brothers Cleotis Rogers, Thurman Rogers and Lawrence Rogers.Gene is survived by two...
William Earle Patterson
Dec 10, 2022
William Earle Patterson Jr., 94, of Broadway passed away Saturday, December 10, 2022. Memorial services will be held Tuesday, December 20, 2022, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Sanford at 11 am. The family will receive friends at the church following the service.
Mr. Patterson was born August 3, 1928, in Charlotte, NC, the son of the late William Earle...
Janice Lynn Williams
Dec 6, 2022
Janice Lynn Hickman Williams, 68 of Sanford passed away Tuesday December 6, 2022. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 pm Wednesday December 14th at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home Chapel. The family will greet friends beginning at 1:00 pm Wednesday prior to the Memorial service.
Mrs. Williams was born in Charleston, SC and retired from the Department of Defense....
Elias Montiel
Dec 5, 2022
Elias Montiel, 31, of Sanford passed away on Monday December 5, 2022. A Funeral Mass will be held on Tuesday December 13, 2022, at St. Stephens Catholic Church at 11am. Burial will follow in the Church cemetery.
Elias was born in California to Alberto Montiel and Francisca Garcia. He always had a smile on his face and everyone who knew...
Irma Graham Autrey
Dec 3, 2022
Irma Ruth Graham Autrey 95 of Sanford, passed away on Saturday December 3, 2022. Graveside services will be held on Saturday, December 10, 2022, at 2PM at Union Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Carthage, NC.
Mrs. Autrey was born June 6, 1927, in Vass, NC, daughter of William and Lillian Graham. She was preceded in death by her husband of...
Lyman Scott Kittrell
Nov 30, 2022
Lyman Scott Kittrell, 83, of Sanford passed away November 30, 2022. Funeral services will be held on Monday December 5, 2022, at Cool Springs Baptist Church at 2pm. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends before the service starting at 1pm at the church.
Mr. Kittrell was born in Broadway, NC to the...
Viola Doris Hughes
Nov 28, 2022
Viola Doris Hughes passed away peacefully on Monday, November 28, 2022.
Doris was born on November 4, 1929, in Sanford, ME. The youngest of five siblings, Doris was an inexhaustible force to be reckoned with. She walked into her first day of school with her brother, Rudy, at her side. At the time, Doris only spoke French, but she...
Dr. Robert Seitz Cline
Nov 26, 2022
Dr. Robert Cline died Saturday, November 26th, at The Village of Brookwood, Burlington, NC. He was preceded in death by his wife, Martha Yount Cline. He is survived by his four children, Dara (and Jim) Linn, Phillip (and Alice) Cline, Mark (and Sandy) Cline and Caroline (and David) Broughton, eight grandchildren and one great grandson.
His educational experiences took...
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