Obituaries
Steve F Ferrara
Aug 6, 2024
Stephen Francis Ferrara, 73, of Sanford, Washington, DC and Minneapolis passed away Tuesday August 6, 2024. A memorial service will be held at a later date.
Dr. Ferrara was born in Boston, MA a son of the late Stanley Stephen Ferrara and Ruth Virginia Robinson Ferrara. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Mike Ferrara....
Eloise Garriss McManus
Aug 4, 2024
Eloise Huff Garriss McManus, 102, passed away peacefully on August 4, 2024 at Brookridge Retirement Community in Winston Salem. Eloise was born May 23, 1922 in Pikeville, NC to Grey Cabe and Leta Huff Garriss. She graduated from Pikeville High School as valedictorian in 1938 and from Meredith College in 1942. Job searches led her to Sanford, NC where she...
Philip Arthur Griffin
Jul 28, 2024
Philip Arthur Griffin 88 of Sanford passed away Sunday July 28, 2024. A Funeral Mass will be held at 2:00 pm Monday August 5, 2024, at St Stephen Catholic Church. Burial will follow in the Church Columbarium.
Mr. Griffin was born in Rutland, VT son of the late Patrick Philip Griffin and Arline Nora Daley Griffin. He was a member of...
Merritt Lane Foushee
Jul 28, 2024
Merritt Lane Foushee- November 30,1989 to July 28,2024 (age 34) passed away too soon.
Merritt was a life-long resident of Lee County. He graduated from Lee Senior High School and got his BS from Mount Olive University. Merritt was a Business Development Officer for First Bank in Sanford. He was a beloved son, husband, father, brother, cousin, and friend to many...
Jackie Nambo Najera
Jul 27, 2024
Jackie Nambo Najera, 27, of Sanford passed away on Saturday July 27, 2024.
The family will greet friends from 12:00 until 2:45 pm Saturday (8/10/2024) at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home. Graveside services will follow at 3:00 pm at Buffalo Cemetery.
Jackie enjoyed playing pool, watching movies, word search puzzles, and most importantly spending time with her family. She is preceded in death...
Mary Cummings Bullard Mashburn
Jul 27, 2024
Mary Cummings Bullard Mashburn, 88, died peacefully at the home of her beloved niece, Cari Lowry on July 27, 2024, with her family at her bedside. Funeral service will be held on Monday August 5, 2024, at 11am at Cool Springs Baptist Church. The family will receive friends starting at 10 am before the service.
Mary was born June 23, 1936,...
Michael James Bray
Jul 26, 2024
Michael James Bray, 61 of Sanford passed away July 26, 2024. Michael will lie in state from 10am until 2pm at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home Wednesday August 7, 2024, with a visitation following from 2-4pm.
Michael was born in Germany to the late Robert Bray and Sylvia Johnson Bray. Michael was loved and cared for by many. He was known for...
John Max Walker
Jul 21, 2024
John Max Walker, 88, of Sanford passed away Sunday July 21, 2024. Memorial services planned for a later date.
John was born in Concord NC to the late Woodrow Walker and Margaret Kennerly Walker. In his early years he was an outstanding athlete and truly loved sports. He spent many years playing, coaching, and officiating. He was inducted into the Hall...
Carol Neal Bradford
Jul 11, 2024
Carol Neal Bradford, 78, of Sanford, passed away Thursday, July 11, 2024, at home surrounded by family. Carol was born April 15th, 1946, in Norfolk, VA. The middle child of George William Neal and Marion Suttle Neal. Carol’s early years were spent on the family farm in Ruffin, NC. As a farm kid, she learned about hard work, helping in...
Hugh Moore
Jun 24, 2024
Gilbert “Hugh” Moore Jr, 71 of Sanford passed away Monday June 24, 2024. A memorial service will be held on Saturday July 13, 2024 at 11am at Buffalo Presbyterian Church. The family will receive friends starting at 10am in the sanctuary.
Hugh was the son of the late Gilbert Hugh Moore Sr and Lavonna Deel Moore. He was born on February...
Linda Stewart Scott
Jun 23, 2024
Linda Stewart Scott, 74, passed away on Sunday June 23, 2024. A memorial service for Linda Scott (6/23/24) and Robert Carl Scott (1/17/24) will be held on Saturday July 13th at Rogers Pickard Funeral home at 2pm.
Mrs. Scott was born in Lee Co. to the late John Stewart Jr. and Vernell Wilson Stewart. She enjoyed gardening, canning, baking, spending time...
Anne Wilson
Jun 11, 2024
Anne Wilson, 83, of Sanford passed away on Tuesday June 11, 2024. Memorial services will be held at 2pm Saturday June 15, 2024, at St. Luke UMC in Sanford. The family will receive friends starting at 1 pm before the service in the Ladies Parlor.
She was born and raised in New Bern, NC, a daughter of the late Peter Demetre...
Eleanor Haynes Corns
Jun 11, 2024
Eleanor Corns, 91, of Sanford, passed away on Tuesday June 11, 2024. Funeral services will be held at 11am Friday June 14, 2024 at Cool Springs Baptist Church. Burial to follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends before the service starting at 10 am at the church.
She was born a daughter of the late Ernest Robert Haynes...
Anna Michelle Rosales
Jun 11, 2024
Anna Michelle Black Rosales, 65 of Sanford passed away Tuesday June 11, 2024. A memorial service will be held on Monday June 17, 2024 at 4 pm at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home. The family will receive friends starting at 3pm before the service.
Anna was born in Sarasota, FL daughter of the late Wallace Coltrain Black and Margaret Elizabeth McLemore Black....
Mabel VanStreader Nicely
Jun 9, 2024
Mabel VanStreader Nicely, 99 of Sanford passed away Sunday July 9, 2024. A committal service will be held at Arlington National Cemetery at a later date.Mrs. Nicely was born in Napoleon, OH a daughter of the late Edward VanStreader and Katherine Dietrich VanStreader. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bernard Nicely and her siblings. She was a longtime...
Mildred Stumpf Brooks Hanson
Jun 8, 2024
Mildred Stumpf Brooks Hanson, age 96 of Broadway, NC, passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday, June 8, 2024.
She was born on January 13, 1928 in Baltimore, Maryland to Frederick Howard Stumpf and Dora Pfieffer Stumpf. She was preceded in death by her parents, along with her husband David Shelby Hanson and her step-son, David G. Hanson. Also, her...
Phyllis McCarn Early
Jun 7, 2024
Phyllis Corine McCarn Early died June 7, 2024, at Brookridge Retirement Community in Winston-Salem, NC. A memorial service will be held on Monday July 1, 2024, at 2pm at First Baptist Church in Sanford, NC.
She was born February 20, 1931 in Cabarrus County, NC, the daughter of Charlie Lindsay McCarn and birth mother Maude Hinson McCarn. Her birth mother died...
Doris McManus Maynard Cox
Jun 3, 2024
Doris McManus Maynard Cox, 95 Sanford, passed away Monday June 3, 2024.
Born in Scotland County on August 25, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Lee R. McManus and Carrie Thompson McManus. Her first husband, Charles E. Maynard, a son, Charles Lynn Maynard her second husband, Albert Leslie Cox, daughter Anne Maynard Hurley, two sisters Evelyn McManus Raby of...
Joseph Crabtree
Jun 2, 2024
Joseph H. Crabtree of Goldston, NC (October 6, 1939 - June 2, 2024) was born in Louisville, Kentucky to Hugh Blakely Crabtree and Dorothy Stratton Crabtree.
In high school, Joe played both the tuba and football—quite the well-rounded athlete and musician. After graduation, he proudly served three years in the U.S. Army. It was at the Butler High School fair where...
Marcia Edwards Hudzik
May 27, 2024
Marcia “Marcy” Edwards Hudzik, 56, of Sanford passed away Monday, May 27, 2024.
Marcia was born in Guilford Co. on July 30, 1967 to Elaine Coggin and raised by she and Darrel Gunter. Her siblings were Ginger Thomas and the late Stacey Gunter and Joe Edwards. Marcia was raised strong in Lee County among amazing family and friends where she graduated...
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