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Mary Alice Dickens
Nov 25, 2022
Mary Alice Dickens, 90, of Sanford passed away on Friday November 25, 2022. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 pm Sunday December 4, 2022, at Cool Springs Baptist Church Cemetery.
Mrs. Dickens was born in Georgia to the late Hoyt Epps and Annie Mae Wall. She was a devoted private CNA that had a great sense of...
Robert Daryle Buffkin
Nov 25, 2022
Robert Daryle Buffkin, 66, of Sanford passed away on November 25, 2022.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Edgar P. Buffkin and Ida Rose Britt Buffkin, and sisters, Wanda Buffkin Patterson and Kim Buffkin Blanton.
No arrangments are scheduled at this time.
Andy Lee Hicks Jr.
Nov 23, 2022
Andy Lee Hicks Jr., 38, of Cameron passed away on Wednesday November 23, 2022. A graveside service will be held on Monday (11/28/2022) at Brush Creek Baptist Church Cemetery at 1pm. The family will receive friends Monday (11/28/2022) from 10-11am at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home.
Mr. Hicks is survived by his father Andy Lee Hicks Sr.; mother Sherrie...
Ann Hardy Stultz
Nov 23, 2022
Ann Hardy Stultz, 96 of Greensboro, formerly of Winston-Salem, passed away Wednesday November 23, 2022.
Ann was the second of four children born to the late Jesse Cleveland Hardy and Lema Doss Hardy of Cameron, NC. She married Bernie Lee Stultz in 1946 and they moved to Winston-Salem that same year after Bernie’s discharge from the Navy. Ann and...
Jimmy Lewis O'Quinn
Nov 22, 2022
Jimmy Lewis O’Quinn, 85 of Sanford passed away Tuesday November 22, 2022. Graveside services will be held at 2pm Sunday at Poplar Springs United Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8pm Saturday at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home.
Mr. O’Quinn was born in Harnett County son of the late Robert Lewis O’Quinn and Iola O’Quinn. He was...
Henry Elmer Woody
Nov 22, 2022
Henry Elmer Woody, 84 of Sanford passed away Tuesday November 22, 2022. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 pm Saturday at Emmanuel Baptist Church, Carthage. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery.
Mr. Woody was born in Chatham Co son of the late James Walter Woody and Margaret Atkins Woody. He was preceded in death by siblings, Catherine...
Janet Tabor Carter
Nov 15, 2022
Janet Tabor Carter, 69, of Sanford passed away Tuesday November 15, 2022. A funeral service will be held at 4:00 pm Sunday November 20, 2022, at Tramway Baptist Church. The family will receive friends Sunday (11/20/2022) starting at 3:00 pm before the service at Tramway Baptist Church. There will be a visitation in Hendersonville, NC at the Refuge Baptist Church...
Mary Louise Matthews
Nov 4, 2022
Mary Louise Matthews died on November 4, 2022 at Parkview Retirement Center. She was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania on August 19, 1931, to Richard and Ruth Matthews. She was the fourth child of the Matthews family.
While growing up, she attended a Presbyterian church in Scranton, Pennsylvania. She participated in church activities with all members of her family. Mary...
LaFay Stewart Pickard
Oct 30, 2022
LaFay Stewart Pickard, 84, of Sanford passed away Sunday October 30, 2022. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 pm Sunday November 6, 2022, at Shallow Well Church at. Burial will follow at Buffalo Cemetery.
Mrs. Pickard was born in Harnett Co. to the late Talbott McNeill Stewart and Laura Ellen Sloan Stewart. In addition to her parents, she...
Bobby Blue Johnson
Oct 27, 2022
Bobby Blue Johnson, 84 passed away Thursday October 27, 2022. Funeral Services will be held on Thursday November 3, 2022, at Lemon Springs United Methodist Church at 3:00pm. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Bobby was born in Lee Co. to the late Clarence Johnson Sr. and Alma Willett Johnson. He retired US Air Force as a Sr...
Crysatal Lynn Ward Snipes
Oct 24, 2022
Crystal Lynn Ward Snipes, 44 of Sanford passed away Monday October 24, 2022.
Arrangements are pending at this time.
Edna Lorraine Bell Clark
Oct 18, 2022
Edna Lorraine Bell Clark, 70, of Sanford passed away Tuesday October 18, 2022.
Edna is survived by her daughters Tammy Sutton (Jeff), Heather Swartout (Johnny), and Sarah Clark; son David Elkins (Stephanie); grandchildren Savannah Swartout, Sierra Swartout, Robin Sowell, Randy Sowell, Amber Elkins, and Dwayne Elkins; sister Debbie Williams of Illinois; and partner Bill Manchester of Florida.
She...
Gary Don Staggs
Oct 7, 2022
Gary Don Staggs, 38, of Broadway, NC, passed away October 7, 2022. A Memorial service will be held at 7:00 pm Thursday (10/13/22) at Community Baptist Church, in Siler City. The family will greet friends at the Church from 5:00 until 7:00 pm Thursday before the service.
Gary was born on February 25, 1984, in Jonesboro, Arkansas to Lisa...
Lawrence Michael Ligon
Oct 6, 2022
Lawrence Michael Ligon, 69 of Sanford passed away Thursday October 6, 2022. Funeral services will be held on Monday October 10, 2022, at Cumnock Union Methodist Church at 3:00 pm. Burial to follow in Cumnock Cemetery.
Mr. Ligon was born in Danville Virginia to Shirley Lovette Ligon Bridges and the late Lawrence A. Ligon. He loved baseball and softball,...
Susan Elizabeth Miller
Oct 1, 2022
Susan Elizabeth Baker Miller, 44, of Cameron passed away Saturday October 1, 2022.
Suez was born in the Panama Canal Zone on March 28,1978 to Lynn W. Baker and Rebecca Talbert Baker.
Suez is survived by her husband Dayne A. Miller; sons Dillon Miller and Devin Miller of Sanford; parents Lynn and Rebecca Baker; sisters Christy Gonzalez (Tom),...
Nancy Spivey Turner
Sep 29, 2022
Nancy Spivey Turner, of Sanford, went to receive her heavenly reward on Thursday, September 29, surrounded by her loving family and friends. During her extended illness at home, she was supported by an awesome “team” of health care providers and staff. Among this group of caregivers were many wonderful “angels” provided by FirstHealth Hospice, Aging Outreach Services, and Pinehurst Neuropsychology,...
Sherry Anna Cox Thornburg
Sep 27, 2022
Sherry Anna Cox Thornburg passed away peacefully at her home in Sanford, North Carolina on Tuesday September 27th, 2022. She was 75 years old.
She was born on January 8, 1947, in Surry County, North Carolina, daughter of John Arthur Cox and Edith Hicks Cox. John and Edith raised four daughters, Kirby, Sherry, Rejean, and Caroline, and a son,...
Gilbert Page Matthews
Sep 26, 2022
Gilbert Page Matthews, 95, of Sanford, died peacefully on Monday, September 26, 2022, surrounded by family.
Born in Sanford on May 8, 1927, he was the son of the late Ezra Q. Matthews and Beulah A. Matthews. He was preceded in death by his wife of forty years Alice McGilvary Matthews; siblings James Matthews, Edna McDuffie, Gaither Matthews and...
Didier J Carias
Sep 26, 2022
Didier Josue Carias, 29 of Sanford passed away Monday September 26, 2022. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 pm Thursday October 6, 2022, at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Buffalo Cemetery.
Didier is survived by his parents, Didier Carias and Judy Morales Carias; sister, Teresa Carias of Cameron; brother Adriel of Sanford; nephew, Jayce...
Cynthia Marie Morrow
Sep 24, 2022
Cynthia Marie Morrow, 73 of Raleigh passed away at her daughter’s home on Saturday September 24, 2022.
Memorial services will be held at 3:00 pm Saturday October 22, 2022 at Euphronia Presbyterian Church. The family will greet friends from 1:00 until 3:00 pm Saturday before the service.
Mrs. Morrow was preceded in death by her parents William Marcus...
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