Obituaries

Worth  B. "Dub" Mason

Worth B. "Dub" Mason

Apr 26, 2022

Worth B. “Dub” Mason, 81 of Sanford passed away Tuesday April 26, 2022 following a year-long battle with Lymphoma.

 

Graveside services will be held at 11:00 am Friday at Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery.

 

Mr. Mason was born in Lee County, son of the late Worth Bagley Mason Sr and Hurley Adcock Mason. He was a heating and air...

James Ervin "Jimmy"  Howington

James Ervin "Jimmy" Howington

Apr 23, 2022

James Ervin “Jimmy” Howington, 66 of Sanford passed away Saturday April 23, 2022. Memorial service will be held at 2:00 pm Friday May 6, 2022, at Turners Chapel Church Cemetery.

 

Mr. Howington was born in Sanford a son of the late Mahala Hawkins Howington and Ruby Morrison Howington. He was preceded in death by brothers, Marvin Leroy Gillis and...

David Cranwell Gerken

David Cranwell Gerken

Apr 22, 2022

David Cranwell Gerken died Friday, April 22, 2022 at First Health Hospice House in Pinehurst.

 

Celebration of life service planned for May 22, 2022 at Journey Church in Sanford, NC on 2901 Beachtree Drive, Sanford, NC at 3:00 pm.

 

David was born in Cookeville, Tennessee on June 27, 1982. He grew up in Norwalk and Milan Ohio. He...

Thomas Blannie Gray

Thomas Blannie Gray

Apr 18, 2022

Thomas Blannie Gray, 84 of Sanford passed away Monday April 18, 2022. Funeral services will be held on Saturday April 30, 2022, at 11:00 am at the Sanford Church of Christ.

Mr. Gray was born in Richlands, NC son of the late Stonewall Jackson Gray and Edith Ann Gray. He was preceded in death by his wife, Sharon Sutton Gray,...

Sharon Sutton Gray

Sharon Sutton Gray

Apr 18, 2022

Sharon Sutton Gray, 76 of Sanford passed away Monday April 18, 2022. Funeral service will be held on Saturday April 30, 2022, at 11:00 am at the Sanford Church of Christ.

 

Mrs. Gray was born in Grand Junction, CO a daughter of the late Harry Donald Sutton and Wilma Irene Bowen Sutton. She was preceded in death by her...

Barbara Jean Sarnacki Sabre

Barbara Jean Sarnacki Sabre

Apr 16, 2022

Barbara Jean Sarnacki Sabre, 85 of Sanford passed away Saturday April 16, 2022.

 

Services will be held in CT at a later date.

 

Mrs Sabre was born in Bridgeport, CT, daughter of the late Frank Sarnacki and Margaret Hira Sarnacki. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Sabre.

 

Survivors include her son, Christopher Sabre of...

Richard Edward Whitt

Richard Edward Whitt

Apr 13, 2022

Richard Edward Whitt 49, of Sanford passed away April 13, 2022. A memorial service will be held at ll:00AM on Saturday April 23, 2022, at Calvary Missionary Methodist Church.

 

Richard was preceded in death by his parents Elzie Randell Whitt and Edna Jean Hall Whitt. He was a homebody, who loved cooking and grilling out.

 

Richard is survived...

Martha Stallings Martin

Martha Stallings Martin

Apr 9, 2022

Martha Stallings Martin, 91, of High Point, NC, passed away at Brookdale Retirement Home on April 9, 2022, after battling Alzheimer’s Disease for several years.  Martha was born to John and Lallah Stallings on August 13, 1930, in Winston-Salem, NC. The youngest of five children, Martha spent her childhood in Winston-Salem and graduated from Reynolds High School in 1948.  She...

Randy Wayne Kish

Randy Wayne Kish

Apr 7, 2022

Randy Wayne Kish, 55 of Sanford, formerly of Lancaster, OH passed away on April 7, 2022.  Visitors are welcome beginning at 10:00am Friday (4/15/2022) with the formal visitation starting at 5:00pm lasting until 7:00pm at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home. Funeral services will start at 7pm.

 

Randy was born in Ohio to the late Andrew Kish Jr. and Carolyn Faye...

Jean Satterfield Gunter

Jean Satterfield Gunter

Apr 6, 2022

Jean Satterfield Gunter, 95 of Sanford passed away Wednesday April 6, 2022. Funeral services will be held at 2pm on Monday April 11, 2022, at Pocket Presbyterian Church. Burial will follow at Buffalo Cemetery.

 

Mrs. Gunter was born in Caswell Co, daughter of the late Harvey Satterfield and Jessie Cox Satterfield. She was a lifelong member of Pocket Presbyterian...

Archie Clifford "Sonny" Cameron, Jr

Archie Clifford "Sonny" Cameron, Jr

Apr 5, 2022

Archie Clifford “Sonny” Cameron Jr. 73 of  Broadway passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2022.  Graveside services will be held at 11:00am Thursday at Barbecue Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

 

Mr. Cameron was born in Lee County a son of the late Archie Clifford Cameron Sr. and Ruth Roseman Cameron. He was preceded in death by a sister Carol Cameron. Sonny adored...

Dorothy Jane Edwards Orum

Dorothy Jane Edwards Orum

Apr 5, 2022

Dorothy Jane Edwards Orum, 89 of Sanford passed away Tuesday April 5, 2022. Funeral services will be held at 11am Saturday April 9, 2022, at New Life Bible Church. Burial will follow at Cool Springs Baptist Church cemetery.

 

Born in Scranton, PA, Dorothy was a daughter of the late John Hodge Edwards and Sophia Winieg Edwards. she was preceded...

Nannie Hicks Knight

Nannie Hicks Knight

Apr 2, 2022

Nannie Hicks Knight, 89 of Sanford passed away Saturday April 2, 2022. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am Wednesday at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Brush Creek Baptist Church cemetery, in Bear Creek.

 

Nannie was born in Chatham Co, a daughter of the late Frank Hicks and Sally Jane Foushee Hicks. She was...

Marie Jamerson Dunlap

Marie Jamerson Dunlap

Mar 27, 2022

Marie Jamerson Dunlap, 80 of Sanford passed away Sunday March 27, 2022. Funeral services will be held at 3:00pm Wednesday at Calvary Missionary Methodist Church. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery.

 

Marie was born in Harnett Co a daughter of the late James Arthur Jamerson and Lethia Lawson Jamerson. She was preceded in death by seven siblings and...

William Calvin Hayes

William Calvin Hayes

Mar 26, 2022

The Reverend Dr. William Calvin Hayes (Bill) of Sanford, NC, died Saturday, March 26, 2022.

 

Bill was born August 28, 1955, in Rock Hill, SC, and graduated from Westminster School there. He earned a bachelor's degree from Erskine College, in Due West, SC. and his Masters and Doctorate of Ministry degrees from Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, GA. During...

Rachel Beal Mansfield

Rachel Beal Mansfield

Mar 24, 2022

Rachel Beal Mansfield, 95, of Sanford passed away on Thursday March 24, 2022. Funeral services will be held Saturday April 2, 2022, at Poplar Springs United Methodist Church at 2:00pm. Burial will follow at Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery.

 

Rachel was born in Lee Co. to the late Robert Henry “Bob” Beal and Sally Margaret Beal. She was married 59...

Linda Willard Hill

Linda Willard Hill

Mar 20, 2022

Linda Willard Hill, 71, of Sanford, NC, passed away on Sunday, March 20, 2022. Graveside services for her will be held on Saturday, March 26,2022 at Watson Cemetery, Marston, NC at 2:00 PM.

 

Linda was preceded in death by her parents Jesse Lee Willard and Cleo Estella Southard Willard; husband Alton Albert Hill; and brother Arthur Willard. Linda loved...

Frank Webb McCracken III

Frank Webb McCracken III

Mar 19, 2022

Frank Webb McCracken III died Saturday, March 19, at his home in Sanford, NC. He loved and was loved by his family and friends.

Webb was the son of the late Frank Webb McCracken, Jr. and Margaret Moore McCracken, and brother of the late Florence McCracken Dossenbach. Webb was born on September 16, 1939, in Sanford, NC. He attended the...

Frederick Albert Ziegler

Frederick Albert Ziegler

Mar 17, 2022

Frederick A. Ziegler, 92, passed away peacefully at home on March 17, 2022, surrounded by family.

Fred was born in New Haven, CT on 10/23/1929. He attended the United States Merchant Marine Academy and remained a member of the reserves for years.  In 1953 he married Helen Drab. Helen preceded him in death on September 3, 2014.

Fred moved to...

Larry Phillip  Lloyd

Larry Phillip Lloyd

Mar 16, 2022

 

Dateline …. Sanford, NC

 

Larry Phillip Lloyd, 75, of Sanford passed away Wednesday March 16, 2022. Graveside services will be held at 2:00pm Saturday at Center United Methodist Church Cemetery.

The graveside service will be held in the Church if inclement weather 

Larry was born in Lee Co., to the late Phillip Folger Lloyd and Laura Eunice Lemons...