Obituaries

Rafael Samaniego Salazar

Rafael Samaniego Salazar

Oct 15, 2021

Rafael Samaniego Salazar, 43 of Sanford passed away October 15, 2021. Family will gather at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home from 12-8pm on October 21, 2021. Burial will be held at the Salazar Family Cemetery.

Rafael loved building and planning, working with the heavy machinery at his job and eating at Brass Kettle. He was a person who was always ready...

Shirley Yvonne Pendergast Horner

Shirley Yvonne Pendergast Horner

Oct 7, 2021

PITTSBORO, N.C. — Shirley Yvonne Pendergast Horner, 85, a retired nurse, cherished mother and grandmother, died Thursday, Oct. 7, at Cambridge Hills Assisted Living after a period of declining health.

She is survived by her daughter, Shirley Belinda Horner Cooper (and husband Billy) of North Myrtle Beach, S.C., and son Bill Horner III (and wife Lee Ann) of Sanford, N.C.,...

Karen Brown Oldham

Karen Brown Oldham

Oct 6, 2021

Karen Brown Oldham, 64 of Sanford passed away Wednesday October 6, 2021. Funeral services will be held at 3:00pm Friday at Cool Springs Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Cameron Grove Cemetery.

Mrs. Oldham was born in Winston Salem, daughter of the late Robert Henry “Bob” Brown and Carole Yow Brown. She was preceded in death by a son,...

Eddy Monroe Bullard

Eddy Monroe Bullard

Oct 4, 2021

Eddy Monroe Bullard, 67 of Sanford passed away Monday October 4, 2021.

A private family service will be held at a later date. Eddy was born in Lee Co, son of the late Calvin Monroe Bullard and Nellie Mae Heath Bullard. He was preceded in death by his son's, James Monroe “Duck” Bullard and Billy Ray Bullard; siblings, Linda Faye...

Judy Glass Hamilton

Judy Glass Hamilton

Oct 1, 2021

Judith "Judy" Esther Glass Hamilton, Age 78, of Sanford, North Carolina went to be with her Lord and Savior Friday, Oct 1, 2021, at Central Carolina Hospital with her family by her side. She was born on December 31, 1942, in Sanford NC, to the late John Baxter "Frosty" Glass and Myrtle Ray Simpson Glass. In addition to her parents,...

Robyn Denise Ellis

Robyn Denise Ellis

Oct 1, 2021

Robyn Thomas Ellis, 57 of Sanford passed away on Friday October 1, 2021. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday October 6th, at 7:30pm at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home.

Ms. Ellis was born in Little Rock Arkansas to the late Robert Gerald Thomas and Carolyn Bonita Jeter Thomas, also preceded in death by her brother Mike Thomas and sister Melissa...

Douglas George  Carr

Douglas George Carr

Sep 28, 2021

Douglas George Carr, 80 of Sanford passed away Tuesday September 28, 2021. A Memorial service will be held at 2:00pm Saturday at Tramway Baptist Church.

Mr. Carr was born in Bellflower, CA, son of the late George Carr and Frances Witter Carr. He was a Vietnam Veteran and retired from the US Army after 22 years of service. Doug was...

Janet Cameron Harrington

Janet Cameron Harrington

Sep 24, 2021

Janet Cameron Harrington, 79 of Broadway peacefully passed away Friday September 24, 2021.

Funeral service will be October 17, 2021, at 3:00 pm at Mt. Pisgah Presbyterian Church in Broadway, NC officiated by Rev. Doug Houston. Private burial will be held at a later date. Janet was the daughter of the late John Cameron Harrington and Mary Lizabel McFarland Harrington....

Leo Edward  Vance

Leo Edward Vance

Sep 21, 2021

Leo Edward Vance, 84, of Sanford passed away on Tuesday September 21, 2021. A memorial service will be held on Saturday September 25, 2021, at 5pm at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home. He was born in Logan County WV to the late Leo Vance and Florence Mills Vance. He very proudly served our country as a Marine in his younger years....

Francine  Johnson  Starnes

Francine Johnson Starnes

Sep 21, 2021

Francine Johnson Starnes, 87, of Cameron passed away on Tuesday September 21, 2021. Memorial services will be held Saturday October 9th at 11:00am at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home. Ms. Starnes was born in Lee Co. to the late Aldon Franklin Johnson and Lucile Thompson Johnson. She was a graduate of Cameron School, Duke University and Boston University with a MBA....

Ella Kaye Webb

Ella Kaye Webb

Sep 20, 2021

Ella Kaye Lewis Webb, 71 of Lillington, passed away Sunday September 19th, 2021. A Memorial service will be held at a later date in Wilson, NC Mrs. Webb was born in Wilson, NC, daughter of the late William Frank Lewis and Margaret Pittman Lewis. Mrs. Webb is survived by sons, James-Parker (Donna Morgan) of Lillington, and Stacy Lee Parker of...

Lofton Montague Milstead

Lofton Montague Milstead

Sep 20, 2021

Lofton Montague Milstead, 93, of Sanford passed away on Monday September 20, 2021. Funeral services will be held on Saturday September 25, 2021 at 11am at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home. A private burial will follow. Mr. Milstead was born in Lynchburg VA to the late Lofton Montague Milstead Sr and Bessie Stephens. He joined the army at 17 and through...

William Atkins

William Atkins

Sep 19, 2021

This is not your average obituary, because this was not your average man.William Atkins went home to be with his Lord and Savior on September 19, 2021. William sadly lost his battle with COVID pneumonia at Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford. His wife, son and daughter were with him in his final days and hours. William was born in Sanford...

Edna Cameron Rogers

Edna Cameron Rogers

Sep 18, 2021

Edna Cameron Rogers, 92 of Sanford passed away Saturday September 18, 2021. Graveside services will be held Saturday October 2, 2021, at 11am at Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery in Mamers.

Mrs. Rogers was born to the late Neil Alex Cameron, Sr and Flarie Wood Cameron on February 9, 1929 in Harnett County, NC. She was preceded in death by two...

Hubert Edwards

Hubert Edwards

Sep 18, 2021

Hubert Garland Edwards, 102 of Sanford passed away Saturday September 18, 2021. Funeral services were held at 11am on Thursday September 23, 2021, at First Baptist Church in Sanford. A private committal service followed.

Hubert was born in Beaufort Co. to the late Fenner Augustus Edwards and Sadie Godly Edwards. Hubert enlisted in the Army in 1939. He fought in...

Frances Harriet Moody Floyd

Frances Harriet Moody Floyd

Sep 17, 2021

Frances Moody Floyd, aged 91, of Sanford, passed peacefully in her sleep in the early hours of Friday, the seventeenth of September, 2021.

She was born Frances Harriet Moody on the second of February, 1930, to Mary Laura Moody (née Hinson) and Claude Thomas Moody in Greensboro, North Carolina. She attended what was then the Women's College of the University...

Max Franklin Cameron

Max Franklin Cameron

Sep 17, 2021

Lt Col Max F. Cameron, USAF, (retired), 85 of Sanford peacefully passed away Friday September 17, 2021.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 pm Saturday October 16th at Olivia Presbyterian Church. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery.

Col Cameron was born in Harnett Co, son of the late Hugh C. Cameron and Flora Margaret McKay Cameron. He graduated from...

Carolynne Margaret Coyle

Carolynne Margaret Coyle

Sep 16, 2021

Carolynne Margaret Coyle, 55, of Sanford passed away Thursday September 16, 2021.

Carolynne was born in Las Gatos, CA to the late Maurice Martineau and Helga Martineau. She studied veterinarian medicine at University of California, Davis, before marrying her husband of 16 years. Her husband was a service member in the United States Navy, and she was a proud Navy...

Carolina  Guadalupe Leonor

Carolina Guadalupe Leonor

Sep 15, 2021

Carolina Guadalupe Leonor, 30, of Sanford passed away on September 15, 2021. A Funeral Mass will be held on Saturday September 18, 2021 at 12pm at St. Stephen Catholic Church.

Carolina is survived by her husband Hilario Figueroa; parents Jose U. Leonor and Maria G. Velasco; sister Catherine A. Leonor; and brother Devin A. Leonor. A visitation will be held...

Aaron Grant Scott

Aaron Grant Scott

Sep 14, 2021

Aaron Grant Scott of Sanford passed away Tuesday September 14, 2021.

No services will be held at this time. Aaron is the son of Regina Barnhardt Scott and Benjamin J. Scott; his brother Jackson; paternal grandmother, Melissa Rose; maternal grandparents, Tammy and Danny Barnhardt; uncles, Jonah Rose, and DJ Barnhardt (Hannah) and their son Gavin.

Memorial donations can be made to March...