Obituaries
Milton Thomas Cole
May 9, 2019
Milton Thomas Cole, 83, of Carthage passed away Thursday May 9, 2019. Funeral services will be held at 2:00pm Saturday at White Hill Presbyterian Church with Rev. Brown Patton and Dana Brewer officiating. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery.
Mr. Cole was born January 20, 1936 to the late Lealon “Red” and Mae Tillman Cole. He was preceded...
Ernest Raymond Hester
May 3, 2019
Raymond Hester, 89, of Sanford, passed away Friday May 3, 2019. Funeral services will be held at 11am Monday at Cool Springs Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery.
Mr. Hester was born in Granville County on October 8, 1929 to the late Moffitt David Hester and Hazel Parrott Hester. He was also preceded in death by...
Joseph Russell Phillips
May 3, 2019
CWO4 Joseph Russell Phillips, US Army Retired, 90, of Sanford passed away Friday May 3, 2019. Funeral services will be held at 4pm Thursday May 9th at Calvary Missionary Methodist Church. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery.
Mr. Phillips was born in Randolph Co, a son of the late David Yokeley and Elva Rumley Yokeley. He was also...
Kaye Francis Peters
May 1, 2019
Kaye Francis Meadows Peters, 81 of N Topsail Beach peacefully passed away Wednesday May 1, 2019.
Mrs. Peters was born in Lincoln Co, WVa, daughter of the late Ronald W. Meadows Sr and Lois Woodrum Meadows. She was preceded in death by a son, Mike Peters and her brother, Ronnie Meadows Jr.
Mrs. Peters is survived by her...
Marie Childress
May 1, 2019
Marie Briggs Childress, 88 of Sanford passed away Wednesday May 1, 2019. Graveside services will be held at 11:00am Saturday at Buffalo Cemetery.
Mrs. Childress was born in Lee Co, a daughter of the late Ernest Gilbert Lee Briggs and Mattie Pearl Conrad Briggs. She was preceded in death by her husband, Nelson “Scrub” Childress Jr, and her sister,...
James Edward Garner
Apr 29, 2019
James Edward Garner, 61 of Sanford passed away April 29,2019.
Graveside services will be held at 11:00am Friday at Center United Methodist Church Cemetery.
Mr. Garner was born in Lee Co, son of Ruth Jeffries Garner and the late Robert Lynn Garner. He loved fishing and was quite a musician and a gifted lead guitarist.
In addition...
John Wesley Reddington
Apr 29, 2019
John Wesley Reddington, 30 of Sanford, formerly of Bourbonnais, IL passed away Monday April 29, 2019. No services will be held at this time.
James Richard Laurie
Apr 28, 2019
James Richard “Jim” Laurie, 75 of Sanford passed away Sunday April 28, 2019. A Memorial service will be held at 2:00 pm Friday at First Baptist Church Sanctuary. The family will greet friends following the service in the Church Parlor.
Mr. Laurie was born in Baltimore County, Maryland, a son of the late James C. Laurie and Fae Zimbower....
Marietta "Retta" Gilman
Apr 27, 2019
Marietta “Retta” Gilman passed away peacefully on April 27, 2019 in Chapel Hill. Retta was born in Rochester, NY to the late Jacob Henry Kraus and Mary Whitman Kraus. She was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years Allan Albert Gilman. Retta is survived by her brother James Kraus of St. Paul, Minnesota and her four sons and...
Margaret Elaine Patterson
Apr 23, 2019
Margaret Elaine Patterson, 65 of Sanford passed away Tuesday April 23, 2019. Memorial services will be held at 2:00pm Saturday at Eastside Pentecostal Holiness Church.
Ms. Patterson was born in Vidalia, Georgia, daughter of the late Harold Eschol Adams and Margaret Elizabeth Humphries Adams. She was preceded in death by her sisters Harriet Carter and Elizabeth “Libby” Rabe. Elaine...
Barry Alan Hill
Apr 23, 2019
Barry Alan Hill 47 of Sanford died April 23, 2019. Memorial services will be held Sunday April 28, 2019 at 4pm at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home.
Mr. Hill was born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, son of the late Floyd Edward Hill and Carol Joyce Harper Hill. He was preceded in death by his grandmother Blanche Harper.
Mr. Hill is...
William Albert Stiles
Apr 14, 2019
William Albert Stiles,74, of Sanford, formerly of Cherokee County, passed away Sunday April 14, 2019.
Mr. Stiles was born in Haywood Co. to the late Claude W. Stiles and Winona C. Stiles. He was also preceded in death by his brother Charles Kenneth Stiles.
When he was three is family moved to Murphy in Cherokee County. He worked...
Carolyn Holland Shepard
Mar 30, 2019
Carolyn Holland Shepard, 80, of Sanford passed away March 30, 2019. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday April 2, 2019 at 2pm at Turners Chapel.
Ms. Shepard served her Lord Jesus Christ as a charter member of Central Baptist Temple for over 40 years. During her dedicated years she taught Sunday School, worked with senior citizens, and participated with...
Brenda Cox Eddy
Mar 29, 2019
Brenda Cox Knight Eddy, 75 of Pittsboro passed away Friday March 29, 2019 at her daughter’s home surrounded by her loving family. A Celebration of Life will take place on Sunday March 31, 2019 from 4:00pm to 5:00pm at First Wesleyan Church in Siler City.
She was born in Chatham County on August 12, 1943, to the late Numan...
Hazel Virginia Stephens
Mar 28, 2019
Hazel Virginia Cotten Stephens, 96, of Sanford, NC, passed peacefully on Thursday, March 28, 2019. She lived all 96 years surrounded by people who loved her. Hazel was known for her devotion to her late husband, Steve, her love for her family and her strong faith.
Hazel was born in Chatham County on April 29, 1922, to the late...
Margie Dull
Mar 28, 2019
Margie Kicklighter Dull, 86 of Sanford passed away Thursday March 28, 2019. Graveside services will be held at 3:00pm Saturday at Rocky Fork Christian Church Cemetery.
Mrs. Dull was born in Evans Co, GA, daughter of the late J. Milton Kicklighter and Pearl Marion Kicklighter. She was preceded in death her husband, Jack Dull, a daughter, Sheila D. LaPine...
Lex B Hunter
Mar 26, 2019
Lex Benjamin Hunter, 99 of Sanford passed away on Tuesday, March 26, 2019. Funeral services will be held at 2:00pm Sunday at Poplar Springs United Methodist Church in Sanford. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery.
Mr. Hunter is preceded in death by his wife, Hilda H. Hunter; parents Joseph Stanford Hunter and Janie Blanche Berryman Hunter; brothers Rupert Hunter,...
Mary Bolling
Mar 25, 2019
Mary Cheatham Bolling, 78 of Sanford passed away Monday March 25, 2019. Graveside services will be at 1:00pm Saturday at Cypress Presbyterian Church Cemetery, 1220 Cypress Church Rd, Cameron, NC 28326.
Mrs. Bolling was born in Tampa, FL, daughter of the late Prince Duggar Cheatham and Dorothy Batte Cheatham. Mary was preceded in death by her daughter, Courtney Ann Bolling.
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Daniel Herman "Buck" Cox Jr
Mar 19, 2019
Daniel Herman “Buck” Cox Jr, 79 of Holly Ridge, formerly of Sanford, passed away Tuesday March 19, 2019. A Memorial service will be held at 2:00pm Sunday March 24th at Spring Hill United Methodist Church, 1960 Spring Hill Church Rd, Lillington, NC 27546.
Mr. Cox was born in Harnett Co, a son of the late Daniel Herman Cox and...
Bobbi Gail Bruehl
Mar 13, 2019
Bobbi Gail Bost Bruehl, 60 of Sanford passed away Wednesday March 13, 2019.
Bobbi was born in Sanford to the late Bill M. Bost and Edith Scott Buchanan Bost. She was preceded in death by her brother, Billy S. Bost. Bobbi loved the going to the beach and fishing, especially at Surf City. She worked in Day Care for...
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