Obituaries
Geraldine Sloan
Jan 21, 2019
Geraldine Womack Sloan, 93 of Goldston passed away Monday morning, January 21, 2019. Funeral services will be held at 2:00pm Thursday at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Moore Union Christian Church Cemetery.
Mrs. Sloan was born in Lee Co, daughter of the late Evie C. Womack and Elfie Evelina Smith Womack. She was preceded in death...
Catherine Bozzo
Jan 15, 2019
Catherine Pellock Bozzo, 60 of Sanford passed away January 15, 2018. No services are scheduled at this time.
Catherine was preceded in death by her parents William and Nellye Pellock.
She is survived by her beloved, Wayne Scofield; only son Steven Bozzo of Liberty NC; sister Pam Davieau (Gary) of Branchville, NJ; brother Art Pellock (Judy) of Parsippany,...
Gaynell Layne
Jan 11, 2019
Gaynell Coley Layne, 77, passed away on Friday January 11, 2019 at Carolinas Continuing Care Hospital in Pineville NC. Funeral services will be held at 2pm Monday at Tramway Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Buffalo Cemetery.
She was preceded in death by her mother Rachel Cameron Coley; son Scott Layne; and by four brothers, Gene Coley, Lester Coley,...

June Catherine Stockwell
Jan 11, 2019
June Catherine Ross Stockwell, 88 of Cameron, passed away Friday January 11, 2019.
Arrangements are pending.
Mrs. Stockwell was born in Henderson, NY, daughter of the late Richard Francis Ross and Gladys Mabel Barnes Ross; She was preceded in death by her husband, Dick Stockwell, and a son Richard L. Stockwell.
Mrs. Stockwell is survived by her...
Vicki Dickens
Jan 10, 2019
Vicki Thomas Dickens, 68 of Sanford passed away Thursday January 10, 2019. Memorial services will be held at 3:00pm Thursday January 17, 2019 at Mt Pisgah Presbyterian Church. The family will receive friends starting at 2:00pm Thursday in the Sanctuary prior to the Memorial service.
Vicki was born in Sanford, a daughter of the late Ruth McFarland McNeill and...
Gerald Drzewicki
Jan 8, 2019
Gerald Drzewicki, 70 of Sanford passed away Tuesday January 8, 2019.
Memorial Services will be held at 10am on Saturday May 11, 2019 at St. Stephen Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Lee Memory Gardens.
Mr. Drzewicki was born in Bay city, MI, a son of the late Walter Drzewicki and Anna Styvahlski. He was preceded in death by a...

Sue Ellen Helms
Jan 7, 2019
Sue Ellen Hendricks Helms, 55 of Sanford passed away Monday January 7, 2019.
Arrangements are incomplete at this time.
Robert Lawrence "Bobby" Brown
Jan 6, 2019
Robert Lawrence “Bobby” Brown, 72 of Sanford passed away Sunday January 6, 2019. Graveside services will be held at 2:00pm Wednesday at Buffalo Cemetery.
Mr. Brown was born in Lee Co, a son of the late Robert Smith Brown and Mary Dean Brown. Bobby’s career included working with Siemens Allis, Whitin Roberts Co, Moore Machine and finished his career...
Ernest Willard Atkinson
Jan 2, 2019
Ernest Willard Atkinson, 92, of Sanford passed away January 2, 2019. Funeral services will be held Friday January 4, 2019 at 2pm at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church.
Ernest was born in Kenly N.C. to Walter and Mary Atkinson. After he graduated high school, he joined the army and was drafted in World War II. He graduated from Atlantic...

Panorea Kehagias
Jan 1, 2019
Panorea Ringas Kehagias, 85, of Sanford passed away January 1, 2019. Graveside services will be held Tuesday January 8, 2019 at 11am at Cross Creek Cemetery in Fayetteville, NC.
Mrs. Kehagias was born in Greece and was preceded in death by her husband Nikolas Kehagias and son Gus Nick Kehagias.
Philip Chaffin Yarborough Jr.
Dec 29, 2018
Philip Chaffin Yarborough, Jr. passed away December 29, 2018, at home. He was born in Lee County on November 3, 1927, to the late Philip Chaffin Yarborough, Sr. and Wilma Crystal Hartness. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by a sister, Mary Y. Bridgers, a brother, Rufus Melvin Yarborough, a sister-in-law, Mary Thornton Yarborough, his stepmother, Edna Earl...
Philip Celey Maddox
Dec 28, 2018
Philip Celey Maddox, 83 of Sanford passed away Friday December 28, 2018. Memorial services will be held at 2:00pm Saturday at First Baptist Church. The family will greet friends following the service.
Phil grew up in the Tramway community of Lee County and was a proud graduate of Greenwood High School, class of 1954. He began his career in...
Walter Leon Roberts Jr
Dec 24, 2018
Walter L. Roberts, 98 of Sanford passed away Monday December 24, 2018. Graveside services will be held at 1:00pm Saturday January 5th at Jonesboro Cemetery.
Mr. Roberts was born in Smithfield, NC in 1920, son of the late Walter L. Roberts and Metta Daughtry Roberts. Walter was nine years old when the Great Depression hit. At that time his...
Eric Mason Stackpole
Dec 22, 2018
Eric Stackpole, 66 of Sanford passed away Saturday December 22, 2018. A Memorial service will be held at 1:00pm Thursday at Morris Chapel United Methodist Church.
Mr. Stackpole was born in Lee Co, a son of the late Don Mason Stackpole and Doris Marie Cashion Stackpole. He was a heavy equipment operator, loved the water and was an avid...
Wesley James Miller Sr
Dec 21, 2018
Wesley James Miller Sr, 73 of Sanford passed away Friday December 21, 2018. A Memorial service will be held at 11:00am Friday (12/28/2018) at First Apostolic Church. Burial will follow in New Hampshire at a later date.
Mr. Miller was born in Hanover, NH, son of the late George Wesley Miller and Nell Ruth Hathaway Miller. Wesley Sr. served...
Carolyn Ann Logan Childress
Dec 19, 2018
Carolyn Ann Logan Childress, 60, of Cameron passed away December 19, 2018. Funeral services will be held Saturday December 22, 2018 at 2pm at Red Branch Church. A visitation will be held Friday December 21, 2018 from 6-8pm at Rogers Pickard Funeral home.
She was born in Chatham Co. daughter of the late Johnny and Elizabeth Logan. She was...
Ruby Lanning
Dec 18, 2018
Ruby Thomas Lanning, 94 of Sanford passed away Tuesday December 18th . Funeral services will be held at 3:00pm Friday at Poplar Springs Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Lee Memory Gardens.
Mrs. Lanning was born in Lee Co, NC, a daughter of the late Edgar Phillip Thomas and Lenna Yarborough Thomas. She was preceded in death by her...
Carner Glenn Andrew
Dec 17, 2018
Carner Glenn Andrew “Sid”, 89 of Sanford passed away Monday December 17, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm Thursday at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Hickory Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, in Bear Creek.
Mr. Andrew was born in Chatham Co, a son of the late Arthur Monroe Andrew and Lela Tally Andrew. He...

Charles Lester Bullard
Dec 16, 2018
Charles “Lester” Bullard, 89 of Sanford passed away Sunday December 16, 2018. Memorial services will be held at 2:00pm Friday (12/21/18) at Grace Chapel Church. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery.
Mr. Bullard was born in Lee Co, son of the late Charles Carson Bullard and Velma Wicker Bullard. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary...

Gaynell Hallett Fields
Dec 12, 2018
Gaynell “Gaye” Hallett Fields (née Arrington), age 92 years, passed away on December 12, 2018.
The oldest of 7 children and a child of the Great Depression, she was born in Madisonville, Virginia on April 15, 1926. Gaye ventured to Washington, DC in 1943 where at an accidental lunch table mix-up, she met her first husband and love of...
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