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Ernestine Covington Pickard
Jun 6, 2017
Ernestine Weber Covington Pickard, 96 of Sanford, after a long and spiritual life went to be with her Lord on Tuesday June 6, 2017. Graveside services will be held at 2:00pm Thursday at Jonesboro Cemetery.
Mrs. Pickard was born in Mecklenburg Co, daughter of the late George Charles Weber and Idella Jane Williams Weber. She was a member of...
Juana Alamo
Jun 6, 2017
Juana Alamo, 90 of Sanford peacefully passed away Tuesday, June 6, 2017. A funeral Mass will be held at 11:00am Friday at St Stephen Catholic Church. Burial will follow in the Church cemetery.
Mrs. Alamo is survived by her children, Carmen Santiago, Perfecto Cardona, Luz Hernandez, and Myrna Cardona; eleven grandchildren, twenty three great grandchildren and three great -great-grandchildren;...
William V. Kelly
Jun 5, 2017
William V. Kelly, 66 of Sanford passed away Monday, June 5, 2017 at Duke University Medical Center. A Memorial service will be held at 4:00pm Saturday at Center United Methodist Church.
Mr. Kelly was born in Franklin, PA, son of the late Walter D. Kelly and Ruth Beebe Kelly. He was a member of Center United Methodist Church and...
Jeanette Bishop
May 27, 2017
Jeanette Willis Bishop, 94 of Broadway passed away Saturday May 27, 2017. A Memorial service will be held at 2pm Friday June 9, 2017 at Rogers Pickard Chapel. Burial will be in Powell Valley Cemetery, VA, at a later date.
Mrs. Bishop was born in Norton, VA, daughter of the late Harrison Willis and Verda Lawson Bishop. She was...
Grace Poe Harris
May 26, 2017
Grace Murchison Poe Harris, 101 passed away Friday May 26, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 2:00pm Monday at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Buffalo Cemetery.
Mrs. Harris was born in Chatham Co daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. T. Percy Murchison Sr. She was preceded in death by husbands, Richard H. Poe...
Joseph Steven D' Ascoli
May 22, 2017
On May 22, 2017, Joseph Steven D’Ascoli, 38, touched the face of God.
He fiercely loved so many: His wife Colleen and her children, his grandparents, Lacy and Phyllis Stevens and Joseph and Marie D’Ascoli and his parents, Tino and Peggy D’Ascoli. His parents and grandparent’s gifts and talents were so evident in him, as was their love of,...
Richard A. Quinn
May 20, 2017
Richard Alan Quinn Sr., 79 passed away Saturday May 20, 2017 at Sanford Health & Rehabilitation. A memorial service will be held 11am Friday May 26, 2017 at St. Francis Anglican Church. A private committal will be held at St Thomas Episcopal Church Columbarium.
Richard was born September 15, 1937 in Philadelphia, PA to the late Morton John and...
Walter J. Drzewicki
May 20, 2017
Walter J. Drzewicki II, 72 of Sanford passed away Saturday May 20, 2017. Graveside service will be held at 11:00am Thursday at Lee Memory Gardens.
Mr. Drzewicki was born in Bay City Michigan son of the late Walter Joseph Drzewicki and Anna Styvahlski Drzewicki. He was preceded in death by a sister, Florence Teal and a brother, John Drzewicki.
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Clingman Obarr Woolard
May 19, 2017
Clingman Obarr Woolard, 95, of 415 Woolard Rd., died Friday, 5-19-17 at his home.
Born June 20, 1921 to John F. Woolard and Lessie Powers Woolard, he was the third of seven children, all of whom predeceased him.
He, with his brother, became responsible for supporting their mother and five sisters when their father died in 1937 and...
Myrtle Ray Glass
May 18, 2017
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Myrtle Ray Simpson Glass, 100, of Sanford peacefully passed away Thursday, May 18, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 11:00am Monday at First Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Cool Springs Baptist Church Cemetery.
Mrs. Glass was born in Lee Co, daughter of the late Reid Simpson and Mary Esther Dalrymple Simpson. Due to the death of her...
Mae Estelle Ballinger
May 11, 2017
Mae Estelle Highfill Ballinger, 94 of Sanford passed away Thursday May 11, 2017. Funeral service will be held at 2:00pm Monday at St Luke United Methodist Church, Sanford. Burial will follow at 4:30pm at the New Garden Friends Cemetery in Greensboro.
Mrs. Ballinger was born in Guilford Co, a daughter of the late Knox Highfill and Rosa Case Highfill....
John Roy Johnson
May 11, 2017
John Roy Johnson 77 of Sanford passed away Thursday May 11, 2017. A Memorial service will be held at 4:00pm Saturday at Cool Springs Baptist Church.
Mr. Johnson was born in Cumberland Co, a son of the late Roy Edward Johnson and Marion Mussellwhite Johnson. He was preceded in death by a sister, Helen Stevenson and a brother, Donny...
Ora Lee Hickman
May 7, 2017
Ora Lee Lemons Hickman, 93 of Sanford passed away Sunday May 7, 2017 after battling dementia for over seven years. Funeral services will be held at White Hill Presbyterian Church on Wednesday May 10, 2017 at 2pm.
She has gone to her forever home to be with The Lord where she has no more confusion or pain. She lived a...
William Henry Coore Jr
May 2, 2017
William Henry Coore Jr, 56 of Siler City passed away Tuesday May 2, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 2:00pm Thursday at Mt. Vernon Springs Presbyterian Church. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery.
Mr. Coore was born in Chatham Co and preceded in death by his father, William Henry Coore Sr and a brother, Mike Coore. He...
Virgil Lee Moore
May 1, 2017
Virgil Lee Moore, 97, passed away May 1 surrounded by his loving family and dedicated caregivers. He was born in Island Creek, Kentucky to Andrew Jackson Moore and Lizzie Moore. He was the last survivor of a family of 12 children. He was a graduate of Winfield High School in Winfield, West Virginia where he was a three sport letterman...
Gabriel Thomas "Gabe" Dempster
Apr 30, 2017
Gabriel Thomas “Gabe” Dempster, 19 of Sanford passed away Sunday April 30, 2017. A Memorial service will be held at 2:00pm Friday at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home Chapel. The family will greet friends following the service.
Gabe was born in Sanford on Jan. 7, 1998. He graduated from Lee co Sr High School and had a fondness for video...
Thomas Ray Smith
Apr 29, 2017
Thomas "Ray" Smith, 63 of Sanford passed away Saturday April 29, 2017. Mr. Smith resided in the Sanford area doing home renovations and was known as Ray to all of his family and friends. He attended Central Baptist Temple Church for 17 years and dedicated his life to helping others. He was always willing to give his testimony to anyone that would listen. A Memorial service will be held at...
Virginia Turner "Ginny" Cumbee
Apr 25, 2017
Virginia Turner “Ginny” Goudelock Cumbee of Sanford passed away Tuesday April 25, 2017 at Duke University Medical Center. A Memorial service will be held at 3:00pm Friday at First Baptist Church
Mrs. Cumbee was born in Hartsville, SC, and was preceded in death by her father, George E. Goudelock. Ginny retired from teaching following at 32 year career serving...
Dorothy Mildred Kachur
Apr 24, 2017
Dorothy Mildred Kachur (nee Klamm), passed away on Monday April 24, 2017 in Sanford, NC.
Dorothy was born on December 25, 1919, in Chicago, Illinois, the youngest of five daughters born to August Jacob Klamm and Anna Clara Schultz.
During WWII, Dorothy served her country by joining the Women’s Army Corps. After the war, she married Neil Gordon Kachur...
Jeannette Whiteman
Apr 22, 2017
Jeannette Harris Whiteman, 76 of Sanford passed away Saturday April 22, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 2:00pm Tuesday at First Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Buffalo Cemetery.
Mrs. Whiteman was born in Ayden, NC, daughter of the late Lyman Earl Harris and Mary Edna Humphrey Harris. She was a longtime member of First Baptist Church and...
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