Obituaries

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...

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...

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...

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...

Dec 11, 2018

Johnnie Dean Hall, 64 of Sanford passed away Tuesday December 11, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am Friday at Turners Chapel Church. Burial will follow at the family cemetery in Cumnock.

 

Mr. Hall was born in Lee Co, son of the late Jack R Hall Sr and Mary Wall Hall.

 

Surviving is his wife, Bunni...

Dec 11, 2018

Dec 9, 2018

Frances Marie Upchurch Brown, 91 of Sanford passed away Sunday December 9, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 1:00pm Thursday at Lemon Springs Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery.

 

Mrs. Brown was born in Harnett Co, daughter of the late Simeon Addison Upchurch and Iola Miriam Dew Upchurch. She was preceded in death by her...

Dec 9, 2018

Jean Webster Craven, 73 of Sanford passed away Sunday December 9, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 2:00pm Friday at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Center United Methodist Church Cemetery.

 

Mrs. Craven was born in Lee Co the daughter of Marion G. Craven and Arlene Webster Craven. She was a graduate of Meredith College...

Dec 1, 2018

James Archie “Jimmy” Stone, Jr., 66 of Sanford passed away Saturday December 1, 2018. A memorial service will be held 1:00pm Wednesday December 5, 2018 at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home Chapel.

 

Jimmy was born in Sumter, SC to the late James A. Stone, Sr. and Violet Lois Freeman Sauls. Jimmy was an avid sports fan of baseball and basketball.

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Nov 26, 2018

William Earl "Willie" Coombs, 40 of Hampstead formerly of Cameron, passed away Monday November 26, 2018.

 

Arrangements are pending.

 

 

Nov 21, 2018

Ronald Lynn “Ronnie” Bullard, 71 of Sanford passed away Wednesday November 21, 2018, with his family by his side.

 

Ronald was born on July 3, 1947 in Lee County, NC to the late John Wilton Bullard and Ethyleen Baker Bullard. He was a veteran of his country and served in the United States Air Force. Ronald was the retired...

Nov 16, 2018

Shelby Jean Harris, 78 of Cameron passed away Friday November 16, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 11:30am Tuesday at Cypress Presbyterian Church. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery. The family will begin receiving at 10:30 am Tuesday at the Church prior to the Funeral service.

 

Ms. Harris was born in Harnett Co, a daughter of the...

Nov 16, 2018

Lynwood Franklin “Lynn” Coombs, 82 of Cameron passed away Friday morning November 16, 2018.

 

A private service will be held at a later date.

 

Mr. Coombs was born in Jones Co, a son of the late Floyd Lemuel Coombs and Atha Mae Adams Coombs. He was preceded in death by two sons, Thomas Franklin Coombs and Jessie Coombs...

Nov 14, 2018

Steven E. Hempe, 66 of Sanford passed away Wednesday November 14, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 2:00pm Sunday (11/18/2018) at Shallow Well United Church of Christ. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery.

 

Mr. Hempe was born in Mass, son of the late John Daniel Hempe and Helel Marie Pratt Hempe. Steve was a US Air Force...

Nov 12, 2018

Larry G. Blakley, 79 of Sanford passed away Monday November 12, 2018. Graveside services will be held 2:00pm Wednesday at Carbonton United Methodist Church Cemetery.

 

Larry was born November 25, 1938 in Carbonton, NC, son of the late T.J. and Johnnie Belle Fincher Blakley. He was preceded in death by his brothers Tim Blakley and Johnny Blakley; son-in-law Brian...

Nov 6, 2018

Richard A. Elliott, 75 of Sanford passed away Tuesday November 6, 2018. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 4:00pm Saturday November 10th at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home. The family will greet friends following the service.

 

Mr. Elliott was born in Camden, NJ son of the late Aloysius William Elliott and Margaret O’Hare Elliott. Mr. Elliott was...

Nov 3, 2018

Kelly Joe Natte, 58 of Sanford passed away Saturday November 3, 2018.  A Memorial service will be held at 6:00pm Friday November 9th at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home.

 

Mr. Natte was born in Conway, SC, son of the late Kelly Joe Natte Sr and Margie Pauline West Natte.

 

Mr. Natte is survived by a daughter, Brenna Kenneth of...

Nov 1, 2018

Ralph Herbert Fields, 88 of Winston-Salem, formerly of Sanford passed away Thursday November 1, 2018 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice House.

A memorial service will be held at 3 PM on Saturday, November 17 at First Baptist Church, Sanford.

Mr. Fields, a life-long resident of Sanford until this past July, was a son of the late Graham Salmon Fields...

Oct 31, 2018

James G. Ashworth, 78 of Sanford passed away Wednesday October 31, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 2:00pm Monday at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Lee Memory Gardens.

 

Mr. Ashworth was born in Wake Co, son of the late Grady Ashworth and Irene May Fuller Ashworth. He was preceded in death by his grandson,...

Oct 30, 2018

Frances Johanna Gaskins Coggin, 72, of Sanford, passed away on Tuesday, October 30, 2018. Funeral services will be held at Hay Street United Methodist Church in Fayetteville, NC, on Saturday, November 3 at 11:00 a.m. A graveside service will be held at 3:30 p.m. at Westminster Gardens in Greensboro.

 

Fancy was born in Fayetteville on September 22, 1946, and...