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Brian Cory Hinesley
May 8, 2016
Brian Cory Hinesley, 45 of Sanford passed away Sunday May 8, 2016 after a courageous battle with cancer. A Memorial service will be held at 6:00pm Wednesday, May 11th, at Carbonton United Methodist Church. The family will greet friends following the service.
Brian was born in Henderson, a son of the late Dockery Randall Hinesley and Dorothy Marie Howard....
Charles Bertrand Hann Jr
May 4, 2016
Charles Bertrand Hann, Jr, 84 of Sanford passed away Wednesday May 4, 2016 at his home. A Memorial service will be held 10:00am Wednesday (5/11/16) at St Francis Anglican Church by Fr. Craig Lister.
Mr. Hann was born in Baltimore, MD, son of the late Charles B. Hann Sr and Louise Caulk Hann. He was a graduate of the...
Raymond E. Simmerson
May 4, 2016
Raymond “Earl” Simmerson, 72, of Sanford passed away Wednesday May 4, 2016. The family will receive friends in the Colonnade of First Presbyterian Church at 10:00am Saturday, May 14, 2016.
Mr. Simmerson was born in Elizabeth City, NC, son of the late Raymond Simmerson and Dorothy Weaver Simmerson. His family moved to Sanford when Earl was in the 9th grade....
Lespie Smith
Apr 30, 2016
Lespie Stewart Smith, 89 of Sanford passed away Saturday April 30, 201 at Wake Forest Baptist Health Center. A Memorial service will be held at 11:00am Wednesday at Jonesboro Baptist Church. Burial will be held at 10am Wednesday Shallow Well cemetery.
A longtime resident of Sanford, Lespie was born in Harnett County coming to Sanford after her graduation from...
Larry William Freeman
Apr 27, 2016
Larry W. Freeman of Elizabethtown, formerly of Cameron passed away Wednesday April 27, 2016. A Memorial service will be held at 2:00pm Sunday at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home Chapel.
Mr. Freeman was born in Lee Co. He was a Veteran of the National Guard, a longtime truck driver, worked in the Asphalt business for many years and retired from...
Frank Odell Powers
Apr 26, 2016
Frank Odell Powers, 87 passed away Tuesday April 26, 2016. Graveside services will be held at 4:00pm Thursday at Lee Memory Gardens.
Mr. Powers was born in Chatham Co son of the late Frank B. Powers and Susie Stone Powers. He was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret Anne Stewart Powers and retired as Captain with the Sanford...
Mary Wall Hall
Apr 23, 2016
Mary Wall Hall, 84 of the Cumnock Community, passed away Saturday, April 23, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 11:00am Wednesday at Cumnock Union Methodist Church. Burial will follow in the Hall Family Cemetery.
Mrs. Hall was born in Yadkin Co, a daughter of the late Rossie Wall and Minnie Eads Hall. She was preceded in death by her...
Allen Chilton
Apr 18, 2016
Allen Gray Chilton passed away on Monday April 18, 2016 at Westfield Rehabilitation and Health Center in Sanford after a long battle with cancer, and after recently celebrating the 20th anniversary of his heart transplant. He was 82.
Allen was born December 21, 1933 in Pinnacle, North Carolina. He was a proud member of Sanford High School’s Class of 1953...
Gordon Roger Button
Apr 16, 2016
Gordon Roger Button, 69 of Sanford passed away Saturday evening, April 16, 2016. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.
Buttons as he was affectionately known was born in Buffalo, NY on July 21, 1946. Buttons retired from Noble Oil in Oil Refinery Operations. He served proudly in the US Army and the US Air...
Daniel Edgar Cockman
Apr 8, 2016
Daniel Edgar “Danny” Cockman, 55 of Broadway passed away Friday April 8, 2016, at his home.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00pm Tuesday at San Lee Chapel. Burial will follow at Pineywood Baptist Church Cemetery in Cameron.
Mr. Cockman was born in Lee Co, son of the late Robert Cockman and Patsy Holder Cockman. He was preceded...
James Emit Ashburn
Apr 6, 2016
James Emit Ashburn, 76 of Cameron passed away Wednesday April 6th 2016 at his residence. Graveside services will be held 2:00pm Friday at Buffalo Cemetery.
Mr. Ashburn was born in Lee Co, son of the late Robert E. Ashburn and Nancy Ayers Ashburn. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by sisters, Lucille Cooper and Nonnie...
Ruth H Naylor
Apr 6, 2016
Ruth Hairr Naylor, 90, of Sanford passed away Wednesday April 6, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 3:00pm Saturday at First Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Buffalo Cemetery.
Ruth was born and raised in Sampson County, NC and was the daughter of Wiley Eschol Hairr and Elizabeth Tew Hairr. In 1950, she moved, with her husband James, to...
Condairy Windham
Mar 23, 2016
Condairy Windham, 68 of Sanford passed away Wednesday March 23, 2016. Graveside services will be held at 11:00am Tuesday (3/29/16) at Buffalo Cemetery.
Mr. Windham was born in Lee Co, son of the late Franklin Hubert Windham and Maybelle Riddle Windham. He was preceded in death by his wife, Connie Comer Windham; siblings, Tommy, Craven and George Windham and...
Donald Ray Marcum
Mar 20, 2016
Donald Ray Marcum, 68 of Sanford passed away Sunday March 20, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 2:00pm Saturday (3/26/16) at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Lee Memory Gardens.
Mr. Marcum was born in West Virginia son of the late Billy Marcum and Virginia Ruth Corns Marcum. He was preceded in death by a...
Donald D. Barrow
Mar 19, 2016
Donald D. Barrow 68, of Fayetteville passed away Saturday March 19, 2016 at State Veterans Nursing Home in Fayetteville, NC.
Services will be held at a later date.
Mr. Barrow was born in Grants Pass, OR, son of the late Albert Barrow and Marjorie Lowry Barrow. He was a veteran of the US Navy. He is survived by his son,...
James A. "Jimmy" Edwards
Mar 19, 2016
Jimmy, age 77, of Charlotte and Myrtle Beach died Saturday, March 19,2016 at Sanford Health and Rehabilitation. A celebration of life will be held 2:00, Sunday, April 3rd, 2016 at Shallow Well Church. Immediately following the service the family will host a lunch catered by Golden Corral.
Born June 18, 1938 in Raleigh, N.C. Jimmy was preceded in death by...
Lillie Sheffield Bibey
Mar 16, 2016
Lillie Goins Sheffield Bibey 82, of Sanford passed away Wednesday March 16, 2016 at her home. A private service will be held at a later date.
She was born in Lee County to the late Joseph Pete Goins and Nellie Baker Goins. She is also preceded in death by her son Carl Sheffield, Jr.
She is survived by...
Billy Reid Spivey
Mar 6, 2016
Billy Reid Spivey, 77 of Sanford passed away Sunday March 6, 2016. A private service will be held at a later date.
Mr. Spivey was born in Lee Co , son of the late Howard Clayton Spivey and Mae Hill McDuffie Spivey.
Mr. Spivey is survived by his brother, Russell Spivey and wife Diane of Sanford; two nieces...
H. Wayne Poole
Mar 2, 2016
Halford “Wayne” Poole, 63 of Sanford passed Wednesday March 2, 2016 at his home. A Memorial service will be held at 6:00pm Monday (3/7/2016) at First Congregational Christian Church, 328 McIver St, Sanford.
Mr. Poole was born in Sanford and preceded in death by his mother, Ruby Poole. Mr. Poole worked with the City of Sanford’s Water Dept. for...
Kathleen Mary Weston
Feb 28, 2016
Kathleen Mary Kilchewski Weston, 62 of Sanford passed away Sunday February 28, 2016. A Memorial service will be held at a later date.
Mrs. Weston was born in Southington, CT daughter of the late Eugene Lawrence Kilchewski and Marion Sophie Malavenda Kilchewski. She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul Weston and a son Scott Joseph Weston. Kathleen...
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