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Edna Ruth Barnes Atkinson

Edna Ruth Barnes Atkinson

Dec 21, 2022

Edna Ruth Barnes Atkinson, 95 of Sanford passed away Wednesday December 21, 2022.

 

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm Monday January 2, 2023, at St. Luke United Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Buffalo Cemetery.

 

Mrs. Atkinson was born in Lucama, NC, a daughter of the late Luther Haywood Barnes and Josephine Boyette Barnes. She was...

Diana Leigh Frye

Diana Leigh Frye

Dec 12, 2022

Diana Leigh Frye, 52, of Cameron passed away on Monday December 12, 2022. Funeral services will be held on Monday December 19, 2022 at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home at 2pm. Burial will follow at Lemon Springs Baptist Church.

Diana was a homebody who loved to spend time with her family. She was a beloved grandmother who especially loved playing with...

Peggy Kellam Royals

Peggy Kellam Royals

Dec 12, 2022

Peggy Kellam Handy Royals, 80 of Broadway passed away at her home peacefully, Monday December 12, 2022. Funeral Services will be held Friday December 16th, 2022, at Juniper Springs Baptist Church. 

 

Mrs Royals was born in Guilford County, a daughter of the late John and Thelma Kellam. Mrs Royals was a hairdresser for many years and owned her own...

J. Eugene Rogers

J. Eugene Rogers

Dec 11, 2022

Joseph Eugene Rogers, 93, passed away on Sunday, December 11, 2022 in his home in Sanford. Born in Greensboro on June 9, 1929 to Henry Aaron Rogers and Josie Collins Rogers, Gene is predeceased by his devoted wife of 71 years, Edna Cameron Rogers; sister, Sue Rogers Stancil and brothers Cleotis Rogers, Thurman Rogers and Lawrence Rogers.Gene is survived by two...

William  Earle Patterson

William Earle Patterson

Dec 10, 2022

William Earle Patterson Jr., 94, of Broadway passed away Saturday, December 10, 2022. Memorial services will be held Tuesday, December 20, 2022, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Sanford at 11 am. The family will receive friends at the church following the service.

 

Mr. Patterson was born August 3, 1928, in Charlotte, NC, the son of the late William Earle...

Janice Lynn Williams

Janice Lynn Williams

Dec 6, 2022

Janice Lynn Hickman Williams, 68 of Sanford passed away Tuesday December 6, 2022. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 pm Wednesday December 14th at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home Chapel. The family will greet friends beginning at 1:00 pm Wednesday prior to the Memorial service.

 

Mrs. Williams was born in Charleston, SC and retired from the Department of Defense....

Elias Montiel

Elias Montiel

Dec 5, 2022

Elias Montiel, 31, of Sanford passed away on Monday December 5, 2022. A Funeral Mass will be held on Tuesday December 13, 2022, at St. Stephens Catholic Church at 11am. Burial will follow in the Church cemetery.

Elias was born in California to Alberto Montiel and Francisca Garcia. He always had a smile on his face and everyone who knew...

Irma Graham Autrey

Irma Graham Autrey

Dec 3, 2022

Irma Ruth Graham Autrey 95 of Sanford, passed away on Saturday December 3, 2022. Graveside services will be held on Saturday, December 10, 2022, at 2PM at Union Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Carthage, NC.

 

Mrs. Autrey was born June 6, 1927, in Vass, NC, daughter of William and Lillian Graham. She was preceded in death by her husband of...

Lyman Scott Kittrell

Lyman Scott Kittrell

Nov 30, 2022

Lyman Scott Kittrell, 83, of Sanford passed away November 30, 2022. Funeral services will be held on Monday December 5, 2022, at Cool Springs Baptist Church at 2pm. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

 

The family will receive friends before the service starting at 1pm at the church.

 

Mr. Kittrell was born in Broadway, NC to the...

Viola Doris Hughes

Viola Doris Hughes

Nov 28, 2022

Viola Doris Hughes passed away peacefully on Monday, November 28, 2022.

 

Doris was born on November 4, 1929, in Sanford, ME. The youngest of five siblings, Doris was an inexhaustible force to be reckoned with. She walked into her first day of school with her brother, Rudy, at her side. At the time, Doris only spoke French, but she...

Dr. Robert Seitz Cline

Dr. Robert Seitz Cline

Nov 26, 2022

Dr. Robert Cline died Saturday, November 26th, at The Village of Brookwood, Burlington, NC. He was preceded in death by his wife, Martha Yount Cline.  He is survived by his four children, Dara (and Jim) Linn, Phillip (and Alice) Cline, Mark (and Sandy) Cline and Caroline (and David) Broughton, eight grandchildren and one great grandson. 

 

His educational experiences took...

Mary Alice Dickens

Mary Alice Dickens

Nov 25, 2022

 

Mary Alice Dickens, 90, of Sanford passed away on Friday November 25, 2022. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 pm Sunday December 4, 2022, at Cool Springs Baptist Church Cemetery.

 

Mrs. Dickens was born in Georgia to the late Hoyt Epps and Annie Mae Wall. She was a devoted private CNA that had a great sense of...

Robert Daryle Buffkin

Robert Daryle Buffkin

Nov 25, 2022

Robert Daryle Buffkin, 66, of Sanford passed away on November 25, 2022.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Edgar P. Buffkin and Ida Rose Britt Buffkin, and sisters, Wanda Buffkin Patterson and Kim Buffkin Blanton. 

No arrangments are scheduled at this time.

Andy Lee Hicks Jr.

Andy Lee Hicks Jr.

Nov 23, 2022

 

Andy Lee Hicks Jr., 38, of Cameron passed away on Wednesday November 23, 2022. A graveside service will be held on Monday (11/28/2022) at Brush Creek Baptist Church Cemetery at 1pm. The family will receive friends Monday (11/28/2022) from 10-11am at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home.

 

Mr. Hicks is survived by his father Andy Lee Hicks Sr.; mother Sherrie...

Ann Hardy Stultz

Ann Hardy Stultz

Nov 23, 2022

Ann Hardy Stultz, 96 of Greensboro, formerly of Winston-Salem, passed away Wednesday November 23, 2022.

 

Ann was the second of four children born to the late Jesse Cleveland Hardy and Lema Doss Hardy of Cameron, NC.  She married Bernie Lee Stultz in 1946 and they moved to Winston-Salem that same year after Bernie’s discharge from the Navy. Ann and...

Henry Elmer Woody

Henry Elmer Woody

Nov 22, 2022

Henry Elmer Woody, 84 of Sanford passed away Tuesday November 22, 2022. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 pm Saturday at Emmanuel Baptist Church, Carthage. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery.

 

Mr. Woody was born in Chatham Co son of the late James Walter Woody and Margaret Atkins Woody. He was preceded in death by siblings, Catherine...

Jimmy Lewis O'Quinn

Jimmy Lewis O'Quinn

Nov 22, 2022

Jimmy Lewis O’Quinn, 85 of Sanford passed away Tuesday November 22, 2022. Graveside services will be held at 2pm Sunday at Poplar Springs United Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8pm Saturday at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home.

 

Mr. O’Quinn was born in Harnett County son of the late Robert Lewis O’Quinn and Iola O’Quinn. He was...

Janet Tabor Carter

Janet Tabor Carter

Nov 15, 2022

Janet Tabor Carter, 69, of Sanford passed away Tuesday November 15, 2022. A funeral service will be held at 4:00 pm Sunday November 20, 2022, at Tramway Baptist Church. The family will receive friends Sunday (11/20/2022) starting at 3:00 pm before the service at Tramway Baptist Church. There will be a visitation in Hendersonville, NC at the Refuge Baptist Church...

Mary Louise Matthews

Mary Louise Matthews

Nov 4, 2022

Mary Louise Matthews died on November 4, 2022 at Parkview Retirement Center.   She was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania on August 19, 1931, to Richard and Ruth Matthews.  She was the fourth child of the Matthews family.

 

While growing up, she attended a Presbyterian church in Scranton, Pennsylvania.  She participated in church activities with all members of her family. Mary...

LaFay Stewart Pickard

LaFay Stewart Pickard

Oct 30, 2022

LaFay Stewart Pickard, 84, of Sanford passed away Sunday October 30, 2022. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 pm Sunday November 6, 2022, at Shallow Well Church at. Burial will follow at Buffalo Cemetery.

 

Mrs. Pickard was born in Harnett Co. to the late Talbott McNeill Stewart and Laura Ellen Sloan Stewart.  In addition to her parents, she...

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