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Berta Frances Williams Thomas
Mar 3, 2022
Berta Frances Williams Thomas passed away on March 3, 2022 while in residence at Parkview Health and Rehabilitation Center, Chapel Hill, NC.
Mrs. Thomas was born June 19, 1923 to parents Paul and Lydia Williams. She was a devoted mother and a loyal friend to many. Quiet by nature but whip smart, she was Valedictorian of her Sanford High...
Douglas Arthur Tilton
Mar 3, 2022
Douglas Arthur Tilton, 66, passed away suddenly at Cape Fear Medical Center in Fayetteville, NC March 3, 2022.
He was born August 21, 1955, to Gloria Faith (Lee) Raia and Howard Tilton. He was raised by his beloved mother Gloria Faith and his stepfather James Vincent Raia in Salem, NH where he also attended High School. In 1976 Doug married...
Connie Roden Helms
Mar 2, 2022
Connie Roden Helms, 76 of Sanford passed away Wednesday March 2, 2022.
Arrangements are incomplete at this time.
Julia Ellen Stretton
Mar 2, 2022
Julia Ellen Stretton, 65 of Sanford passed away Wednesday March 2, 2022.
Arrangements are incomplete at this time.
Richard Alton Diver Jr
Mar 2, 2022
Richard Alton Diver Jr., 77 of Sanford passed away Wednesday March 2, 2022. Graveside services will be held at Spivey Family Cemetery at 2pm on Sunday March 6, 2022.
Mr. Diver was born in Lee Co. to the late Richard Alton Sr. and Mattie Mae Spivey. He enjoyed gardening, hunting, fishing, and cooking. In addition to his parents, he...
Delphine Overmyer Howe
Mar 1, 2022
Delphine Howe was a caring wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and friend. She passed away surrounded by family on March 1st at the age of 84. Delphine was the daughter of Carlyle and Florence (Fulkert) Overmyer. She graduated from Harris-Elmore High School and married Preston Howe, of Sarasota, FL, in 1956. Delphine was the matriarch of the Howe family...
Faydine Boulton Currin
Feb 19, 2022
Faydine Boulton Currin, 98, of Sanford passed away peacefully at home on Saturday February 19, 2022, surrounded by family. A joint committal with military honors for Wade M. Currin and Faydine B. Currin will be held on Thursday February 24, 2022, by Rev. Gabe Lamazares at 2pm at the grave site on the corner of Miami Boulevard and Taylor Street...
Jean Johnson Nisbet
Feb 16, 2022
Jean Patton Johnson Nisbet, 96, of Sanford passed away on Wednesday February 16, 2022. A graveside service will be held Monday February 21, 2022 at 1pm at Buffalo Cemetery
Ms. Nisbet grew up in Watertown, Tennessee with her parents, a brother and 3 sisters, and she was valedictorian of her class and earned a Master’s degree in Religious Education at...
Billy Jo Ayers
Feb 15, 2022
Billy Jo Ayers, 51 of Sanford passed away Tuesday February 15, 2022. Funeral services will be Saturday February 19, 2022 at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home at 6pm.
Mr. Ayers is survived by his wife Charity Ayers; son Billy Kamen “Bobo” Ayers; mother Jamie Sue Gilmore; father William Alford Smith; sister Cassie Lee “Sissy” Vera Champney and husband Eric Brent Champney;...
Jimmy Dale Dickens
Feb 13, 2022
Jimmy Dale Dickens, 72 of Cameron, NC passed away February 13, 2022, at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. A memorial service will be held at Faith Baptist Church on Saturday February 19, 2022 at 2pm.
Mr. Dickens is preceded in death by his parents Hampton Elmo Dickens and Janie Whitaker Dickens. Jimmy loved spending time with his family,...
Lynda Gilliam Bowers
Feb 11, 2022
Dateline …. Sanford, NC
Lynda Gilliam Bowers, 94, passed away at her home in the River Landing retirement community in Colfax, NC on February 11, 2022. Graveside services will be held on Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at 2:00PM at Buffalo Cemetery.
There will be a viewing in Buffalo Presbyterian Church one hour prior to the service, also Mrs Bowers...
Clinton Lee " Clint" Baggett
Feb 10, 2022
Clinton Lee “Clint” Baggett 78 of Sanford passed away at UNC Hospital on Thursday February 10, 2022. Graveside services will be held at Cool Springs Baptist Church Cemetery on Monday February 14, 2022, at 2:00pm. The family will receive friends at Cool Springs Baptist Church from 12:30pm till 2:00pm on February 14, 2022.
Clint Baggett was born and raised...
Ernest Jefferson "E.J." Layne
Feb 10, 2022
Ernest Jefferson “E.J” Layne Jr., 81, of Sanford passed away on Thursday February 10, 2022. Graveside services will be held on Sunday February 13, 2022, at 2pm at Buffalo Cemetery.
Mr. Layne was born in Lee Co. to the late Ernest Jefferson Sr. and Rosa Mae Griffith. He was a dedicated member of Shepherd’s Flock Baptist Church. He managed...
Ivan Bruce Williams
Feb 8, 2022
Ivan Bruce Williams Jr. 73, of Sanford passed away at First Health Moore Regional Hospital on February 8, 2022. Services will be held at a later date.
Bruce was preceded in death by his parents Ivan Bruce Williams Sr. and Irene Childress Williams.
Also, his sons Bruce Randall Williams and Kam Williams, a sister Dawana Dybell.
Mr. Williams...
Johnny Ray McKay
Feb 7, 2022
Johnny Ray McKay 66, of Sanford passed away at his home on Monday, February 7, 2022. A graveside service will be held at Buffalo Cemetery on Sunday June 5, 2022, at 2pm.
Johnny is preceded in death by his parents Fredrick Neill McKay and Mary Hester Wilson McKay, a son Gregory N. McKay, Brothers: Neil Alford (Buster), Preston L.,...
Ed Hicks
Feb 3, 2022
Ed Hicks, 82, of Sanford passed away on February 3, 2022 at home surrounded by his family. Funeral services will be held Tuesday February 8, 2022 at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 10am until 12pm, service at noon followed by burial at Lee Memory Gardens.
Mr. Hicks was born in Chatham Co. to the late Frank...
Teresa Gay Spencer
Feb 2, 2022
Teresa Gay Spencer, age 74, of Sanford, N.C., passed away on Wednesday, February 2, 2022, at Westfield Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
She was born on July 14, 1947, in Lee County, N.C. She was a homemaker and enjoyed painting, crafting, and floral design. Teresa was preceded in death by her husband Thomas D. Spencer, and parents Palmer and Virginia...
Ashley Saunders
Jan 31, 2022
Ashley Nicole Saunders, 30, of Sanford passed away Monday January 31, 2022. Funeral services will be held at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home on Saturday February 5, 2022 at 2pm.
Ms. Saunders was born in Lee Co. to Teressa Woodell Coggins and the late Terry Lynn Saunders. In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by her stepfather...
Kay Ann Coles
Jan 31, 2022
On Monday, January 31, 2022, Kay Ann Coles passed away at the age of 68 in her home in Sanford, North Carolina.
Kay was born in Colby, Kansas. Shortly thereafter the family moved to Manhattan, Kansas where she grew up and where her father, Embert served on the faculty of Kansas State University.
She graduated from Kansas State...
Samuel Joseph Wornom III
Jan 30, 2022
Samuel Joseph Wornom III passed away peacefully January 30, 2022 at FirstHealth Hospice House in West End.
A Memorial service will be held at 2:00 pm Saturday April 2nd at Jonesboro Heights Baptist Church.
He was born September 6, 1942 in Hampton, Virginia to the late Betty Fowler Ward Wornom and Samuel Joseph Wornom Jr.
He is...
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