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Bertha "Bert" Lemon Matthews
Dec 17, 2021
Bertha Lemon “Bert” Matthews, 83 of Sanford passed away Friday December 17, 2021. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 pm Wednesday (12/22/2021) at Lemon Springs United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery. Born in Danville, PA, she was a daughter of the late Leon L. Lemon and Esther Engler Lemon. She was preceded in death by...
Ida E. "Tink" Collins Barrett
Dec 16, 2021
Ida Evelyn “Tink” Collins Barrett, 91, of Sanford passed away Thursday December 16, 2021. A committal will be held on Wednesday December 29, 2021, at 12 pm at Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery. She was born in Lee Co a daughter of the late Robert Caviness Collins Sr. and Lillie Utley Collins. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in...
Katie Oldham Dull-Nipper
Dec 14, 2021
Katie Oldham Dull Nipper, 86 of Sanford passed away Tuesday, December 14, 2021. Graveside services will be held at 2pm on Friday December 17, 2021, at Buffalo Cemetery.
Born in Chatham Co, she was a daughter of the late John Steadman Oldham and Mamie Hunt Oldham. She enjoyed antique cars. She was a dedicated member of Central Baptist Temple and...
Rodney Gaines
Dec 14, 2021
Rodney Harold Gaines, 46, of Sanford, NC, passed away in Moore County Regional Hospital on December 14, 2021 after a battle with COVID-19 and pneumonia. Rodney was born on April 8, 1975 to Harold Monroe Gaines and Donna Marie Stackpole.
Rodney was a devoted husband and father, a loving brother, and a friend you could always count on. He served...
Gerald Bouchard
Dec 10, 2021
MSG (Ret.) Gerald (Jerry) O. Bouchard 78, passed away on Friday December 10, 2021, after a long and courageous battle with Alzheimer’s and chronic leukemia. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, December 15, 2021, at 1:00pm at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home.
He was born July 5,1943, to the late Leona Albert Bouchard and Homer Bouchard also preceded in death...
Thomas Allen Coble Jr.
Dec 8, 2021
Thomas “TJ” Allen Coble, Jr., 28, passed away Wednesday December 8, 2021. A memorial service will be held on December 15, 2021, at 2 pm.
Mr. Coble is survived by his parents Thomas Allen Coble Sr. and Donna Excelle Allen Coble, sisters Krystal Allen of Laurinburg, Jessica Daw husband Ernest of Sanford. Special nieces Kayla Allen Debbie Daw and nephews...
Carolyn Dowd Blackman
Dec 7, 2021
Carolyn Dowd Blackman, 87, of Waxhaw, formerly of Sanford passed away Tuesday, December 7, 2021. Funeral services will be held at 2:30pm Sunday, December 12th, at Lemon Springs Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Church cemetery.
Mrs. Blackman was born in Lee County daughter of the late Lacy Lee Dowd and Ruby McDonald Dowd. She was preceded in death...
Jimmie Bunyan Vick Jr.
Dec 7, 2021
Jimmie Bunyan Vick Jr. (J.B.), 92, of Sanford passed away peacefully on December 7, 2021 with family by his side. Funeral services will be held 3:00pm on Saturday December 11, 2021 at East Sanford Baptist Church.
J.B. was born in Edgecombe Co. to the late Jimmie Bunyan Vick and Lessie Joyner. In addition to his parents, he was also...
Janet Dixon Smith
Dec 6, 2021
Janet Dixon Smith, 88 of Sanford passed away Sunday December 5, 2021. A graveside service will be held at 1pm Saturday at Asbury United Methodist Church cemetery.
Mrs. Smith was born in Halifax Co, a daughter of the late Willie Thomas Dixon and Willie Margaret Beale. She was preceded in death by siblings, Virginia Joyner (JD), Mary Joyce Harrel (Joe),...
Tony Lynn Deal
Dec 4, 2021
Tony Lynn Deal, 64 of Sanford passed away Saturday, December 4, 2021. Funeral services will be held at 3pm Wednesday December 8, 2021, at Chatham United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in the Church cemetery. Mr. Deal was born in San Antonio, TX a son of Bobby James Deal and the late Allie Maxine Young Deal. Tony spent a lot...
Jeffrey Scott Brooks
Dec 4, 2021
Jeffrey Scott Brooks, 58 of Sanford passed away Saturday December 4, 2021. Private services will be held at a later date.
Mr. Brooks was born in Lincoln, NE son of the late Harold Benjamin Brooks and Lula “Marlene” Jones Wallman. He was a Veteran of the US Army and was a welder. Mr. Brooks is survived by his son, Phillip...
James Lee Gautier
Dec 1, 2021
James Lee Gautier, 73, of Sanford passed away Wednesday December 1, 2021. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday December 4, 2021, at 1pm at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home.
Mr. Gautier was born in Lee Co. to the late James Lloyd Gautier and Clara Mae Gunter. He enjoyed having breakfast with his friends at Bo-Jangles, dancing and visiting at the...
Sarah Elizabeth Rogers Baxley Roundy
Nov 28, 2021
Private graveside services for Sarah Elizabeth Rogers Baxley Roundy, 92 of Sanford who passed away Sunday November 28, 2021, were held on Friday December 3, 2021, at Buffalo Cemetery by Rev. Dr. Calvin Sayles.
Mrs. Roundy was born in Lee Co, daughter of the late Leonard L. Rogers and Ida Mae Everett Rogers. She was preceded in death by husbands,...
Lucretia Childers Flynn
Nov 26, 2021
Lucretia Rose Childers Flynn, 73 formally from Sanford passed away Friday November 26, 2021. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 Thursday December 2 ,2021 at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Barbecue Presbyterian Church cemetery. Lucretia was born in Wake County, NC on July 31, 1948, to the late Robert Louis Childers and Pauline Johnson Childers....
Christopher Wayne Baker
Nov 25, 2021
Christopher Wayne Baker, 30 passed away Thursday November 25, 2021.
Chris was born June 20, 1991, in Orange County to Keith Wayne Baker and the late April Tilton Baker. Chris is survived by his sons Kayden Wayne Baker and Joey Baker; his father Keith Wayne Baker; brother Robert Michael Baker; grandparents Mary Kelly (Junior) and Gail Denning Godfrey (Beverly Godfrey)....
James "Jim" Wicker King Jr.
Nov 24, 2021
James “Jim” Wicker King Jr., 69, of Sanford passed away Wednesday November 24, 2021, after a tough battle with Alzheimer’s. A memorial service will be held at 7:30 pm Thursday December 30th at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home. The family will greet friends from 6:00 until 7:30 Thursday prior to the Memorial service Mr. King was born in Lee Co. to...
Irene Flint Stanley Garver
Nov 18, 2021
Irene Flint Stanley Garver of The Carolina Trace, Sanford, NC, died peacefully in her sleep early the morning of November 18, 2021. She was 101, having been born March 30, 1920, at Kansas City, Kansas, where she was for more than 50 years married to Scott Stanley Sr., a commercial realtor and real-estate investor. They had five children: Scott Jr....
Paul Laster Wicker Jr.
Nov 16, 2021
Paul Laster Wicker Jr. passed away peacefully into God’s loving arms on November 16, 2021, at the age of 102. He was a devoted son and a beloved husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, uncle, and friend to many.
He was the son of Paul Laster Wicker Sr. and Mallie Burns Wicker. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...
Trina Clark Oldham
Nov 15, 2021
Trina Brooks Clark Oldham, 57, of Sanford passed away Monday November 15, 2021. A Memorial service will be held at 2:00pm Thursday at Pocket Presbyterian Church.
Trina was born in Sanford, daughter of Frances Allen Granger and the late Joseph Ellis Clark Jr. She was a member of Pocket Presbyterian Church and currently serving as Diaconate. Trina loved the beach...
John William Hill II
Nov 11, 2021
John William Hill II, 54, passed away November 11, 2021. John was born in Chatham County to John William Hill I and the late Charlene Gray. He enjoyed sports; his favorite team was UNC. He worked in ministry for several prisons. He loved his family, especially his grandchildren. In addition to his mother, he was preceded in death by his...
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