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Obituaries
Dale Eugene Betts
May 28, 2019
Dale Eugene Betts, 63 of Cameron died Tuesday May 28, 2019. Private services will be held at a later date.
Mr. Betts was born in Ft Riley, KS, a son of Arthur Lewis Betts and the late Wilma Alberta Griffith Betts. Dale was a Veteran of the US Army serving with the 82nd Airborne. He loved taking care of...
Keith "Joey" Joseph Read
May 25, 2019
Keith Joseph “Joey” Read, 36, of Sanford passed away Saturday May 25, 2019. A Celebration of Life will be held on Thursday May 30, 2019 at 7pm at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home.
Joey was born in Portsmouth Virginia to Keith Read and Deborah Jones. He was a devoted father to his precious daughter Madison. He loved comic books, reading...
Relmond Otis "RO" Pace, Jr
May 25, 2019
Relmond Otis “R. O.” Pace, Jr, 86 of Sanford passed away Saturday May 25, 2019. Funeral service will be held at 3:00pm Saturday June 1st at Trinity Lutheran Church.
Mr. Pace was born in in Bailey, NC a son of the late Relmond O. Pace Sr and Nevada Beard Pace. He was preceded in death by siblings, Florence, Rella,...
Emma Diane Wilson
May 25, 2019
Emma “Diane” Wilson 65 of Sanford passed away peacefully on Saturday May 25, 2019, after a short illness. A graveside service will be held at Buffalo Cemetery on Friday, May 31 at 1:00pm. The family encourages attendees to dress comfortably for the weather. The family will greet friends at the Flame Steak House, 109 Carbonton Road, Sanford, following the Graveside...
Gerald Franklin Jackson
May 17, 2019
Gerald Franklin Jackson, 86, passed away Friday, May 17, 2019. A Celebration of Life service will take place at First Baptist Church on Monday at 2:30 pm.
Gerald was born and raised in Lincolnton, NC. The son of Arthur and Bertie Jackson, he was a resident of Sanford for the last 49 years.
Gerald, a graduate of...
Glenn Ray Gunter
May 16, 2019
Glenn Ray Gunter, 86, of Sanford passed away Thursday May 16, 2019. Funeral services will be held at 2:00pm Sunday at Pocket Presbyterian Church. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery.
Mr. Gunter was born in Lee Co a son of the late Alfred J Gunter and Flossie Jane Wicker Gunter. He was preceded in death by his daughter,...
Herbert Clayton "H.C." Moretz
May 16, 2019
Herbert Clayton “H.C.” Moretz
One of Sanford’s most colorful residents, Herbert Clayton “H.C.” Moretz (86) passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on May 16, 2019 at Central Carolina Hospital.
He had been in failing health but was his indomitable self until hospitalized. Always with a strong opinion and not afraid to state it, he was a prolific...
Russell W. Townsend
May 14, 2019
Russell Washington Townsend Jr. 69 of Sanford passed away at home with his family on Tuesday May 14, 2019. Memorial services will be held at 4:00pm Friday May 17, 2019 at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home.
Mr. Townsend was born in Cumberland County son of the late Russell Washington Townsend Sr. and Alma Croom Townsend.
He is survived by...
Elzie Randell Whitt
May 13, 2019
Elzie Randell Whitt, 72 of Sanford, passed away Monday May 13,2019. Funeral services will be held 4:00pmThursday May 16, 2019 at Calvary Missionary Methodist Church. Burial will be private.
Mr. Whitt was born in West Virginia November 7, 1946 to the late Ernest Whitt and Dora McKoy Whitt. He is also preceded in death wife Edna Jean Whitt; brother...
Milton Thomas Cole
May 9, 2019
Milton Thomas Cole, 83, of Carthage passed away Thursday May 9, 2019. Funeral services will be held at 2:00pm Saturday at White Hill Presbyterian Church with Rev. Brown Patton and Dana Brewer officiating. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery.
Mr. Cole was born January 20, 1936 to the late Lealon “Red” and Mae Tillman Cole. He was preceded...
Ernest Raymond Hester
May 3, 2019
Raymond Hester, 89, of Sanford, passed away Friday May 3, 2019. Funeral services will be held at 11am Monday at Cool Springs Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery.
Mr. Hester was born in Granville County on October 8, 1929 to the late Moffitt David Hester and Hazel Parrott Hester. He was also preceded in death by...
Joseph Russell Phillips
May 3, 2019
CWO4 Joseph Russell Phillips, US Army Retired, 90, of Sanford passed away Friday May 3, 2019. Funeral services will be held at 4pm Thursday May 9th at Calvary Missionary Methodist Church. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery.
Mr. Phillips was born in Randolph Co, a son of the late David Yokeley and Elva Rumley Yokeley. He was also...
Kaye Francis Peters
May 1, 2019
Kaye Francis Meadows Peters, 81 of N Topsail Beach peacefully passed away Wednesday May 1, 2019.
Mrs. Peters was born in Lincoln Co, WVa, daughter of the late Ronald W. Meadows Sr and Lois Woodrum Meadows. She was preceded in death by a son, Mike Peters and her brother, Ronnie Meadows Jr.
Mrs. Peters is survived by her...
Marie Childress
May 1, 2019
Marie Briggs Childress, 88 of Sanford passed away Wednesday May 1, 2019. Graveside services will be held at 11:00am Saturday at Buffalo Cemetery.
Mrs. Childress was born in Lee Co, a daughter of the late Ernest Gilbert Lee Briggs and Mattie Pearl Conrad Briggs. She was preceded in death by her husband, Nelson “Scrub” Childress Jr, and her sister,...
James Edward Garner
Apr 29, 2019
James Edward Garner, 61 of Sanford passed away April 29,2019.
Graveside services will be held at 11:00am Friday at Center United Methodist Church Cemetery.
Mr. Garner was born in Lee Co, son of Ruth Jeffries Garner and the late Robert Lynn Garner. He loved fishing and was quite a musician and a gifted lead guitarist.
In addition...
John Wesley Reddington
Apr 29, 2019
John Wesley Reddington, 30 of Sanford, formerly of Bourbonnais, IL passed away Monday April 29, 2019. No services will be held at this time.
James Richard Laurie
Apr 28, 2019
James Richard “Jim” Laurie, 75 of Sanford passed away Sunday April 28, 2019. A Memorial service will be held at 2:00 pm Friday at First Baptist Church Sanctuary. The family will greet friends following the service in the Church Parlor.
Mr. Laurie was born in Baltimore County, Maryland, a son of the late James C. Laurie and Fae Zimbower....
Marietta "Retta" Gilman
Apr 27, 2019
Marietta “Retta” Gilman passed away peacefully on April 27, 2019 in Chapel Hill. Retta was born in Rochester, NY to the late Jacob Henry Kraus and Mary Whitman Kraus. She was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years Allan Albert Gilman. Retta is survived by her brother James Kraus of St. Paul, Minnesota and her four sons and...
Margaret Elaine Patterson
Apr 23, 2019
Margaret Elaine Patterson, 65 of Sanford passed away Tuesday April 23, 2019. Memorial services will be held at 2:00pm Saturday at Eastside Pentecostal Holiness Church.
Ms. Patterson was born in Vidalia, Georgia, daughter of the late Harold Eschol Adams and Margaret Elizabeth Humphries Adams. She was preceded in death by her sisters Harriet Carter and Elizabeth “Libby” Rabe. Elaine...
Barry Alan Hill
Apr 23, 2019
Barry Alan Hill 47 of Sanford died April 23, 2019. Memorial services will be held Sunday April 28, 2019 at 4pm at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home.
Mr. Hill was born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, son of the late Floyd Edward Hill and Carol Joyce Harper Hill. He was preceded in death by his grandmother Blanche Harper.
Mr. Hill is...
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