Obituaries

Jan 8, 2019

Gerald Drzewicki, 70 of Sanford passed away Tuesday January 8, 2019.

Memorial Services will be held at 10am on Saturday May 11, 2019 at St. Stephen Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Lee Memory Gardens.

Mr. Drzewicki was born in Bay city, MI, a son of the late Walter Drzewicki and Anna Styvahlski. He was preceded in death by a...

Jan 7, 2019

Sue Ellen Hendricks Helms, 55 of Sanford passed away Monday January 7, 2019.

 

Arrangements are incomplete at this time.

Jan 6, 2019

Robert Lawrence “Bobby” Brown, 72 of Sanford passed away Sunday January 6, 2019. Graveside services will be held at 2:00pm Wednesday at Buffalo Cemetery.

 

Mr. Brown was born in Lee Co, a son of the late Robert Smith Brown and Mary Dean Brown. Bobby’s career included working with Siemens Allis, Whitin Roberts Co, Moore Machine and finished his career...

Jan 2, 2019

Ernest Willard Atkinson, 92, of Sanford passed away January 2, 2019. Funeral services will be held Friday January 4, 2019 at 2pm at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church.

 

Ernest was born in Kenly N.C. to Walter and Mary Atkinson. After he graduated high school, he joined the army and was drafted in World War II. He graduated from Atlantic...

Jan 1, 2019

Panorea Ringas Kehagias, 85, of Sanford passed away January 1, 2019. Graveside services will be held Tuesday January 8, 2019 at 11am at Cross Creek Cemetery in Fayetteville, NC.

 

Mrs. Kehagias was born in Greece and was preceded in death by her husband Nikolas Kehagias and son Gus Nick Kehagias.

 

Dec 29, 2018

Philip Chaffin Yarborough, Jr. passed away December 29, 2018, at home. He was born in Lee County on November 3, 1927, to the late Philip Chaffin Yarborough, Sr. and Wilma Crystal Hartness. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by a sister, Mary Y. Bridgers, a brother, Rufus Melvin Yarborough, a sister-in-law, Mary Thornton Yarborough, his stepmother, Edna Earl...

Dec 28, 2018

Philip Celey Maddox, 83 of Sanford passed away Friday December 28, 2018. Memorial services will be held at 2:00pm Saturday at First Baptist Church. The family will greet friends following the service.

 

Phil grew up in the Tramway community of Lee County and was a proud graduate of Greenwood High School, class of 1954.  He began his career in...

Dec 24, 2018

Walter L. Roberts, 98 of Sanford passed away Monday December 24, 2018. Graveside services will be held at 1:00pm Saturday January 5th at Jonesboro Cemetery.

 

Mr. Roberts was born in Smithfield, NC in 1920, son of the late Walter L. Roberts and Metta Daughtry Roberts. Walter was nine years old when the Great Depression hit. At that time his...

Dec 22, 2018

Eric Stackpole, 66 of Sanford passed away Saturday December 22, 2018. A Memorial service will be held at 1:00pm Thursday at Morris Chapel United Methodist Church.

 

Mr. Stackpole was born in Lee Co, a son of the late Don Mason Stackpole and Doris Marie Cashion Stackpole. He was a heavy equipment operator, loved the water and was an avid...

Dec 21, 2018

Wesley James Miller Sr, 73 of Sanford passed away Friday December 21, 2018.  A Memorial service will be held at 11:00am Friday (12/28/2018) at First Apostolic Church. Burial will follow in New Hampshire at a later date.

 

Mr. Miller was born in Hanover, NH, son of the late George Wesley Miller and Nell Ruth Hathaway Miller. Wesley Sr. served...

Dec 19, 2018

Carolyn Ann Logan Childress, 60, of Cameron passed away December 19, 2018. Funeral services will be held Saturday December 22, 2018 at 2pm at Red Branch Church. A visitation will be held Friday December 21, 2018 from 6-8pm at Rogers Pickard Funeral home.

 

She was born in Chatham Co. daughter of the late Johnny and Elizabeth Logan. She was...

Dec 18, 2018

Ruby Thomas Lanning, 94 of Sanford passed away Tuesday December 18th . Funeral services will be held at 3:00pm Friday at Poplar Springs Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Lee Memory Gardens.

 

Mrs. Lanning was born in Lee Co, NC, a daughter of the late Edgar Phillip Thomas and Lenna Yarborough Thomas. She was preceded in death by her...

Dec 17, 2018

Carner Glenn Andrew “Sid”, 89 of Sanford passed away Monday December 17, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm Thursday at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Hickory Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, in Bear Creek.

 

Mr. Andrew was born in Chatham Co, a son of the late Arthur Monroe Andrew and Lela Tally Andrew. He...

Dec 16, 2018

Charles “Lester” Bullard, 89 of Sanford passed away Sunday December 16, 2018. Memorial services will be held at 2:00pm Friday (12/21/18) at Grace Chapel Church. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery.

 

Mr. Bullard was born in Lee Co, son of the late Charles Carson Bullard and Velma Wicker Bullard. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary...

Dec 12, 2018

Gaynell “Gaye” Hallett Fields (née Arrington), age 92 years, passed away on December 12, 2018.

 

The oldest of 7 children and a child of the Great Depression, she was born in Madisonville, Virginia on April 15, 1926. Gaye ventured to Washington, DC in 1943 where at an accidental lunch table mix-up, she met her first husband and love of...

Dec 11, 2018

Johnnie Dean Hall, 64 of Sanford passed away Tuesday December 11, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am Friday at Turners Chapel Church. Burial will follow at the family cemetery in Cumnock.

 

Mr. Hall was born in Lee Co, son of the late Jack R Hall Sr and Mary Wall Hall.

 

Surviving is his wife, Bunni...

Dec 11, 2018

Dec 9, 2018

Frances Marie Upchurch Brown, 91 of Sanford passed away Sunday December 9, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 1:00pm Thursday at Lemon Springs Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery.

 

Mrs. Brown was born in Harnett Co, daughter of the late Simeon Addison Upchurch and Iola Miriam Dew Upchurch. She was preceded in death by her...

Dec 9, 2018

Jean Webster Craven, 73 of Sanford passed away Sunday December 9, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 2:00pm Friday at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Center United Methodist Church Cemetery.

 

Mrs. Craven was born in Lee Co the daughter of Marion G. Craven and Arlene Webster Craven. She was a graduate of Meredith College...

Dec 1, 2018

James Archie “Jimmy” Stone, Jr., 66 of Sanford passed away Saturday December 1, 2018. A memorial service will be held 1:00pm Wednesday December 5, 2018 at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home Chapel.

 

Jimmy was born in Sumter, SC to the late James A. Stone, Sr. and Violet Lois Freeman Sauls. Jimmy was an avid sports fan of baseball and basketball.

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