Obituaries

Nov 6, 2018

Richard A. Elliott, 75 of Sanford passed away Tuesday November 6, 2018. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 4:00pm Saturday November 10th at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home. The family will greet friends following the service.

 

Mr. Elliott was born in Camden, NJ son of the late Aloysius William Elliott and Margaret O’Hare Elliott. Mr. Elliott was...

Nov 3, 2018

Kelly Joe Natte, 58 of Sanford passed away Saturday November 3, 2018.  A Memorial service will be held at 6:00pm Friday November 9th at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home.

 

Mr. Natte was born in Conway, SC, son of the late Kelly Joe Natte Sr and Margie Pauline West Natte.

 

Mr. Natte is survived by a daughter, Brenna Kenneth of...

Nov 1, 2018

Ralph Herbert Fields, 88 of Winston-Salem, formerly of Sanford passed away Thursday November 1, 2018 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice House.

A memorial service will be held at 3 PM on Saturday, November 17 at First Baptist Church, Sanford.

Mr. Fields, a life-long resident of Sanford until this past July, was a son of the late Graham Salmon Fields...

Oct 31, 2018

James G. Ashworth, 78 of Sanford passed away Wednesday October 31, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 2:00pm Monday at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Lee Memory Gardens.

 

Mr. Ashworth was born in Wake Co, son of the late Grady Ashworth and Irene May Fuller Ashworth. He was preceded in death by his grandson,...

Oct 30, 2018

Frances Johanna Gaskins Coggin, 72, of Sanford, passed away on Tuesday, October 30, 2018. Funeral services will be held at Hay Street United Methodist Church in Fayetteville, NC, on Saturday, November 3 at 11:00 a.m. A graveside service will be held at 3:30 p.m. at Westminster Gardens in Greensboro.

 

Fancy was born in Fayetteville on September 22, 1946, and...

Oct 30, 2018

Helen Marie Thomas, 81 of Sanford passed away Tuesday October 30, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 3:00pm Sunday at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Jonesboro Cemetery.

 

Mrs. Thomas was born in Robeson Co, daughter of the late Luther Thomas and Gathie Smith Thomas. She was preceded in death by her husband Joel K....

Oct 29, 2018

Betty Jacqueline “Jackie” Gaster died peacefully on October 29, 2018, at the age of 85, surrounded by her loved ones. Jackie was born on May 18, 1933 in Sanford, North Carolina and was proud to be a lifelong Sanford resident. She was the second child of Mary Stone Rives and Henry Wayne Rives, both of Sanford.

 

Jackie worked at...

Oct 29, 2018

Marquis Wicker Patterson, (69) passed away on October 29, 2018 at home with family. He was born in Sanford, N.C. on November 25 1948, to Orus “Pat” Fuquay Patterson, Jr. and Sarah “Sally” Wicker Patterson.

At a later time a private Celebration of Life will be held.

He was preceded in death by his parents Pat and Sally Patterson. He...

Oct 29, 2018

Stephanie Anne Justine Marsh, 22 of Sanford passed away Monday October 29, 2018. A Memorial service will be held at 10:00am Thursday at New Hope Church, 2901 Beechtree Dr, Sanford, NC 27330.

 

Stephanie is survived by her parents, Donald Pete Marsh and Vickie Lynn Schwersinske Marsh; sisters, Rebecca Dickerson (Aaron)of CO, and Amy Kinney (Chris) of WA; biological father,...

Oct 27, 2018

Oct 19, 2018

Gladys Godwin Thomas went to be with the Lord Friday, October 19, 2018 surrounded by her family and friends. Graveside services will be held at 2:00pm Wednesday at Buffalo Cemetery.

 

She was preceded in death by her husband Paul Thomas Jr. and his parents. She was also preceded in death by her parents Fred Walter Godwin and Rebecca W....

Oct 19, 2018

Patrick Jeffrey Matheson, 59 of Sanford passed away Friday October 19, 2018. There will be no services at this time.

Patrick was born in Monterey, CA son of the late Robert Broughton Matheson and Nora Mae Thorton Matheson.

Mr. Matheson is survived by sisters, Joanna Matheson, Amy Matheson, and a brother Benjie Matheson, and Billy Ellis.

Oct 18, 2018

Ruby Wilson Greenwood Belsma, 88 of Sanford passed away Thursday October 18, 2018. 

Ruby Wilson Greenwood Belsma died unexpected at home on October 18, 2018 in Sanford, NC at the age of 88. Funeral services will be held at 2:00pm Sunday at Grace Chapel Church. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery.

Ruby is survived by her daughter Phyllis McAuley...

Oct 18, 2018

Angela Jeanette Upchurch, 54 of Sanford passed away Thursday October 18, 2018. A Memorial service will be held at 3:00pm Saturday at Life Springs Church.

Ms. Upchurch was born in Sanford daughter of the late Faye Stone Fosnough. Angela loved helping her family friends and neighbors and attending her grandchildren’s different events. She had a special passion for animals and...

Oct 16, 2018

Cora Lee Britt Ashburn, 76 of Cameron passed way Tuesday October 16, 2018. Graveside services will be held at 2pm Wednesday Oct 17,2018 at Buffalo Cemetery.

 

Mrs. Ashburn was born in Carthage, daughter of the late Matthew Thomas Britt and Suzie Bunnell Britt. She was preceded in death by her husband James Emit Ashburn.

 

Mrs. Ashburn is survived...

Oct 16, 2018

W. Scott Swindell, Jr., 81, of Sanford passed away Tuesday October 16, 2018. A Memorial Service will be held at 2:00pm Saturday at Jonesboro United Methodist Church. A private family committal will be held at the First Baptist Church Columbarium. The family will greet friends following the Memorial Service in the Wesley Center.

 

Mr. Swindell was born in New...

Oct 12, 2018

Anne Ellen Crowder Proctor, 81 of Sanford passed away Friday October 12, 2018. A Memorial Service will be held at 10:00 am on Wednesday October 17, at St. Luke United Methodist Church. There will be a reception immediately following the service.

 

The family is thankful that her passing came suddenly, without suffering. She spent the final weeks before her...

Oct 5, 2018

Sydney Alexandria Farris 23, of Sanford died October 5, 2018.

Arrangements are incomplete at this time.

Oct 3, 2018

William Malloy “Bill” Arnold Jr, 85, of Sanford, passed away Wednesday, October 3, 2018. A Memorial service will be held at 3:00pm Sunday, October 7th at The Jonesboro Presbyterian Church, with Internment immediately following at the Jonesboro Cemetery.  Visitation will be held at the church fellowship hall beginning at 2pm.

 Bill was a proud lifetime resident of Lee County, was...

Oct 1, 2018

Joel K. “The Bowman” Thomas, 79 of Sanford passed away Monday October 1, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 11:30am Saturday October 6th at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Jonesboro Cemetery.

 

Mr. Thomas was born in Lee Co, a son of the late Elbert Gilbert Thomas and Ida Sawyer Thomas. He coached numerous kids...