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Obituaries

LaRue Bost

LaRue Bost

Apr 18, 2018

LaRue Griffin Bost, 89 of Sanford, passed away Wednesday April 18, 2018. Graveside services will be held at 11AM Saturday April 21, 2018 at Buffalo Cemetery.

 

Mrs. Bost was born July 2, 1928 in Durham County to the late Clyde and Madeline Griffin. LaRue was preceded in death by her husband, Sam Bost and her brother Thomas Holt Griffin...

William Randle Kennedy, Jr.

William Randle Kennedy, Jr.

Apr 17, 2018

William Randle “Bill” Kennedy Jr., 87 of Apex, formerly of Sanford passed away Tuesday April 17, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 11:00am Friday at First Baptist Church Chapel.  Burial will follow at 2:00pm Lafayette Memorial Park in Fayetteville

 

Mr. Kennedy was born in Fayetteville, NC son of the late William Randle Kennedy and Beulah Catherine Dawkins Kennedy....

David Olin Holifield

David Olin Holifield

Apr 16, 2018

David Olin Holifield of Sanford passed away Monday April 16, 2018. A Memorial service will be held at 5:00pm Saturday at Calvary Missionary Methodist Church.

 

David was born in Pensacola, FL and served in the US Army. He was preceded in death by his wife, Tracy Lynn Pate Holifield.

 

Mr. Holifield is survived by his step daughter, Amber...

Richard William Blakeley

Richard William Blakeley

Apr 14, 2018

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Richard William Blakeley Sr. 77, of High Point, formerly of Sanford, peacefully passed away Saturday April 14, 2018 at Central Carolina Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 7:00pm Wednesday April 18, 2018 Rogers Pickard Funeral Home.

 

Richard was born in Lee County, on January 25, 1941 to Grover Blakeley and Mattie Cole Blakeley.

 

Richard is survived...

Shirley Stutts Jeffries

Shirley Stutts Jeffries

Apr 13, 2018

Shirley Stutts Jeffries, 78 of Sanford passed away Friday April 13, 2018. Graveside services will be held at 2:00pm Tuesday at Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery.

 

Mrs. Jeffries was born in Lee Co, daughter of the late Carlton Stutts and Adie Wicker Stutts.

 

Mrs. Jeffries is survived by her son Thomas Ray Jeffries and wife Cindy; daughter, Brenda Armstrong;...

William McPhail Holt Jr

William McPhail Holt Jr

Apr 12, 2018

William McPhail “Bill” Holt Jr, 91, of Sanford, passed away Thursday, April 12, 2018. A Memorial service will be held at 3:00pm Saturday, April 14 at The Jonesboro Presbyterian Church.

 

Mr. Holt, a lifetime resident of Lee County was born in Jonesboro, NC. He was the elder son of the late William McPhail Holt and Bertha Avent Holt. He...

Belva Oelrich

Belva Oelrich

Apr 11, 2018

Belva Farmer Oelrich died April 11, 02018. She was born in Marshall, North Carolina, the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William V. Farmer, on February 14, 1917.

 

After graduating from Marshall High School, she went on to graduate from the University of North Carolina Greensboro (Woman’s College) with majors in Home Economics and Science. She spent the next...

Helen Harrsion Thomas

Helen Harrsion Thomas

Apr 8, 2018

Helen Harrison Thomas, 73 of Cameron peacefully passed away Sunday April 8, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 1:00pm Wednesday at Cameron Presbyterian Church. Burial will follow in the Cameron Church Cemetery.

 

Mrs. Thomas was born in Sanford, a daughter of the late Alonzo Harrison and Thelma Coley Harrison. She was a member of the Cameron Presbyterian Church,...

Kirt Patrick Burns

Kirt Patrick Burns

Apr 7, 2018

Kirt Patrick Burns, 81 of Sanford passed away Saturday April 7, 2018. A memorial service will be held 12:30pm Sunday April 22, 2018 in the Casey Chapel at St. Luke Methodist Church.

 

Stephen Michael Ray

Stephen Michael Ray

Apr 7, 2018

Stephen Michael Ray, 60 of Sanford passed away Saturday April 7, 2018.

 

Arrangements are pending at this time.

 

 

Isaac Seaton Carter

Isaac Seaton Carter

Mar 24, 2018

Isaac Seaton Carter, 77 of Sanford passed away Saturday March 24, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 2:00pm Wednesday at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home. Entombment will follow at Buffalo Cemetery.

 

Mr. Carter was born in Bowden, NC, son of the late Seaton Carter and Evelyn Taylor Carter and preceded in death by siblings, Raeford Thomas Carter and Hilda...

Beatrice Fields

Beatrice Fields

Mar 18, 2018

Beatrice Coggins Fields 91, of Sanford passed away Sunday March 18, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 1:00pm Friday at First Presbyterian Church. Burial will follow at Buffalo Cemetery.

 

She was born in Lee Co, on April 1, 1926, daughter of the late John M. Coggins and Mary Bullard Coggins. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...

Carolyn Elmyra Jarman

Carolyn Elmyra Jarman

Mar 11, 2018

Carolyn Elmyra Poplin Jarman, 84 of Sanford peacefully passed away Sunday March 11, 2018 at Parkview Retirement and Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held at First Baptist Church in Sanford at 1 PM Wednesday March 14, 2018. Burial will be at 4PM at Silver Springs Baptist Church Cemetery in Norwood, NC.

 

She was born in Stanley County, on...

Lisa Lynn McBryde

Lisa Lynn McBryde

Mar 10, 2018

Lisa Lynn McBryde, 58, of Sanford, North Carolina, passed away peacefully March 10, 2018 after a courageous battle with leukemia.

 

She was born July 21, 1959.  Lisa was a lifelong resident of Sanford and graduated from Meredith College.  She owned and operated ABC Daycare for 27 years, touching many families through this work.  After retirement, she served in the...

Laurie Ann Boyce

Laurie Ann Boyce

Mar 5, 2018

Laurie Ann Swetzig Boyce, 65 of Sanford passed away Monday March 5, 2018.

 

The family will receive friends at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home, from 5:30 until 6:30pm Friday followed by a Memorial service at 6:30.

 

Mrs. Boyce was born in Long Beach, CA, daughter of the late Donald Swetzig and Mary Margaret Hunter Swetzig. She was preceded in...

Mildred Kleewein

Mildred Kleewein

Mar 4, 2018

Mildred Burns Kleewein, 90 of Sanford passed away Sunday March 4, 2018.

 

No services are planned at this time.

 

Mrs. Kleewein was a daughter of Kenneth Burns and Viola Hackbarth Burns. She was preceded in death by her husband Alvin Martin Kleewein.

 

Mrs. Kleewein is survived by daughters, Karen Scheidegger (Dennis) of Sanford, and Deanna Sullivan (Dan)...

Claudine Gates

Claudine Gates

Feb 20, 2018

Claudine Johnson Gates, 86 of Fayetteville, passed away Tuesday February 20, 2018. A Memorial service will be held at 2:00pm Tuesday at Asbury United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery.

 

Mrs. Gates was born in Chatham Co, daughter of the late William Roberson Johnson and Mary Valdia Ward Johnson. She was preceded in death by brothers, Larry...

Ivan Ramiro Hernandez

Ivan Ramiro Hernandez

Feb 20, 2018

 

Ivan Ramiro Hernandez, 10 of Sanford passed away Tuesday February 20, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 3pm Friday at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Buffalo Cemetery.

 

Ivan was born in Chapel Hill, son of Ramiro Hernandez and Olimpia Castellanos Hernandez. Ivan was a very special son.

 

Ivan is survived by his parents;...

Kathleen Lemons Baker

Kathleen Lemons Baker

Feb 18, 2018

Kathleen Lemons Wall Baker, 90 of Sanford peacefully passed away Sunday February 18, 2018 at Sanford Health and Rehab Center.

 

She was born in Lee Co, on April 11, 1927 to the late Hugh and Gola Cole Lemons. She retired from Blue Bell and Four Seasons Apparel as a seamstress. Kathleen was a member of White Hill Presbyterian Church.

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Jack Darrell Seon III

Jack Darrell Seon III

Feb 16, 2018

Jack Darrell Seon III, 54, of Cameron passed away Friday February 16, 2018 at Duke University Medical Center. A Funeral Service will be held Monday February 19 at 3:00 pm in the Rogers Pickard Funeral Home Chapel.

 

Jack was preceded in death by his parents, Jack Darrell Seon II and Cynthia McNight Seon.

 

Jack is survived by his...

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