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Obituaries
Judy Raymond Mann
Apr 24, 2024
Judith Raymond Mann, 82, of Sanford passed away on Wednesday (4/24/24). A visitation will be held on Saturday (5/18/24) at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home from 2-3pm. A memorial service will follow beginning at 3pm.
Judy was born in Jonesboro (Lee Co.) to the late Raymond Harvey Mann Jr. and Annie Lois Thomas. She was preceded in death by her late husband,...
Julia White Capps
Apr 24, 2024
Julia White Capps, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, educator, and community member, passed away in Sanford, North Carolina on Wed. April 24, 2024.
She was born in Stovall, NC, to Ernestine Frazier and Joseph Royal White. Julia was preceded in death by her husband, Allen Earl Capps, her sister Marjorie White Faucette, and brothers David and Gerald White.
Julia's life was one of...
Wayne Evander Freeman Sr
Apr 22, 2024
Wayne Evander Freeman Sr, 78 of Sanford passed away Monday April 22, 2024. A Celebration of Life will be held at 2:00 pm Wednesday May 15th at the Sanford Elks Lodge 1679.
Mr. Freeman was born in Cameron, NC a son of the late William Neal “Nehi” Freeman Sr and Lois Morris Freeman. He was preceded in death by brothers, Larry...
Richard M. Betts
Apr 16, 2024
Lieutenant Colonel Richard Miles Betts, US Army Chaplain Retired, 92 of Sanford, NC peacefully passed away at home on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, April 30 at 11 am at Cool Springs Baptist Church, Sanford. The family will greet friends before the service, 10-11 am. A private burial will be held at Sandhills State...
Jeffrey Paul St. Hilaire
Apr 15, 2024
Jeffrey St. Hilaire, born in Framingham, MA on October 12, 1984, passed away unexpectedly at his home in Sanford, NC at the age of 39 on April 15, 2024. He was a talented artist with a loving soul who touched the lives of everyone around him. Jeff met his wife, Victoria Mantalos, during his nursing education at UMass Boston. The...
Josephine Floyd Lane
Apr 15, 2024
Josephine Floyd “Jo” Lane, 93 of Sanford, formerly of Fayetteville, was ushered into heaven on the wings of a prayer surrounded by love at 11:27 am Monday April 15, 2024. The family will greet friends at 10:00 am Monday April 22, 2024, in the Parlor at First Baptist Church, with the memorial service following in the Chapel at 11:00am.
Mrs. Lane...
Robert Lewandowski
Apr 10, 2024
Robert “Bob” Lewandowski, 85 of Sanford passed away Wednesday April 10, 2024. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 pm Saturday May 18, 2024 at St Thomas Episcopal Church. The family will greet friends following the service.
Bob was born in Brooklyn, NY son of the late Zane Lewandowski and Anna Guzek Lewandowski. He was preceded in death by a...
Helga Müller Gunter
Apr 6, 2024
Helga Müller Gunter, 86 of Sanford passed away Saturday April 6, 2024. The family will greet friends from 5:00 until 7:00 pm Wednesday at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home. A memorial service will follow at 7:00.
Helga was born in Wiesbaden Germany on February 9, 1938. She was the daughter of the late Jakob and Elizabeth Müller. In addition to her parents, she...
Dorothy Stevens
Apr 5, 2024
Dorothy Womble Stevens, 99 of Sanford passed away Friday April 5, 2024. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 am Friday April 12, 2024, at Broadway Town Cemetery.
Mrs. Stevens was born in Moncure daughter of the late George Moody Womble and Maude Odell Hearn Womble. She was preceded in death by her husband, Layton M. Stevens, a son, Robert G. “Bob”...
Margie Ruth Thomas Murchison
Mar 29, 2024
Margie Ruth Thomas Murchison passed away on March 29, 2024 at the age of 95. Visitation will be held on Thursday, April 4, 2024 at 1:00 PM at Rogers-Pickard Funeral Home followed by a graveside service at 3:00 PM at Buffalo Church Cemetery.
Margie was born to Decie Barber Thomas and John E. Thomas on November 22, 1928. She was the...
Carolyn Hawley Ausley
Mar 25, 2024
Carolyn Hawley Ausley died early Monday morning, March 25, 2024 at her home with her
children by her side. She was born May 10, 1942, in Dunn, North Carolina to Thomas Earl
Hawley and Jewel Williams Hawley.
Carolyn attended the Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina, “the WC,” in 1960.
She married her childhood sweetheart, the late Andrew Harold Ausley, Sr. and...
Marie Stone Gunter
Mar 20, 2024
Marie Stone Gunter, 91 of Sanford passed away Wednesday March 20, 2024. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm Sunday (3/24/2024) at Pocket Presbyterian Church. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery.
Mrs. Gunter was born in Durham Co a daughter of the late Mattie Stone. She was preceded in death by her husband, Glenn Ray Gunter, her daughter, Audrey...
Katsuko Ishihara Whitlow
Mar 12, 2024
Katsuko Ishihara Whitlow, 85 of Cameron passed away Tuesday March 12, 2024. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 am Thursday March 21st at Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery, Ft. Liberty, NC.
Mrs. Whitlow was born in Japan a daughter of the late Hiro Mon and Kiyoko Onaha. She was preceded in death by her husband George Taylor Whitlow.
Mrs. Whitlow is survived...
Stephen Ray Suitt
Mar 10, 2024
Stephen Ray “Steve” Suitt, 73 of Sanford passed away Sunday March 10, 2024. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 am Thursday (3/14/2024) at St Luke United Methodist Church.
Steve was born in Lee Co, a son of the late Nelson Thomas Suitt Sr and Peggy Nan Campbell Suitt. He was a graduate of Sanford Central High School and Shaw...
Pablo Rubio
Mar 6, 2024
Pablo Rubio, 87 of Sanford passed away Wednesday March 6, 2024. Services will be private.
Mr. Rubio was born in Honduras a son of the late Pedro Rubio and Albertina Velazques. He was a very talented man who could do most anything from carpentry to being a mechanic and could fix anything. Pablo Rubio was a dedicated husband, father, grandfather, and...
Anne Bailey Andrew
Mar 5, 2024
Anne Bailey Andrew, 92 of Sanford peacefully passed away Tuesday March 5, 2024. Funeral services will be held at 3pm Saturday (3/9/24) at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Hickory Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Bear Creek.
Mrs. Andrew was born in Rowan Co a daughter of the late Harold Dyke Bailey and Ollie Catherine Lowrance Bailey. She was...
Jack Ray Hall Jr.
Mar 4, 2024
Jack R. “Jackie” Hall Jr, 72 of Sanford passed away Monday March 4, 2024.
Graveside services will be held at 3:30 pm Thursday in the Hall Family Cemetery.
Mr. Hall was born in Lee Co, a son of the late Jack R. Hall Sr and Mary Wall Hall. He was preceded in death by a brother, Johnnie Dean Hall, and his grandson...
Rodney Alexander Allen
Feb 29, 2024
Rodney “Randy” Alexander Allen, 73, of Sanford, passed away peacefully on Thursday at First Health Hospice House with family by his side.
A lifelong resident of Lee County, he was a skilled carpenter and was known for his excellent carpentry work.
He was predeceased by his parents, Marion and Jessie Allen; his brother, Jim Allen; sister, Ruth Lattanzio; and a grandson,...
Rebecca "Betty" Knight
Feb 27, 2024
Rebecca Everett “Betty” Knight, 74 of Sanford passed away Tuesday, February 27, 2024. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 pm Friday March 8th at Life Springs Church. Burial will follow at Meroney Methodist Church Cemetery in Bear Creek.
Mrs. Knight was born in Lee Co, a daughter of Lee Everett and Ora Hall Everett. She was preceded in death by...
Joanna Harden Dempsey
Feb 24, 2024
Joanna H. Dempsey, age 71, passed away on February 24, 2024, at home.
Joanna was born in Washington County, North Carolina on June 11, 1952, to Robert and Christine Harden. She was a graduate of Jamesville High School and East Carolina University.
Joanna loved her Lord and Savior and her family and friends. Her greatest joy in life was her role as...
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