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Obituaries
Ronnie Paul Godfrey
May 15, 2024
Ronnie Paul Godfrey, 77, of Sanford passed away May 15, 2024, at FirstHealth Hospice House. Funeral services will be held on Monday May 20, 2024, at 1pm at Rogers Pickard Funeral Home. Burial to follow at Lemon Springs Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends starting at 12pm before the service at the funeral home.
Ronnie was born in Lee...
Barbara Alphin
May 15, 2024
Barbara Gilliam Alphin, 90, passed away on May 15, 2024, surrounded by her loving family. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 18th at Pocket Presbyterian Church in Sanford, NC. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Family and friends are invited to gather following the burial in the church fellowship hall.
Barbara was born in Sanford, NC...
Rocky Lee Moore
May 14, 2024
Rocky Lee Moore, 71 of Sanford passed away Tuesday May 14, 2024. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 am Thursday June 6th at Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery.
Mr. Moore was born in Pomona, CA a son of the late Donald Eugene Moore and Helen Marie Allen Moore. He was preceded in death by a son George Fielding Moore. Rocky was...
Martha Susan Hilliard
May 9, 2024
Martha Susan Hight Hilliard, 74 of Pittsboro passed away Thursday May 9, 2024. Graveside services will be held at 3:00 pm Sunday May 12, 2024, at Buffalo Cemetery.
Mrs. Hilliard was born in Lee Co. a daughter of the late Henry Alton Hight and Myrtle Gaskin Hight King. She worked for 37 years as an LPN at Duke Hospital and continued...
Lucille Howard York
May 8, 2024
Lucille Howard York passed away in her home surrounded by her family on Wednesday May 8, 2024 at the age of 94. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 pm Saturday May 25, 2024 First Presbyterian Church. A visitation will follow the service in the Colonnade at First Presbyterian Church.
Lucille was born in Harnett County, on January 6, 1930,...
Jean Campbell Wheby
May 4, 2024
Jean Campbell Wheby passed from this life on May 4, 2024, two days after her 90th birthday. She leaves a legacy of beauty, caring for others, and unconditional love.
Jean is survived by her beloved husband of 68 years, Munsey S. Wheby, MD; her children, Rose Hollinshead (Ralph), Munsey J. Wheby (Katherine), and Jeanie Morrow; and seven grandchildren who lit up...
Billy R. Barbour
Apr 29, 2024
Billy Ray Barbour, 87, of Sanford passed away on Monday April 29, 2024. A memorial service will be held on Saturday (5/4/24) at Hillview Christian Assembly at 2pm. The family will receive friends starting at 1pm before the service at the church.
Mr. Barbour was born a son of the late Willie Alger Barbour Sr. and Pauline Lanning Barbour. He loved...
Fred Fuller Watson
Apr 29, 2024
Fred Fuller Watson, 90 of Sanford passed away Monday April 29, 2024. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 pm Wednesday at Pocket Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Watson was born in Sanford a son of the late Frank Fuller Watson and Chloie Copeland Watson. He was preceded in death by siblings, Carl Watson, Julia Cain, Lois Cross, Becky Satterfield and Betty Sue...
Mae C. Watson
Apr 28, 2024
Mae C. Watson also known to many as Ma, 92, of Sanford, passed away Sunday April 28, 2024. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday May 7, 2024, at 11:00am at Center United Methodist Church. Burial to follow in the church cemetery. A visitation will be held following the service.
Mae was born to the late Milton Lee Cox and...
Charles Edmond Martin
Apr 28, 2024
Charles Edward Martin, 93, of High Point, formerly of Sanford, NC passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 28, 2024 at Brookdale Skeet Club in High Point.
Charles was born in Montgomery County, a son of Charles H. Martin and Mary Wright Martin. The middle of three sons, he grew up in Wadeville, NC on the family farm, and graduated from Montgomery...
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...
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