All Obituaries

Bettye N. Watson, age 81 of 3420 Meade St., Sanford, NC passed on Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at Sanford Health & Rehabilitation Center.   God reached down and took another one of His angel’s home. Bettye Neal Watson, 81 of Sanford, NC passed from this life into eternity to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on July 18, 2018. She was born on January 14, 1937 in Vass, NC to the late Josephine and Matthew Elliott. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband,...

Lucille Hughes Rorex, age 84 of 1421 Echo St., Oxnard, California passed on Wednesday, July 18, 2018 in Sanford, North Carolina.    Services will be held in California Arrangements By: Knotts Funeral Home, Sanford

William Backus, age 63 of 213 W. Chisholm St., Sanford, NC passed on Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at his residence.    Services will be held in New York Arrangements By: Knotts Funeral Home, Sanford    

Mrs. Marilyn J. McIntosh, age 70 of 600 West Poplar Ave unit 341 Carrboro, NC passed on Monday, July 16, 2018 at UNC Hospice Home, Pittsboro, NC. Marilyn McIntosh was born on August 25, 1947 in Philadelphia, PA. She is the daughter of Elizabeth Jenkins and Thomas Mitchell. She was raised in Miami, FL with two other siblings: Freddie Anne and Alice. Marilyn attended Booker T. Washington High School in Miami Florida where she met and later married Nathaniel Strong. Marilyn’s greatest...

Mrs. Julia Mae Alston, age 85 of 954 East Alston Street, Pittsboro, NC passed on Sunday, July 15, 2018 at The Laurels of Chatham, Pittsboro, NC. Julia Mae, affectionately referred to as "Sis" was a life-long resident of Pittsboro, NC.  She was born the youngest of two on January 2, 1933 to the union of Willie S. Alston and Alene Alston of Pittsboro, NC.  She attended the Shiloh School with her brother Willie, which she started early to accompany Willie who was afraid to...

Betty Ann Depoty, age 65 of 720 Burgess Circle, Broadway, NC passed on Thursday, July 12, 2018 at her residence.   Arrangements By: Knotts Funeral Home, Sanford

Eloise Johnson Simmons, age 93 of 493 Wild Plum Ln., Sanford, NC passed on Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at FirstHealth Hospice & Palliative Care, West End, NC.  Eloise Simmons, 93, went to her glorious heavenly home on July 11, 2018 at 12:15 AM with her family by her side at FirstHealth Hospice & Palliative Care. Eloise was born in Sanford, NC on March 7, 1925 to the late Lonnie and Georgia Johnson. She attended school in Sanford as well until she met her late husband, Willie...

Timothy Lee Cherry, age 52 of 200 Cox Maddox Rd. Apt 3, Sanford, NC passed on Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at FirstHealth Hospice & Palliative Care, West End, NC.  Mr. Timothy Lee Cherry was born March 26, 1966 to the late Fred Stowe and Geraldine Cherry in Sanford, North Carolina, On July 10, 2018 at 5:28am he departed this life at First Health Hospice Home in West End, North Carolina. Tim received his early education in the public school system of Lee County, North Carolina. He...

Robert Lee Cotten, age 71 of 618 Olde Mill Drive, Sanford, NC passed on Monday, July 9, 2018. Robert Lee Cotten, Sr. was born August 11, 1946 in Chatham County to the late Clarence Cotten and Betty Lou Hancock. He departed this life on Monday July 9, 2018 at Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford, NC. Robert graduated from Dubois High School in Wake Forest, NC.  He later pursued a career in truck driving, where he drove trucks for over 30 years until he drove into his sunset. He was a...

John Bryant Jr., age 80 of 609 Cox Maddox Rd., Sanford, NC passed on Thursday, July 5, 2018 at Westfield Rehabilitation And Health Center, Sanford, NC. John Bryant, Jr. was born October 31, 1937 in Broadway, North Carolina to the late Letitia and John Bryant, Sr.  He was reared on a farm and learned to work hard in the tobacco fields and in the woods cutting logs. John was educated in the Lee County Public School System, and graduated from W. B. Wicker School in 1956.  He...