Dafford Funeral Home Obituaries

🕯
Obituary Records Search

Search Obituaries by Name

Enter a first name, last name, and state to prepare an obituary, death record, memorial, and public record lookup.

Obituaries Death Records Memorial Records Cemetery Records Family Records Public Records

Dunn + Angier obituary finder

Find a Dafford Obituary, Pick the Correct Chapel and Verify Every Service Stop

Dafford Funeral Home serves families through locations in Dunn and Angier, North Carolina, using one official obituary directory for both locations.

This page helps you search by name, follow only Dunn or Angier notices, understand viewing and funeral locations, avoid payment scams, leave condolences and know what to do when arrangements are still incomplete.

Official Dafford sources checked Dunn + Angier verified
!

Official Dafford warning

Before You Send Money, Verify Who Is Asking

Dafford’s official website currently warns that scammers are using the funeral home’s name in email and telephone requests for money.

Dafford says it will not initiate these requests Do not assume an unexpected payment request is genuine because the caller knows a family or obituary name.
Payment apps named in the warning PayPal, Zelle, Cash App, Venmo, Apple Pay and similar email/telephone payment requests are specifically flagged.
Safest response:

Do not use the phone number or link supplied by the unexpected caller. Call Dafford using a verified number: (910) 892-6061 for Dunn or (919) 639-2091 for Angier.

01

Two locations, one obituary system

Which Dafford Location Is Connected With the Service?

The obituary directory contains notices connected with both funeral-home locations. The person’s city of residence does not automatically tell you which chapel is being used.

Important:

A Dunn resident can have a service in Angier, and an Angier-area family can use another church or cemetery. Use the event venue written in the obituary, not the person’s residence, to decide where to travel.

02

Fastest route

Choose What You Need From the Dafford Obituary System

Recent death Open All Obituaries Use Dafford’s current directory first. Search notices
Waiting for details Join obituary alerts Dafford says notices are normally emailed within about an hour of posting. Open email alerts
Service attendee Read every event separately Private home, funeral home, church and cemetery can all differ. Check the route
Immediate need Call any time Dafford publishes 24/7, 365-day availability for immediate assistance. Call Dunn
What “All Obituaries” opens

It opens Dafford’s official obituary directory. The page provides name search, alphabet filtering, month navigation and individual memorial links.

Open Official Directory
03

More than one way to search

How to Find a Specific Dafford Funeral Home Obituary

Name search Use the search field when you know the person’s name.
Last-name alphabet Dafford’s directory provides A–Z surname filtering.
Month navigation Useful when you know approximately when the person died.
  1. 1

    Open the official obituary directory

    Use Dafford’s own listing rather than beginning with an unrelated people-search website.

  2. 2

    Search the name

    Try the full name first. If no result appears, simplify to the surname or use the A–Z filter.

  3. 3

    Open the complete memorial

    The individual obituary can contain viewing, funeral, interment and family-receiving information that is not visible in a short listing.

  4. 4

    Verify the correct person

    Compare the name with dates, community and other public memorial details rather than relying on a name match alone.

  5. 5

    Read the event cards

    Use the event section for the actual service type, date, time and location.

Older obituary?

Dafford’s directory contains many pages of historical notices. Use surname filtering and month navigation before assuming an older obituary is unavailable.

04

Know what each part means

What a Dafford Memorial Page Can Contain

Official obituary Life dates and family-provided obituary information.
Family receiving hours Some notices state when friends may visit the family at a private residence.
Public viewing Can occur at Dunn, Angier or another church/facility.
Celebration of Life / funeral The main service may be at a Dafford chapel or another venue.
Interment Burial can follow immediately or occur on another day.
Military Honors Some veteran memorials identify military honors or veterans-cemetery arrangements.
Tribute Wall Visitors can share memories and condolences on supported memorials.
Send Flowers Memorial pages can offer flowers tied to the person’s service.
Plant a Tree Some memorial pages provide a memorial-tree tribute option.
Privacy distinction:

If an obituary says the family is receiving friends “at the home,” that is a private family location and time window—not the funeral-home visiting schedule. Respect the hours stated by the family.

05

One obituary can contain four destinations

Family Home → Viewing → Funeral → Cemetery

Current Dafford obituaries show why the funeral-home address alone is not enough for planning a visit. Different stages can happen at completely different places.

How to separate the locations This is a reading workflow, not one family’s actual funeral schedule.
Dafford obituary service-location workflow A four-step route showing private family receiving hours, public viewing, funeral service, and cemetery interment. 1. Family Home Receiving friends Private residence Respect stated hours 2. Viewing Dunn / Angier or church Check exact time 3. Funeral Dafford chapel or another church Follow venue rules 4. Burial Church, family or veterans cemetery Never assume these four stages use the same address.

Before you travel, verify all eight

Correct person Check name and dates.
Dunn or Angier Identify the branch named in the viewing.
Viewing date Viewing may be the day before the funeral.
Church viewing Some families have another viewing immediately before the service.
Funeral venue It may be a church rather than the Dafford chapel.
Capacity guidance Follow the current rules of the chapel, church or facility.
Cemetery Interment may require another drive or even a different day.
Final recheck Open the official obituary again before leaving.
Long-distance services do happen.

Official Dafford memorials show arrangements that begin in Angier or Dunn and continue at churches or cemeteries elsewhere in North Carolina—and in some cases outside the state. Read every address individually.

06

Do not mistake a short notice for an error

What “Funeral Arrangements Are Incomplete” Means

Dafford sometimes publishes the death notice before the viewing, funeral or burial schedule has been finalized.

In that situation, the memorial may identify the person and community but intentionally omit service details until arrangements are complete.

Do not guess the date

A prior family pattern or church schedule does not tell you when this person’s funeral will occur.

Keep the official memorial

Return to the same obituary page later instead of relying on copied information from a third-party post.

Subscribe if needed

Dafford’s mailing list is useful when you want notification after new notices are posted.

What the mailing-list link opens

It opens Dafford’s complimentary obituary-alert form. You can follow all Dafford notices or choose only Dunn or only Angier.

Open Obituary Alerts
07

Useful for local families

Follow All Dafford Obituaries—or Only One Location

Dafford’s official mailing list is more specific than a generic newsletter. It is designed for obituary and death-notice alerts.

All locations Receive notices posted for both Dunn and Angier.
Dunn only Follow notices associated with the Dunn location.
Angier only Follow notices associated with the Angier location.
How fast are alerts?

Dafford says subscribers receive an email notification within about an hour after an obituary or death notice is posted to its website. The service is complimentary and can be unsubscribed from later.

What “Join Email List” opens

It opens Dafford’s obituary-alert form where you enter an email address and choose all locations, Dunn or Angier.

Join Obituary Alerts
08

After you find the person

Tribute Wall, Flowers, Memorial Trees and Family Requests

Share a Memory

Dafford memorial pages can provide a Tribute Wall where visitors share condolences and memories.

Send Flowers

Current memorial pages can offer flower ordering connected with the person’s obituary and service.

Plant a Tree

A memorial-tree option appears on many Dafford obituary pages.

Read the family’s instruction first.

Some Dafford obituaries request donations instead of flowers or give special cemetery-related flower guidance. The individual memorial should take priority over a generic flower purchase.

Livestreams are service-specific.

Some Dafford obituaries have explicitly announced livestreaming through a church site or Dafford’s Facebook presence. Do not assume every funeral is streamed unless the person’s obituary says so.

09

A death has occurred

Dafford Publishes 24/7 Immediate Contact Availability

Use a verified number

Dafford’s website says families may call the Dunn number any time of day, any day of the week, for immediate assistance.

If the family intends to use the Angier location, that branch also has a separate verified telephone number.

Dunn immediate contact (910) 892-6061 707 E. Edgerton St., Dunn

Death occurred away from home?

Dafford maintains a separate official resource for families dealing with a death outside the local area.

Open Death Away from Home

What “A Death Has Occurred” opens

It opens Dafford’s official resource for families beginning the funeral-home process after a death.

Open Official Guidance
Never send sensitive information through this article.

Use Dafford’s authorized telephone, in-person or official website process for private family, identification or arrangement information.

10

If you are arranging rather than only searching

Planning, Services and the General Price List

Service information Our Services Use when comparing funeral and cremation-related service options.
Pricing General Price List Dafford provides a dedicated GPL page. Current dollar amounts are not reproduced here without a verified current copy.
Before the need Pre-Arrangements Use when documenting funeral wishes in advance.
Online workflow Pre-Arrangements Form Official route for beginning pre-arrangement information online.

General Price List

Dafford’s navigation includes a dedicated current General Price List resource.

This guide does not invent package prices, cremation prices or merchandise fees when the current amount could not be independently verified.

Open Dafford General Price List

11

Military families

Veteran Honors, Burial Flags and Veterans Cemeteries

Current Dafford memorials show veteran services that can include military honors and later interment at Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery in Spring Lake.

Military honors

Some Dafford funeral notices explicitly state that military honors will be part of the service.

Veterans cemetery

Burial at a veterans cemetery can occur on a different day from the funeral service, so check the interment event separately.

Burial flag and headstone

Dafford maintains dedicated resources for veteran burial flags and headstones in addition to its general veterans overview.

What “Veterans Overview” opens

It opens Dafford’s veteran-resource section for families exploring military funeral and burial benefits.

Open Veterans Overview
12

Useful identity check

Why Dafford Has Both Dunn and Angier Locations

1946

Dafford says Walter D. Dafford, Jr. founded the business on August 11, 1946 in a renovated home on East Cumberland Street in Dunn.

1949

The Dunn business moved to its present location at 707 East Edgerton Street.

Angier expansion

Dafford says the Angier operation began in 1974 as Dafford Memorial Chapel. A new full-service facility at 50 Tippet Road was built in 2002.

The funeral home describes itself as a family-owned operation carried through three generations of the Dafford family.

13

Maps and verified contacts

Dafford Funeral Home Dunn and Angier Locations

Map rule for funerals:

These maps show the funeral-home buildings. If the obituary lists a church, conference center or cemetery for the event you are attending, use that event address instead.

14

After the obituary search

Other Dafford Resources That Solve Specific Problems

Grief resources

Use Dafford’s grief section when you need bereavement information rather than obituary-search help.

Open grief resources

Legal advice resource

Dafford provides a separate resource link for legal questions that can arise after a death.

Open legal-advice resource

17

Fast answers

10 FAQs About Dafford Funeral Home Obituaries

1. Where can I search Dafford Funeral Home obituaries?

Use Dafford Funeral Home’s official All Obituaries page at daffordfuneralhome.com/listings. It provides text search, last-name filtering and month navigation.

2. Does Dafford Funeral Home have both Dunn and Angier locations?

Yes. Dafford Funeral Home, Inc. is at 707 E. Edgerton St. in Dunn, while Dafford Funeral Home of Angier, Inc. is at 50 Tippet Rd. in Angier.

3. What is Dafford Funeral Home’s Dunn phone number?

The verified Dunn telephone number is (910) 892-6061. Dafford says this number can be called any time of day, any day of the week, for immediate assistance.

4. What is Dafford Funeral Home’s Angier phone number?

The verified Angier telephone number is (919) 639-2091. The Angier funeral home is located at 50 Tippet Rd., Angier, NC 27501.

5. Can I receive Dafford obituary alerts by email?

Yes. Dafford’s complimentary mailing list lets you follow all locations, Dunn only or Angier only. The funeral home says notifications are normally sent within about an hour after an obituary or death notice is posted.

6. What does “funeral arrangements are incomplete” mean on a Dafford obituary?

It means the death notice has been posted but some or all service details have not yet been finalized. Do not guess the schedule; recheck the official memorial or use Dafford’s obituary alerts.

7. Can a Dafford viewing and funeral be at different locations?

Yes. Current Dafford obituaries show viewings at Dunn or Angier followed by funerals at churches or other facilities and interment at separate cemeteries.

8. Does Dafford Funeral Home warn families about payment scams?

Yes. Dafford’s official website currently warns about people falsely using its name to request money and says it will not initiate email or phone requests for payment through PayPal, Zelle, Cash App, Venmo, Apple Pay or similar methods.

9. Can I send flowers or leave condolences through a Dafford obituary?

Many Dafford memorial pages include a Tribute Wall, Share a Memory, Send Flowers and Plant a Tree options. Read the obituary first because a family may request donations or give special flower instructions.

10. Does Dafford Funeral Home provide preplanning and veteran resources?

Yes. Dafford’s official website includes pre-arrangement information and an online pre-arrangement form, plus veteran resources covering benefits, headstones and burial flags.

Leave a Comment