Friends unite to remember prominent Lee County family killed in plane crash

Monday morning, those in Lee County remembered the Buchanan family with a funeral service. Travis and Candace, and their two children Aubrey and Walker, were killed in a plane crash in Sanford on July 7.
Posted 7/14/2025, 4:28:00 PM Updated 7/14/2025, 8:48:00 PM

THE LAKE AND THEN WENT UNDER

THE MAN'S BODY WAS RECOVERED

ABOUT 11 O'CLOCK LAST NIGHT

TODAY, FAMILY AND FRIENDS

REMEMBERED THE BUCHANAN'S WITH

A FUNERAL SERVICE ONE WEEK

AFTER THE FAMILY OF 4 DIED IN

A PLANE CRASH.

>> THE SERVICE BEGAN WITH A 2

MILE LONG PROCESSION ALONG

BROADWAY ROAD IN SANFORD

TRACTORS JOINS THE LINEUP

TESTAMENT TO THE BUCHANAN

FAMILY FARM. A WELL-KNOWN IN

THE AREA ON JULY 7 SKY 5 FLEW

OVER THE PLANE. DEBRIS NEAR THE

RALEIGH EXECUTIVE JETPORT IN

SANFORD. ACCORDING TO THE NTSB,

THE PLANE REPORTED ENGINE AND

COMMUNICATION ISSUES BEFORE

CRASHING AND A BIT. YOU ARIE

SAYS THE FAMILY HAD BEEN DOING