Maria Ludmilla Sisakova Cartwright, 82, of Bladenboro died on Saturday, November 5, 2011 at Cape Fear Valley Hospital in Fayetteville. She was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia on August 29, 1929. She previously worked as a nursing assistant.

Mrs. Cartwright is survived by two sons, Charles Michael Bland of Lawrenceville, GA and Alonzo Paul Bland of Billings, MT; one daughter, Rosita Bland Lesane of Bladenboro, NC; and three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

There will be no public services.