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The Town of Bailey: Cemetery Supplement has just been released. This volume contains a collection of obituaries for individuals interred in the Town of Bailey Cemetery from 2017 through October 2026 as well as numerous earlier notices that were not located during preparation of the original 2017 volume, Town of Bailey Obituary Collection. The cemetery is located on the east side of Highway 581, approximately two-tenths of a mile north of Bailey. The original volume documented approximately 2,835 interments.

RED OAK - State-ordered site remediation is now complete at the Red Oak Landfill, with closeout activities underway. Among those activities is the planned installation next month of 5-10 foot trees along northern and eastern property lines.
The Red Oak town council, looking over the landscaping map at their Oct. 12th meeting, had no issues with the trees but questioned whether the state was going to provide the gravel for a planned parking lot or whether that expense would fall to the town.

NASHVILLE - With the goal of making the town of Nashville less dependent on water from Rocky Mount, town leaders are investigating the possibility of drilling a new well in the Harvest Creek subdivision for $45,000, with the total costs $70,000 should the water flow and quality be strong enough to proceed. Uncertain, however, is how much water the well will produce and whether the project will basically "pay for itself."
"Drilling sometimes comes with a roll of the dice," admitted C.J. Cornett, a geologist with Applied Resource Management, who gave a report to the town council at their Oct. 21st meeting.

BAILEY - NCDEQ has come knocking on the town of Bailey's door about getting access to a pre-regulatory landfill, but town officials are none too quick about signing permission forms to let the state in.
Discussed at the Oct. 19th board of commissioners' meeting was a letter dated August 28th addressed to the town of Bailey notifying the town that a pre-regulatory landfill, referred to as the 'Bailey dump' had been identified on town property and requesting access by NCDEQ personnel and also the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Stonewall Manor hosted its Heritage Day on Saturday, Oct. 24 offering visitors hands-on history activities. Pictured above, Jacob Slack and his little sister Janie Slack of Nashville along with their grandma, Janet Slack of Rocky Mount, learn about 1700's children's toys from members of the Micajah Pettaway Daughters of the American Revolution, Halifax Resolves Chapter. At right in a bonnet and period garb is Jess Nguyen, A DAR volunteer.

NASHVILLE - There's a new option for celebrating the legacy of anyone who has done good works in Nashville: an honorary street sign, to be placed for 10 years at an approved intersection.
Nashville town council members approved a new policy Oct. 21st to "provide a consistent way to recognize people and organizations that have made significant contributions to the town."

SPRING HOPE - A proposed 38-lot subdivision off of 3rd Street has been sent back to the drawing board after members of the town planning board said the paperwork had not met all requirements.
The Morgan Ridge Subdivision, to be built on just over 14 acres bordered by 2nd Street, 1st and Wilders Drive, is on land owned by Morgan Properties LLC of Bailey.

NASHVILLE - How many of us remember our first loves? Probably everybody. That first time where we could hardly breathe with excitement while thinking about a special someone is something that we don't forget. A very few might even end up keeping that relationship, although that is rare.
Even more rare, however, is keeping that inner flame -unrealized- alive for more than 60 years: but that's the case for one Nashville man, Dwight Harper, who came to The Graphic last week with a mystery and a request.

ELECTION DAY IS NOV. 3 Photo ID required - Voters who vote in-person will be asked to present a valid photo-ID. Voters who cast an absentee ballot will be asked to submit a copy of the photo ID with their ballot. Election Day - Nov 3. - Go to your normal Election Day Precinct Polling Place (6:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.)

The Town of Nashville purchases its drinking water from the City of Rocky Mount. From October 23 through November 1, 2026, Rocky Mount's Water Resources Department will temporarily change its water disinfection process from chloramines to free chlorine. This change will affect Town of Nashville water customers.
This temporary change is a routine maintenance procedure intended to help maintain the quality, safety, and reliability of the drinking water supply.

NASHVILLE - While the color orange is plenty prevalent in October, it got a run for its money in Nashville Oct. 28th, when over 100 town employees were asked to wear pink for Breast Cancer awareness.
Leading the charge was the Public Works Department, headed up by Jason Glover; their guys are wearing pink all month in order to stand with the Susan G. Komen Foundation in the fight against Breast Cancer and to "show their support for cancer fighters, survivors and families impacted."

In the next week, we will have Halloween and Election Day. I am not sure which is scarier. One will cause people to binge eat, drink too much, pretend to be someone else, scare total strangers and make regrettable decisions.
The other is Halloween.
One thing I've always enjoyed about this season is ghost stories. We only have a good local ones.
The Tarboro Banshee is one of the oldest you'll find, as it dates back to the Revolutionary War.

I received a message last week from a young man who will always be one of the most famous Nash County citizens known to Nashville in my book!
Back in 1996 when the Nashville Chamber of Commerce decided to launch a festival, we first had to decide a name. The inaugural event was slated to happen in 1997 on Mother's Day weekend.
The chamber held a contest among all Nash County 4th graders. Charles Logan Vester of Spring Hope was the winner of the contest with an essay that couldn't have been more perfect for the chamber's new festival, thus came the name "Nashville Blooming Festival."

This photo published in The Nashville Graphic on March 25, 1965. Mrs. T.V. Wheeless and Mrs. E.N. Sykes, home beautification leaders for Philadelphia Home Demonstration Cub and Nash County, respectively, transplant crepe myrtles at the Philadelphia club house as memorials to Dr. Clarence Poe, editor of The Progressive Farmer who had passed away. Mr. Sykes is shown lending assistance with the job.

NASHVILLE - An all-day Homesteading program held Oct. 3rd at the Nash County Agriculture Center is heralding new and potential educational "Green" options for local residents, including Free Walk-in Gardening Help that began Oct. 20th and a small farm Homesteading "Bootcamp" planned for Spring, pending sufficient public interest.