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The Contentnea Primitive Baptist Church: Memorials recently published by James A. and Margaret B. Bailey contains obituaries compiled from newspapers and periodicals for burials at Contentnea Primitive Baptists Church. In the absence of published obituaries, genealogical information was collected from vital statistics records which included information from births, marriages, deaths and census records.

NASHVILLE - Phase Two of the Birchwood Preserve, consisting of 200 lots to be developed on 157 acres of what was formerly Birchwood Country Club in Nashville, is coming up for town council review Nov. 19.
The proposed development was the subject of a Nov. 4 specially called meeting of the Nashville Planning Board, during which time board members heard from engineer Kevin Varnell of Stocks Engineering, developer Robbie Davis of RBD Investments, and four members of the public who had questions.

ROCKY MOUNT - An estimated 6,400 people packed the Rocky Mount Event Center Oct. 30 amidst heavy security to attend a rally for President-Elect Donald Trump, beginning with remarks by attending officials at 11:15 a.m. and ending with a 1 p.m. speech by Trump that lasted nearly two hours. People were still streaming in at 11 and extra chairs had to be set up until finally, there was standing room only after all the stands were full.

Political parties did not figure in the races for the seven Nash County School Board districts, four of which had competition and three had candidates running unopposed.
The closest race of the three was in District 6, where BOE Chair LaShawnda Washington faced off against fellow board member Evelyn Hines Bulluck. Washington got 49.94% of the votes, with a ballot count of 2,881, to Bulluck's 48.81% of the vote and a ballot count of 2,816.

State races for Nash County representatives had amazingly close results for Nash county voters.
Incumbent Senator Lisa Stone Barnes (R ), representing Nash, Franklin and a portion of Vance County, retained her Senate seat over challenger James Mercer in NC State Senate District 11, with a final vote total of 57,461 over Mercer's 54,439.

NASHVILLE - A new annual permit option for food trucks looking to do business in Nashville is officially on the books, but has also increased the required distance from existing restaurants.
Shawn Lucas, town planner, brought up the idea of a $500 annual fee option for food trucks, whose operators normally pay $40 for each set-up day, at both the Nov. 5 town council session and the Oct. 29 planning board meeting.

NASHVILLE - Nash County District 3 commissioner, T. Dan Cone, was celebrated by his fellow commissioners at their Nov. 4 meeting at what was Cone's last full meeting before his seat is assumed by Freddy Howell after elections.
"Quite frankly, this item is not one that any member of this board looks forward to doing," said Robbie Davis, board chair, "but life is what it is," adding that the business at hand involved adopting a resolution to honor Cone, who has served on the board since 2016.