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Stuart Brent Gray, Sr., 72, of Rocky Mount passed away on Sunday, July 5, 2015.

Bettie Mae Griffin Tant, 98, passed away Friday, July 3, 2015.

Jack Stanford Harris, of Rocky Mount, passed away on June 29, 2015.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Rocky Mount location of H.D. Pope Funeral Home.

Carlton Dennis Stevenson, 58, of Triangle, Virginia, and formerly of Rocky Mount, passed away on July 1, 2015, in Alexandria, Virginia.

Milton Ray Watson, 61, of Rocky Mount, passed away July 1, 2015.

North Carolina's egg prices were lower on all sizes when compared to last week. Supplies are moderate to meet a light demand. The North Carolina weighted average price quoted Thursday, Jun 25, 2015 for small lot sales of delivered, cartoned, grade "A" eggs was 217.95 for Extra Large, 215.18 for Large, 166.08 for Medium, and 102.00 for Small eggs.

Since coming to America, Conrad Bastien has shared his story through many avenues.
He has written several plays, songs and poems, which were inspired by his story. His story can also be found in his debut book, "Wings of a Dream," which came out in 2009.
On Saturday, Bastien held a book signing at Cooley Library.

The Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools Board of Education accepted a resignation agreement from Superintendent Anthony Jackson during a lengthy closed session on Monday night.
The acceptance came with a 6-5 vote. Board members accepting the resignation included Brenda Brown, Wayne Doll, Ricky Jenkins, William Sharpe, Reginald Silver and Wendy Wilson. Those voting not to accept the resignation included Chair Evelyn Bulluck, Doneva Chavis-Battle, Ann Edge, Franklin Lamm and LaShawnda Washington.

Michael Coleman, of Nashville, has announced his intention to file for the vacant Nashville Town Council seat.
The seat was previously held by Patricia Rogers, who resigned in June due to moving out of town. Council members recently decided to hold off on appointing someone to fill the seat, but instead wait until the November elections.
Coleman says he decided to run for the vacant seat for many reasons. In a submitted statement and bio, he says he has "a strong desire to serve his community at the highest capacity which includes sound policy making and innovative leadership."

A 54-year-old Nashville man was arrested last week after law enforcement discovered marijuana growing in his pool.
The Nash County Sheriff's Office Narcotics Division arrested Michael Burton Randolph, of Red Road, last Thursday after receiving information that there was marijuana growing in a pool at Randolph's home.
Members of the Narcotics Division found 10 six-foot tall marijuana plants growing inside the pool. The marijuana plants weighed around 12 pounds, whcih has a street value of $28,800.

Nash County Emergency Medical Services was established in 1986 with just six employees and two ambulances.
One of those employees was George Winstead, who now leads the organization as the Director of Emergency Medical Services.
Winstead has been a major factor in the growth of Nash County Emergency Medical Services. Today, there are 78 full-time employees, 30 part-time employees and the Nash County Emergency Medical Services has been recognized as a model EMS system.

Landowners had a chance to hear another side of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, as several attorneys presented information during a meeting on Tuesday night.
Over 100 attended the educational meeting, which was set up by a group of landowners whose property is impacted by the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline.
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline is a joint venture between Dominion Resources, Duke Energy, Piedmont Natural Gas and AGL Resources. The natural gas transmission pipeline is proposed to start in Harrison County, West Virginia and extend south into eastern North Carolina.

Castalia's annual July 4th Celebration is set for Saturday which includes a Patriotic Parade, Veterans Ceremony, car show, music, food and fun.
Patrons might want to arrive a bit early this year as the detour around the town during the parade is a bit longer than normal due to the bridge is out on Edwards Road. This year traffic will be routed from traveling North on Hwy 58 to Boddie's Mill Pond Road, Pleasant Grove Church Road, Richardson Road, then back to Hwy 58. The detour will be in effect from 1-3:30 p.m.

Nash County Commissioners have given their final offer on a compromise for school funding.
Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution on Friday afternoon following a closed session.
The resolution is what commissioners referred to as a compromise to resolve the funding inequities that they say exist between Nash and Edgecombe Counties for funding of the Nash-Rocky Mount School System.

Great team work is credited with saving the lives of two accident victims who were trapped in the wreckage of a car that struck a huge steel electrical pole on Dortches Blvd. on Saturday morning, June 27th. Fire fighters from Red Oak Fire Department, rescue squad members from Stoney Creek and Nash County EMS Units teamed up together to remove the trapped victims. The 21 year-old passenger was removed within 10 minutes, but it took over 30 minutes to remove the heavily trapped 19 year-old driver.

Little Caitlynn Stewart Bissette holds the first cotton bloom found on her great uncle Burt Philips' Farm in the Battleboro Community. Holding Caitlynn is her grandmother Carolyn V. Philips. Standing with them is Travis and Nichole Denny, Caitlynn's aunt and uncle. Caitlynn is the daughter of Josh and Candice P. Bissette. Her grandfather is Stewart Philips. They brought the bloom to the Graphic office on June 26th. The Nashville Graphic has held a long-time tradition of offering a free one-year subscription for the first bloom of the season brought to the newspaper.

It is definitely a mixed bag of unexplainable phenomena that defines my personal heritage.
I can illustrate the concoction of events and decisions that make up my heritage by relating comments made 14 years ago by an array of individuals who knew me quite well, but did not know each other. These friends were visiting me in the hospital over the course of several days after I had been moved from Intensive Care to a regular room.

Dementia and Alzheimer's are hard to understand, especially to family members of someone with the disease.
It's hard to comprehend what a person is going through who is suffering from the disease.
My family has had a few members to be diagnosed with both dementia and Alzheimers. It was a confusing and stressful time.
I know as my grandmother battled some dementia in the past few years, I wondered what exactly was going on in her head. I wondered what caused her confusion and irritation.

As we head into what should be one of the nation's most joyous holidays, July 4th, we do so on the heels of a whirlwind of events and attitudes that make some think our amazing republic is coming apart at the seams.
It seems no one person or party has someone willing to stand up and tell us how to keep our great nation great. But it is just as well, for our electorate is highly unlikely to vote for someone willing to tell us what we need to hear as opposed to what we want to hear.

SIDEWALK REPAIR -- This photo originally published in The Graphic on October 27, 1981. Nashville Public Works Director Harold Pittman was photographed pointing to the damaged sidewalk anticipating a sidewalk improvement program to begin.

Dear editor:
The debate continues to rage over the splitting of the Nash-Rocky Mount School District. What appears to be missing in the debate is how the state of North Carolina is organized!!!
North Carolina like all other states in the United States is organized in a county/parish system.

INCIDENTS
A possession of stolen property was reported on 6/23/15 at First Street Convenience, 802 S First Street
A larceny was reported on 6/26/15 at Wal-Mart, 1205 Eastern Avenue
A possession of marijuana was reported on 6/26/15 at Eastern Avenue and Red Oak Road

A robbery with a weapon, breaking and entering a motor vehicle and breaking and entering were reported on 6/22/15 at 11507 Watson Seed Farm Road
A possession of marijuana were reported on 6/22/15 at 10601 E NC 97
A possession with intent to sell and deliver MDMA, sell and deliver molly and maintaining a vehicle were reported on 6/22/15 at 5214 Blackhome Road
A misdemeanor larceny was reported on 6/22/15 at 2038 Cash Lane

Nash County Planning and Inspections issued the following building permits from June 22 through June 26.

With little fanfare and no comments from the public, Spring Hope's Board of Commissioners unanimously adopted the 2015-2016 Fiscal Year Budget last Thursday night.
The budget included a three cents property tax increase, which will enable the town to add funds to the police department and sanitation department. The additional funds will also allow the town to have $6,000 to be used for any of the town's critical needs that were left unfunded.