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Ann Evella Alston, 77, of Red Oak, passed away Saturday, June 6, 2015. A funeral was held Saturday, June 13, 2015 at Richardson Funeral Home. Burial followed in the St. Johns Church Cemetery. Rev. Vicki Battle officiated.

Aaron Canaan Joyner, 92, passed away Friday, June 12, 2015. He was born in Nash County, April 27, 1923 to the late Lonnie F. and Ollie Joyner.

Jackie Page Ward, age 64, passed away on Friday, June 12, 2015. She was born on September 28, 1950 in Oxford to Norwood Allan Page and Doris Woodall Page. She was predeceased in death by her father.

Willie Edward Howell, 70, of Rocky Mount, died on Sunday, June 7, 2015.

Thomas Knight, 78, of Rocky Mount, died on June 8, 2015.

Marilyn Antionette Taylor, 60, of Rocky Mount, died on June 5, 2015.

John Green, 58, of Castalia, passed away on Thursday June 11, 2015.

Earlie Gray Winstead, 81, of Elm City, passed away Sunday, June 14, 2015.

Jody A. Bunn, 40, of Wilson passed away Saturday, June 13, 2015. Funeral services will be held Friday, June 19, 2015 at Joyner's Funeral Home.

Rudoph Edgerton, 47, of Henderson, passed away Saturday, June 13, 2015. Funeral services will be held Saturday, June 20, 2015 at Hickory Grove Baptist Church in Castalia. Burial will follow in the Hickory Grove Church Cemetery. The Rev. Bobby Thomas will officiate.

Cebelle Hollings Shearin, 87, of Durham, passed away Friday, June 12, 2015.

Local law enforcement leaders fired the first shots to commemorate the opening of Nash Community College's new Continuing Education and Public Services Building on Tuesday.
The shots were fired in the building's new 2,955 square foot indoor gun range, which will be used for law enforcement training.
A special dedication and ribbon cutting service was held on Tuesday, June 16, with around 300 community members attending the event.

Nash County's Board of Commissioners have suspendied paying any of its allocated funding to Eastpointe until its leader meets with the board to discuss recent allegations of misuse of funding.
A state audit revealed questionable spending as well as nearly $550,000 in kickbacks by the former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Eastpointe Human Services.
Eastpointe is a Managed Care Organization (MCO) that oversees, coordinates, and monitors the mental health, intellectual/developmental disabilities, and substance use and addiction services for 12 counties, including Nash County.

Back in nineteen and ninety-six, magnetic forces of Arapahoe, Dawson's Creek - the real Dawson's Creek, not that made-up one on TV - and the Neuse River were compelling. I departed greater metro Nashville for my homeland of mosquitoes and hurricanes.
Now I have grown so old, should I not wake up tomorrow - no one ever wakes up dead, they just don't wake up - I am past the age where someone would say, "He died young."

On Friday night, I witnessed something pretty spectacular.
An eight-year-old girl raised over $4,000 for cancer.
How amazing is that?!
Clara Danforth's story is one that will surely open your eyes to a higher power. If you have little, or even no, faith, you should meet this child and her family.

I can check another box off on my list of bizarre things that seem to only happen to me.
Like being a less-than-fleet-footed shoplifter who hung out in front of the store after making a heist.
I was recently in a Triangle area bookstore. A really cool one. I had my whole crew with me, book nerds all of us. We can't help it. I even keep a cart loaded on a popular website where prices change daily, almost like a stock market, just waiting for me to pull the order and have them on the way to me.

HONOR GRADUATE -- This photo originally published in The Graphic on September 24, 1981. Nashville Police Officer Bernice Walston got more than the usual attention when she made the highest score in the Nash County area on a state test for police academy graduates. Officer Walston is shown receiving her certificate from Dr. Reid Parrott, then president of Nash Technical Institute, where she completed the criminal justice curriculum during the summer.

The headline story of the June 13th edition of the Telegram created anxiety and sadness in my heart. First of all, there appeared to be more concern for a dog that is vicious and has a killer instinct than there is for the two year old toddler who is in a lot of physical pain and agony over having endured this animal's chokehold on his throat, ears, and face.

Governor Pat McCrory recently appointed a Red Oak native as a District Court Judge.
The governor selected Jefferson Griffin of Raleigh to fill the vacancy in the 10th Judicial District in Wake County. The vacancy was created by the passing of District Court Judge Jennifer M. Green.
Griffin, who grew up in Red Oak, comes to the bench after serving as an assistant district attorney in the Wake County District Attorney's Office.

A breaking and entering a motor vehicle and larceny from a motor vehicle was reported on 6/8/15 at 1423 Fountain Branch Road
A breaking, entering and larceny was reported on 6/8/15 at 365 N NC 58
An obtaining property by false pretense was reported on 6/8/15 at 4644 Ashley Drive
A felony larceny was reported on 6/8/15 at 10621 S NC 581

INCIDENTS
A simple assault and intoxicated and disruptive was reported on 6/9/15 at 610 Barnes Street
A breaking and entering a motor vehicle and larceny after a breaking and entering was reported on 6/10/15 at 105 Meredith Court
A larceny of a notary seal was reported on 6/12/15 at Fields and Cooper, 213 W Washington Street

Nash County Planning and Inspections issued the following building permits from June 8 through June 12

Air Force Airman Armani T. Perry graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

The highest achieving high school seniors from Nash-Rocky Mount Early College High School came together on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 to celebrate 13 years of hard work along their journey of excellence. Superintendent Dr. Anthony Jackson congratulated the students on their many achievements, and encouraged them to continue their journey of excellence.
"Keep your hunger for excellence, as this drives you to achieve great things," stated Jackson.

Raymond Benitez, a graduating senior from Northern Nash High School (NNHS), will turn his tassel Saturday, June 13, 2015 and begin his new journey as a Midshipman in the United States Navy. Benitez was admitted to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, an accomplishment that only 6 percent of the over 19,000 applicants were able to earn.
Admission to the Naval Academy is extremely competitive, as there are eleven steps in the selection process.