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Nashville Town Councilwoman Patricia Rogers announced her resignation from the board Wednesday night. Rogers cited moving to Washington, NC as the reason for her resignation. She was appointed to the board after the death of her husband, Tommy Rogers, in 2013. Tommy served on the board many years and also was very active in the town's Recreation Department.

Nashville Town Councilwoman Patricia Rogers announced her resignation from the board Wednesday night. Rogers cited moving to Washington, NC as the reason for her resignation. She was appointed to the board after the death of her husband, Tommy Rogers, in 2013. Tommy served on the board many years and also was very active in the town's Recreation Department.

A Nashville mom is hoping to start a Backpack Buddies program at Nashville Elementary School.
Gloria Liles said Nashville Elementary is one of only two schools in the Nash-Rocky Mount School System that currently does not have the Backpack Buddies Program.
The program provides children from food-insecure homes with healthy weekend meals during the school year. The children, selected by school principals, guidance counselors, and supervisors of various after school programs, receive a backpack containing six balanced meals and two healthy snacks at the end of every week.

The Nash County Human Services Board selected longtime Health Director Bill Hill to lead the newly formed organization.
The Nash County Board of Commissioners voted in March to consolidate the Department of Social Services (DSS), the Department of Aging and the Health Department under the general umbrella of Human Services. The consolidation will become effective on July 1.
Prior to July 1, the organization needed to select board members and choose its leader.

A Nashville veteran served as the speaker for Nashville's Memorial Day service, which was held on Sunday at Forest Hill Cemetery.
Larry Womack went over the history of Memorial Day and how it began as Dedication Day following the Civil War.
Womack, who served in the Vietnam War, said he has visited many places that he considers hollow ground, places where soldiers who died while serving their country are buried.

Nashville Police Chief Thomas Bashore
Number of years in law enforcement:
It seems as though I have been in law enforcement all my life. At 17, I joined the United States Air Force as a Security Police Officer and spent the next 24 years working in military law enforcement in both the Air Force and the Army. In addition to this time, I have spent 18 years now in civilian law enforcement.

Paul David Whitley, Jr., age 89, passed away on Monday, May 25, 2015. He was born on July 27, 1925 to the late Paul David Whitley, Sr. and Ethel Joyner Whitley. He was predeceased in death by a daughter, Judy Carol Whitley Worrell and a brother, Charles Henry Whitley.

Robert Earl Cotton, 76, of Rocky Mount, died on May 23, 2015.

ROCKY MOUNT - Daisy Williams, 74, of Rocky Mount, died on May 21, 2015.

ENFIELD - Joseph "Joe" Wright, 41, passed away on Friday, May 22, 2015.

Alfred Thomas "Tommy" May, Jr., 85, passed away on May 22, 2015.

Janette Vanhook Hollifield of Nashville, passed away on Saturday, May 23, 2015.

Timothy Clayton Mitchell, 50, passed away Saturday, May 23, 2015. He was born November 11, 1964 in Nash County. He was preceded in death by his mother, Linda Faye Mitchell.

Carl Adam Sills, 85, passed away Monday, May 25, 2015. He was born in Nash County November 23, 1929 to the late Willard McClain Sills and Sudie Jane Sykes. In addition to his parents, Carl was preceded in death by his first wife Janie Sills and brothers, Ted and Bobby Sills.

Carol "Cookie" Joyce Beaudin, age 68, passed away on May 21, 2015.

Margorie Copeland Harris, 91, of Warrenton, passed away Thursday, May 21, 2015. A funeral service will be held Thursday, May 28, 2015 at 1 p.m. from the Pine Chapel Baptist Church in Hollister. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The Rev. Robert Hedgepeth will officiate.

Dan Jeffrey "Sye" Thorne, 51, of Castalia, passed away Sunday, May 24, 2015. A funeral service will be held Thursday, May 28, 2015 at 1 p.m. from the Lifeline Outreach Ministries in Louisburg. Burial will follow in the Thorne Family Cemetery. The Rev. Barbara J. Thomas will officiate.

James Leon Jordan, 67, passed away Monday, May 25, 2015. He was born December 15, 1947 in Nash County to the late Henry and Myrtle Nelms Jordan. In addition to his parents he is preceded in death his wife, Patricia Moore Jordan, a son, Joshua Lee Jordan and a brother, Frank Jordan.

Horace Dowd Cotton, age 88, passed away on Tuesday, May 26, 2015. He was born on July 14, 1926 to the late Patrick Henry Cotton and Frances Bessada Cotton. He was predeceased in death by four sisters and two brothers.

A first grader at Nashville Elementary School went above and beyond in her participation of the state's Give Five-Read Five campaign.
Taryn Reams donated 130 books on Tuesday afternoon to the school as part of the initative. The donation was on top of 20 books Reams had already given.
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction first launched the statewide Give Five - Read Five campaign in 2013 to address summer learning loss. As a part of the annual campaign, parents, business leaders and community members are encouraged to donate five new or gently used books to local elementary schools so that students have books to take home at the end of the school year.

Ms. Lindsey Brannon and Ms. Amy Moore (L-R) stand with a homemade sign that sits outside a garden the two teachers grew with their students. The teachers hope to expand the garden next year.

Okay, I am laying out the facts again. Often, when I do this, my profound wisdom is dismissed as fluff.
Case in point, a little more than 20 years ago, Raleigh was vying for a minor league baseball team. A rule dictated the number of miles that had to separate two teams. Raleigh's proximity to the Durham Bulls was preventing a team from locating in the state's capital.
Off the wall, I penned a column noting the popularity of baseball in the Nash-Wilson area, recalling the Wilson Tobs and the Rocky Mount Leafs.

Sunday, I attended Nashville's Memorial Day celebration. It was a great event and it was so good to see such a big crowd come out to remember our fallen soldiers.
But, the crowd wasn't big enough.
If you looked around, you mostly saw people from the older generations. It made me wonder what such a service will look like in 5-10 years.

Flags have been in the news a lot lately.
There was a story about a professor at some college somewhere who required his students to walk on the American flag.
It seems like every month we hear about some community banning the flying of the American flag, and we've heard about schools barring students from wearing t-shirts with the flag pictured. Ditto for flag lapel pins.