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Alberta Harris, age 91 of Bailey, passed away Thursday, April 16, 2015.

Christie Lynn Goodyear Hopkins, 40, of Bailey passed away Saturday, April 4, 2015.

William A. (Bill) Newkirk, age 67 of Spring Hope, passed away Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at Durham VA Medical Center in Durham.

Margie Jones, 71, of Rocky Mount, died on April 18, 2015.

May not remember his name but I can surely remember one thing.
He was a regular at the six-star dining facility in the heart of urban Castalia, Dorothy's Country Kitchen. Ask how this patron was doing and he had a one-word answer.
"Ta-l-r-bul."

Being a reporter allows you the opportunity to meet a bunch of people.
I've been fortunate to have met a ton of pretty amazing people in my time here at The Graphic.
The unfortunate part about this job, however, is seeing so many of these people pass away.
Nashville has lost a lot of influential folks in the past few years.

I can remember when I was younger how different the things that people ate for lunch or even for snack used to be. These choices that seem so foreign or unpalatable today were very common back in the 1970s and 80s.
For example, when we barned tobacco, I can remember at break time and lunch the pop-top cans and wrappers would come out of black lunch boxes or brown paper bags. Workers would make miniature sandwiches by taking Vienna sausages and slapping them between two saltine crackers.

Dear Editor:
I am writing in response to the latest effort by some Nash County Commissioners to divide the Nash Rocky Mount Public Schools System. When I began working in Rocky Mount we were Rocky Mount City Schools. The merger was a good thing for the area students and education system.

This photo was originally published in The Graphic on August 27, 1970. Pell Cooper stands beside his horse, Nezumi. It was noted in the article that the Coastal Plains Show was set for Sept. 6 and Nezumi was leading the circuit in total points in the Hunter Hack Class.

Dear Editor:
I operate a small vegetable farm on Powell Road in Edgecombe County. I allow people to come harvest what they need and then come to my house and pay. We don't charge much and find that most people are very honest. Sometimes when we are not home, people will come back days later, tell us what they got and pay. However, we occassionally see evidence of where someone took vegetables had never paid.

Nash County Planning and Inspections issued the following building permits from April 13 through 17, 2015.

INCIDENTS
A damage to property (vandalism) was reported on 4/13/15 at 111 Sara Drive
A hit and run was reported on 4/13/15 in the Hampton Village parking lot, 131 Wheeless Drive
A larceny (shoplifting) was reported on 4/15/15 at Wal-Mart, 1205 Eastern Avenue

A larceny of a motor vehicle was reported on 4/13/15 at 6559 Reams Road
An obtaining money/property by false pretense was reported on 4/13/15 at 5882 South NC 58
A damage to property was reported on 4/13/15 at 5901 E NC 97
An assault and communicating threats was reported on 4/13/15 at 5977 Leonard Road

The Nashville High School Class of 1965 held its 50th class reunion Saturday, April 18, at the Nashville Community Building. Out of 54 surviving classmates, 32 attended the function. The class had 65 graduating students.

Northern Nash High School department of Theatre will present Robert Harling's Steel Magnolias on Friday and Saturday April 24 and 25. Steel Magnolias tells the story of six strong southern women who handle adversity and fortune with equal grace and a whole lot of humor. Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. on both Friday and Saturday evenings and again at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday afternoon. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for students and senior citizens. All performances will be on the stage at Northern Nash High School gym. Tickets can be purchased at the door.

Area law enforcement were called to Nash County Social Services last Thursday after a fight occurred in the lobby.
According to Nashville Police Chief Tom Bashore, the call initially was for shots fired at social services but after more information was received, it was discovered there was a fight in the lobby area.
Bashore said the fight was between two females. One female had some mental issues and was left by her father and she decided to jump on someone and start fighting.

Nash-Rocky Mount Public School Honor Rolls for the third nine weeks follows:

Southern Nash Middle School's Future Farmers of America (FFA) chapter traveled to Greensboro on Saturday, March 21, 2015 to compete in the FFA State Middle Grades Rally. This is the first year Southern Nash Middle has ever had an FFA chapter. This is also the first middle school FFA chapter in Nash County.
FFA is an organization aimed at providing youth with agricultural education opportunities that help prepare students for leadership opportunities and potential careers in the agricultural industry.

Nash Community College recently announced that the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) has granted accreditation to Nash Community College's Early Childhood Education associate degree program. The NAEYC Commission on Early Childhood Associate Degree Accreditation awards this status to programs that have demonstrated evidence of meeting its Standards for Professional Preparation for Early Childhood teachers. NAEYC Standards provide a high measure of quality by which early childhood teacher programs can be evaluated.

Cats are making our hearts bleed.
If you love cats, please do not put your cats outside if they have not been spayed or neutered (fixed). What happens is, they go feral, go back to the wild and each generation after that will become more so.
Our County's Animal Control believes in TNK (Trap 'n Kill) when there is a complaint.

SHRIMP AND MORE -- Nashville's Chamber of Commerce held its first annual Shrimp Boil in March. Pictured above, Chamber Vice-President Michael Coleman checks the food with the help of board members Johnny Matthews and Kim Sauls.

Nashville's Police Department started back its Coffee with a Cop on Friday at Nashville's Post Office. The police department regularly holds Coffee with a Cop events at various Nashville businesses to allow the community to get to know the police department and to ask questions. Pictured above (L-R) is: Community Services Officer Jennifer Bull, Post Office Employees Tracie Thompson and Wanda Coleman and Nashville Police Chief Tom Bashore.

Nash Community College (NCC) is planning for record graduations in May. The College's 2015 High School Equivalency ​Diploma commencement ceremony will be held Thursday, May 14, 2015 in the NCC Brown Auditorium. Dr. Trent Mohrbutter, Vice President for Instruction and Chief Academic Officer at Nash Community College, will deliver the keynote address.

The flowers Sunday were placed in the Beulah Church of Christ by Carolyn Hunt Matthews in loving memory of her parents, Lucille and Ellis Hunt. They were beautiful and much appreciated. Carolyn has lived in Richmond, VA all of her life but grew up in Beulah Church with her parents and her brohter Steve Hunt (who lives in Richmond also). Carolyn visits at Beulah quite often and was down over the weekend to attend the 97th Red Oak Alumni banquet for all who had ever graduated at Red Oak High School.

The Bible identifies two sides to the work of Jesus Christ. "He who was delivered over because of our transgressions, and was raised because of our justification" (Romans 4:25). First, our sins, faults, errors, untoward conduct, and evil thoughts put Jesus Christ on the cross. We transgress God's high standards for living. Christ pays the price.