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Nash County Commissioners held a public meeting last week to provide results of a fiscal impact study done on the Nash-Rocky Mount School System.
The study was done by MGT of America, Inc. at the request of commissioners and reviewed the local funding provided by both Nash and Edgecombe Counties.
Commissioners are considering a potential realignment of school systems to follow county lines after hearing the results of the study. Some commissioners feel the study shows funding levels are not equitable.

Nashville Police Officers spent part of their day last Wednesday playing baseball with youth from the Boys and Girls Club.
Nashville Unit Director Boris Ashford said he called up the police department to see if they would be interested in partnering with the organization to play baseball as part of Badges for Baseball, a mentorship program that pairs police officers with local kids to learn and play baseball. Ashford said officers were more than willing to come out.

SPRING HOPE -- Paul Sledge, Jr., 79, passed away Monday, March 23, 2015.

Loretta Battle, 84, of Rocky Mount, died on April 9, 2015.

Mary Agnes Caldwell, 86, of Newark, New Jersey, and formerly of Enfield, died on April 12, 2015 in Newark, N.J.

Rosa Lee Cooper, 85, of Whitakers, died on April 13, 2015.

Thomas Craig "Chip" Hilliard, 48, of Philadelphia, Pa., passed away on March 31, 2015.

James Curtis Knight, 57, of Rocky Mount, died on April 12, 2015.

Danny Tobias Mann of Jacksonville, 54, died on Thursday, April 9, 2015.

Geraldine B. Nelms of Nashville 82, passed away Thursday, April 9, 2015.

Stanley Pope of Rocky Mount, 57, died on Monday, April 6, 2015.

Pastor Willie Earl Richardson, 63, of Castalia, died on Thursday, April 9, 2015.

Willie Smith, Jr. 88, of Rocky Mount, died on April 8, 2015.

Hubert Hawkins Vester, Sr., 93, of Spring Hope, passed away Thursday, April 9, 2015. He was born November 13, 1921 in Nash County to the late, Ralph and Mencie Deans Vester. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife, Mazelle Jones Vester, four brothers, Willard, Bernice, Woodrow and Curtis Vester and one sister, Christine Price.

Alvis Williams, 45, of Rocky Mount, died on April 9, 2015.

Mable Louise Mills Jones, 82, passed away peacefully on April 13, 2015. She was born October 20, 1932 in Halifax County to the late Elvis and Maggie Mills. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Rev. Harry E. Jones.

Agnes Joyner Turner, 84 passed away Sunday, April 12, 2015. She was born in Nash County January 11, 1931 to the late Redmond and Mollie Davis Joyner. She was preceded in death by her husband, McCoy Turner and five sisters and one brother.

Leslie Earl Darby of Nashville, 74, passed away, Sunday April 12, 2015.

Herman Sauls, 68, passed away Sunday, April 12, 2015. He was born in Wayne County to the late Eddie and Addie Sauls. In addition to his parents he is preceded in death by brothers, Garland, Kenny, Walter, Marvin, Rex and Chester Sauls and a sister, Sadalia Sauls.

John Alvin Coley, Jr., 60, passed away April 11, 2015. He was born in Edgecombe County March 19, 1955 to the late John and Amer Coley. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by two brothers, Obie and Marvin Coley.

Madelyn Eloise Smith Brewington, 66, passed away April 11, 2015. She was born in Nash County to the late Selby and Mable Smith. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a brother, Tom Smith and a sister, Erma Hall.

Sandra Bradberry, 66, passed away April 9, 2015. She was born on September 1, 1948 to the late Jack and Katrina Marks. In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by a brother, Timmy.

Phyllis Lepak of Rocky Mount, passed away on Monday, April 13, 2015. She was born May 14, 1954. Phyllis was preceded in death by her father, Samuel Grimes, and her sister, Marlene Grimes Lancaster.

Earl Emory McKeithan, Jr., age 79, of Rocky Mount, passed away on Friday, April 10, 2015. He was born on June 29, 1935 in Columbus County, NC to the late Earl Emory McKeithan, Sr and LuLu Muzelle Dutton McKeithan.

John Lewis Hardy, age 85, passed away on Wednesday, April 8, 2015. He was born in Rocky Mount on June 22, 1929 to the late Robert Keeling Hardy and Mildred Lewis Hardy.