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FERRUM, VA. -- The North Carolina Wesleyan College men’s basketball squad saw its 2014-2015 season come to a close on Sunday at Ferrum College.
Despite posting a 75-69 win over the Panthers, the Bishops came up on the short end of the USA South’s tie-breaking procedures for conference tournament seeding after finishing 7-7 in league play alongside Covenant, LaGrange and Methodist.

NASH COUNTY -- Here are updated Nash County Parks and Recreation Department Basketball Scores:

GREENSBORO -- The Rocky Mount Academy Swim Team capped off a successful 2014-15 campaign by competing in the North Carolina Independent School Sports Association’s Class 1-2/A Championships on Feb. 16.
RMA boasted eight swimmers who combined to qualify for 10 total events.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Sophomore Ryan Grant and senior George Moore each picked up wins on the mound over the weekend, leading their North Carolina Wesleyan College baseball team to a USA South Conference series win over William Peace.
Originally scheduled to be played in Raleigh, the series shifted to Bauer Field after last week’s ice storm left the Pacer facility unplayable.

NASH COUNTY -- The Nash County, Nashville and Rocky Mount Parks and Recreation Departments along with Tri-Community Baseball are teaming up this spring to form the Tar River Youth Softball League, or TRYSL. 
The purpose of the league is to promote youth softball and help youth develop softball skills by focusing on the fundamentals of catching, throwing, baserunning, fielding and hitting.

CHAPEL HIL -- The schedule has been announced for next week’s North Carolina High School Athletic Association regional basketball tournaments, set to be played in Fayetteville and Winston-Salem.
Third -round NCHSAA playoff winners from the East Regional will be going to Fayetteville for the fifth consecutive year.

A Nashville native’s artwork is part of a temporary exhibit at a  Kentucky museum dedicated to the life of boxing legend Muhammad Ali.
Marc Hines recently visited the Muhammad Ali Center in downtown Louisville, Kentucky to see his work and said seeing it hanging in a museum was unbelievable.

We pray that we will see many of you at Revival beginning this weekend at Beulah Church of Christ. The speaker will be Minister Charles Lucas from Walstonburg, N.C. It will begin Sunday morning, March 1 at 10:45 a.m. After the morning service there will be a covered dish luncheon at the fellowship hall across the road from the church.

Governor Pat McCrory dropped in for a whirlwind tour of Rocky Mount last Thursday, February 12, focusing on visiting reclaimed historic sites and promoting the revival of historic tax credits for the state. He ended the tour with a press conference at the Imperial Center where he touted his plan for a new round of historic tax credits and hinted that new jobs may be coming to the area.

At a meeting of the board of Nash UNC Health Care earlier this month, CFO Al Hooks presented a final accounting of the 2014 budget year which revealed a $15,524,707 loss in income from operations. The hospital had already braced for a bad year and had budgeted for a roughly 5 million dollar loss for the 2014 fiscal year. However, the actual loss more than tripled projections.

Nashville Town Clerk, Cynthia Richardson, is retiring from the Town of Nashville on March 6, 2015 after nearly 30 years of service. However, she will begin a new period of civic service with the Town of Selma that same month, where she will be working under the direction of former Nashville Town Manager Jon Barlow.
Richardson began her work in Nashville with the Nashville Police Department in 1985, but later transitioned over to serve the Town of Nashville in other capacities in the town office.

Courtney Moss (above) will soon celebrate her six-month anniversary of receiving a heart transplant. She has started a blanket project with the intent of giving back and providing comfort and support through no-sew blankets she is making and collecting. She will distribute the blankets to transplant patients at UNC and Duke Children’s Hospitals. A Valentines Day Brunch was held Saturday at Beulah Church of Christ Fellowship Hall where members of Team Courtney gathered to donate material and assemble 31 blankets.

Winter storm Octavia has taken its toll on Nash County in the past few days, but, according to Nash County EMS Director Brian Brantley, things could have been far worse.
Brantley said that more than 20 accidents were reported on the Nash County portion of  I-95 alone on Monday night between 7 and 12 p.m. However, comparatively few accidents have been reported in Nash County since then.

Boris Ashford is no stranger to the Boys and Girls Club.
Though he wasn’t a club kid himself, he began volunteering with the organization in college and soon after began working as a program leader with the Cumberland County Boys and Girls Club. After three years in that role, he moved up to a Club Director, where he served the past two years.

Lotis Willard Langley, age 85, passed away Monday, February 16, 2015. Born January 12, 1930, he was the son of the late Luther W. Langley and Nona Wallace Langley. He was preceded in death by his wife, Lorraine Moss Langley and his sister, Nell Farmer.

Vivian Baker Cockrell, 74, passed away Monday, February 16, 2015.  She was born in Nash County to the late Samuel and Letha Viverette Baker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Marvin Ray Cockrell, a brother and several sisters.

Janice Stokes Southall, 92, of East Liverpool, OH, passed away February 8, 2015. Born in Middlesex, she was the daughter of the late Theophilus O. and Annie Stokes.  The funeral was held Tuesday, February 17, 2015 in East Liverpool, OH. 

Beverley Ann Carpenter Johnson, 78, passed away Friday, February 13, 2015.  She was born in Philadelphia, PA June 8, 1936.  Beverley was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond Otto Johnson, Sr. 

Barbara Carter House, 72, passed away Friday, February 13, 2015.  She was born in Nash County May 15, 1942 to the late Joseph S. and Elizabeth Dunn Carter.

Henry Russell Roberts, Jr., 56, passed away, Friday, February 13, 2015. He was born November 8, 1958 to Henry Russell Roberts, Sr. and Mary Virginia Smith Roberts in Brevard County, Florida.

John Lee Whitley, 73, passed away Wednesday, February 11, 2015.  He was born in Nash County January 30, 1942 to the late Orville and Mayonna Whitley.

Walter “Tommy” Thomas Bullock, II, passed away Tuesday, February 10, 2015 in Fort Myers, Fl. Tommy was born October 20, 1953 in Halifax County to the late Walter ‘Tom” Thomas Bullock and Seretha Jenkins Bullock.

Joyce Gray Brantley, age 84,  passed away Friday, February 13, 2015. She was born in Nash County and was the daughter of the late Lonnie Henry Howell, Sr. and Eva Edmondson Howell. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Joseph Clarence “J.C.” Brantley; one sister, Patsy Faye Howell; and five brothers, James Robert, Norman Speight, Leslie “Peewee’, Lonnie Henry, Jr., and Earl “Eddie” Howell.

Peggy Sutton Carver, age 81,  passed away Thursday, February 12, 2015. She was born in Edgecombe County  on October 7, 1933 to the late Lonnie A. Sutton and Anniebelle Wilson Sutton. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Richard Earl Pierce; sisters, Dorothy S. Lindsay, Betty S. Schmudlach, Shirley S. Edwards, and Patricia S. Culpepper and brother, Lonnie Sutton, Jr.

Billy Dean Bulluck, Sr., age 71, passed away on Wednesday, February 11, 2015. Born in Nash County on August 15, 1943, he was the son of the late Plez Otis Bulluck and Lucy Loretta Davis. He was also preceded in death by his wife of 44 years, Beverly Ann Leggett Bulluck and his brother, Otis Ray Bulluck.