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ROCKY MOUNT -- Southern Nash needed to overcome a dose of negative history last Friday if the Firebirds hoped to erase a two-game losing skid in the Big East Conference boys basketball standings.
Standing in the way of the Firebirds was Rocky Mount -- a club that Southern Nash hadn’t defeated in at least the past 15 years.

MAT MASTERS. Among the performers at last Saturday’s Big East Conference Dual Team Championships were (above) Northern Nash’s Jordan Whitehead.

MAT MASTERS. Among the performers at last Saturday’s Big East Conference Dual Team Championships were (above) Southern Nash’s Brandon Farris and Northern Nash’s Tyrees Wiggins.

GREENVILLE -- The East Carolina University baseball team held its first official spring practice under first-year head coach Cliff Godwin last Friday afternoon at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium.
Under cold and wet conditions, Godwin and his staff guided the Pirates through a three-hour workout consisting of a five-inning intra-squad scrimmage before closing out the day with a coach-pitch scrimmage.

NASH COUNTY -- Here are results from Week Two of the Nash County Parks and Recreation Department’s Youth Basketball Season:

ROCKY MOUNT -- The men’s basketball team of North Carolina Wesleyan College swept a pair of USA South Conference games over the weekend, downing Huntingdon by a 92-63 score last Saturday and knocking off LaGrange by an 83-73 tally on Sunday.
Junior Shannon Huff paced the Bishops with back-to-back double-doubles, averaging over 14 points and 10 rebounds per league contest.

NASH COUNTY -- The North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s State Football Championships show off the state’s top gridiron talent -- but that high-level skill doesn’t stop with the players.
North Carolina’s best referees are chosen to work those prestigious games -- and an area crew was in action in December at the Class 4-A State Finals in Winston-Salem.

ELM CITY -- Working off of last season’s momentum, County Line Raceway has released its 2015 schedule of events. 
This season will feature five weekly divisions including Late Model, Limited Sportsman (formerly Thunder & Lightning), Super Stock Four Cylinder, Pure Stock V-8 and Pure Stock Four Cylinder. 
The Open Wheel Modified division will also appear one weekend per month. 

The Nash County Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating a Sunday night fire at Batchelor’s Tavern in Spring Hope.
The fire was reported on Sunday evening, January 25th, around 11 p.m. said Nash County Deputy Fire Marshal John Frazier. A Spring Hope Police Officer noticed the fire and reported flames coming from the roof of the sports bar.
Frazier said Spring Hope firefighters, with help from Stanhope and Momeyer Fire Departments, were able to get the fire under control and extinguished with 45 minutes but the fire did a lot of damage to the long-time establishment.

The Nash County Sheriff’s Office and Nash County Sheriff Keith Stone recognized deputies last week during a promotional ceremony.
The ceremony was held last Wednesday, January 21st in the Commissioner’s Room at the Claude Mayo, Jr. Administrative Building in Nashville.

Social work has been a profession Donna Boone has been interested in since she was in high school.
Though she’s served with Nash County’s Department of Social Services for over 30 years, she said she never imagined she’d end up being in charge.
On Monday, Boone, of Nashville, was sworn in as the Director of Nash County Social Services.

The Nashville Graphic is introducing officers of the Nashville Police Department each month as part of an “Officer Spotlight” series.  The articles are featured the last Thursday of each month  to help Nashville residents get to know the officers who protect and serve their communities.

Sunday was a special day for members of Red Oak Baptist Church, as the church celebrated the dedication of its new Family Life Center.
The building is a result of hard work, planning and lots of prayer, said Reverend Larry Bostian during a special service.
“After years of praying, planning and hard work, we are gathered today to dedicate our Family Life Center,” he said.

NASHVILLE - Luther Dexter Barbee, 87, passed away, Friday, January 23, 2015. He was born June 25, 1927 in Nash County to the late Luther Franklin and Jeanette Pridgen Barbee. Luther was preceded in death by three sisters, Rachel Barbee Stokes, Hazel Barbee Teague and Alene Barbee.

KITTRELL - Mary Queen E. Perry, 69, passed away on Thursday, January 15, 2015.

ROCKY MOUNT - Otis Williams, 63, of Rocky Mount, died on January 26, 2015.

ROCKY MOUNT - Larry Darnell Cooper, 58, of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, died on January 21, 2015.

KITTRELL - Linwood LeMay, 59, passed away on Friday, January 16, 2015.

Gladys Davis Bryan, 94, passed away on Tuesday, January 20, 2015.  Born in Edgecombe County on February 11, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Orville Gorham Davis and Lessie Davis.  She was predeceased in death by her husband, Claude Tate Bryan, Jr., in 1981, whom she was married to for 39 loving years.

ROCKY MOUNT - Claretha Edwards, 97, of Rocky Mount, died on January 22, 2015.

ROCKY MOUNT - Linwood Lee Darcus, 55, of Rocky Mount, died on January 24, 2015.

LOUISBURG - Shirley A. Davis, 65, died on Tuesday, January 13, 2015.

ROCKY MOUNT - Barbara Jean Gupton, 52, of Rocky Mount, died on January 18, 2015.

Vera Hilliard Mann, 93, of Whitakers, passed away on Wednesday, January 21, 2015.

ROCKY MOUNT - Shirley Mae (James) Walker, 72, of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, died on Monday, January 19, 2015.