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Nash County Planning and Inspections issued the following building permits from January 5 through January 9.
Building Permit (Commercial)
Adam Williams; 111 W Nashville Drive; renovation/alteration; $5,500

Lonnie Wiggins Jr., age 83, passed away on Monday, January 5, 2015.

Charles “Randy” Hughes, age 68, passed away on Friday, January 9, 2015. He was preceded by his parents, Charles and Lois Hughes of Rocky Mount.

Barbara Hardee Newton, age 75, passed away on Friday, January 9, 2015. Born in Nash County  on December 7, 1939 she was the daughter of the late Frederick Raymond Hardee and Mary Ligon Hardee. She was also predeceased by her cousin, Curtis Hardee, Jr.

ROCKY MOUNT - Joe Nathan Roberson, 70, of Rocky Mount, died on January 6, 2015.

ROCKY MOUNT –– James Lee Hales, 65, of Rocky Mount, died on January 5, 2015.

Thomas Truett Tanner passed away on January 10, 2015. He was Born October 28, 1927 in Lasker, NC, the son of the late Matthias Thomas Tanner and the late Foyd Bridgers Tanner. He is also preceded in death by a brother, Matthias Mullins Tanner. A lifelong resident of eastern North Carolina,

Margaret Faith Johnson Lehman, age 83, died January 8, 2015. Born November 20, 1931, in Sampson County,  she was the daughter of Rev. Leonidas L. and May Garner Johnson of Delway.  She  was predeceased by her husband of 59 years, Dr. Gaylord L. Lehman, brothers, A. B. Johnson and Calhoun Johnson, and sisters, Gretchen Corbitt and Dolores Miller.

James Russell Coats, age 97, passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2015. Russell was born to the late James Robert Coats and Mary Jeanette Neese Coats on May 19, 1917 in Atlanta, Georgia. Russell was also predeceased by his only child, James “Jimmy” Russell Coats, Jr.

Darry Allen Winstead, Jr., age 35, passed away on Wednesday, January 7, 2015. Born in Rocky Mount, NC on August 15, 1979. He is preceded in death by his grandmother, Clarice Smith.

Miriam Mayo Learn, 56, passed away on January the 8th, 2015. She was born in Rocky Mount on October 25th, to the late Jesse Claude Mayo Jr. and Carolyn Fay Reynolds Mayo. Besides her father, she was also preceded in death by her sister, Sarah Mayo Smith.

Genevieve Robinson Carmichael Bass, age 94, passed away Wednesday, January 7, 2015. Born in Nash County on August 25, 1920, she was the daughter of the late John A. Robinson and Sula Young Robinson. She was also preceded in death by her first husband, Horace W. Carmichael, Sr. and her second husband, Joseph B. Bass; two brothers, Willis A. Robinson and Geddy C. Casey. Also her beloved daughter, B. Sue Jaquays.

David Thomas Blanton, 58, of Rocky Mount,  passed away Wednesday, January 7, 2015. He was born in Nash County on January 11, 1956, to Betty Barefield Blanton of Rocky Mount and the late Blaney Blanton.

Jewel Pearce Britt, 77, passed away on January 6, 2015. She was born October 24, 1937 in Rocky Mount   to the late C. Wood Pearce and Estelle Woodruff Pearce. Jewel was preceded in death by her husband Henry M. Britt, Jr, a sister, Barbara Pearce Holloway, and nephews Kipling Gray Deaver, Joseph Holloway and great niece Mattie Gray Deaver.

Clara Moore Lilly of Nashville passed away on January 12, 2105. She was born March 24, 1946 in Columbus County to the late Andrew McLain Moore and Ottie Young Moore.  Clara was preceded in death by her parents Mack and Ottie Moore and her brother William Moore.

Edward Frances Rockwood, 50, of Spring Hope, passed away January 6, 2015. No services are planned at this time.

Max Lynn Peele, Sr., 62, passed away, Thursday January 7, 2015. He was born October 14, 1952 in Wilson County to the late L.D. and Byver Dildy Peele. He was preceded in death by his Dad, Robert Holloman.

CARY - Dr. Charles C. “Scotty” Scott, 80, passed away on Thursday, January 8, 2015.

Otha Lee Pearce, Jr., 76, of Somerset, New Jersey, formerly of Rocky Mount, died on January 13, 2015.

HOLLISTER –– Bettie Mae R. Battle, 70, passed away Monday, January 12, 2015. An open visitation will be held at Richardson Funeral Home in Nashville on Friday, January 16 from 3-7 p.m. Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 17, 2015 at Pleasure Hill Baptist Church. Burial will following in the Shiloh Church Cemetery. Rev. Will C. Tabron will officiate.

LOUISBURG –– Mary Helen Jones, 85, passed away on Tuesday, January 6, 2015. An open visitation will be held at Richardson Funeral Home in Louisburg on Friday, January 16, from 3-7 p.m. Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 1 p.m. from the Haywood Baptist Church with the Rev. Luther Coppedge and Douglas Harris officiating. Burial will follow in the Mary Helen Jones Cemetery.

Agnes Arrington, age 54 of Nashville, passed away Monday, January 12, 2015.

The beginning of a new year tends to make us stop and think about change and fresh, new beginnings.  So far, it seems 2015 has done just that.
Just last week, one of my closest friends, the Director of My Sister’s House, Meredith Holland, walked over to let me know she’s moving. I knew the announcement was coming as she had mentioned the change as a long term plan –– but it happened quicker than either of us thought it would. 

I have never been so unready for something in my life!
I like to be prepared for life’s little events when I can so having a baby in three weeks and not being ready is not really my style.
But here I am, unready as I’ve ever been.
You would think after having two already, I would know the routine.

By now, most of us with even a passing interest in the news, domestic and foreign events and the effects of it all, have seen and heard more than we want to about the attack on the French satirical magazine last week.
Twelve people left home for another day of work in Paris and were murdered by a group of Islamic terrorists. That is a one-sentence summary that is true, accurate and to the point.