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BELTS AWARDED. The Nashville Academy of Martial Arts held a belt test on November 15, with nine students receiving belt advancements. Sensei Allen Clark, the owner/instructor of Nashville Academy of Martial Arts, presented the awards. Two students earned their gold belts in the 14 and up class. Pictured (L-R) is Brandon Bunn, Sensei Allen Clark and Taylor Weaver.

Southern Nash’s Tatyana Pulley goes up for a basket during last Friday’s contest against Bunn at the SNHS Gymnasium in Stanhope.

A local church’s community choir hopes to bring healing to Downtown Nashville next week during a special event on the courthouse steps.
“New View” will be held on Tuesday, December 23 at noon on the steps of the Nash County Courthouse.
The event will feature singing, dancing and remarks from various people. The focus of the event is to bring healing to the community, said Lisa Webb, the choir director for Selah!, the Community Choir at Church on the Rise.

A photograph posted on social media has made headlines and caused a stir at Nash Central High School.
The photo, which was allegedly taken over the Thanksgiving break, shows six unidentified Nash Central High School students wearing white cone-shaped hats and white shirts similar to Ku Klux Klan costumes. The students are also making gestures with their hands.

On Wednesday morning, Nashville police officers made their second trip to Wal-Mart to help local youth shop for Christmas.
Nashville’s Police Department has been overwhelmed with donations this holiday season for its Kids and Cops Christmas program.

In just a few months, work will begin on a big sidewalk project in the Town of Nashville.
The project will provide sidewalk from First Street Extension all the way to Wal-Mart on Eastern Avenue. Another part of the project will provide sidewalk on S. Alston Street from Circle Drive to Circle Drive.
The project is part of Nashville’s long-range plans of making the town more pedestrian friendly.

Nashville’s Town Council is considering allowing the town’s Chamber of Commerce to start a business incubator in the town’s old library facility.
Chamber President Dylan Bunch came before council members at the December 2nd meeting with the request.
Bunch said the chamber was interested in leasing the building, which is located at 202 S. Alston Street, for $1 per year.

“Be the Change.”
That has been Kennedy Brown’s motto over the past year, since attending the Junior Peace Corps this summer.
But the motto is something Brown has followed for the past four years, since she began collecting toys and other items for youth in foster care.
Brown recently donated 130 items to Nash County’s Social Services Foster Care Program.

Nash County Planning and Inspections issued the following building permits from December 1 through December 5

Horace Ray Matthews, Sr. passed away Tuesday, December 16, 2014.

CASTALIA    -  Gregory Scott Pernell, 41, passed away December 10, 2014.  He was born in Nash County March 11, 1973.   He was preceded in death by his father, Roger Franklin Pernell, Sr. and brothers, Frankie and Milton Scott Pernell.

ROCKY MOUNT - Otis Lee Sanders, Sr., 66, of Rocky Mount, died on December 10, 2014.

NASHVILLE - Mildred Jeanette Stone Parker, 63, passed away Thursday, December 11, 2014. She was born April 30, 1951 to the late Nuby “Bud” Stone and Edna Baxley Stone Williams. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her step-father, Amos Williams, three brothers, David, Richard and Rufus Stone, and her companion of 25 years, Hoyt Coggins.

ROCKY MOUNT –– Kysheem Rayshaun Mitchell, 18, of Rocky Mount, died on November 20, 2014.

ROCKY MOUNT - Carolyn Ann McKoy, 58, of Rocky Mount, died on December 14, 2014.

Reba Sumerlin Joyner, 88, of Nashville, died Thursday, December 11, 2014.

ROCKY MOUNT––– Sallie Mae Smith, 98, of Rocky Mount, died on December 9, 2014.

ROCKY MOUNT - Rosa Lee Burgess, 93, of Rocky Mount, died on December 14, 2014.

ROCKY MOUNT –– James H. Dickens, 74, of Whitakers, died on December 10, 2014.

Stephen Clay Bennett, age 71, passed away Saturday, December 13, 2014. He was the son of the late Noah Roberson Bennett and Opal Nugent Bennett. Stephen was also predeceased by his sister, Jeanette Bennett Moore.

Pauline Evelyn Turner Joyner, age 88, passed away on Friday, December 12, 2014. She was the daughter of the late Jake Turner and Pauline Evelyn Jones Turner. Pauline was also preceded in death by her spouse, Hubert Harrison Joyner; sister, Betty Crooker; brothers, Billy, Leroy, Earl and Freddie N. Turner; and son-in-law, Kenneth R. Pollard.

Patricia Joan Gibson Quinn, age 66, passed away on Saturday, December 13, 2014. Born on January 21, 1948, she was the daughter of the late Christian Frederick Gibson and Eileen Francis Scott.

Warner Lloyd Thrower, age 80, a Rocky Mount native passed away on December 13, 2014. He was the son of William Alfred Thrower and May Denson Thrower of Rocky Mount.

James Roger Ward, age 85, passed away on Monday, December 15, 2014. He was born in Nash County on March 18, 1929, to the late George Dempsey Ward and Carrie Sledge Ward. James was also predeceased by his sister, Annie Mae Saunders and husband, John and one brother, William Bill Ward.

MIDDLESEX — Charles David House, 57, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. Funeral services will be held 7 p.m. Thursday in the Chapel of Spring Hope Funeral Home. Pastor Pam Denton will conduct the service. Visitation will follow the service at the funeral home. Interment will be held 11 a.m. Friday at Bailey Town Cemetery.