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JAMAICA, N.Y. - Robert Lee Inman, 64, of Jamaica, New York and formerly of Whiteville, North Carolina died on November 6, 2014.

WARRENTON - Hargie Bet Lynch, 88, died on Friday, November 7, 2014.

Anthony Ray Richardson, 59, died on Sunday, November 9, 2014.

Thomas Lynn Eckenrode, 60, passed away, Sunday, November 9, 2014. He was born March 20, 1954 in Cuyoka County, Ohio to the late Walter and Sarah Zimmerman Eckenrode.

Upcoming events at Nash Arts include:
•Nixon, Blevins, & Gage Holiday Show, Friday, Nov. 21 at 7pm. $15 general admission
•A Christmas Carol, adapted and directed by Jim Singleton: Dec. 6, 12, 13 at 7:30 pm and Dec. 7, 14 at 2:30 pm. $13 general admission, $11 senior citizens and children under 12.

Nash Arts held its ninth annual Nash County’s Got Talent competition last week showcasing local artists.
Tiffany Hill of Rocky Mount won first place in  this year’s competition winning the first place prize of $1,000.
Tiffany has been singing since she was 16 years-old. Upon graduating from high school, she traveled the east coast with a children’s musical company which offered shows to encourage building character and education. Other than touring with the musical, most of her performances have been at area churches.

NASH COUNTY - Southern Nash made a bit of history during the regular season -- but excuse Coach Brian Foster for wanting a little bit more.
SN claimed its first football league championship since 1991 when the Firebirds wrapped up the Big East Conference crown last Saturday with a season-ending road victory at Nash Central by a 25-6 margin at The Dawg Pound on the NCHS campus.

RED OAK -- Back in April, Joe McCarthy didn’t get overly excited when a guidance counselor approached him about a new student who wanted to join the coach’s Northern Nash High School boys soccer program.
Until he found out who it was -- long-time Southern Nash standout Tristan Marshall.
“When I knew it was Tristan, I was pleasantly surprised,’’ McCarthy said.

WILLIAMSBURG, VA. -- Tracey Coppedge ran for a career-best 120 yards and the Elon Universitydefense pitched a second-half shutout for the second consecutive week, but the 24th-ranked Tribe of William & Mary held off the feisty Phoenix in a 17-7 CAA Football contest from Zable Stadium last Saturday.
Coppedge is a junior who prepped at Southern Nash High School.

NASHVILLE -- Forgive Matt Lancaster for wishing that all of Nash Central Middle School’s football games were on the road during the 2014 season.
Lancaster’s second campaign in charge of the NCMS program saw the Trojans post a 3-4 overall record.
Nash Central was winless at home, but went undefeated during its games away from Trojan Field.

CHAPEL HILL -- Here are the first-round pairings for the Class 3-AA and Class 3-A State Football Playoffs.

STANHOPE -- After a solid season in the Eastern North Carolina Football League, the Nash County Firebirds’ Varsity Team turned its attention last Saturday to the annual Statewide Athletics Committee State Playoffs.
The Firebirds have experienced a myriad of successes in this event over the past several years -- and they are hoping for another lengthy stay this time around.

RALEIGH -- The Carolina Hurricanes  remained hot as the defeated the visiting Calgary Flames 4-1 Monday night in National Hockey League action at the PNC Arena. 
The Flames opened the scoring at the 13:09 mark of the first as David Jones found the net behind Canes’ veteran goalie Cam Ward.

LOUISBURG -- Of the many accomplishments Thomas Winstead has enjoyed in his lifetime, few were more memorable than his two-year tenure at Louisburg College as an assistant softball coach.
Winstead, who resides in Nash County, was able to work under legendary LC skipper Sheilah Cotten -- all the while coaching his daughter, Brandy.

NASH COUNTY -- Here are updated scores from the Nash County Parks and Recreation Department’s Fall Youth Soccer Season:

RED OAK -- The Nash County Knights’ first full season in the Johnston County Football League proved to be a successful one.
Last year, the Knights joined the JCFL, but only fielded one team. Nash County had a full roster of three squads this time around.

RED OAK -- The Nash County Parks and Recreation Department hosted its third annual Charity Kickball Tournament For Nash County First Responders on Oct. 25 at Ennis Park.
The event, which was formerly known as ‘Kick Balls Save Lives’, has been changed to ‘First Responders Kick For A Cause’.

Nashville police are looking for a man who robbed US Cellular on Saturday evening.
According to Nashville Police Chief Tom Bashore, a white male walked into the store around 5:30 p.m., went back to   where the cash boxes are kept, grabbed them and walked out the back door.
Bashore said the man did not display any weapons but told store employees he would shoot them if they called police.

Nash County honored veterans at various ceremonies over the past week with a final service on Tuesday, November 11, Veterans Day.
Southern Nash Middle School hosted its annual Veterans Appreciation Service last Friday. As part of that service, local veterans were invited to come out to the school and meet and talk to sixth grade students.

Runoff races will be held for two Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education seats, the Nash County Board of Elections decided on Wednesday morning.
There was the potential for runoff races to be held for four seats, Nash County Board of Elections Director John Kearney said. However, only two of the districts had candidates who requested runoffs.

Castalia Mayor Ellene Leonard announced at the November Town Meeting held on November 4 that the town’s planned retreat had been indefinitely postponed. She suggested that the event may take place in February 2015, but no date has been set.
Originally, the six-hour retreat had been scheduled for October 4.

Brian Booth will soon be joining the monastery and taking a leave of absence from his position at Nashville’s Library Director.
Booth’s last day is November 20. He will leave for the monastery on November 22.
Initially, Booth will stay at the monastery for up to six months for an internship program. At that time, he will decide if he wants to join the monastery permanently.

A Nash County woman will honor the over 400 law enforcement officers killed in North Carolina with a special tree lighting and candlelight vigil on November 20th at her home.
Carie Jones started her NC Fallen Law Enforcement Memorial Tree to pay tribute to not only the men and women who had been killed serving but also for the families.

A vision to tell others about Jesus led Doris McBride to write a song that’s now featured on a CD.
Local musician Robin Dunn and McBride released the CD, “My Angel’s Wings,” about a month ago.
The CD features two songs which McBride wrote the words to. Dunn put the music with the words.
“I wrote the words, not the music,” McBride said.

Nash County Planning and Inspections issued the following building permits from November 3 through 7.