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ROCKY MOUNT  - Almeta Lavern Atkins, 61, of Rocky Mount, died on Thursday, May 22, 2014.

ROCKY MOUNT -  William Arthur Cooper, 65, of Rocky Mount, died on May 15, 2014.

ROCKY MOUNT- Brenda Lyons, 52, of Rocky Mount, died on Monday, May 19, 2014.

Rocky Mount - Eddie McNeil, Jr., 84, died May 19, 2014.

LOUISBURG - Mattie Richardson Mitchell, 98, passed away on Wednesday, May 21, 2014.

ROCKY MOUNT - Bobby E. Stevenson, 64, of Rocky Mount, died on May 23, 2014.

Nellie Wheeless Tyson, 86, passed away on May 19, 2014.  Born in Nash County on January 30, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Andrew Joyner Wheeless and Cassie Bunn Wheeless.

Ludie Barnette, 97 of Middlesex, passed away   May 22, 2014.

Arthur Harold Winyard, Jr. passed away on Saturday, May 24, 2014. Funeral services will be private.

Betty Joel Langley Fisher, 75, passed away on Thursday, May 22, 2014. She was born in Rocky Mount on August 25, 1938 to the late Jackson Lee Langley, Sr. and Sarah Tharrington Langley.  She is preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Lawrence “Coy” Fisher and siblings, Mary Lewis Langley Burton and Jackson Lee Langley, Jr.

An international professional basketball player encouraged youth at the Boys and Girls Club last week, as he paid a visit to talk about his career.
Michael “Moe” DeLoach visited Nashville’s Boys and Girls Club last Thursday afternoon. DeLoach is a Rocky Mount native who graduated from Northern Nash High School in 2004 and then went on to play at Norfolk State.

Nash Arts will host Shakespeare’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor” on May 29, 30, 31 and June 5, 6, and 7 at 7 p.m. The play is adapted and directed by Jim Singleton and tells the story of Sir John Falstaff, who is having financial troubles and arrives in Windsor. He decides to court two wealthy married women, the “merry wives,” who find out his plan and decided to play a few tricks of their own. Pictured above, Falstaff, played by Jim Lee (center) finds himself in an odd situation. With Falstaff are two servants, played by Dan Fogarty (at left) and Tim Price (at right).

Like so many dangerous things, I thought I had nipped it in the bud.
Like so many other times, I was wrong.
Kent asked me recently if I would buy him a bow and arrow. Based on previously harmless seeming gifts that later turned into hazards, this was an easy “no.” After all, I remember Kool Aid bottle slingshots, various spears and at least four PVC pipe nightsticks.

I will have a three-year-old in just a few more days.
I’ve tried to think of words to put in this space to express the magnitude of such a thing, of the boy you gave birth to turning another year older.
It’s sad.
It’s happy.
It’s confusing.

I have a sneaky suspicion we’re going to hear and see a lot of good things coming from the Boys & Girls Club here in Nashville. Pamela Nealey has taken the helm as the unit director here in Nashville and if you haven’t met her yet –– trust me, it won’t be long before you do.
It’s quite obvious Ms. Nealey has a passion and it’s all about kids at the Boys & Girls Club. One conversation with her will prove her focus is truly on those kids and the club becoming a vital part of this community.

GIRL SCOUT TROOP 352 ––  This photo originally published December 7, 1972. Fifteen Brownies were welcomed into Troop 352 and into Girl Scouting during a special ceremony. Older Brownies were rededicated.

Nash UNC Health Care recently garnered several prestigious awards for their work in the fields of health care advertising and emergency room communications. These awards were announced at the last Nash Health Care board meeting held on May 8, 2013.

The following students at Hobgood Academy made the Principal’s List (A’s) or the Honor Roll (A’s and B’s) the 5th six weeks of school.

The purpose of Memorial Day is to remember those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in defending our nation. But for one Rocky Mount resident, honoring war heroes just once or twice a year is not enough.
Dallas Barnes, age 81, received an award last month from the Volunteer Service division of the Veteran’s Administration in Durham for donating more than 25,000 hours of volunteer service hours in helping his fellow veterans.

Nashville’s Police Department hosted a Bike Rodeo Saturday in the parking lot at Nashville United Methodist Church. The department gave away helmets, courtesy of Erie Insurance. The primary goal of the event is to teach bicycle and helmet safety.  Nashville’s Community Officer Jennifer Bull says another rodeo will be planned for the fall.

Jacob Schrader makes his way around the bike rodeo course.

Blake Howell takes a break for a snack during Saturday’s bike rodeo.

Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools held its 8th Annual Academy Awards Program on Tuesday, May 20, 2014, in the Business and Industry Center at Nash Community College.  The event recognizes excellence in students enrolled in the school systems’ academy programs.  The academy concept was introduced in 2004 as a school reform effort for Career and Technical Education (CTE).

Members of the Red Oak Community Club, formerly known as the Home Demonstration Club, recently planted a Red Oak tree at the Red Oak Fire Department. Many of the Town of Red Oak’s trees are dying so the club decided to plant one as a project. Pictured are members of the club with the tree they purchased and planted at the department.