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Nash County Commissioners, in a split vote, agreed to move forward with paying an outside agency to conduct a financial impact study on the Nash-Rocky Mount School System.
The issue was not on the agenda for Monday’s meeting; however, Commissioner Lisa Barnes asked County Manager Zee Lamb on the status of the board’s request of seeking such a firm.

The Nash-Rocky Mount Schools (NRMS) board voted unanimously at their meeting Monday night to ask the Nash County Commissioners for enough money to cover a seven percent increase to teacher supplements beginning 2014-15 and recurring every year thereafter. Raising the supplement seven percent would bring the annual NRMS bonus to 13 percent, one percent under Wake County’s current teacher supplement.

INCIDENTS
A hit and run was reported on 4/28/14 at 214 S Barnes Street
An embezzlement was reported on 4/29/14 at Wal-Mart, 1205 Eastern Avenue
A damage to property (vandalism) was reported on 4/30/14 at 105 Sara Drive

A larceny from a school was reported on 4/29/14 at 522 N Old Carriage Road
A larceny from a motor vehicle was reported on 4/29/14 at 6960 Driver Road
A narcotics violation was reported on 4/29/14 on N I-95
A simple assault was reported on 4/30/14 at 3875 E NC 97

ROCKY MOUNT –– Mary Barnes, 91, of Rocky Mount, died on Tuesday, April 29, 2014.

ROCKY MOUNT,  –– Deanna Bellamy, 27, of Rocky Mount, died on Monday, April 28, 2014 in Rocky Mount. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Rocky Mount location of H.D. Pope Funeral Home.

ROCKY MOUNT –– Jennifer Cherry, 52, of Tarboro, died on Thursday, April 24, 2014.

Williard Curis Cooper, 81, of Wilson, died April 29, 2014.

WHITAKERS –– Betty Louise Williams-Davis, 69, of Whitakers, died on Thursday, May 1, 2014.

ROCKY MOUNT –– Kelsey Janee Lawson, 2 months, of Rocky Mount, died on Sunday, April 27, 2014.

ROCKY MOUNT - Carolyn Mae Belcher-Milbourne, 51, of Rocky Mount, died on Saturday, May 3, 2014.

ROCKY MOUNT -  Annette Denise Taylor-Okafor, 50, of Rocky Mount, died on Saturday, April 26, 2014.

ROCKY MOUNT - Charles Derwood Wester, 74, died April 29, 2014. He was born August 22, 1939 in Franklin County to the late John Harvey and Mary Frances Ayscue Wester. He was preceded in death by his wife, Eula Rebecca Williams, brother, June Wester and sisters; Rachel Newcomb and Mary Rapoza.

NASHVILLE - Funeral services for Larry Earl “Little Larry” Armstrong, 40, who died on Thursday, April 24, 2014 was held Friday, May 2  at the Richardson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Paul Davis officiating. Burial followed in the Oakland Cemetery.

ENFIELD - Funeral services for Bettie Lee Mills, 79, who died Sunday, April 27, were held on Sunday, May 4  at Faith Baptist Church with Rev. Linwood Richardson officiating. Burial followed in the Silver Hill Cemetery.

LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Linda “Toot” Crudup, 55, who died Saturday, April 26, 2014, were held  Saturday, May 3, at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, with the Rev. William Ratcliff officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery.

LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Eva Evans Brown, 79, who died Saturday, April 26, 2014, were held Saturday, May 3, at Jones Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, with the Rev. Thomas Richardson officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery.

Robert Teele Rawls, Jr., 87, died Friday May 2, 2014. He was born August 9, 1926 in Nash County son of the late Robert Teele, Sr. and Hazel Fountain Rawls.

Virginia Seleta Fisher Rose, age 81, passed away May 1, 2014. Born on her family’s farm in Whitakers to the late John (Jack) Thomas Fisher, Jr. and Virginia Seleta Turner Fisher. She was also preceded in death by her brother Kenneth Fisher and sister-in-law Almeta.

Charles Marshall Williams, 81, of Bailey passed away Thursday, May 1, 2014.

Nashville’s Chamber of Commerce celebrated the opening of a community bank in downtown last week by hosting a ribbon cutting.
Providence Bank opened on May 1 at 241 W Washington Street.
This is the fourth location for Providence Bank, which started in Rocky Mount in 2006. There are currently two locations in Rocky Mount and one in Tarboro.

The Town of Red Oak recently purchased two houses on Red Oak Road for the purpose of obtaining the historic dormitory building that is currently falling into ruins in the heart of town. A review of the town budget at the May 5 town meeting revealed that the town paid $35,819 to the Faulkner Family and another $25,922 to the Vick Family to purchase two dilapidated homes across from the dormitory.

Spring Hope Town Manager John Holpe went over the proposed 2014-2015 budget one more time on Monday night during a special budget meeting that was held prior to the board’s regular meeting.
The budget was presented to commissioners last month.
Holpe brought back the proposed $1 million budget on Monday night to get feedback from commissioners.

Four Nash County residents were arrested last week in connection with two drug investigations.
The Nash County Sheriff’s Office arrested three individuals on May 1 after receiving information about a drug transaction in the parking lot of the Citgo on N Wesleyan Boulevard in Rocky Mount. Authorities seized two grams of crack cocaine and a half of grame of heroin.

United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker recently announced that a federal grand jury in Wilmington, North Carolina returned a 14 count indictment charging Cedric Sharrod Williams, Derrick Lamont Hannon, Herman Lee Coley, Iii, Mary Shanta Ellis, Jerry Keith Pittman, Jr., Joseph Lamar Norris and Alonzo Keith Carter with conspiring to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute heroin, a Schedule I controlled substance, in violation of the provisions of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 846.