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Linda Tillman Pittman, age 65, passed away on September 22, 2014.

Annie Clyde Edwards Banks, 97, formally of Spring Hope,  passed away Tuesday, September 16, 2014. She was born in Nash County, North Carolina, the eighth of ten children to the late Manalcus Clyde and Annie Vick Edwards. In addition to her parents and siblings, she is predeceased by her husband of 64 years, Carl V. Banks.

Kenneth Levane Page, Sr., 73, passed away Sunday, September 21, 2014. He was born July 24, 1941 in Wilson County. 

Tiffany Carol Stanford, 39, of Hollister passed away Monday, September 22, 2014. She was born August 8, 1975 in Davidson County.

NASHVILLE - Elizabeth Lancaster, 95, died on Sunday, September 21, 2014.

LOUISBURG - Clarence Edward Hayes, 63, died on on Saturday, September 20, 2014.

ROCKY MOUNT - LeRoy Sessoms, 74, passed away on Monday, September 22, 2014.

ROCKY MOUNT - Joan Blondell Cherry, 72, of Rocky Mount, died on September 23, 2014.

NASHVILLE - Alice Sue Giles, 90, of Nashville, died on September 24, 2014.

Just the other day, I thought about how language has changed dramatically in my lifetime.
I don’t even mean the words that are allowed on television would have acceptable, or the situations, or the lifestyles that are glamourized. I mean simple, everyday phrases and places have changed. And so has how we communicate.
I can’t say it has all been for the good.

Next week will be a bittersweet day for Nash County.
Tuesday, September 30 is Finance Director Lynne Hobbs’ last day.
Lynne has been with Nash County since 1994 and has been the finance director since 1997.
I’m no financial expert by any means but I can say with 100 percent certainty that she has done an excellent job! There is no doubt this county is in such great financial shape because of her leadership.

My heart was heavy last week for the Justice Community which lost a son, a friend and a fellow firefighter.
I was working on last week’s newspaper when the news came through that a firefighter from the Justice Volunteer Fire Department had been killed.
Though Justice isn’t in Nash County –– it’s close enough that many of us know people who live there as it sits right on the outer edge of Spring Hope.

CONFERENCE CHAMPS –– This photo was originally published in The Graphic on May 24, 1962. Pictured is the Benvenue baseball team which defeated the Middlesex team for the 1962 conference championship.

INCIDENTS
A larceny by bypass of an anti-theft device was reported on 9/16/14 at Wal-Mart, 1205 Eastern Avenue
A larceny was reported on 9/17/14 at Just Save, 731 E Washington Street
A damage to property (vandalism) was reported on 9/19/14 at 112 Village Lane

A larceny from a trailer was reported on 9/15/14 at 5376 Highway 264 Alt
A larceny of a computer was reported on 9/16/14 at 11379 Old US 64
A breaking, entering and larceny of a residence was reported on 9/16/14 at 8005 Old Bailey Highway
A damage to property was reported on 9/16/14 at 534 Worth Road

Nash County Planning and Inspections issued the following building permits from September 15 through September 19

Wesley and Della Parrish celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary with a reception at Corinth Baptist Church in Nashville on September 13, 2014. The reception was given by their children. They were married September 12, 1964 at Maple Creek Methodist Church in Rocky Mount. Wesley retired from Carolina Steel Corp. where he worked for 46 years.

Laura Anne Kornegay and George Bradley Hearn were united in marriage on September 20, 2014 at 5 p.m. in Swansboro. The ceremony was officiated by Reverend Ford Jordan.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Eugene Harris and Mr. William Ennis Kornegay, Sr., of Rocky Mount.

Randall and Elaine Hull of Nashville announce the engagement of their daughter, Sandra Elaine Hull, of Kill Devil Hill, to Dr. David Reide Corbett, of Kill Devil Hill, the son of Col. David Corbett of Punta Gorda, Florida and Be Beasley of Hayesville, North Carolina. The wedding is planned for 3 p.m. on Sunday, October 12, 2014 in Manteo.

Olivia Knightlinger of Spring Hope was recently selected to participate in the 2014 Miss Jr. Pre-Teen Rocky Mount/Raleigh pageant competition that will take place on Saturday October 4, 2014.
Olivia learned of her acceptance into this year’s competition when the pageant announced their selections following interviewing in the local Rocky Mount/Raleigh area.

  Sheila Moore of Red Oak, a nurse manager at Nash General Hospital, recently earned her certification in Maternal Newborn Nursing from the National Certification Corporation.
A native of Kinston, Moore started as an LPN in 1987 at Pitt County Memorial Hospital, and she earned her nursing degree from Pitt Community College in 1992.

Monday, October 13 from 3 until 7 p.m. at First Baptist Church, 200 South Church Street, Rocky Mount
Tuesday, October 14 from 2:30 until 7 p.m. at Englewood Baptist Church, 1350 Winstead Avenue, Rocky Mount
Wednesday, October 15 from 12 until 4 p.m. at Eason Corporation, 8171 Planer Mill Road, Middlesex

The Country Doctor Museum brought history alive on Saturday, as it hosted its annual celebration of rural health care.
The Country Doctor Museum in Bailey is the oldest museum in the nation dedicated to the history of rural health care.
At the fourth annual “History Alive!” celebration, young and old came out for a glimpse into the past. Various activities were held, including museum tours and a horse drawn carriage rides.

Nash Community College faculty, staff and students gathered recently to remember the events of September 11, 2001.
Nashville Police Chief Tom Bashore was the guest speaker for the event, which was held at the College’s Business and Industry Center flag pole.
Bashore reflected on where he was that day and how that moment was etched in his memory, never to be forgotten.