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Marisa Melania Bland, 83, passed away Thursday, February 13, 2014. She was born April 23, 1930.

Ricky Stuart Joyner, 58, passed away Tuesday, February 11, 2014.  He was born in Biloxi, MS to the late Roy Leon Joyner and Betty Tharrington Joyner.

Virginia Dare Jefferson Quinon, age 92 passed away February 10, 2014.

Ivy Louise Holloway, age 80 of Nashville, passed away February 12, 2014.

John Marshall Brock, 87 of Middlesex passed away Saturday, February 15, 2014.    A private service will be held in Ocracoke at a late date.

NASHVILLE - Funeral services for Johnny Ray Best, 62, who died on Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, were held Friday, Feb. 14, at 1 p.m., at Mt. Zion Holiness Church with Elder Melvin Arrington officiating. Burial followed in the Oakland Cemetery.

APEX - Funeral services for Ervin Ward, 54, who died Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, were held Tuesday, Feb. 18, at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church, with the Rev. Milton Solomon officiating. Burial will follow in the New Zion AME Zion Church cemetery in Robbins, N.C.

Louvenia Hendricks Lynch, 88, of Rocky Mount, passed away on Monday, February 17, 2014 at Kindred Healthcare in Rocky Mount.

Fredric G. Allen, Sr., 48, passed away on February 10, 2014 in New Jersey.

INCIDENTS
A larceny was reported on 2/11/14 at Wal-Mart, 1205 Eastern Avenue
An involuntary commitment was reported on 2/11/14 on Eastpointe Avenue
A larceny (shoplifting) was reported on 2/11/14 at Wal-Mart, 1205 Eastern Avenue

A missing person was reported on 2/10/14 at 7907 Buck Deans Road
A breaking, entering and larceny of a residence was reported on 2/11/14 at 9146 Red Oak Battleboro Road
A narcotics violation was reported on 2/11/14 at 3402 Old Carriage Farm Road
A breaking, entering and larceny of a residence and damage to property was reported on 2/11/14 at 3609 Flag Pond Loop Road

Just over a week remains to file for primary elections.
Only one candidate has filed since last Monday for local seats. District Attorney Robert Evans, a Democrat, of Rocky Mount, filed for re-election to the post he’s held since 2009. Evans was appointed to the post by then Governor Beverly Perdue after then D.A. Howard Boney resigned.

Nash-Rocky Mount Schools hosted Community Tech Tours on February 5 in conjunction with National Digital Learning Day. Eight schools participated in the Tech Tours, where parents and others in the community were given an opportunity to come out and tour schools and see firsthand how technology is playing a role in learning. Pictured at left, seventh grade science teacher Timothy Finn helps student Chris High with an assignment utilizing the Imovie application to show the parts of the cell and their function.

Many of you readers who can say they attended school before history classes went through many filters of revision are familiar with the Founding Fathers.
I was on the tail end of that education. Men such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison were considered great men who while human, put the framework of the United States into place. Perhaps each of these men should have his own day, rather than share a generic holiday known as Presidents Day. But that is another topic.

If you live, or work, in Nashville, you should consider taking the Nashville Police Department’s upcoming Citizen’s Police Academy.
The academy starts next month and will run through June 18. There will also be a graduation ceremony on June 25.
This is the third Citizen’s Police Academy the department has hosted and I bet it’s going to be one of the best.

The April tax filing deadline is getting closer and if you’re like most families who anticipate a refund, your money can’t come soon enough.  We all want our money quickly, but think twice before you opt for an “instant” or “rapid” refund from commercial tax preparers and banks.
Thanks to changes in federal regulations, most banks have stopped offering short-term, high interest loans known as refund anticipation loans (RALs).

COURTHOUSE VISIT –– This photo originally published in The Graphic May 6, 1965. Students from Middlesex School were taken on a tour of the Nash County Courthouse by Henry Milgroom of Battleboro, chairman of the Nash County Board of Commissioners. Tim Lovelace, their teacher, accompanied them.

Kaitlyn Joyner was selected as a state finalist in the National American Miss North Carolina pageant.
The pageant is for girls ages seven through nine and will be held June 26-28, 2014 at the Marriott in Winston-Salem.
Kaitlyn is nine years old and lives in Castalia with her parents, Mark and Donna Joyner.
The winner of the pageant will receive a $1,000 cash award, the official crown and banner, a bouquet of roses, and air transportation to compete in the national pageant at Disneyland in California.

Army Col. John Byrd stood at attention as the Honor Guard presented his brigadier general officer’s flag; a single star on a red field.
The flag was placed next to the United States and North Carolina colors during his promotion ceremony at North Carolina National Guard Joint Force Headquarters Friday.
Though the unfurling of the star of a general officer’s flag is a ritual, it is also descriptive of Byrd’s career.

Air Force Airman 1st Class Jordan M. Boykin graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.
The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

Melody and Leonard Jarman of Louisburg,  and Michael and Diana Mowery of Grove City, Ohio, announce the engagement of their daughter, Mary Renee Crotts of Louisburg, to John Rusty Creekmore of Nashville. He is the son of Everette and Ann Creekmore of Louisburg. The wedding is planned for March 15, 2014 at White Level Community Holiness Church.

Richard and Barbara Blanchard of Spring Hope announce the engagement of their daughter, Barbie Blanchard of Wilson, to Chad Keen of Wilson, the son of Robert Keen of Wilson and Claudia Moore of Wilson. The wedding is planned for 5 p.m., May 17, 2014 at The Leaning Tree in Bailey.