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Bethel Morgan Thorne, age 90, passed away  Friday, January 17, 2014. Born in Nash County on November 29, 1923, she was the daughter of the late John Morgan and Ida Morgan. She was also preceded in death by her husband John Martin Thorne Jr. in 2004.

Thomas Stephen “Tommy” Tuttle, age 55, passed away Saturday, January 18, 2014. Born in Nash County on June 22, 1958, he was the son of the late Harold P. Tuttle, Sr. and Martha Longest Tuttle of Rocky Mount.

Jean Ferebee Bishop died  January 19, 2014. She was born in Vance County on January 10, 1927 to Stephen Scott Ferebee and Carrie Cheatham Ferebee. She was preceded in death by her husband of sixty years, John Edward (Jack) Bishop.

Fenley Smith Pettiford of Spring Hope passed away  January 15, 2014.

Frederick “Jim” Cannady, age 72 of Spring Hope, passed away Tuesday, January 14, 2013.

NASHVILLE - Funeral services for Joseph “Ted” Wilson, 84, who died on Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, will be Wednesday, Jan. 22 at 1 p.m. at Rock Hill Missionary Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Forest Hills cemetery with Rev. John Neal officiating.

The Nash County Animal Shelter is back to normal operations after temporarily halting adoptions due to illness.
Several animals in the shelter were reportedly ill earlier this month, causing the shelter to cease adoptions until the shelter was able to take necessary precautions.
The illnesses reportedly included distemper and kennel cough.

A telethon to benefit the Christian Fellowship Home for Recovering Men in Rocky Mount is being held on January 26, 2014 fom 1 until 5 p.m. on WHIG-TV.
The Christian Fellowship Home for Recovering Men in Rocky Mount serves as a temporary home for recovering alcoholics and addicts, helping to provide them with a safe environment where they can begin to put their lives back together and become self-sufficient, contributing members of the community again.

Tuesday, February 4 from 3 until 7 p.m. at Stony Hill FWB Church, 9649 Stony Hill Church Road, Middlesex
Wednesday, February 5 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Edgecombe Community College in Rocky Mount, 225 Tarboro Street
Thursday, February 6 from 2 until 5 p.m. at Draka Elevator Products, 2151 North Church Street, Rocky Mount

As always, we collect the news every so often so you don’t have to. It may be January, but we have some good stuff in our clip file, gathered from news sources all over. Enjoy.
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The real deal with Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency “leaker” who is hiding in Russia:
According to Iran’s semi-official news agency, Fars, America is apparently being ruled by a race of tall, white space aliens who also assisted the rise of Nazi Germany in the 1930s. Fars has linked the alien invasion to Snowden.

If there’s anything worse than having one mobile little boy, it’s having two mobile little boys.
Corbin is two and a half now so mobile is probably not even the right word for him. He’s way past the mobile stage. He’s now into the know-it-all, into everything stage. But on top of being mobile, he also talks! That’s been interesting!
Devin is one. He is walking and extemely fast! He can get into trouble and be on the other side of the room before you can even get to him to tell him no!

Friday was bittersweet as we stood in front of the brand new Boice-Willis facility preparing to cut the ribbon celebrating its recent opening at Eastpointe Avenue. We had learned early Thursday morning of the passing of Dr. Joseph Liverman’s wife, Nell.
Dr. Liverman retired from Boice-Willis in 2011, but most of us still referred to the clinic on Church Street as “Dr. Liverman’s Office.”

Two Nashville residents were among those arrested last week by the Nash County Sheriff’s Office as part of an ongoing investigation into the distribution of illegal controlled substances and illegal firearm possession in the area.
Deputies arrested a total of nine individuals on January 14 as part of the investigation.
Among those arrested were Montrel A. Gardner, 26, of Brake Street, Nashville.

INCIDENTS
A breaking and entering a motor vehicle was reported on 1/13/14 at 605 Birchwood Drive
A larceny was reported on 1/13/14 at 408 Golfers Lane
A larceny was reported on 1/13/14 at Wal-Mart, 1205 Eastern Avenue

A fraud was reported on 1/13/14 at 1063 Aventon Gin Road
A flee to elude and resisting  a public officer was reported on 1/13/14 on Fountain Branch Road
A flee to elude arrest and resisting a public officer was reported on 1/14/14 at S. Big Woods Road and US-64 Alternate

Governor Pat McCrory recently appointed Virginia Brewer to the North Carolina Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service.
The commission encourages and recognizes community service and volunteer participation as a means of community and state problem-solving.

Karen Dent-Haywood does it all!  She is an extraordinary Shelter pet photographer.  She fosters Shelter pets as the transition from Shelter to Rescue.  Recently she fostered an emaciated  dog ready to give birth, until she and her babies were ready to leave for their Rescue.   She also helps with transporting pets to vets, just to name one of several things she does.  Her heart is big and we appreciate her volunteering with the Nash County Animal Friends.  She ROCKS!

The Women in Action of Red Oak Baptist Church met on Thursday, January 16 at the church.  They enjoyed fellowship and learning and doing missions.  The group made “Dog Booties” to be sent to North American missionary, Brenda Crim, who serves in Alaska.  The “Dog Booties” are similar to the real ones the sled dogs wear in the Ididirod Race.

Our opening hymn was “Victory in Jesus.” What a wonderful truth. Pastor Ronnie welcomed everyone, made announcements and prayed the prayer of invocation. Congregational hymn was “When We All Get to Heaven, “ led by Algie Jones Jr.

Peachtree folks gathered at the church on a beautiful but chilly morning.  Sanctuary flowers were given by Lynn and David Griffin.  Pastor Whitehouse greeted those present.  His sermon was titled  ”Come In and Do Your Work in Me”.  It was based on I Samuel  25.  It recounts an incident in David’s life when he was justly angry.  But rather than take revenge, he left the matter in God’s hands.

I hope all of you had a good week. I know there are many of our members and friends at Beulah Church of Christ who are still sick. I’ll name a few of these as some others have been mentioned for some time. Our minister and members of his family have been all sick last week. He (Daniel West, minister) was not able to preach on Sunday.

UDC Bethel Heroes 636 and SCV Robert Henry Ricks Camp 75 held their first annual Robert E. Lee/Stonewall Jackson Luncheon on January 18, 2014.  The event was held at the Birchwood Country Club with over 60 guest attending.
Guest speaker, Mr. Russell Woodburn, curator at the Violet Bank Museum, spoke on a personal side of Confederate  General Robert E. Lee’s life.

WENDELL -- For all high school wrestling teams, everything builds up for the coming stretch that is undoubtedly the most pertinent part of the season.
For the Southern Nash Firebirds, the true tests begin today when SN hosts Rocky Mount with the Big East Conference regular season crown at stake.

RED OAK -- Robbie Kennedy considers this to be the deepest team he’s been blessed with during his tenure as Southern Nash High School’s boys basketball coach.
When times get difficult, Kennedy now has an array of mix-and-match possibilities -- an intangible that proved to be important during last Friday’s Big East Conference matchup at Northern Nash.