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HOLLISTER-Funeral services for Melissa “Sissy” Hawes-Lynch, 39, who died Thursday, May 15, 2014, will be held at 1 p.m. today (Wednesday, May 21), at Faith Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Al Morris Lynch officiating. Burial will follow in the Mills family cemetery.

WOODBRIDGE, VA-Funeral services for Danny E. Dale Jr., 36, formerly of Nash County, who died Friday, May 9, 2014, were held Sunday, May 18, at 2 p.m. at Pine Chapel Baptist Church with the Rev. Robert Hedgepeth officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery.

BATTLEBORO —Funeral services for Bernice Ann Thorne Mills, 79, who died Tuesday, May 13, 2014, were held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 20, at New Hope Baptist Church, with the Rev. Travis J. Lockett officiating. Burial followed in the Pleasant Grove Church cemetery.

The Nash County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a teenage girl who left her Middlesex home on Sunday.
Fifteen-year-old Ashley Jordyn Hughes was last seen on Sunday, May 11 at around 7:30 p.m. at her home on Hilliard Road in Middlesex.
According to the Sheriff’s Office, Hughes is believed to have left on her own accord.

Dwight Winstead and Anna Carson Dempsey take a break from putting flags on veteran’s graves last week in preparation of the upcoming Memorial Day Holiday. Each year, Nashville’s American Legion Post 110 places flags on all the veterans graves at Forrest Hill Cemetery in Nashville. A Memorial Day service will be held in the cemetery on Sunday, May 25 at 6 p.m. at the flagpole to honor those who have died in military service.

Nash Arts Center will present Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, Adapted by Jim Singleton May 29, 30, 31; June 5, 6, & 7. Shows are at 7 p.m. Admission is $12. For more information call 252-459-4734 or visit www.nasharts.org

“…But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.

It’s amazing the things you can do on the internet nowadays.
There really is no excuse for being poor anymore. If you have access to the internet, you can make money.
Recently, a lady advertised positive pregnancy tests for sale. She was even offering a deal of two for $25! True story! The Craigslist ad boasted the tests to be useful for tricking your boyfriend into marrying you. After he commits, the ad said, you can fake a miscarriage.

We were saddened and shocked to hear the news that  owner and operator of WHIG-TV, Herb Greenberg, passed away Sunday.
I distinctly remember Herb excitedly starting his independently owned television station in 1997. It was very clear that his mission was to provide local community  broadcasting. He generously offered organizations and community event organizers the opportunity to promote themselves  and events to his viewers and provided many forums bringing the community together on live TV.

LUNCHROOM BEHAVIOR TROPHY –– This photo originally published in The Graphic June 8, 1972. Mrs. Adams’ third grade class at Red Oak Elementary School won the Lunchroom Behavior Trophy which went to the class with the best behavior during the last ten weeks of school.

The Nash County Sheriff’s Office has charged two individuals with breaking and entering a home off of NC Highway 97.
An activated alarm led deputies to a home on the 9000 block of Sugar Hill Road, just off of NC Highway 97, on Wednesday, May 7 around 12 p.m.
While deputies were on the way to the home, the home owners arrived and found the home had been broken into.

INCIDENTS
A damage to property (vandalism) was reported on 5/12/14 in the Food Lion parking lot.
A larceny (shoplifting) was reported on 5/12/14 at Wal-Mart, 1205 Eastern Avenue
A breaking and entering of a residential was reported on 5/13/14 at 416 Woodfield Drive

A larceny of a motor vehicle was reported on 5/12/14 at 7840 Old Bailey Highway
A disorderly conduct was reported on 5/12/14 at 1638 S. First Street
A damage to property was reported on 5/12/14 at 11416 Hedgepeth Road
A damage to property was reported on 5/12/14 at 8544 Bend of the River Road

Nash Community College hosted the American Welding Society (AWS) Tri-State Welding Competition on Friday, April 25th. Ten students competed from Nash Community College, Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, Randolph Community College, Wake Technical Community College and Central Piedmont Community College. The three judges were Kevin Shaffer from Lincoln Electric, Frank Jablonski from Machine and Welding and Russell Warhman from Wake Technical Community College.

Oak Level Ruritan President Bruno Keel (at left) presented honorary membership certificates to Ethel Mae Joyner (at right) for 40 plus years of volunteer service to the Oak Level Ruritans. The presentation was made at the club’s April meeting.

Eight students from Nashville received their bachelor’s degrees from North Carolina Wesleyan College at the college’s Commencement Ceremony on May 3.

D’Aries Elysse Wilkins, 6, of Nashville, has been chosen as a State Finalist in the National American Miss NC Pageant, to be held June 28, 2014 at the Marriott in Winston Salem.
The pageant is for ages four through six. This is Wilkins’ first pageant.
Wilkins is the daughter of Regina Alston. Her activities include being a Daily in the North Carolina Coastal Pines Girl Scouts Troop 783.

On April 22, 2014, the North Carolina State Board of Certified Public Accountant Examiners approved 66 applicants for licensure as Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) in the state of North Carolina.
Applicants for licensure are required to pass the Uniform CPA Examination and satisfy the education, work experience, and moral character requirements of the Board.

Six talented musicians will join their talents to provide a special recital at Cherry Hill Plantation in  Warren County.
The event will be a preview of recital of music to be presented at the UNCG Focus on Piano Literature that scheduled for early June.

Students at Southern Nash High School were given the chance to witness firsthand how distracted driving can change a life.
Nash County Emergency Services, along with other local and State Emergency Services Responders, offered the Vehicle Injury Prevention for a Very Important Person (VIP for a VIP) program to the school on Wednesday, May 7.

Nash Community College hosted a legislative breakfast in its Science and Technology Building on Wednesday, April 30. Nash, Edgecombe, Wilson and Halifax Community College Presidents shared updates with members representing the local communities in the North Carolina General Assembly. Community college administrators, trustees and faculty explained particular challenges the respective schools face due to budget cuts and limited resources including funding for technology, restrictive budgeting and staffing needs.

During a recent recognition ceremony, Nash Community College honored 43 students for one of the most prestigious academic awards: the 2014 Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.

Plans are underway for the 7th Annual Jack Laughery Ride for Knowledge being held on Saturday, May 31, 2014 at Rocky Mount Harley-Davidson. The event serves as a tribute to Jack Laughery, the former CEO and chairman of the Hardee’s restaurant chain along with his wife, Helen and their love of motorcycling and support of higher education. All proceeds from the motorcycle ride benefit the Helen and Jack Laughery Honorary Scholarship Fund at Nash Community College.

Lauren Elizabeth Seale, daughter of Roger and Dionne Seale, has been awarded this year’s Ann MacPherson Weaver Memorial Scholarship at Rocky Mount Academy.  Currently an eighth grader at G. R. Edwards Middle School, Seale will attend RMA in the fall on a full-tuition scholarship, valued at over $45,000 for four years.

At a special business meeting the search for a pastor was finally completed. Faith Temple Church in Momeyer unanimously voted to welcome Pastor Anthony Ray Harrison as its New Pastor, an invitation Harrison accepted.
Harrison is a native of Nash County, a product of the Nash Rocky Mount School System and a proud graduate of Southern Nash High School.