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ROCKY MOUNT - Samuel David Ashe, 83, passed away Friday November 15, 2013. He was born January 7, 1930 in Selma, Va. to the late John Floyd and Minnie Evelyn Gibson Ashe.

CHARLOTTE –– Malinda Jenkins 68, of Charlotte, formally from Nash County, died on Thursday, November 14, 2013 in Huntersville, North Carolina.

ROCKY MOUNT  –– Richard Krishna Naraine, 50, of Rocky Mount, died on Monday, November 11, 2013 in Rocky Mount.

HIGH POINT –– Annie Mae Rowe-Pender, 72, of Highpoint, died on Tuesday, November 12, 2013 at Highpoint Regional Hospital in Highpoint.

ROCKY MOUNT  –– Frank Earl Williams, 62, of Rocky Mount, died on Saturday, November 9, 2013 at Nash General Hospital in Rocky Mount.

Linda Braddy Chadwick, 66, passed away Saturday, November 16, 2013. She was born  on April 20, 1947 in Halifax County to the late Percy and Madeline Cooper Braddy.   In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by a sister, Diane Broadbelt.

Logan Corey Denton, 2, passed away, Thursday, November 14, 2013. He was born January 28, 2011 in Nash County.

Elisha Thomas “Tom” Joyner passed away Tuesday, November 12, 2013.  He was 93.  Born in Nash County on January 20, 1920. He was the son of the late Lemon Littleton Joyner and Esther Pittman Joyner. He was preceded in death by his son, Jeffrey Dean Joyner. 

Mary “Magdalene” Proctor Harris, 77, passed away Sunday, November 17, 2013. She was born in Edgecombe County on December 17, 1935.

Myrtle Williams Collins, age 88, passed away Sunday, November 17, 2013. Born in Edgecombe County on September 30, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Willie Williams and Mable Christopher Williams. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Marvin Collins and brother, Marvin Williams.

Dr. Gaylord L. Lehman, age 81, died Friday, November 15, 2013, at Duke University Medical Center, Born September 19, 1932, in Louisville, KY, he was the son of the late J. Edward Lehman and Orpha Gerig Lehman.

SHARPSBURG ––Robert Lee West, 65, passed away Wednesday, November 13, 2013. He was born in Petersburg, VA, September 8, 1948, son of the late Benjamin West and Mildred Carter West. He was also preceded in death by a baby son, Jeffrey.

MACCELSFIELD –– Dennis Ray Braswell, 55, of Maccelsfield, died on Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at Nash General Hospital in Rocky Mount.

HOLLISTER - Funeral services for Wilton M. Richardson, 85, who died Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, were held Saturday, Nov. 16, at 1 p.m. at Trinity Baptist Church, with the Rev. Al Cooper officiating. Burial followed in the Pine Chapel  Church cemetery.

NASHVILLE - Funeral services for Herbert B. Perry, 83, who died Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013, were Tuesday, Nov. 19 at the Shocco Chapel Missionary Baptist Church. Burial followed at Oakland cemetery with Rev. Lenis Thorpe officiating.

HOLLISTER - Funeral services for Luetoria Lynch Richardson, 75, who died on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013, were Sunday, Nov. 17,  at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. Burial followed in the Richardson Family cemetery, with Rev. Kenneth Richardson officiating.

Nashville’s Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting on Friday morning to celebrate the completion of LBJ Chevrolet’s renovated facility.
The renovations are part of a nationwide effort by Chevrolet to create a consistent image of its dealers. Renovations include a revamping of the showroom area as well as the exterior of the building.

The Middlesex Library is now online.
Library Director and Middlesex Commissioner Cherrye Davis reported last Monday night that the library was online with a new computer system Braswell Memorial Library had set up.
The new system includes a website for the library, www.middlesexlibrary.org, where patrons can access the library’s catalog.

A Rocky Mount woman was injured on Sunday afternoon after her vehicle ran off the road and overturned on Highway 58, just outside of Nashville.
According to the Highway Patrol, 72-year-old Idalene May Taylor was traveling north on Highway 58, just north of Taylor’s Store Road, when she ran off the road to the right and overcorrected, causing the vehicle to cross the center line  and run off the road to the left, where the vehicle overturned.

Over the last several years, this space has been used to document, record, reflect and remember great Thanksgivings.
It is truly my favorite time of the year, that sweet spot, however brief, that allows for a deep breath before the push and pressures of Christmas and the end of the year. That is not to slight December 25 or January 1 as wonderful, celebratory times of the year, it is simply to say that the timing and spacing makes Thanksgiving distinctive.

Our police department has been hard at work in recent months, working not only to protect and serve, but also working to get out in the community and get to know the citizens and business folks of Nashville.
They’ve come up with about every type of event a police department can do that gets officers out into the community to interact with citizens of all ages and backgrounds.

We lost yet another Nashville icon a few weeks ago. Ms.  Virgie Womble, 97, passed away on November 3.  Most of us remember her as Ms. Alyce Smith’s right hand at the Alyce Dress Shop in downtown Nashville.  Virgie worked there for 45 years.
The shop was in operation here in downtown for, I believe, more than 50 years.

GIANT SNOW MAN AT RED OAK –– This photo was originally published in The Graphic on January 25, 1962. J.A. Martin, Red Oak School principal, puts the finishing touches to a giant snow man on the lawn of his home while neighborhood children who helped with the construction project smile for the cameraman. The snow man was 12 feet high.

It is that time of year again and Christmas is right around the corner.  I know, I know – it snuck up on me too!  You would think that after all these years I would remember that it is every December!  As we did last year, the Nashville Police Department will sponsor a group of Nashville children who are in need of assistance during the holidays.  With the generous support of Nashville’s Wal-Mart we will have our second Cops & Kids Christmas.