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ROCKY MOUNT -- The Tar River Cats were determined to make a statement on and off the field during the recent Top Gun NIT 12-Under Baseball Tournament at the Rocky Mount Athletic Complex.
The club, which features players from Nash County, tried to come up with a fiiting way to honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

(L to R) Southern Nash’s Ish Rodriguez and Northern Nash’s Ishmael Rodriguez get tangled up near the ball during last Thursday’s boys league soccer match in Stanhope.

GREENVILLE --Thirty-two home games at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium, including the 11th-Annual Keith LeClair Classic, highlight the 2014 East Carolina baseball schedule announced last Friday morning by head coach Billy Godwin.
The 2014 slate features 18 games against teams that earned a bid to the 2013 NCAA Regionals, 25 against teams with 35-plus wins and 14 that finished ranked in the national polls.

Pastor Whitehouse greeted his congregation on a beautiful “Indian Summer” morning.  Sanctuary flowers were given by Ann Browder in memory of her husband Bobby Browder Sr. The topic of Pastor Whitehouse’s sermon was “When Preparation Meets Opportunity”, based on scripture from Samuel 16: 14-17.

Nash County 4-H celebrated the achievements of its many clubs on Sunday afternoon, but singled out a few for Club of the year, Volunteer of the Year and 4-H’er of the Year
Casey Strickland was surprised with the 4-H’er of the Year Award. Sandy Hall, Nash County Extension Agent for 4-H Development, presented Strickland with the award.
Hall said there were really good nominations this year for 4-H’er of the Year.

Nash County is hoping to expand its water system to the Red Oak/Dortches area and is starting the customer recruitment process by hosting two informational meetings.
Nash County Public Utilities will host the two on Thursday, October 10 at 7 p.m. and on Tuesday, October 15 at 5:30 p.m. at Red Oak Middle School.

Pictured above, Southern Nash cheerleaders perform a cheer while riding on a float at the parade. For more pictures from the Spring Hope Pumpkin Festival, go to Page 3-A.

The footprints of President Harry S. Truman have been on display in the courtyard of the Nash County Courthouse for the past 53 years.
The footprints have been exposed to the elements and over the years, have become worn and just about unrecognizable.

An overnight fire destroyed a mobile unit at the Nash County Animal Shelter early Saturday morning.
An employee discovered the fire on Saturday morning but the fire had already destroyed the building, which served as a storage facility and office for animal control officers.
No animals were injured in the fire, as the building is separate from the shelter, where the animals are housed.

Nashville’s Town Council has agreed to donate a piece of land to Nash County to build an EMS station in Nashville.
Nash County Commissioners budgeted around $400,000 in the current fiscal year budget for a new EMS station in Nashville. Since commissioners approved the budget, the county has been working on proposals for the new station.
Last Tuesday night, at Nashville’s regular Town Council meeting, Town Manager Preston Mitchell said they had received a proposal from the county on the EMS station.

Spring Hope residents expressed concern to commissioners on Monday night over the number of break-ins the town has seen the past several months.
Debbie and Larry Oxendine, told commissioners that their home had been broken into on August 16 and that ever since, they have not felt safe. Debbie said since her break-in, she discovered there have been numerous break-ins in town.

Bertha Brown stopped counting her age around 30 years ago so when September 20th came around, Brown said she was shocked to discover she was 100 years old.
“I don’t feel 100,” she said. “When I think about it, I can’t even put it together.”
Brown was born in 1913 in Robeson County. She later moved to Wilson and then came to Rocky Mount as a teenager.

Terry Carlyle Logan, 63, passed away Monday, October 7, 2013. He was born October 8, 1949. He was preceded in death by his father; Charles Harvey Logan and a brother; Derrell Logan.

George William Lewis, Sr., 87, passed away Monday, October 7, 2013. He was born April 19, 1926 in Nash County to the late James Erwin and Sophie Daughtridge Lewis. George was preceded in death by two brothers; Nick and Ben Lewis.

James “Jim” Roy Cockrell, Sr., 67, passed away Friday, October 04, 2013.  He was born in Nash County, December 6, 1945 to the late Roy and Geneva Batts Cockrell.

Sally James Bass, 82, passed away Friday, October 4, 2013 at Kindred Care in Rocky Mount.

RALEIGH –– Johnny Mack Lawrence, 70, of Raleigh, passed away on Friday, September 26, 2013 in Raleigh.

Rocky Mount -  Queen Esther Cofield, 81, passed away September 25, 2013.

BELTSVILLE, MARYLAND –– Cynthia Denise Alston, 54, of Beltsville, Maryland and formerly of Nash County, died on Monday, September 30, 2013 at Mandrin Inpatient Care Center in Harwood, M.D.

Raymond Arthur Tobian, 77, passed away Saturday, October 5, 2013. He was born in Detroit, MI on January 24, 1936. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Peggy Walston Tobian.

Joseph E. “Buddy” Baines passed away on October 4, 2013 at his home. He was born on June 20, 1932 to the late Charlie David Baines and Millie Ganey Baines. Buddy was preceded in death by his brothers Wiley Baines, Gray Baines and Jimmie Baines.

Rachel Luzie Sexton, age 81 passed away on  October 3, 2013. Born in Wadesboro, NC on September 24, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Charlie William and Hattie Ramsey Chewning. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edwin Hocutt Sexton, Sr.; son William Michael, baby daughter Krista Gayle; sisters Broadus C. Cobb, Doris C. Godwin, and Lois C. Proctor and brothers Bennett, June, and Tom Chewning.

Inez Privette Goff, age 84, passed away on October 2, 2013. Born in Nash County on May 10, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Edward Dowd Privette and Mamie Moore Privette. She was also preceded in death by her sister, Cleo Ferrell and brother, Tommy Privette.

Helen Frances Morgan Wilkinson, age 93, passed away  on October 1, 2013. Born February 15, 1920, she was a lifelong resident of Rocky Mount. Helen was the daughter of the late Paul N. Morgan and Helen Lavinia Edwards Morgan. She was preceded in death by her husband of over 50 years, George Alexander Wilkinson, Jr. and her brother, Paul Morgan, Jr.

NASHVILLE - William Richard Winstead, age 97, passed away September 30, 2013. Born in Nash County on September 26, 1916, to the late Dempsey Richard Winstead and Rhoda Lindsey Winstead. He was preceded in death by his wife of 66 years, Pauline Langley Winstead, and eight brothers, Melton, Otha, Russell, Leaston, John, Horace, Norman, and Cleveland; and a granddaughter, Amanda Pauline Winstead.