ROCKY MOUNT –– Ruby Dell Howard, 71, of Rocky Mount, died on Saturday, July 21, 2012.
BATTLEBORO ––Richard Lee Garrett, 84, of Battleboro, died on Monday, July 23, 2012 at Nash General Hospital.
NASHVILLE –– George Thomas Poland, 82, died on Wednesday, July 25, 2012. He was born May 16, 1930 in Nash County to the late Willie R. Sr. and Lillie Bachlor Poland. George is preceded in death by three brothers, Victor, Willie Jr., and Billy Poland.
HARTFORD, CT –– James Ervin “Stick” Sumler, 70, of Hartford, Connecticut, and formerly of Rocky Mount, died on Tuesday, July 17, 2012, in Hartford, CT.
Frances Griffin Bunn, age 91 passed away July 29, 2012.
Walter Price “Dusty” Moore, age 67 passed away on July 27th, 2012.
Peggy P. Wilson, 76, of Rocky Mount passed away Sunday, July 29, 2012. She was born November 1, 1935 in Rocky Mount to the late John Dewey and Alice Dean Woodruff Privette.
HOLLISTER - Funeral services for MCCoy Evans, 66, who died on Wednesday, July 25, 2012, were Sunday, July 29, 2012 at 3 p.m. at Faith Baptist Church. Burial followed at Copeland Family Cemetery with Rev. Linwood Richardson officiating.
Mary Sue Price died on July 30,2012.
Doris Marie Dickens Foster passed away on Saturday, July 28, 2012. Doris was born on February 03, 1936 to H.B. and Mae Dickens of Edgecombe County.
Louis Douglas Barnes, Jr., age 59, passed away Tuesday, July 24, 2012. He was born in Nash County on August 22, 1952. He was the son of Louis Douglas Barnes and Kathleen Coggins Barnes. He was preceded in death by his father, Louis Douglas Barnes.
ROCKY MOUNT - Mable Frances Joyner Pierce, age 83, passed away Tuesday, July 24, 2012. Born in Wilson County on August 16, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Burrell Lovett Joyner and Sally Batts Joyner. She is also preceded in death by her husband, Wiley Grady Pierce; daughter, Charlotte Pierce; and son, Grady Wayne Pierce.
Starting Wednesday morning, the N.C. Department of Transportation will shift traffic onto the new westbound lanes of Hunter Hill Road in Rocky Mount between Country Club Road and Kirby Drive.
This traffic shift is part of a project to widen 1.4 miles of Hunter Hill Road in Rocky Mount from Country Club Road to N.C. 43/48 (Benvenue Road).
As I stepped into the elevator, I felt the unsteadiness of the floor beneath me. The operator looked like a villain from a James Bond movie. We ascended quickly, leaving the solid, safe Earth behind.
When we reached the top and the doors opened, the breeze came through the elevator and created a sense of motion at the top.
Every two years, The Nashville Graphic publishes a special publication that highlights the different aspects of this area.
Discover Nash County is set to come out within the next month or so and in getting all the information and photos together, I’ve discovered that Nash County has some pretty neat things to do.
A gift from a neighboring merchant brought back some sweet memories a couple of weeks ago.
Renee Davis at Madelyn’s Flower Shop was sharing fresh tomatoes from her father’s garden. Her parents were out of town for a day and he left her in charge of checking on the garden. To her surprise she found a couple of five gallon buckets worth of tomatoes to be harvested.
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A PICTORIAL LOOK INTO THE PAST
DORTCHES BICENTENNIAL – This photo was originally published in The Graphic July 31, 1975. Community leaders particpated in the erection of a bicentennial sign at Dortches.
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Letters to the Editor:
While we are enjoying the fun that summertime holds, it’s hard to believe that the school bells will soon be ringing! With the 2012-2013 school year quickly approaching, The Salvation Army of Rocky Mount, serving Edgecombe and Nash Counties wants to help the youth of our community succeed by sending them back to school with the tools they need.
Families in rural North Carolina will soon get healthier smiles thanks to a new class of 52 dental students committing to practice in underserved communities. Nashville native Maggie Nelms is one of those students. This August, she will complete a successful first year at East Carolina University’s School of Dental Medicine.
Nelms has a passion for serving small communities because of her childhood growing up in Nashville.
At a recent reunion for the classes of 1936 through 1966, the Benvenue Alumni Association approved the establishment of the Benvenue Alumni Association Scholarship Endowment at Nash Community College. A scholarship exploratory committee presented the recommendation to the association at the event. This scholarship fund reflects the alumni’s commitment to education and their belief in preparing the citizens of the Nash/Rocky Mount area to meet the community’s need for a skilled workforce.
The Nash Community College Foundation Golf Committee is preparing for its 23rd Annual Student Scholarship Golf Classic to benefit deserving students. Golfers will tee off Thursday, October 4th at 12pm at Birchwood Country Club in Nashville.
The Vidant Medical Transport helicopter and team landed at Nash Community College’s Public Safety Training Facility on Thursday, July 19th. Nash Community College EMT students toured the helicopter and discussed emergency medical transport and patient care with Vidant staff.
The City of Rocky Mount has appointed Ken Graves as director of Planning and Development. Graves, who received his bachelor’s degree from NC Central University in geography and a master’s degree from the University of Toledo in urban regional planning and geography, has worked nine years for the City of Rocky Mount.
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Carol Vierela, Nash County Animal Friends
We are asking you to write your Congress person and express your support of House Resolution 736: Expressing opposition to the use of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, nitrous oxide, argon, or other gases to euthanize shelter animals and support for State laws that require the use of the more humane euthanasia by injection method. Sponsor: Rep. James “Jim” Moran [D-VA8]
