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The Bethel Heroes Chapter 636 recently welcomed two new members. Connie Cobb (at left), is the great-great-granddaughter of Obediah D. Dancy, confederate soldier and Donna Boykin (at right) is the great-great-granddaughter of Thomas H. Matthews, confederate soldier. They have received their membership certificates and are now members of the local Bethel Heroes Chapter, UDC of Rocky Mount.
Relay Prom Night: 2012 Relay for Life Prom Night will be held on April 7, 2012 from 7 p.m. until 12 midnight at the Rocky Mount Moose Lodge. Music will be provided by DJ Mark Speed. The cost is $30 per couple or $15 per person. For tickets or more information, contact Barbara Gill at 801-0690.
By: GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- Bunn’s Whitney Bunn struck the first blow, but Northern Nash had the final say during last Thursday’s non-conference girls soccer showdown on the BHS campus.
Bunn staked her club to an early one-goal cushion, but the Ladycats wouldn’t score the rest of the way en route to suffering a 5-1 setback against the undefeated Lady Knights.
By: GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
RED OAK -- From the fourth inning on, Northern Nash controlled the proceedings during its non-conference baseball matchup last Wednesday against the Washington Pam Pack.
Washington took an early advantage, but the Knights quickly responded in the bottom of the first frame.
NN would then ride some strong pitching from Jacob Green en route to an 8-2 home victory over the Pam Pack at the NNHS Baseball Complex.
By: Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Area post offices are feeling the effects of the U.S. Postal Service’s efforts to save money by consolidating services.
Carl Walton, Communications Coordinator for the Greensboro District of the U.S. Postal Service, said that in addition to moving processing operations from Rocky Mount to Raleigh, the postal service is also moving where the mail is dispatched from in some Nash County Post Offices.
By: Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
A Nashville postal carrier was killed last Wednesday when her car ran off the road and overturned.
The NC Highway Patrol said Melissa Armstrong Biggs, 47, of E. Old Spring Hope, Rocky Mount, was traveling on Fountain Road, near the Highway 111 Intersection in Edgecombe County when she ran off the road to the right and overturned.
Coopers Fire & Rescue’s Bulldog Brigade once again teamed up with the St. Baldrick’s Foundation this year to raise money to help cure childhood cancer. The challenge was to raise money for the cause and in return have their heads shaved at the firehouse Saturday. At the end of the day an estimated $5,500 had been raised. According to Assistant Fire Chief Jamie Moss a few donations are still trickling in and about 40 people had their heads shaved Saturday.
By: Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
A 15-year-old student at Southern Nash High School was taken into custody following an assault at the school.
According to the Nash County Sheriff’s Office, a 15-year-old female student walked up behind another female student, who is also 15, in between classes and cut her throat with a scalpel. The incident occurred around 9:25 a.m. on Tuesday morning.
By: Michele A. Cruz, Graphic Correspondent
The Nash-Rocky Mount Schools (NRMS) system plans on a budget decrease next school year, to the tune of over $8 million.
Due to the decrease in average daily attendance in grades K-3, the NRMS state planning budget for next school year has decreased by $3.76 million, to bring the total to $92.2 million.
By: Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Juniors and Seniors at Southern Nash and Nash Central High Schools heard, and saw, 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 two schools last Tuesday and Wednesday.
By: Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
On March 20, 1952, 34 men met in the Coopers High School Cafeteria and agreed to start an organization that would work for the betterment of the community. Today, the Coopers Ruritan Club is still doing just that.
Last week, members and guests celebrated the 60th birthday of the Coopers Ruritan Club.
W.A. “Billy” Joyner is one of the 34 charter members of the club. He is still an active member of the club.
By: Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
A Nashville woman has taken her desire to help animals a step further and started her own rescue group.
Shelley Milburn founded Promoting Animal Welfare in NC, or PAWNC, earlier this month.
PAWNC is a non-profit organization with several goals. Milburn said her primary goal is to educate the public about responsible pet ownership and provide spay/neuter assistance to reduce the number of unwanted animals in the community.
By: Graphic photos by Jo Anne Cooper
Pictured above is eight-year-old Hunter Rains getting his head shaved by Brooke Edge. He is the son of Kenneth and Kathy Rains and has a little sister, Amanda.
Participants and visitors of the Coopers Fire & Rescue fundraiser for St. Baldrick’s Foundation have a little fun taking time out to line dance.
Randy Lamm gets a clean shave for the cause.
Southern Nash High School was placed on lock down for around 10 minutes on Thursday morning after reports of a student with a gun fighting with another student.
Nash County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the incident within three minutes. Deputies did not find two students fighting.
By: Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
A Wilson man was killed last week when his lawn mower flipped over on top of him.
Pat Joyner, of the Nash County Sheriff’s Office, said 69-year-old Elmer Webb, Jr., of Hornes Church Road in Wilson, was cutting grass on Haywood Drive in Nash County when the accident occurred. Joyner said Webb was cutting grass and ran up an imbankement, causing the lawnmower to flip over on top of him.
ARRESTS
Laurie Lee Brake - 3/14/12 - charged with failure to appear for resisting a public officer, misdemeanor larceny and communicatint threats
Carl Lee Evans - 3/15/12 - charged with misdemeanor larceny
ROCKY MOUNT –– Louise Brown Parker, 82, of Rocky Mount, died on Friday, March 9, 2012, at Nash General Hospital in Rocky Mount.
ROCKY MOUNT –– Ernestine Wright Joyner, 69, died March 12, 2012.
BROOKLYN, NY –– Oscar Whitehead, 67, of Brooklyn, New York, and formerly of Nash County, died on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at New York Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn, NY.
Anthony Scott Carpenter, 49 passed away Saturday, March 17, 2012. He was born in Edgecombe County October 26, 1962. Scott was preceded in death by his father, Edward Thomas Carpenter, his paternal grandparents, Edward and Retha Carpenter and his maternal grandparents, Tommy and Mavis Outlaw.
James Edward Stallings, 83, passed away Friday, March 16, 2012. He was born May 30, 1928 in Edgecombe County. He was the son of the late George and Annie Maude Lancaster Stallings. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife, Lottie Rackley Stallings; one son, Robbie Stallings; three brothers, Alton, Wilbur and Howard Stallings; and two sisters, Louise Hill and Agnes Ennis.
Marie Blackburn Bass, 86, passed away Thursday March 15, 2012. She was born in Rocky Mount March 2, 1926, to the late Fred and Faye Blackburn. She is also preceded in death by her son Wayne Taylor, her sister Dorothy “Dot” Pridgen, her brother Herbert Blackburn, her husband’s Harvey T. Taylor, Melvin King and A.R. Bass.
Joyce Moore Evans, 73 passed away on Wednesday, March 14, 2012.
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