Daniel “Dan” Joseph Wheeler, 60, of Rocky Mount, died Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at Duke Hospital. He was born June 26, 1951 in McLeansboro, IL the son of Thomas Winfield Wheeler of Benton, IL and the late Eleanor Greer Wheeler.
Ernest Eugene Bowden, age 91 passed away on January 14, 2012.
Donald G. Davis, age 75, of Sharpsburg passed away January 13, 2012.
Bonnie Faye Mitan, age 65, passed away January 13, 2012. She was born October 30, 1946 in Jesup Georgia and later moved with her family to Roanoke Rapids. She was preceded in death by her parents Leonard and Rosa.
Patricia (Pat) Ann Spruill Harrell, 80, of Rocky Mount passed away Saturday, January 14, 2012 at Autumn Care of Nash.
Evia Lucy Cary Winstead, 86 passed away Wednesday, January 11, 2012. She was born in Alamance County, November 5, 1925, daughter of the late Octavious Cary and Maggie Wells Cary. She was also preceded in death by her daughter, Wanda Faye Winstead.
NASHVILLE - A memorial service for Olivia Richardson, 81, who died on Friday, Jan. 6, 2012 was Friday, Jan. 13 at 4 p.m. at Richardson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Terry Stample officiating.
N.C. Department of Transportation Secretary Gene Conti has awarded three contracts totaling $9.4 million for several projects in Nash and Wilson counties.
Projects included in the contract include the replacement of the bridge on Halifax Road over the Tar River in southwest Rocky Mount near the community of Westmount in Nash County.
A Rocky Mount man was sentenced to 96 months in prison for stealing a firearm.
Judge Malcolm J. Howard sentenced Jervis Ricky Davis, 33, to 96 months in prison followed by three years supervised release.
ARRESTS
Kenya Anesia Perry - 1/10/2012 - charged with failure to appear for simple worthless check
Phillip Clyde Batchelor - 1/10/2012 - charged with failure to appear for trespassing on posted property
Kelvin Earl Davis - 1/10/2012 - charged with failure to appear for interfering with a utility meter
Members of the Nashville Kiwanis Club’s Board of Directors discuss plans for 2012 at their regular meeting. The club meets each Wednesday at 1 p.m. Meetings are held at Langley’s Town and Country except for the first Wednesday of the month, when meetinsg are held at Cooley Library.
The Twin Counties Literacy Council will sponsor three Read-Ins in February. Each will be hosted by an area library on February 16 from 6:00 to 7:00 pm. Participants have the option of attending the event at the Harold D. Cooley Library in Nashville, the Edgecombe County Memorial Library in Tarboro, or Braswell Memorial Library in Rocky Mount.
The Rocky Mount Debu-ette Club recently donated items to A Second Season to benefit My Sister’s House. Pictured (L-R) is: Anna Ergish, Mary Frances Raper, Chloe Thompson, and Marie Noble.
As is tradition around the Soapbox, we collect as many strange, unusual and mostly true news items throughout the year as we can. When the file is full, we have a column.
So, enjoy a taste of the odd, with a little dumb crook news thrown in for fun:
Downtown Nashville sure does look good.
The town has really done a great job reviving its downtown. But, of course, it couldn’t have been done without the support of citizens and downtown businesses. Many business owners have stepped up and revamped their own storefronts, some with the help of the town and some on their own dime.
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Guest Column / My Spin By Tom Campbell
I didn’t get far into Bill Clinton’s new book, “Back to Work,” before he stopped me in my tracks. The American public has largely bought into the theory that government is the problem, the reason for all our ills. If we “get government out of the way,” cut taxes, shrink government and reduce regulations, happy days will be here again.
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A PICTORIAL LOOK INTO THE PAST
WATER PROJECT – This photo was originally published in The Graphic on October 6, 1966. Clay Braswell (left) and Henry Mercer supervise the installation of 12-inch pipe on Church Street a part of a water expansion project in Nashville.
Nash Community College recently announced its January 2012 Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) graduates.
The Nash Community College Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) class includes 179 hours of classroom and lab instruction and 24 hours of field training. The EMS-Intermediate class is a 322 hour course. The 1,099-hour Paramedic course includes advanced classroom and clinical instruction and a field internship.
Pictured on the front row (L-R): Meagann Camacho of Nashville, Carolyn Crisp of Rocky Mount, Jimmy Goodyear of Nashville, Debbie Beecham of Nashville and Antwan Brown of Tarboro. Pictured on the second row (L-R): Bryan Ward of Nashville, Christopher Pace of Spring Hope, Jeremy Bunn of Rocky Mount, Dana Nowell of Weldon and Alan Peaden of Pinetops.
This year’s recipients of the Turner Battle Scholarship at Rocky Mount Academy have been announced and honored at a recent reception for students, parents and Foundation Trustees.
The scholarship, given for a student’s “outstanding record of scholarship, college potential, leadership, and school spirit” has been awarded for the 2011-12 school year to Lee Arnold, Ashley Bissette, Meg Deyton, Megan Griffin, Raven Norton, Nicholas Place, Ann Claire Roberson, and Olivia Roberson.
The 2011-2012 Leadership Rocky Mount class visited Nash Community College on Wednesday during their higher education day. The group toured NCC’s student run radio station - Big Bang Radio 89.1FM, the new interactive Math Tank, Cosmetology, Health Sciences and Computer-Integrated Machining before having lunch in the Brown Auditorium.
Tommy Woodruff was selected as the Nash County Department of Social Services Employee of the Month for December 2011. Woodruff has been with the agency for four years, of which the last three years have been as an Income Maintenance Caseworker in Adult Medicaid. Since his employment, co-workers said Tommy has displayed a positive attitude, professionalism, and high quality of work ethics.
NCC English Instructor Franchesca Battle has been selected to serve on a North Carolina Community College System English/Reading Redesign Task Force. The English/Reading Redesign Task Force has been charged with developing and sharing with the Developmental Education Initiative (DEI) State Policy committee a redesigned developmental English/Reading curriculum.
Nash Community College’s Drama Club recently awarded the Nash Community College Foundation $200 for student scholarships. The gift was from ticket sales from the October “Night of One Acts.” The NCC Foundation was established in October 1983 to increase community awareness, raise funds for the student scholarship program, and to help meet the needs of Nash Community College.
