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By: Amelia Harper, Graphic Correspondent
Red Oak Commissioners voted Monday to contact representatives from NC State University in order to commission a study for improvements to the recently constructed Ennis Park. Commissioners went into executive session at the regular town business meeting and then emerged to make the vote to commission the study.
Diane Varnadore, Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP), under physician supervision of Carolina GI & Associates, announces the opening of Carolina Weight Loss Center inside Ward Specialty Pharmacy of Nashville. This will be Varnadore’s fifth location opening within the last two years for the purpose of weight loss and management.
By: GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
RED OAK -- Northern Nash’s girls basketball team are perfect so far -- at least record-wise.
Coach Grover Battle’s squad has managed to work its way through a combination close battles and blowouts to grab an 8-0 record going into this week’s first games of Big East Conference play.
Northern Nash is the only team in the county that turned the calendar page to January with an unblemished season.
By: CHARLES ALSTON, Graphic Correspondent
CARY -- Rocky Mount’s boys basketball team had won two two tournaments already this season, so the Rocky Mount girls decided it was their turn to capture a title.
And they did just that as the Lady Gryphons downed Cary Academy 59-43 in the championship game of the 4-team bracket of the HighSchoolOT.com Holiday Invitational last Tuesday afternoon at Cary Academy in Wake County.
HOBGOOD -- Rocky Mount Academy used a strong first quarter and never looked back en route to defeating Faith Christian by a 45-32 score during last Friday’s consolation game of the Hobgood Academy New Year’s Tip-Off Boys Basketball Tournament in Halifax County.
The Eagles were strong in the opening stanza, which closed with RMA in charge at 23-4.
ROCKY MOUNT -- The North Carolina Wesleyan College women’s basketball team picked up a 67-57 victory over visiting Lyndon State last Friday afternoon in Everett Gymnasium.
The win was the fourth of the season for the Bishops, who climb to 4-3 overall and have now equaled their win total from a year ago.
After some near-misses early in the season, the Southern Nash Ladybirds, including Kadijah Manning (with ball), hope to make an impact in the Big East standings.
Corey Johnson (right) and the Northern Nash Knights will return to the wrestling mat this Saturday during a tournament at Union Pines High School. Action will begin at 9 a.m.
By: Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Residents in the southern end of the county won’t have far to drive to seek medical attention, as the Middlesex Powell Clinic is set to open on January 3.
The clinic is the result of a collaborative partnership between Nash Health Care and University Health Systems. The Middlesex Powell Clinic will provide primary, specialty and urgent care for residents in the southern end of the county.
By: Amelia Harper, Graphic Correspondent
Sanderson Farms has recently purchased a 26-acre tract of land in Nash County, Assistant Nash County Manager Wayne Moore confirmed. The purchase of land near the intersection of NC 97 and NC 58 was reportedly made in mid-December for an estimated cost of $234,000.
According to reports from Nash County records, the land was purchased from Joan and Charles Flowers, Lou and Edward Fulford, and Brenda and Edwin Ellis.
By: Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Two local families provided Christmas gifts to around 26 autistic kids recently.
Chris and Kim Collie, of Nashville, and Michael and Patricia Cooper, of Elm City, raised money through various fundraisers to provide presents for area children on Saturday, December 17 at the West Mount Fire Department. The Collie’s and Cooper’s both have autistic children and started Nash Autism Seeking Hope to offer support for other families in similar situations.
SANTA CLAUS! – Madisyn and Bransen Baines find lots of goodies under their tree on Christmas morning. They are the children of Jamey and Lisa Baines of the Elm Grove Community.
By: Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Nash County has disposed of 40 manufactured homes since receiving a grant from the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
The homes were spread throughout the county and also included some within municipalities, Rosemary Dorsey, Nash County Planning Director, told commissioners earlier this month at the board’s regular meeting.
ARRESTS
Tiera Sharde Whitehead - 12/6/2011 - charged with felony larceny and conspiracy
Jacquestavious Marquise Brown - 12/6/2011 - charged with failure to appear for driving while license revoked and speeding
Lucy Talley Manning, 97, passed away Monday December 19, 2011 at Hunter Hills Nursing and Rehabilitation in Rocky Mount.
ROCKY MOUNT – Robert Joseph Poythress, 48, passed away, December 25, 2011. He was born in Rocky Mount on February 27, 1963, son of John Young Poythress and the late Betty Duvall Poythress.
Marie Taylor Boykin, 57, passed away on Monday, December 19, 2011. She was born June 3, 1954 in Nash County, daughter of the late Albert and Betty Morgan Taylor. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a sister, Ruby Mae Barham and two grandchildren, Joshua and Madison Boykin.
ROCKY MOUNT – Dempsey Franklin Phelps passed away Monday, December 26, 2011.
Linton Clare Atkins, Jr. 84, passed away, Wednesday December 21, 2011. He was born February 8, 1927 in Michigan.
PHILADELPHIA COMMUNITY - Lois Frazier Jones, age 88, passed away on Monday, December 19, 2011. Born in Nash County on May 28, 1923, she was the daughter of the late George Henry Frazier and Pattie Freeman Frazier. She was also predeceased by her husband of 49 years, William Howell Jones and brother, George Thomas Frazier.
Thomas Wade Lambert, 72, passed away Thursday December 22, 2011. He was born December 23, 1938 in Ashe County, son of the late Paul Jackson and Mabel Allie Mash Lambert.
ROCKY MOUNT – Arthur Lee Barnes,Sr., 69, of Rocky Mount, died on Saturday, December 17, 2011.
ROCKY MOUNT – Sheila Lynette Pride, 56, of Rocky Mount, died on Monday, December 19, 2011, at Pitt County Memorial Hospital in Greenville.
NASHVILLE - Funeral services for Celeste “Teen” Savage Eburg, 64, who died Monday, Dec. 19, 2011 were Saturday, Dec. 24 at 12 noon at Philadelphia Baptist Church with Rev. Paul Davis officiating. Burial followed in the Oakland Cemetery.
Rocky Mount, –– Nathaniel Johnson, Sr., 68, of Rocky Mount, died on Sunday, December 25, 2011.
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