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By: Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Nerissa Harris doesn’t mind sharing her story about her battle with breast cancer. In fact, the Spring Hope woman will tell anyone who asks and at the end of her story, she always reminds women of one thing; check your breasts.
It was during a self-exam in June 2010 that Harris found the lump on her breast.
By: Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Local organizations are offering scary fun for young and old alike this Halloween.
Nashville’s Cooley Library will hold a Halloween bash on Halloween, Monday, October 31 from 3 until 6 p.m. Library staff, Nashville Police and the Parks and Recreation Department will have fun, games and treats at the library for those who come out in their best costumes.
By: Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Friends and family gathered on Monday to pay tribute to Staff Sergeant William Garland Kirkman at a flag raising ceremony at the Rocky Mount Veterans Memorial at Jack Laughery Park. The flag-raising ceremony was organized by the Joint Veterans Committee of Nash and Edgecombe Counties.
Kirkman entered the United States Air Force in 1951. At the time, he was still a student at UNC-Chapel Hill but felt the need to serve. Kirkman served until 1955.
SPRING HOPE – E. J. Barnes, Sr., 82, passed away Tuesday, October 11, 2011. He was born February 16, 1929 in Wilson County, son of the late Ernie and Nancy Boykin Barnes. He was preceded in death by his wife Minnie Marie Moss Barnes.
NASHVILLE - Beatrice Leigh Viverette, 87, passed away Friday, October 14, 2011. She was born October 29, 1923 in Nash County to the late Percy Thaxton Rowland and Maude Leigh Winstead. Beatrice is preceded in death by her husband Lawrence Viverette and two brothers.
ROCKY MOUNT - Betty Jean Harris, 60, of Rocky Mount, passed away on Sunday, October 9, 2011, at Hunter Hill Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Rocky Mount.
Billie Ezzell Holder, 80, passed away on Tuesday, October 11, 2011. She was born December 27, 1930 in Edgecombe County, daughter of the late Lewis Patrick and Mamie Mears Ezzell.
Vann Ruffin “Boot” Collie, age 68 passed away Sunday, October 16, 2011. He was born June 01, 1943 in Franklin County, the son of the late Robert Joseph Collie and Hazel Strickland Collie. He was also preceded in death by his brothers, James Russell “Cullen” Collie, Charles Orlando Collie, and Jimmy Earl Collie; sister, Joyce Ann Cowan; sister-in-law, Betty Lou Adams; nephews, Chris Eugene Collie and Jacob Lynn Collie.
KNOXVILLE, TN – Tekyia Mozell, 33, of Knoxville, Tennessee, and formerly of Rocky Mount, passed away on Sunday, October 9, 2011, at Parkwest Hospital in Knoxville, TN.
ROCKY MOUNT – Douglas MacArthur Blackwell, age 69, passed away Friday, October 14, 2011. He was born May 7, 1942 in Rutherford County, son of the late August and Velvie Blackwell. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his step-mother, Tempie Blackwell; sisters, Dorothy Cissell and Marilyn Bradshaw; brothers, Edmund and Mercus Blackwell; half-sisters Blanche Boyles and Laverne Hensley; and half-brother, Marcus Blackwell.
J. D. Williams passed away on October 12, 2011. He was born January 3, 1930 to the late C. T. Williams, Sr. and Lucille Taylor Williams.
Lewis Dwight Shearin, 65, passed away Wednesday, October 12, 2011. He was born July 21, 1946 in Nash County. He was preceded in death by his father, Lewis Palmer Shearin and mother, Doreatha Joyner Shearin; and his nephew, William Hugh Shearin, Jr. (Will).
Historic Stonewall Manor will host a Living History/Reenactment this weekend, October 22 and 23. The grounds will be covered with an encampment of reenactors and living history advocates from all over the state of North Carolina.
It occurred to me the other day that I was going about things the wrong way.
In the past, when something wasn’t going right, I tended to think: 1. I have made a mistake or done something wrong 2. Someone else did something better than me 3. What a minute, what was the question?
In another week or two, the paving of Washington Street will be complete and Nashville’s Downtown Project will be marked as finished.
It’s been a year of some inconveniences and there will be some more over the next week or two but how great will downtown look once it’s all complete?
By: Letters to the Editor:
Recently, I read two opinions that were tied together; “College cuts take state two steps backwards” and David Brooks’ “As we mourn Jobs’ passing, where are tomorrows innovators?” These two opinions are connected, maybe not in the way the writers intended but never the less connected.
By: A PICTORIAL LOOK INTO THE PAST
NORTHERN NASH CINDERMEN 1976 – This photo originally published in The Graphic on May 4, 1976. These members of the Northern Nash Senior High track team were favorites to take top places in running events at the Division I meet in Greenville.
The Nash County Animal Shelter extend its hours on Wednesday, November 2 to hold an Adoption Drive.
The shelter, at 921 First Street Extension, will be open from 1 until 7 p.m. on November 2. Those wishing to adopt a pet can come by during that time. There is a $20 adoption fee but that fee will reimbursed for the Adoption Drive if adopters bring proof back to the shelter that the pet has been spayed or neutered.
Nashville’s Harold D. Cooley Library was the recipient of 100 new children’s books, thanks to the Brownstone Book Fund.
The Brownstone Book Fund is a private foundation in New York City with an interest in fostering early reading, a love of books and encouraging parents and children to read together.
ARRESTS
Anthony Robert Earl Savage - 10/11/2011 - charged with larceny, shoplifting
Derrick Lashon Harrison - 10/11/2011 - charged with failure to appear for no operator’s license
Lisa Jackson - 10/13/2011 - charged with criminal summons for communicating threats
By: Carol Vierela, Nash County Animal Friends
FREE pets = DEAD pets!!
A lot of free dogs end up in the wrong hands and become bait dogs for dog fighting trainers, even the little dogs – and there have been incidents of dogs being found mauled to death that were rehomed to a “family home.”
One-Stop Early Voting will begin on Thursday, October 20 for elections in Nashville, Spring Hope and Middlesex.
Early voting will run through Saturday, November 5 and be held from 8 a.m.until 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday, November 5 at the Nash County Board of Elections Office in Nashville.
By: Michele A. Cruz, Graphic Correspondent
As the new building for Rocky Mount High School is scheduled to open in August 2012, the Nash-Rocky Mount Schools (NRMS) board and administration are pursuing plans to use the existing building as a middle school.
After a lengthy discussion at their work session Monday night, the board asked the administration to see if adding a middle school to the system would relieve overcrowding at the existing five middle schools.
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