WILSON – Joyce Wood Byrd, 66, died Tuesday, May 22, 2007. Funeral services were held on Friday, May 25 at First Baptist Church. Burial rites were accorded by the Eastern Star at Maplewood Cemetery. She was preceded in death by a son, Ed, who died March 30.
ROCKY MOUNT – Rosa Titus Alston, 62, died Thursday, May 24, 2007. Funeral services were held Sunday, May 27 at St. John Baptist Church with Dr. J.B. Woodhouse officiating. Burial followed in New St. John Cemetery.
Gus Edward Leonard, 71, passed away Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at Nash Grove Manor. Arrangements are entrusted to Johnson Funeral and Cremations, 661 English Road, Rocky Mount, NC 27804.
NASHVILLE - Rose Anna Batchelor Murphy, 72, died Tuesday, May 22, 2007 after a long and courageous battle with cancer.
The New York Post is reporting that the U.S. Postal Service, which just recently raised rates, may have a new source for funding.
Follow the lead of Department of Motor Vehicles everywhere, the USPS is apparently considering issuing vanity zip codes.
The Memorial Day weekend is officially over but our reason for celebrating should never cease. Memorial Day is really not about celebrating. It’s about remembering. It is on this day we remember our lost soldiers and pray for those who risk their lives fighting for America.
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Letters to the Editor:
A recent Nashville Graphic article addressed a county study related to the Sheriff’s Department location. The first alternative recommended included demolition of the building housing Joyner’s Recreation, among others. In my view, that option should be quickly eliminated.
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Letters to the Editor:
After reading the letter to the editor in the Wednesday, May 16, 2007, edition of the Nashville Graphic, I was outraged that the single problem a local man deemed worthy to write to the newspaper editor about was the evils of homosexuality.
North Carolina State University Chancellor James Oblinger announced that 5,672 undergraduate students earned Dean’s List honors at NC State during the spring 2007 semester.
The North Carolina Teaching Fellows scholarship program recently announced the names of the 2007 scholarship recipients. Eleven Nash-Rocky Mount Public School students received this prestigious scholarship award valued at $26,000.
Since 1995, Wal-Mart has recognized more than 26,000 teachers through the Wal-Mart Teacher of the Year Program.
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By Charles Alston, Graphic Correspondent
PIKEVILLE - The pitching of two D-I hurlers has carried C.B. Aycock’s baseball team all year long. The Falcons had the luxury of saving their No. 1 pitcher Garrett Davis for the money game of the NCHSAA 3-A East Regional series Saturday. Davis, you might say, ended up robbing the bank.
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By Charles Alston, Graphic Correspondent
RED OAK -- Harnett Central’s baseball team had been giant killers all throughout the NCHSAA 3-A playoffs.
One-by-one, the Trojans knocked off higher seeds Rocky Mount, Rockingham County and South Granville -- all on the road. Northern Nash looked like another upset victim going into the bottom of the fourth inning of its fourth-round matchup with the boys from Angier.
RED OAK -- To help get the extra things his program needs, first-year Northern Nash head football coach Chad Smith is helping spearhead the First Annual “Fighting Knight Football” Superball Golf Tournament – a fundraiser set for Thursday, June 14, at Birchwood Country Club in Nashville.
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By Charles Alston, Graphic Correspondent
ROCKY MOUNT -- It’s the most bittersweet decision Stacey Alston has ever made.
The only head baseball coach Nash Central has every had has resigned from that post effective last week. Alston, who was an assistant at Southern Nash before coming over to Nash Central when the school opened in 2002, said it was the toughest decision he’s ever had to make. But in the end, more time for his family and his career had to come first.
NASH COUNTY -- The Tri-Community baseball program has wrapped up another successful season.
Here is a list of award recipients for the spring:
• Cody Goff -- MVP of the Sandy Cross team
• Marques Taylor -- MVP of the West Mount team
• Trey Wells -- MVP of the Sharpsburg team
• Kyle Taylor -- MVP of the Oak Level team
• Mack Bales -- Recipient of the Harvey Lee Joyner Award (presented by league umpires for sportsmanship)
• Kyle Taylor and Stephen Thompson -- Co-Tournament Most Valuable Players
• Oak Level team -- Regular season champions
• Sharpsburg team -- Tournament runner-up
• Oak Level team -- Tournament champions
GREENVILLE -- The East Carolina baseball team will makes its 22nd NCAA Regional appearance and eighth in the last nine years after earning a No. 2 seed in the Chapel Hill Regional in this year’s NCAA Baseball Championships.
MOBILE, ALA. -- Chase Lambin drove home the tie-breaking run in the 11th inning as Carolina rallied past Mobile on Memorial Day afternoon 8-5 at Hank Aaron Stadium in a Class AA Southern League baseball matchup.
CHAPEL HILL -- The schedules have been set for the 91st annual edition of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s state baseball championship series.
Southern Nash High School Distributive Education Club of America (DECA) members recently demonstrated excellence in their field at both state and national competitions.
Nash Central High School's Family Career and Community Leaders Association (FCCLA) recently received top recognition at state competition.
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By Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
NASHVILLE - Nash County's Board met last Wednesday morning to discuss the county's proposed $86 million budget. Commissioners accepted the budget as presented, except for adding an additional $40,000 to Nash Community College's pot.
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By Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
NASHVILLE - Renovation on Joyner's Supermarket is underway and in a few more months, Nashville's Library will relocate to the new 6,000 square foot facility. In the meantime, the Friends of the Library are on a mission to raise money to help furnish the interior and exterior of the building.
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By Michele A. Cruz, Graphic Correspondent
ROCKY MOUNT — The Nash-Rocky Mount Schools (N-RMS) Board of Education discussed its agenda for the next meeting at a work session held at Pope Elementary School in Rocky Mount Monday night. Key topics of the board's plans are continuing work on the new high school project and debate over revising the system's policy for use of tobacco products.
