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TUSCALOOSA, AL Harrison Moody of Spring Hope has received a Master of Science degree from The University of Alabama. UA awarded over 1,300 degrees during its summer commencement ceremonies. The University of Alabama is part of The University of Alabama System, is the state's flagship university.

Brandon Tyler Hayes and Megan Renee Hayes to Husam Moharam; 1.789 acres

The Cheung K. Tom Leung and Betty Yuen-Wah Leung Revocable Trust, Cheung K. Tom Leung, Betty Yuen-Wah Leung, Cheung K. Tom Leung, Betty Leung and Betty Yuen-Wah Leung to Kasada, LLC; 1010 North Wesleyan Boulevard, Rocky Mount; $3,250,000

Selestine Hagins Rodriguez, Terry Hagins, Selestine Hagins-Rodriguez, Selestine Hagins Rodriguez, Seleste Hagins, Terry Hagins, L. Hagins and Latonya S. Hagins to Orangemeal, LLC; 767 Pond View Court, Rocky Mount; $150,000

Elizabeth Speller Beasley and Clinton M. Beasley to Nakia Speller; 133 Bridgeport Court, Rocky Mount; $222,000

Dianne W. Ferrell, Jamie Charmaine Ferrell Epps and Roderick L. Epps to Jamie Charmaine Ferrell Epps and Javelle Lee Wayne Epps; 121 Arrowood Drive, Nashville

Roderick L. Epps to Jamie Charmaine Ferrell Epps; Winwood, Section II, Block D, Lot 15

Jimmy Stanley Boykin and Donna W. Boykin to Daniel Lee Winstead; five acres, N NC 58

Hope Derby Carmichael and Saleh Yahya Hizam Abdullah to Belmont Lake Preserve Homeowners Association, Inc. and Hope Derby Carmichael; 4065 Golden Villas Drive, Rocky Mount; $8,000

Sharvette Chestnut-Williams, Sharvette Chestnut Williams and Cierra Sanders to Sanders Crossing, LLC; 4498 US 264 Alt., Bailey

Kimberly Conner Smith to Ricks Properties of North Carolina; 1100 Benbrook Drive, Nashville; $120,000

Joshua Bradberry to Christopher Lee Epps; lot 4; $310,000

Noah Bagley and Noah Jacob Bagley to Wanda M. Kirby; 8208 Old Bailey Highway, Spring Hope

Shirelle D. Harrison and Eugene Harrison to Top Level Builders, Inc.; Wheatfield Subdivision, Lot 15

Ballysteen Realty, LLC to Evan Landers Pollard and Courtney Close Pollard; The Village of Old Spring Hope, Phase 2, Lot 11; $75,000

David J. Matlack, Catherine J. Matlack and Catherine J. Wilson to Aubrey Felton; West Haven Subdivision, Block F, Lot 7

Wiley G. Bradley Jr. and Nancy D. Bradley to Momeyer Properties, LLC; 21.39 acres; $25,000

Donna Dement, Sharon Carpenter Payne, Ruby Lynn Carpenter, Joseph McClellon Johnson, Tracy Lynn Johnson, Betty Jo Johnson, Joy Lou Bodie, John Wills Johnson, Jackie Johnson Ruffin, George Lee Earp, Alton K. Carpenter, Alton Kevin Carpenter, Sonya D. Loyette, Linda Wright, Jimmy Wright, Jeff Webb, Melanie Webb, Lisa Britt, Roger Britt, Josephine Hight Carpenter, Angela Lynch Maynard, Thomas Cobb Maynard, Daniel Marin Lynch, Danny Lawrence Whitman, Patricia Giles Whitman, Jacqueline Ann Connie, Kathy Bailey Warrick, Larry Warrick, William Truman Carpenter, Raven Carpenter, Carolyn Carpenter, Rebecca Rochelle Deans, David Nathaniel Howell and Myrtle Carpenter to Rochelle C. Whitehead; lot 1, Block A

Brian Keith Lamm and Denise Poland Lamm to Brandon Ray Powell and Jessica Norris; 1.60 acres

Mary Alice Davis, Charles Kenneth Murray Jr. and Kimberly A. Murray to John Davis Vann; 3863 North NC 581; $246,000

Lynn Tyson Cook to Lynn Tyson Cook Revocable Trust and Lynn Tyson Cook; Spring Pines, Phase 3-A, Lot 3

Christopher Scott and Brittany Scott to 231 Homes, LLC; 301 Woodfield Drive, Nashville; $175,000

Easy Sale Homebuyers, LLC to Reginald Mungo; 824 South Pine Street, Rocky Mount; $115,000

Joseph Milton Haislip Jr. and Carolyn Leigh Wheeler Haislip to Latchkey Property Group, LLC; 1215 West Thomas Street, Rocky Mount; $15,000

Norman Harrison Jr. and Lana Harrison to Romona Harrison Kearney and Rass E. Kearney; Lot 4 in Oak Level Township

D.R. Horton, Inc. to Jessica Courtney Ashley; 7270 Michelle Road, Rocky Mount

D.R. Horton, Inc. to Sally Samantha Warbritton and Davion Butler; Bentridge Subdivision, Section 5, Lot 42

Walter M. Harris Jr. to 39 South Properties, LLC; 7507 Squirrel Den Road, Bailey; $62,000

Odelia Emma Sberro, Naor Magnagi and Naor Magnagi Naor Magnezy to Naor Magnagi, Naor Magnagi Magnezy and Odelia Emma Sberro; 5001 Marriott Street, Battleboro

Haley Bostic Ashley and Warren Brice Ashley to Lori A. Bostic; 188 North Big Woods Road, Spring Hope

Frederic E. Privette to East Wind Properties, LLC; Big Woods Subdivision, Lot 2; $74,000

WJH, LLC to Antonio Santiago-Medina, Antonio Santiago Medina and Rebecca Caitlin Santiago; 7020 Peppermill Way, Rocky Mount; $244,000

Jackson D. Williams Jr., Jacqueline Williams, Jennifer Williams Evans, William Wright Evans III, Audrey Faye Sweeney, Alan M. Sweeney, Jacqueline Michelle Williams and Jennifer Williams Evans to Christopher Dwight Cooper and Melissa Hardy Cooper; 206 North Lumber Street, Nashville

Adams Homes AEC, LLC and J. Matthew Shook to Natalee Vaught Lawson; 4020 Fletcher Road, Bailey; $359,000

House of Lights of Rocky Mount, Inc. to D&D Jernigan Properties, LLC; 1241 Independence Drive, Rocky Mount; $515,000

RALEIGH - A site-record and big prizes were awarded at the giant pumpkin and watermelon competition at the N.C. State Fair.
The weigh-in included the special competition sanctioned by The Great Pumpkin Commonwealth and hosted by the N.C. State Fair. The competition is open to competitors from other states.
This year, two pumpkins weighed more than 2,000 pounds each, with the third-and-fourth-place finisher not far behind.

NASHVILLE- A town requirement for certain water users to install backflow prevention has been found to be in error, and plans are being made to reimburse 34 water customers who footed bills with individual installation costs in the thousands of dollars.
"We have to make this right," said Randy Lansing, town manager, during an Oct. 27 discussion with The Graphic.
"The town has learned that a new state law (NCGS 130A-330), limits when backflow preventers can be required.

NASHVILLE- In response to public concern over the planned demolition of another home in the town's historic district, and spurred on by a presentation by staff from the North Carolina Historic Preservation office, town council members have voted to move forward with discussion about the potential formation of a town Historic Preservation Commission.

Downtown Nashville was filled with thousands of youngsters Friday night during the Town of Nashville's Trick-or-Treat Street. The Nashville Chamber of Commerce partners with the town to provide a safe candy collecting option. On site was plenty of candy, kids activities, a food truck and a movie afterwards.
Pictured above, Nashville Post 110 American Legion passes out candy to trick-or-treators.

NASHVILLE - Plans for the new Church Street parking lot are underway, with the Downtown Strong Advisory Board (DSAB) voting Oct. 27 to recommend putting gravel down on the flat portion of the lot using MSD funds.
Nashville Planning Director Shawn Lucas told board members that the vacant lot, on W. Church between PNC Bank and the Hamlet & Ethridge Law firm, has provided convenient overflow parking for downtown, and was well-used during the Blooming Festival.

SPRING HOPE - Six of nine people running for office in the town of Spring Hope made appearances at an Oct. 22 candidates' forum, held with decorum at Seven Paths Manor from 7 to 8 p.m. About 25 members of the public along with several other office-holders attended.
Emceed by Kyle Pritchard, the incumbent mayor running for re-election, candidates spoke in alphabetical order by first name, taking roughly five to seven minutes to speak on any and all issues they wished prior to time offered for informal meet-and-greets.

TOWN OF BAILEY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS (2)
Dillon Bissette
Cecil Hawley
Richard Wilson

Arkeata Jones of Nashville, a spooky bride, stands before a spiderweb.

The Judd family of Nashville: Jeremy (as the Beast); baby Fahlon (as Snow White); Lindsey (as Belle) and Maggie (as Rapunzel) won the prize as "Best Group."

Ember Carter of Nashville flits like a butterfly downtown.

NASHVILLE - Once the Halloween lights go down, Anthony Rogers, Veterans Services Director for Nash County, is asking that green ones go up in their place to support veterans.
"Operation Green Light" is an initiative in its fifth year coming out of the National Association of Counties, along with the National Association of County Veterans Services Officer, to ask government offices and the public to decorate with green lights beginning Nov. 4 though Veterans Day, Nov. 11th.

RED OAK- The 2025 Veterans Day Event at Ennis Park, Red Oak, is set for Saturday, Nov. 8, starting at 11 a.m. Organizers are attempting to time events so as to incorporate roadside support for the veterans' Ride of Honor, a non-profit organization which raises money for veterans. This year's ride starts at the Harley Davidson in Rocky Mount and by custom, will ride past Red Oak.
Todd Winstead, town military liaison, made a report to Red Oak council members at their Oct. 13 meeting.

My wedding band quit being a perfect circle decades ago.
It's sort of egg shaped, with bends, turns, twists and lots of scratches. The damage was done over time and it's been reworked through fence building, goat wrangling, child wrangling, chicken chasing, dog walking, ice hockey, golf, basketball, softball, target shooting, hand holding, hospital bed railing clutching, banjo fretting, breaking stuff, incorrectly fixing stuff, using a smoker, and typing.

This week's news brings a town-wide fiasco due to a mandate from the Town of Nashville to implement backflow prevention devices.
I recall when reading the notice actually asking a long-time friend and retired plumber his advice. His response was that prevention devices were absolutely unnecessary in environments such as ours and most all office/retail and home locations.
I realized our notice had arrived back in May, and our 90 day deadline had passed to have the device installed. So I hurriedly moved forward, since the town had issued a mandate threatening to charge $300 per month fine for every month of being non-compliant.

Dear editor:
Why does the Methodist Church, or the trustees, as not all members, feel the need to demolish a 122 year-old home, that is listed on The National Register of Historic Places District, established in 1987 by the US Department of the Interior, which encompasses this home?
Why doesn't the Church do what's right for not only the church, but the community? Isn't the Church supposed to be a steward to the community as well?

Dear editor: Republicans have done it again- said one thing and done another. Aren't they the ones always questioning Election integrity? Where is the integrity in redistricting congressional lines to favor themselves in a mid-term Election? Lines are drawn every 10 years after the Census, NOT every 5.
Republicans in the General Assembly carved up Congressional District 1 to favor their Party in the 2026 Election. They, obviously, feel their candidates are incapable of running on the issues and their own merits and have "robbed" the very people they took an Oath to protect...ALL the citizens of North Carolina.

This photo published in The Nashville Graphic on Oct. 18, 1962. There were no names listed of the children in the 1962 caption. Carolina Power & Light Company had the winning float in the 1962 Harvest Festival Parade.

We live in a world that teaches us that we are at the center of whatever success or failure we experience. You know the old saying, "There's nothing you can't accomplish, if you put your mind to it".
That all sounds really good, but it's not true. Actually, it's a form of humanism and we are peppered with it every day. So it's no wonder we often face problems in our own lives with the notion that we can find the solutions.