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By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
FRANKLINTON — Though it was a Saturday, class was in session during the town’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration.
During the service at First Baptist Church, Maurice Kearney shared an assignment he got from his own pastor at Pope Chapel United Church of Christ.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
FRANKLINTON — Police arrested a man accused of trying to make a quick buck — off his mother.
On Dec. 14, Charles Layton reported that someone stole a television set from his mother’s Layton Street home.
The report also indicated about $100 in damage to a back door frame.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Before Martin Luther King Jr. died, he expressed a “Dream” where his children would be judged by the content of their character, not the color of their skin.
From King’s death in 1969 to the world we live in today, there has been much progress and many strides made toward achieving King’s dream, said the Rev. Shane Benjamin, the speaker during Monday’s celebration of King’s life and legacy.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County’s unemployment rate remained under double digits, but it was one of 26 counties that continues to see an uptick in the number of those looking for work.
Through August and September, Franklin County’s unemployment rate was at 10 percent before falling to 9.7 percent in October.
Laurie Lee is the Alcohol Beverage Control Commission’s Board Audit and Pricing director. A story in the Jan. 14 edition of the Times incorrectly identified her title. The Times regrets the error.
Louisburg resident Mike Epps
LOUISBURG - Alice Faye Phillips Wester, 74, died at William G. Dunlap Hospice House on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 18, at 2 p.m. at Strickland Funeral Home in Louisburg, with burial to follow in the Maple Springs Baptist Church cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service.
LOUISBURG – Marvin Leon Pernell, 75, died Friday, Jan. 13, 2012 at Franklin Regional Medical Center. Funeral services were held Tuesday, Jan. 17, at Alert Pentecostal Holiness Church, with the burial to follow in the Pernell family cemetery.
YOUNGSVILLE—Funeral services for Katie Mae Williams, 62, who died Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18, at New Birth Apostolic Church, with Bishop Robert Locklear officiating. Burial will follow in the Mitchell Church cemetery.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for McKinnie “The Bull” Steed, 97, who died Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, will be held Thursday, Jan. 19, at 2 p.m. at Walnut Grove Baptist Church, with the Rev. Timothy Walker officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Lois Brown Wheless, formerly of Louisburg, died Dec. 10, 2011. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, at Louisburg United Methodist Church. Visitation will be held at the church after the service.
LOUISBURG – Laura Parrish McGregor, 80, died Sunday morning, Jan. 15, 2012. A graveside memorial service will be held 3 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19, at Middle Creek Primitive Baptist Church in Wake County.
BUNN - Jean Manning Pipkin, 66, died Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, at her home. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Jan. 28, at 1 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church with Pastor Mark Tondee officiating. Burial will follow in Oakdale Cemetery in Spring Hope.
FUQUAY-VARINA - Ruby Johnson Ransdell, 98, died Friday, Jan. 13, 2012. Funeral services were held Monday, Jan. 16, at Fuquay-Varina Presbyterian Church. Entombment followed at Wake Chapel Memorial Gardens.
LOUISBURG – Mrs. Margaret Watkins Edwards, 87, died January 16. She was preceded in death by her parents, Maylon E. Watkins and Mary Etta Tharrington Watkins, and stepmother, Helen Parrish Watkins, husband, R.C. Edwards, Jr., as well as brothers, M.E. and Charles Watkins, and sisters, Mary Helen Watkins and Mildred Cook.
BUNN – Nettie Ann Pegram Murphy, age 93, died peacefully at Kindred Traditional Care and Rehabilitation in Raleigh, NC, Friday, January 13, 2012. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Ennis Grey Murphy; her parents, John Thomas and Mamie Hoyle Pegram; brothers, Kennie Pegram and Thurston Pegram; sisters, Mamie Belle Pegram and Essie Pegram Hunt.
LOUISBURG – Cynthia Moss Jones, 54, of Louisburg, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Sunday evening, January 15, 2012.
ZEBULON – Eddie Clifton Richards, age 60, passed away suddenly early Saturday morning, January 14, 2012, at his home.
Louisburg police are looking for suspects who shot into a house.
No injuries were reported.
Residents at a home in the 100 block of Harris Street reported the evening of Jan. 15 that someone drove by their house and fired a gun.
By: Jay Lamm, Times Editorial Cartoonist
News flash: A record 84 percent of Americans say they disapprove of the way the Congress is doing its job compared with just 13 percent who approve of how things are going, according to a Washington Post/ABC News public opinion poll published Monday.
Okay, okay, technically that may be news. It’s new information, based on a new survey and shows new results.
GOOD MORNING: There was something like an 80 percent chance of rain last night or early this (Wednesday) morning, otherwise it’s expected to be mostly sunny with highs around 50. It’s expected to be partly cloudy with slowly rising temperatures Thursday, Friday and Saturday with a chance of showers on Saturday.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
I was reading a story last week about pet peeves in the workplace that can set folks off.
It was meant to be humorous, for the most part.
The most egregious problems were people popping popcorn in the office — it apparently tastes great, but no one wants their office smelling like the snack.
Will you be attending any of the local ceremonies scheduled to honor slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.?
RALEIGH – The president was personally liked. But his policies were failing. After initial signs of improvement, the economy again began to sputter. Job creation was virtually nonexistent. Programs meant to stimulate “aggregate demand” had in reality funded wasteful and politically connected projects. Millions of Americans feared for the future.
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