ATLANTA, Ga. - Lois Brown Wheless died Saturday, December 10, 2011 in Atlanta, GA. Lois was a resident of Louisburg, N.C for over 60 years until she moved to Atlanta in 2006. Lois was born in Rocky Mount to Bob and Susie Brown and graduated from West Edgecombe High School as valedictorian. Lois also graduated from Louisburg College and from Women’s College of the University of North Carolina.
FRANKLINTON - Lucille Pulley Mitchell, age 90, died peacefully on December 9, 2011, at her home surrounded by her family, after a long battle with COPD.
Tony and Lacy Coley of Louisburg are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Makenna Kay Coley, born Sept. 26, 2011 at Rex Hospital in Raleigh. She weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long.
Maternal grandparents are Robbie Frazier of Nashville and Horace Pullen of Whitakers.
60th Wedding Anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Edward A Harris of Franklinton celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Nov. 5. They were joined at the Middleburg Steak House by their four children and their spouses. Also present were their six grandchildren and their spouses and four great-grandchildren.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- Bunn finally picked up its first girls basketball victory of the season last Friday -- and it came at the expense of the Southern Nash Ladybirds.
BHS, which went undefeated during the regular season portion of the 2010-11 campaign, had started with three consecutive losses, albeit against difficult competition -- Northern Nash, East Wake and Nash Central.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- After blowing away most of the competition last year, the Louisburg College Hurricanes have become the masters of close victories during the 2011-12 men’s basketball campaign.
Louisburg, under second-year head coach Mark Vanderslice, has dropped just two games and is currently ranked 12th in the latest National Junior College Athletic Association Division II National Poll.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- Two early-season trends continued last Friday in a boys basketball backyard showdown between host Bunn and Southern Nash.
Bunn had displayed a knack for winning tight games, and the reward is an undefeated record so far under veteran head coach Gerald Melton -- the former girls skipper at Southern Nash.
So you think Sandy Koufax had a devastating curveball?
Well, how about the curve the North Carolina High School Athletic Association threw Franklin County’s way during its most recent realignment proposal.
The NCHSAA’s first draft was done by computer and featured Franklinton and Bunn staying on the 2-A level -- and Louisburg dropping down to 1-A -- when the next realignment begins in the Fall of 2013.
DURHAM -- Bunn High School’s boys basketball squad will take part in the Southern Durham High School Spartan Christmas Challenge from Dec. 28-30.
Other entrants are Apex (guided by former Louisburg coach David Neal), Wakefield, Durham Jordan, Riverside, Holly Springs (guided by former Franklinton coach Thurman Jordan), Panther Creek and host Southern Durham.
HENDERSON -- Louisburg traveled to Northern Vance last Friday and was unable to come away with a victory in varsity basketball action.
In the girls game, the Lady Warriors were defeated 39-36 to mark the first decision of the campaign for Northern Vance.
HENDERSON -- The Vance-Granville Community College men’s basketball team continues to search for its first win of the season, but two Vanguards, sophomore Clarence Garner and redshirt freshman Josh Coles, are standing out as leading contributors.
On Nov. 19, VGCC lost at home to area rival Louisburg College by a score of 98-55 at Aycock Recreation Center.
Bunn’s Whitney Bunn (left) is fouled by Southern Nash’s Miya Bryant.
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A 21-year-old Franklin County woman is recovering from gunshot wounds during a murder-suicide attempt on Friday night.
Every year at Christmas, the Franklin County Department of Social Services organizes several programs to support families through the Christmas season. Programs include individual family sponsorships, toy donations for the annual Christmas party, the traditional Angel Tree, and many more. The joint efforts of the Franklin County DSS and its community partners bring hope to children, families, and the elderly at this special time of year.
LOUISBURG - Debra Yates Owens, 52, died Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011, at her home. Funeral service will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Lancaster Funeral and Cremation Services Chapel, with the Rev. Allen Tharrington officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
The filing period doesn’t begin until February, but the interest in the newly crafted Senate District representing Franklin County is already high.
Incumbent Doug Berger announced his intentions to seek re-election earlier this year.
And Glen Bradley announced that he would eschew another term in the House and try to win the Senate seat that represents Franklin County and an eastern curve of Wake County.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
YOUNGSVILLE — A company that has come under fire for its ballistics testing will give residents a chance to see and hear their operation up-close.
Residents’ reactions will have a lot to do with whether commissioners let the company continue at the location.
By:
GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
When Louisburg College President Mark La Branche spoke about “restoring community” at the Person Place Thursday evening, he delivered tangible examples of just that.
La Branche was the featured speaker at the annual banquet of the Person Place Preservation Society, which restores and operates the historic Person Place on the campus of the college.
The Vance-Granville Board of Trustees announced this week that Stelfanie Williams will be the college’s new president.
Williams, currently the vice president of Economic and Community Development at Central Carolina Community College in Sanford, will take over the spot vacated by Randy Parker.
Douglas Gupton of Louisburg was recognized as one of North Carolina’s Tree Farmers of the Year in 2011 during the annual meeting of the North Carolina Tree Farm Program.
Gupton’s farm, which covers some 600 acres in northern Franklin County near the Wood Community, has been enrolled in the American Tree Farm System since the early 1980s.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
FRANKLINTON — Novozymes has a global reach in the business community, but this coming week, those within a one-mile radius will be made aware of their safety commitment.
The company will conduct an emergency ammonia alarm test at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday that will last 30 minutes.
Parade lover Brodie Cooke
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Attorneys for a Louisburg doctor accused of malpractice in a Franklinton man’s death want the case tossed.
Raleigh attorneys John Minier and Katherine Fisher filed a motion Dec. 1 on behalf of their client, Dr. David James King, asking a judge to declare a summary judgement in the case based on their arguments that the decedent, Christopher Watson, was responsible for his own death.
Town Clerk Emily Hurd swears in Commissioner Joe Johnson during the board’s Thursday night meeting. The incumbent won his reelection bid.
By:
Jay Lamm, Times Editorial Cartoonist
