ZEBULON - Lois Newton Tart, 90, died Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at her home. Funeral services were held Friday, April 27, at Zebulon Baptist Church, Zebulon, with the Rev. L. Jack Glasgow officiating. En-tombment followed at Gethsemane Memorial Gardens, Zebulon.
CASTALIA - Funeral services for Shirley Hunt-Brake, 65, who died Wednesday, April 25, 2012, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 29, at Haywood Baptist Church, with the Rev. Douglas Harris officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Lillie Mae Gupton, 92, who died Thursday, April 26, 2012, will be held Tuesday, May 1, at Jones Chapel Missionary Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
ZEBULON - Bill Martin, 74, died Wednesday, April 25, 2012. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 28, at Strickland Funeral Home, 211 W. Third St., Wendell. Visitation will be from 11:30 a.m. - 1:45 p.m. prior to the service. Burial will be in Gethsemane Memorial Gardens.
ZEBULON - Ada W. Ward, 98, died Thursday, April 26, 2012. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 29, at Rolesville Baptist Church.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Charlotte Denise Chavis, 35, who died Wednesday, April 25, 2012, will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 1, at Richardson Funeral Home in Louisburg, Burial will follow in the Haywood Baptist Church cemetery.
By:
Rachel Monteverdi, Franklin County Cooperative Extension Agent
“When my child is upset because he can’t do something, I try to offer comfort by reminding him of all the things he is great at.”
The father was a participant in our Parenting Matters class and we were talking about how parents can positively influence a child’s self-esteem.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Dickerson of Bunn, NC announce the engagement of their son, Benjamin Douglas Dickerson to Margaret Elizabeth Lytch, daughter of Dina and Madison Lytch of Maxton, NC.
The future bride graduated from East Carolina University with a bachelor of science degree in Health Services Management. She is employed as the Administrator at Century Care of Laurinburg Nursing and Rehab.
Leonard and Carolyn Cannady of Raleigh announce the engagement of their daughter, Lindsey Rae Cannady of Raleigh to Celestino Tolentino Antonio of Rolesville. He is the son of Raúl Tolentino and Guadalupe Antonio of Oaxaca, México. The wedding is planned for May 26, 2012, at Red Bud Baptist Church, Castalia.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
The county’s parks and recreation advisory board plans to take a field trip next month.
Since commissioners rejected the board’s recommendation to use the old Girl Scout site for a new county park, the parks and recreation office has received interest from people representing seven properties that could meet Edgar Owens’ dying request.
TOP SPELLERS! Franklin County Schools held their annual Spelling Bee on Tuesday, April 24, at Louisburg Elementary School.
Unemployment rates fell in 98 of North Carolina’s 100 counties in March, including Franklin County.
Franklin County went from a rate of 9.8 percent in February to 9 percent in March — the most recent figures available.
Unemployment rates declined in 85 counties, increased in 14 and, remained the same in one when compared to the same month last year.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- It’s difficult for a team to win a track and field meet when it has a substantial deficit to overcome -- even before the event begins.
Franklin County’s three high school programs don’t compete in the pole vault, so that event was held earlier this week in Johnston County -- and featured all Corinth Holders participants, with the exception of one youngster from North Johnston.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- The outcome of the Northern Carolina Conference baseball standings could be determined Monday when Bunn travels to Louisburg for a huge, late-season NCC showdown.
The event was originally supposed to be played Friday, but was pushed back three days due to poor field conditions at Warrior Field.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- Kevin Strassburger’s family dabbles in the paint business in Brazil, which goes a long way toward explaining his colorful artistry on the soccer field.
One day, Strassburger hopes to return to South America to take over the business, but for now he is enjoying life in the United States.
All along, Whitney Bunn hoped to finalize her college plans before the start of her senior year at Bunn High School.
Bunn’s plans are right on time after she verbally committed on Wednesday to continue her basketball career at Furman University.
High School Baseball
TUESDAY
Louisburg at Franklinton 6 p.m.
Bunn at Roanoke Rapids 6 p.m.
LOUISBURG -- Louisburg College freshman Traci Bridgers has been selected as the National Junior College Athletic Association Division I National Softball Pitcher of the Week for games played April 16-22.
Bridgers, who hails from nearby Princeton, earned back-to-back shutout victories last week against Patrick Henry Community College and the University of South Carolina-Salkehatchie.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
FRANKLINTON -- Following a strong finish in the regular season, the upstart Franklinton High School boys tennis team continued to create a racket during this week’s action at the Northern Carolina Conference Individual Tournament in Roanoke Rapids.
Five Red Rams -- a league high -- qualified for the upcoming Class 2-A Regionals by virtue of their strong tourney performances.
Bunn High School junior guard Whitney Bunn has made a verbal commitment to continue her basketball career at Furman University, which is located in Greenville, S.C.
(L to R) A Louisburg runner, Bunn’s Patika Venable and Franklinton’s Krika Bell compete in the Girls 110 Hurdles at the NCC Championships.
Franklinton’s Luis Guillen (center) competes in the 800 at the NCC Track and Field Championships.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Louisburg continues to show improvement on the soccer field, but it still hasn’t resulted in an uptick of victories.
Instead, LHS is now being competitive in most of its matches, aside from meetings with the likes of Northern Carolina Conference titan Roanoke Rapids.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
As a youngster, Allen de Hart discovered a love for the outdoors.
And his family, particularly his grandfather, taught him about sharing that love and whatever else he could to make his community better.
This coming Thursday, those passions will literally come into bloom as a ceremony will mark his family’s dedication of the De Hart Botanical Gardens to Louisburg College — an institution from which he retired as a professor.
By:
GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
The new auditorium at Bunn High School will be named in honor of Johnny Alford, a man with deep ties to both that school and to public education in Franklin County.
The county board of education voted unanimously Monday night that the facility be named for Alford, a former Bunn High principal and a former member of the county school board.
