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By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
While it was announced that one civil superior matter was already disposed of, several cases will continue on into this year.
One of them has been on court dockets since 2007.
Nicholas Barrow, Nearly 2
LOUISBURG - Minnie L. King, 74, died Friday, Jan. 6, 2012 at the Hock Family Pavillion in Durham. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, at the United House of Prayer For All People, 409 E. South Street, Raleigh. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery in Louisburg.
LOUISBURG—Beryl Patricia Hildreth, 86, died in Louisburg on Jan. 6, 2012 after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s Disease. Cryptside services were held Tuesday, Jan. 10, in the Mausoleum at Lafayette Memorial Park in Fayetteville.
HOLLISTER - Funeral services for Uzell Reid, 67, who died Friday, Jan. 6, 2012, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13, at St. Gideon Baptist Church, with the Rev. John Lee officiating. Burial will follow in the Reid family cemetery.
RALEIGH - Myrtle Ruth Cross, 85, died Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012. Funeral services were held Tuesday, Jan. 10, in the chapel of Mitchell Funeral Home, Glenwood Avenue, Raleigh. Burial followed in Montlawn Cemetery.
BUNN – Lonnie Gean Tant, 66, died Monday, Jan. 9, 2011 at home. Visitation will be 7-8:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 12, at Strickland Funeral Home, 211 W. Third St., Wendell.
WENDELL - Thomas Earl Clifton, 78, died Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012 in Zebulon.
CARY - Robert Henry Strother Jr, 44, of Cary, died unexpectedly Thursday, January 5, 2012.
FRANKLINTON - Ramona Lide Roberts, 79, of Franklinton died January 5, 2012 following a long illness. A memorial service was held at Lancaster Funeral Home Monday, January 9, 2012 at 2:00 in Louisburg, with the Rev Jonathan Chandler presiding.
LOUISBURG – Samuel Hartwell Ransdell, Sr., 88, died Saturday, January 7, 2012. He was the son of the late M. L. and Mary Stone Ransdell. Mr. Ransdell was also preceded in death by his wife, Marie D. Ransdell; a son, Samuel H. (Sammy) Ransdell, Jr.; daughter and son-in-law, Joyce R. and Herbert Young; sisters, Addie R. Cash, Mattie R. Harrison, Virginia R. McConnell, Josephine R. Hart, Mable R. Medlin and Eleanor Ransdell; brothers, John Ransdell, Fred Ransdell and Charlie Pergerson. He was a veteran of the U. S. Navy.
CHESTERFIELD, Va. - James R. “Bob” “Handsome” Harris, 89, of Chesterfield, VA and a native of Bunn, NC, went to be with the Lord on Monday, January 9, 2012.
The case against a former Franklinton High School teacher accused of assault was continued until later this month.
AJ Piper was slated to appear in Franklin County District Court on Monday, but the matter was continued until a later date.
By: Jay Lamm, Times Editorial Cartoonist
We’re barely a week and a half into a new year that once was full of hope but, if you open your eyes and look around, you may be sickened by the assaults on open, transparent government that have already occurred.
At a petty level, Franklin County sent out one of its increasingly common late Friday afternoon e-mails just last week informing us there would be another secret session soon — another personnel issue that almost certainly shouldn’t be secret.
GOOD MORNING: Yep, Monday was a nasty day weather wise, but not as bad as it was out West Saturday evening when I talked with my sister Margaret (Johnson) Shepherd out in Aurora, Colo., where it was snowing.
Margaret, Bro. Fred and I are the sole surviving siblings of the A. F. Johnson clan here in Louisburg.
I’ve always felt that someone who breaks into a home deserves what they get.
My beliefs were reaffirmed at the turn of a New Year, by an incident in Henderson and another in Oklahoma.
On Dec. 29, according to published reports, a number of suspects broke into a Vance County home occupied by a 17-year-old girl and her 14-year-old brother.
Which is more likely to keep businesses from wanting to locate in Franklin County?
Franklin County sheriff’s deputies are looking for suspects in an armed robbery.
Brandon Hicks reported the evening of Jan. 5 that he had gone to the Franklinton park for a run when he said two black men near the playground area jumped him.
According to the report by Dep. D. Barrett, the men came up from behind Hicks and hit him in the face until he fell on the ground.
Robin Faulkner, principal of Bunn High School, announces the Honor Roll for the 2011/2012 second six-weeks grading period.
To be named to the A Honor Roll, a student must make no grade lower than 93. To be named to the A-B Honor Roll, a student must make no grade lower than 85.
The Bunn High School Class of 1961 held its 50th year class reunion on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011.
Classmates met at Joe’s Barn on Sledge Road and talked about the good times at Bunn High. Many classmates had not seen each other in years.
William Wyatt Allen of Louisburg graduated from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem in December of 2011. While enrolled at Wake Forest, he studied abroad in Japan at Temple University in Tokyo.
Wyatt received a BS degree in Biological Sciences, with minors in Chemistry and Japanese Language and Culture.
Trevor Major Rorie has received a bachelor’s degree in Music Education from East Carolina University in Greenville.
He is a 2007 honors graduate of Louisburg High School and is currently a minister of music at St. Paul’s Baptist Church in Oak City.
By: Meg Wyatt, Franklin County Cooperative Extension Agent
As the cold weather is upon us, it is hard to think about being outdoors and enjoying warm weather.
However, Franklin County 4-H is once again gearing up for youth ages 8-14 to attend 4-H Camp at the Eastern 4-H Center near Columbia.
The youth will be camping July 1-6. I know it is only January, but as we all know, time flies and camp spots fill up fast.
Louisburg College has announced that Dr. Robert Smith Jr. will be the honorary speaker at its Martin Luther King Convocation at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17, in the Dickson Auditorium of the Seby B. Jones Performing Arts Center.
Smith is a professor of divinity Christian preaching at Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, AL, where he has served as a faculty member since 1997.
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