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SPRING HOPE —Dwight Earl Brantley, 74, died Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011, in Duke Raleigh Hospital. Graveside services with military honors will be held Wednesday, Sept. 21, at 11:00 a.m. at Pine Ridge Baptist Church cemetery with the Rev. Cameron Currin officiating.
YOUNGSVILLE - Randall “Randy” Patterson Holden, 67, of Youngsville, died Monday morning, Sept. 19, 2011 at his home. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday morning, Sept. 21, at Wake Union Baptist Church, with the Rev. Jack Painter & the Rev. Al Marguerat officiating. Burial will be held in the church cemetery.
FRANKLINTON - Funeral services for Roy Allen, 89, who died Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011, will be held Thursday, Sept. 22, at 12 p.m. at Richardson Funeral Home in Louisburg, with the Rev. James Alston officiating. Burial will follow in the Hawkins Chapel cemetery.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Michael L. “China-Man” Richardson, 49, who died Friday, Sept. 23, 2011, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23, at Ambassadors For Christ Ministries, with the Rev. Barbara McKnight officiating. Burial will follow in the Mary Helen Jones cemetery.
NASHVILLE - Funeral services for Corneata Cooper, 77, who died Friday, Sept. 16, 2011, will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, at Ebenezer Baptist Church, with the Rev. Dr. Thomas L. Walker officiating. Burial will follow in Rocky Mount Memorial Park.
SPRING HOPE - Lisa Irs Garner, 46, died Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011 at Nash Health Care. The family will receive friends at 502 S. Pine Street.
YOUNGSVILLE —James “Tommy” Murray, 66, died Tuesday morning, Sept. 20, 2011. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, at Harris Chapel Baptist Church with Dr. Bill Haley and the Rev. Shannon Scott officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
LOUISBURG - Elna D. Burnette, 81, died Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011 at her home.
HENDERSON - Garnetta Swinson Eaves, 86, a resident of 21 Joe Ayscue Road, died Saturday, September 17, 2011, at Maria Parham Medical Center. Born on November 27, 1924 in Martin County, she was the daughter of the late Preston Graham Swinson and Garnet McCaskey Swinson. She was a member of Liberty Christian Church where she was a former member of the Bertha Mitchell Sunday School Class. Mrs. Eaves was a partner with her husband in E & S Farm Store, Eaves-Parks Insurance Agency and other business interests.
EAST TENNESSEE— Mandy T. Hill, 40, formerly of the White Level Community, surrounded by her loving family, passed away Saturday morning in East Tennessee where she had resided for the last several years.
LOUISBURG – Ralph S. Knott, 78, of Louisburg, died Saturday night.
GASTONIA, NC - James Earl McGhee, 69, passed away on Friday, September 16, 2011 at Carolina’s Medical Center in Charlotte.
By: Times photos by Carey Johnson
The Youngsville Fall Festival had one thing going for it on Saturday — cool weather.
Unfortunately, a constant drizzle forced organizers to postpone the car show, which has been re-scheduled for this coming Saturday from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Youngsville Elementary School parking lot on U.S. 1-A.
By: Times photos by Carey Johnson
PET PAT. The Mauch family, from left to right, Erin, Wilson, Teddy and Rich get familiar with Petey, an Australian Blue Heeler mix, while at the Youngsville Fall Festival. The SPCA of Franklin County was a vendor at the Youngsville Fall Festival and was showing Petey off.
Jason and Shatasha Perry of Youngsville are proud to announce the birth of their son, Jason Devon Perry II, born Aug. 25, 2011 at WakeMed in Raleigh. He weighed 9 pounds, 8 ounces and was 21 1/2 inches long.
Maternal grandparents are David and Lelia Cooper of Franklinton.
By: Jay Lamm, Times Editorial Cartoonist
Buried deep within a story on page 1 of the Sept. 17 edition of your Franklin Times was a detail worth remembering.
Like the canary in a coal mine, it may be an indication of a problem developing almost out of the sight of most of us.
GOOD MORNING: I begin this column today on a somber note. Retired Clerk of Court and longtime friend Ralph S. Knott died Saturday night following a lifetime of service to the people of Franklin County. He was 78 years old.
Although we didn’t always see eye-to-eye on all public matters, I can’t recall a single instance where he harbored any grudge against me, as our end goal was always the same – the welfare of Franklin County and its people.
Would I want to know it’s coming?
As someone who has lived in North Carolina all my life, I never thought I would have to ponder that question.
However, after the remnants of a Virginia earthquake rippled through the area during the afternoon of Aug. 23, my whole thought process changed.
Will Pat Green ever serve time for the missing drug funds?
RALEIGH – Doing the right thing means making difficult choices.
American history is full of examples. Whether it be the impositions of the Stamp Act, the injustices of slavery, or the intrusions of eugenics, Americans have had to decide how best to respond to tyrants in power — and sometimes to tyrants next door.
Dear Editor:
Hello sheep. To all of you critical thinkers and over-educated people and alike. To voice one’s opinion on the fact that President Obama is a black man (oh, I mean interracial, he could also be called a white man if his color was a lot lighter) does not mean you are a racist.
Dear Editor:
Well, it looks like Pat Green is still allowed to walk free after stealing, by his own admission, thousands of dollars he was in charge of protecting.
How can this be?
By: Drew Hatley, Franklin County Cooperative Extension Intern
So you’re looking for a new washer and dryer. You plan on getting the best Energy Star certified appliances that promise the most minimal use of energy. But what about those older models still sitting in the your laundry room? What will you do with the two that have been so good to you for the past 15 years?
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