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(L to R) Bunn’s Demeterious Taylor chases Wilson Fike running back Robert Blackston during Tuesday’s non-conference football game on the BHS campus.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Annie Laverne Miles, 45, who died Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011, will be held Thursday, Sept. 8, at 2 p.m. at Walnut Grove Missionary Baptist Church, with the Rev. Sidney Dunston officiating. Burial will follow in the Spivey family cemetery.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
There was no loss of life in Franklin County attributed to Hurricane Irene on Saturday, but there was loss of limbs, power and the golden leaf.
And storms on Monday produced lightning strikes that led to at least two structure fires.
As many as 10,500 customers were without power at the height of the storm’s power this past Saturday.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
FRANKLINTON — Mother Nature is nothing if not relentless.
Four years ago, she sent a bolt of lightning to the earth, striking a tree in the yard of Bob and Lisa DeMarco.
Save for a strip of lost bark running the length of the 100-year-old tree, it survived and continued to produce green foliage.
Dr. Laverne Jones Daniels, current principal of West Edgecombe Middle School in Rocky Mount, has been named principal of Cedar Creek Middle School in Youngsville.
She replaces Brooke Wheeler who resigned in late July.
Dr. Daniels has been principal of West Edgecombe since 2006.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A woman who cooked up good meals, conversation and could dish with the best of them passed away.
Hazel Collier was 86.
A lifelong resident of the county, she and her husband Richard Collier operated Dick’s Drive-In, opening the popular eatery and hangout in 1954.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
BUNN — A bit of bad news for a Bunn area tributary will complicate plans to improve the town’s wastewater treatment plant.
However, it could bolster the town’s ability to secure more grant funding for the project.
Two years ago, the town secured a $500,000 grant from the N.C. Rural Center to put toward a $1.6 million improvement to its system.
Franklinton resident A.J. Piper
YOUNGSVILLE - Mary Jane Leggett Thorp, 82, died Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011 at her home. A private memorial service was held Monday evening, Aug. 29, in the chapel of Bright Funeral Home & Cremation Center.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Brenda Marie Williams, 52, who died Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, will be held at noon Friday, Sept. 2, at Richardson Funeral Home in Louisburg. Burial will follow in the M. H. Jones cemetery.
KITTRELL - Funeral services for O’Neal Cheatham Sr., 88, who died Friday, Aug. 26, 2011, will be held at 1 p.m. today (Wednesday, Aug. 31) at Concord Missionary Baptist Church, with the Rev. Samuel Blalock officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
ZEBULON - Wayne Allen Booher, 63, died Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. Funeral service was held Tuesday, Aug. 30, at Middlesex Church of God, with the Rev. Steve Edmondson officiating. Burial was in Gethsemane Memorial Gardens, Zebulon, with full military honors.
RALEIGH - William Henry Hagwood, 76, died Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011 at Wake Medical Center. Funeral services were held Monday, Aug. 29, at Oak Level Christian Church, with the Rev. Gary Williams officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
ANGIER - Christine Gardner, 80, died Thursday night, Aug. 25, 2011. Funeral service was held Sunday, Aug. 28, at Pleasant Union Christian Church, Lillington. Burial followed at Angier Cemetery.
FRANKLINTON- James G. Person, 51, died Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. Arrangements by Cutchins Funeral Home, Franklinton.
KNIGHTDALE —Funeral services for Garry “Jerome” Collins, 35, who died Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3, at Louisburg High School Auditorium, with the Rev. Thomas Richardson officiating.
WHITAKERS - Funeral services for Frank J. Davis, 84, who died Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, will be held Friday, Sept. 2, at Pleasure Hill Baptist Church, with the Rev. Wilson Battle officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
LOUISBURG – Hazel Kemp Collier, 86, of Louisburg, passed away Sunday night.
By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
When Maegan Williby was 16, paramedics responded to a neighbor’s house, helping a child who had been involved in a lawn mower accident.
It was then that she knew she wanted to be an emergency responder.
When, as a senior, Devan Finch was first sitting in the EMT course offered at Louisburg High School, she knew that she didn’t.
Ashley Riley and Derek Clark of Henderson are proud to announce the birth of their son, Bryson Lee Clark, born Aug. 7, 2011 at Duke Hospital in Durham. He weighed 2 pounds, 3 ounces and was 12.6 inches long.
Maternal grandparents are Michelle Riley and Kevin Riley of Henderson.
Frank and Marjorie Davis of Louisburg announce the engagement of their daughter, Vashonda Holloway to John Davis, son of Hugh and Mary Davis of Louisburg. The wedding will take place at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011 at Ambassadors For Christ Ministries, Louisburg. (Invitation only)
By: Jay Lamm, Times Editorial Cartoonist
Franklin County fared quite well during Hurricane Irene — but our fellow Tar Heels down east got hammered, again!
Although fairly strong and often gusting winds made for some tense moments as Irene took her sweet tie getting across North Carolina, Franklin Countians suffered surprisingly few problems.
GOOD MORNING: First an earthquake, then a hurricane followed by severe thunderstorms and hail in some places, but on the plus side, we did get 1.3 inches of rain out my way late Monday. Things could be looking up for the immediate future, however, with partly cloudy weather with moderate temperatures and only a slight chance of rain for the next several days.
One of my favorite commercials is about a woman who decides that putting her child into a robot-operated day care is a good thing.
It saves her money because, “robots work for free,” the lady in the commercial said.
It’s a big deal to her because insurance prices have gotten so high, she needs to find new ways to save money.
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