BIRTHDAY KISS. Mattie Lindsey of Franklin County celebrated her 95th birthday at Smithfield Bar-B-Q in Wake Forest on Dec. 12 with her youngest daughter, Ann Gupton; oldest son, Danny Lindsey; and youngest son, Barron Lindsey; grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; also her brothers and sisters. Her youngest brother, Owen White, is shown giving her a birthday kiss, which made her day. (Submitted photo)
GREENSBORO - Joe Cannon Moore died Friday, Dec. 24, 2010 at Moses Cone Hospital. A memorial service is planned for Jan. 29 at 1 p.m. at Franklinton Baptist Church, with burial at Fairview Cemetery.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Hugh Arthur Alston, 82, who died Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011, will be held at 2 p.m. today (Saturday, Jan. 8) at Cedar Rock Baptist Church, with burial following in the church cemetery.
ZEBULON - Oscar Glenn “O.G.” Spell Jr., 90, died Monday, Jan. 3, 2011. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. today (Saturday, Jan. 8) at Wendell United Methodist Church, 129 N. Main St., Wendell, with the Rev. Ellen McCubbin officiating. Inurnment will be at Gethsemane Memorial Gardens, Zebulon, with Masonic rites by the Wendell Masonic Lodge and presentation of the U. S. Flag by the U.S. Army on behalf of a grateful nation.
FRANKLINTON —Ophelia Hawkins “Boot” Harris, 81, died Monday, Dec. 27, 2010. Funeral services were held Sunday, Jan. 2, at Kinches Chapel Christian Church, Franklinton, with Elder Dannie Williams officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery.
ROBINWOOD - Bobby Randolph Hocutt, 66, died Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. today (Saturday, Jan. 8) at Baptist Tabernacle Church, with visitation from 12:30-2 p.m. prior to the service. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
FRANKLINTON —William S. Egerton, 62, died Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. Arrangements by Cutchins Funeral Home, Franklinton.
WAKE FOREST-SSGT. Brandon Endel, 28, died Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 8 in the Chapel of Bright Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Pine Forest Memorial Gardens with military honors.
BUNN - Patricia Dunlap, a resident of Bunn Manor, died at Wake Med in Raleigh on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. She will be cremated and buried at sea with no service, per her request.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Louisburg continues to make strides in its effort to become a major player in the Northern Carolina Conference girls basketball standings.
But Tuesday’s home contest against perennial power North Johnston showed that the Lady Warriors still have some work to do to achieve that quest.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
STANHOPE -- Start the New Year with a bang.
That’s the message Head Coach Gerald Melton gave to his Bunn Wildcats before they kicked off the post-holiday portion of their schedule with a pair of key games this week.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- The match official -- who has refereed plenty of events in his time -- said he had never seen a tie-breaker go so far during a wrestling dual showdown.
So after Franklinton and Louisburg ended their key Northern Carolina Conference match in a 39-39 tie, the ref needed to grab his rule book to analyze the tie-breaking criteria factors needed to determine a winner.
Even though football season was completed over one month ago, Bunn High School senior standout Andre Davis continues to deliver.
Davis, a quarterback who helped the Wildcats reach the Class 2-AA State Quarterfinals, has been saluted with a spot on the www.ncpreps.com All-State Team for the 2-A level.
High School Wrestling
TUESDAY
Bunn at Louisburg 6 p.m.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Finding a way to win is currently the chief goal of the Louisburg High School boys basketball squad, which is being guided by first-year skipper Dontae Lassiter.
The Warriors continue to play opponents tough, only to be unable to close out victories.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Having four All-Americans in three seasons is an amazing feat for any junior college football program -- especially when that team hasn’t even had a league affiliation.
Under most nomination processes, conference commissioners will vouch for players, which will help the nomination and selection process.
GREENVILLE -- Season tickets are now on sale for the 2011 East Carolina University baseball season on www.ECUPirates.com and at the ECU Athletics Ticket Office.
Season ticket prices for the full 34-game schedule are $175, while family plans are $450 and Young Graduate season tickets are $100. Single-game tickets will go on sale to the public on Feb. 1.
FRANKLIN COUNTY -- The complete www.ncpreps.com Class 2-A All-State Football Team for the 2010 season is as follows:
RALEIGH -- The Raleigh Hot Stove League will stage its 61st annual banquet on Jan. 25 at the McKimmon Center on the North Carolina State University campus.
A silent auction will begin at 5:15 p.m. with the banquet to follow at 6 p.m.
Bunn’s Jonathan Alston tries to grab a rebound for the Wildcats during their road decision Wednesday night against backyard rival Southern Nash in Stanhope.
ZEBULON - Belma Parker Murray, 91, died Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011. Funeral service was Tuesday, Jan. 4, at Strickland Funeral Home in Wendell. Burial followed in the Murray cemetery.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Louisburg police rang in the New Year arresting two rowdy people outside a new area restaurant.
According to police, there were a series of altercations that began inside of Turner’s Hot Spot during the early morning hours of New Year’s day.
Lassiter said officers were called in for assistance as the fights apparently spilled outside of the establishment.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Hands that were accustomed to holding firearms or the hands of loved ones as they returned from battle were dipped in all sorts of goo on Monday afternoon.
By the time artist and sculpturist Marcela Casals gets done, that goo will have dried and those hands will be immortalized in bronze and on display at the North Carolina Veteran’s Park in Fayetteville this July 4.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
County commissioners adopted a resolution that a health care provider hopes will keep cancer-treating technology in Franklin County.
Dr. Robert McLaurin appeared before the board last month, asking commissioners to adopt a resolution supporting his continued use of a linear accelerator at his Franklin County Cancer Center in Louisburg.
Louisburg electric department worker Matt Edwards takes down a snowflake displayed along Bickett Boulevard. The holiday ornaments and lights were placed around town for the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, but came down this week.
