RALEIGH - Diane Reid Cooley Babu, 46, formerly of Wake Forest, died Thursday, April 29, 2010. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Thursday, May 6, in the Feggins-Feggins Funeral Chapel by the Rev. James S. Utley. Interment will follow at Corinth United Church of Christ church cemetery.
LOUISBURG - Ruth Champion Dorsey, 86, died Saturday morning, May 1, 2010. Funeral service was conducted Monday, May 3, at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, where she was a member, with the Rev. Don McGinnis officiating. Burial followed at Lancaster Memorial Park.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Mariah M. Nicholson, 93, who died Friday, April 30, 2010, will be conducted at 1 p.m. today (Wednesday, May 5) at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, with the Rev. William Ratcliff officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Anthony and Annette Alston of Louisburg announce the engagement of their daughter, Danielle Marie Richardson, to George Earl Lassiter Jr., son of George and Emma Lassiter of Louisburg. The wedding will take place on July 10, 2010 at 2 p.m. at Fork Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Warrenton.
Susie Yarborough Hawkins, born April 17, 1920, celebrated her 90th birthday on April 18 at St. Paul Presbyterian Church during the 11 a.m. service. Church members, family and friends gathered, including niece Renate Yarborough Sanders of Newport News, Va., and great-niece Natalia Sanders, a senior at the University of Richmond. Natalia added to the worship service by playing the violin for the meditation hymn and the offering. Refreshments were served after the service.
Jason and Kristie Burden of Louisburg are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Kasey Montana Burden, born March 29, 2010 at Wake Med in Raleigh. She weighed 7 pounds and was 20 1/8 inches long.
Maternal grandparents are Ronald and Faye Denton of Louisburg.
Paternal grandparents are Sidney and Regena Burden of Abingdon, Va.
Deanna Tabron was honored at a Scholars Recognition Program at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro (UNC-G) on Saturday, April 18.
The annual program recognizes minority students who demonstrate high academic achievement and academic excellence during the school year, and who have an academic average of 3.25 or above.
Students from Franklin County who made the Fall 2009 Dean’s List at N.C. A&T State University in Greensboro are as follows:
HONORED. Amy Mathis, who received the Caregiver Award, shared the honor with her husband, Robert, who nominated her. The couple cares for three-year-old Monika, who’s cancer is in remission.
PRETTY AWESOME. Womanless Beauty Pageant contestants, from left to right, Robert Nunnamaker, Dustin Britt, Quenton Cannady, Aaron Davis and Robert Mathis.
CUTIE. Abigail Difrancesco, almost two, dresses up for Relay for Life.
Shamari Hawkins, Concord Missionary Baptist Church, was chosen this year’s Master Relay.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- One big inning was all it took to propel the Bunn Ladycats to a victory over rival Louisburg last Friday.
Bunn erupted for six runs in the top of the third frame and went on to defeat the Lady Warriors by an 8-1 margin in a key Northern Carolina Conference fast-pitch softball showdown on the LHS campus.
The rally began with two outs and nobody on. Four hits and three walks later, Bunn had built an insurmountable 7-0 advantage.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
FRANKLINTON -- Percentages aren’t exactly known, but scoring the first goal is usually paramount to victory in a soccer match.
And potting both the first and second tallies? That’s an uphill battle to climb for any opponent to overcome.
Franklinton High School pitch coach Deran Coe understood that fact last month, when his Lady Rams took a two-goal advantage and went on to defeat Roanoke Rapids in a crucial Northern Carolina Conference girls matchup.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Winning wasn’t the major goal for the Louisburg College Hurricanes during last Saturday’s home diamond doubleheader against the East Carolina University Club Team.
Instead, LC head coach John Thomas was simply looking to keep the Hurricanes sharp heading into this week’s Region X Baseball Tournament, which begins today at the Burlington Athletic Park.
By the time you read this, Louisburg College may have already competed in its first-round game at the annual Region X Baseball Tournament.
That’s because LC is playing its first-round game at 10 a.m. against Florence-Darlington Tech at the historic Burlington Athletic Park in Alamance County.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Louisburg wasn’t able to be bitten by the upset bug for the second time this season against the Bunn Wildcats.
Instead, the Warriors took an efficient, businesslike approach to Friday’s rematch between the Northern Carolina Conference baseball rivals.
BUNN -- Whitney Bunn scored with 16 minutes remaining as Bunn High School edged backyard rival Louisburg by a 1-0 score in Northern Carolina Conference girls soccer action Monday evening at the BHS Football Field.
The goal was the 21st of the season for Bunn, who is only a freshman.
With the victory, the Ladycats wrapped up third place in the NCC. BHS is 8-5-1 overall to go with a 3-4 ledger in the league.
GREENVILLE -- Arik Sikula struck out a career-best eight and allowed one run over six innings as Marshall took game three of the Conference USA series against East Carolina 10-3 Sunday afternoon at Clark-LeClair Stadium.
With the win, The Herd improved to 21-24 overall and 10-8 in league play, while the Pirates dropped to 27-18 and 8-7.
ROANOKE RAPIDS -- League newcomer North Johnston had little difficulty adjusting to the rigors of the Northern Carolina Conference’s golf competition this spring.
The Panthers, who moved up from the Class 1-A to 2-A level this year, closed out their links championship last Monday at historic Chockoyotte Country Club in Halifax County.
MOBILE, ALA. -- The Mobile BayBears scored twice in the seventh inning to snap a 2-2 score and defeated the Carolina Mudcats for the third time in four games 4-2 at Hank Aaron Stadium on Sunday night in a Class AA Southern League baseball event.
Kris Negorn drilled a homer to left-center in the top of the seventh to even the score before Mobile (11-13) pushed across two runs against reliever Daryl Harang in the bottom half.
(L to R) Roanoke Rapids’ Katie Smith and Franklinton’s Nikki Bell try to gain possession in the midfield area during Monday’s crucial Northern Carolina Conference soccer match.
Bunn second baseman Morgan Pearce (right) tries to show the umpire the ball, but Louisburg’s Jasmine Manley was ruled safe during last Friday’s league softball game on the LHS campus.
Louisburg College assistant baseball coach Blake Herring (left) offers some advice to pitching ace Hunter Ackerman during last Saturday’s home twinbill against the East Carolina University Club Baseball Team at LC’s picturesque Frazier Field.
Election results came in Tuesday night, but the winner of School Board District 3 won’t be known until Wednesday.
And it might take longer.
