FRANKLINTON —Graveside services for Robert A. Person, 54, who died Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010, were held Tuesday, Feb. 23, at Evergreen Cemetery in Franklinton, with Cutchins Funeral Home Director Joseph B. Cutchins Jr. officiating.
FRANKLINTON —Patricia Ann Nichols, 54, died Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010. Funeral services were held Friday, Feb. 26, at Hudson Funeral Chapel in Durham, officiated by the Rev. Floyd Jackson. Burial was in South Granville Memorial Gardens.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Wanda Black Strickland, 54, who died Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010, will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 3, at Nelson Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, with the Rev. Emma Solomon officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
HENDERSON - Paul Leon Massengill, 69, formerly of Four Oaks, died Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28, at Minshew Funeral Home chapel, 5820 US Highway 301 S., Four Oaks, with the Rev. Billy Nowell officiating.
YOUNGSVILLE - Peggy L. Lorah, 72, died Monday, Feb. 22, 2010.
A local food movement is occurring in the region. Small farmers who grow and have the interest of direct marketing their produce have the opportunity to participate in a research farm tour on Wednesday, March 24, in Goldsboro. International expert on high tunnel greenhouses, Steve Moore, will meet with the small farmers and show them the tools for extension of vegetable production out of season.
The board of directors of Union Bank and Trust has elected Cobb Huggins as corporate secretary, effective immediately.
As corporate secretary, her duties include maintaining accurate records of all meetings of shareholders and directors. She is charged with keeping the corporate books and records and will attest and affix the corporate seal to any lawfully executed instrument related to the corporation. She also oversees the stock transfer books and a record of all shareholder names and addresses.
The Vance-Granville Community College Student Government Association is establishing the Raymond Dunn Memorial Fund to support the late student’s family during this difficult time. The 20-year-old sophomore and leading member of the VGCC Vanguards basketball team died Feb. 20 after collapsing during a home game.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- As the postseason pressure continues to build, so does the ability of the Bunn Ladycats to stifle opponents with their full-court pressure defense.
The latest victim came Thursday, as Reidsville committed plenty of backcourt turnovers against BHS’ press during the second-round matchup of the Class 2-A Girls Basketball State Playoffs.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Three points.
That’s all that separated the Louisburg College men’s basketball team from a shot at the Region X regular season championship.
Thanks to a pair of narrow losses to Guilford Tech Community College -- by a combined three points -- the Hurricanes will have to settle for the No. 2 position.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportwriter
FRANKLINTON -- On paper, it says that the Franklinton Red Rams will open their spring track and field season this Thursday with a road matchup at Northwest Halifax.
But Franklinton has been hard at work preparing for the campaign -- and not just going back to the first official day of spring drills.
GREENVILLE -- Former Louisburg College standout Zach Woods struck out a career-high eight batters, while Kyle Roller, John Wooten and Zach Wright hit home runs to help No. 13 East Carolina University (2-2) to an 11-2 win over former Colonial Athletic Association foe Old Dominion (3-1) Tuesday afternoon at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium.
ECU is coached by former LC skipper Billy Godwin.
SUPPLY -- Louisburg College will put its Region X Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship on the line this weekend at the league’s annual tourney.
The event is being held at the new gymnasium on the campus of Brunswick Community College, which is located between Wilmington and Myrtle Beach.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- Bunn’s boys basketball team exceeded even its coach’s expectations with a strong, late-season surge that featured a Northern Carolina Conference Tournament Championships -- as a No. 4 seed.
But forgive BHS skipper Gerald Melton for hoping for just a little bit more in the postseason.
Certainly, Melton was thrilled that his club was able to reach the second round of the Class 2-A State Playoffs. After all, Bunn was on the verge of missing the postseason three weeks ago.
Girls High School Basketball
CLASS 2-A
EASTERN REGIONALS
(POSSIBLY BUNN)
AT ROSE HIGH SCHOOL
Franklinton High School competed for the first time in indoor track this winter. The Red Rams took part in four regular season meets, and thrower Nichole Poppe was able to qualify for the state event, which was held at UNC-Chapel Hill.
The Blue Devils won the ACC (11-13) regular season championship for the 2009-10 Louisburg Recreation Department basketball campaign. Pictured are (top, l to r) Assistant Coach Greg Smith, Assistant Coach Casey Bolton and Head Coach Kenneth Finley; (middle, l to r) Grant Phillips, Cooper Bolton and Jacob Stephenson; (front, l to r) Joseph Adams, Kenneth Richardson, K.J. Finley and Dustin Smith.
Bunn’s Tyla Ricks (left) tries to come up with possession of the ball during the Ladycats’ home victory over Reidsville on Thursday in the Class 2-A Girls Basketball State Playoffs.
Louisburg College’s Ashton Ford sends one down off an alley-oop during Thursday afternoon’s home Region X contest against Guilford Tech at historic Holton Gymnasium on the LC campus.
Louisburg College’s Marcellous Perez sends a pass through Guilford Tech’s defense during Thursday’s key Region X hoops matchup.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A shooting at a Louisburg house of worship on Saturday has not shaken the congregation’s faith.
A quick response by two members of St. Delight United Church of Christ prevented what could have been a tragedy when James White ambled toward the church’s front door armed with a 30/30 rifle.
According to a report by Sgt. Troy Wheless, when White got to the door, he confronted a church member, Michael White, and pointed the rifle at his stomach.
Novant Health announced its new Franklin Regional Medical Center president this week, giving the Louisburg hospital its first permanent director under Novant rule.
Winston-Salem Based Novant assumed controlling ownership of the hospital in October. At the time, FRMC CEO Mike McNair remained in that position although he was hired by FRMC’s corporate parent, Health Management Associates.
Fran Daughtridge, center, with her daughter, Sage, 4, front left, were part of the early birds on Saturday who received trees during the Franklin County Agriculture Board’s annual Tree Give-A-Way. Organizers had 2,800 trees ready for dispersal on Saturday morning.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Division 5 Engineer Wally Bowman told a Franklin County group that their best chance to improve U.S. 401 is to stay the course.
The U.S. 401 Citizens Action Committee learned last week that the federal government rejected its bid to receive $66 million to widen the two-lane highway from Wake County through Louisburg.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
You have to forgive Mallie Hodge if he didn’t jump for joy last week.
The federal government announced a $1.25 billion settlement, agreeing to give back $50,000 plus taxes to black farmers.
But it’s the same government, Hodge said, that was behind decades of discriminating loan practices that cost minority farmers their business, land and livelihood.
