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FRANKLINTON - Inetta R. Green, 44, died Friday, June 22, 2007 at Rex Healthcare in Raleigh. Funeral service was conducted Tuesday, June 26, at Hawkins Chapel Baptist Church, Franklinton. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
CREEDMOOR - Fonza Bailey Harris, 95, died Friday, June 15, 2007 at Franklin Regional Medical Center in Louisburg. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday, June 20, at Rock Spring United Church of Christ in Creedmoor, with the Rev. Veola Johnson officiating.
HENDERSON - Funeral services for Ladora A. “Sissy” Epps, 26, who died Monday, June 18, 2007, were conducted Saturday, June 23, at Haywood Baptist Church, with the Rev. Clarence Dales officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
GARNER - Clyde Sherrod Lancaster, 81, died Saturday, June 23, 2007 at Rex Healthcare. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, June 26, at Highland Baptist Church. Burial followed at Montlawn Memorial Park, Raleigh.
ZEBULON - Ruth Stallings Alford, 86, died Sunday, June 24, 2007. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. today (Wednesday, June 27) at Pilot Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Upchurch-Alford-Bunn cemetery.
RALEIGH - Sandra Ann Page Thompson, 38, died Saturday, June 23, 2007 at her home. A memorial service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 28, at First Presbyterian Church in Raleigh, with the Rev. Bob Inskeep officiating.
YOUNGSVILLE - Louise Clark Williams, 82, died Sunday, June 24, 2007 at Duke Health Raleigh Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. today (Wednesday, June 27) at Faith Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Montlawn Memorial Park.
LOUISBURG - Martha Jean Bass, 70, died Saturday, June 23, 2007 at her home. Funeral services were conducted Monday, June 25, in the chapel of Lancaster Funerals and Cremations, with the Rev. Tom Eldridge officiating. Burial followed in Spring Hope Memorial Gardens.
ZEBULON - Jo Anne Gwynn Taylor, 71, died Thursday, June 21, 2007 at Wake Med. A memorial service was conducted Monday, June 25, at L. Harold Poole Funeral Service Chapel in Knightdale. Inurnment was at Garden of Memories Mausoleum, Metarie, La.
A Wake Forest man was killed Friday following a single-car wreck.
According to Trooper B.R. Simmons, Freddie Jones, 37, was traveling north on Mays Crossroads Road just before 9 p.m. when he lost control of the 1991 Acura Integra he was driving.
ZEBULON -- The Tennessee Smokies’ (40-34/ 5-2) starter Justin Berg pitched a gem Sunday afternoon to defeat the Carolina Mudcats 4-1 at Five County Stadium in a Class AA Southern League baseball matchup.
BUNN -- Listed are Franklin County’s rosters from the Dixie Youth Coach-Pitch District X Tournament at Bunn Elementary School
Asher James Johnson, left, son of Harry and Nancy Johnson of Portland, Texas and grandson of Asher and Jean Johnson of Louisburg, who graduated from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, N.Y. June 18, is with “Grandpa” Asher, a WWII veteran, during a recent visit here. (Contributed photo)
Relay for Life had its first meeting last week to begin dispersing money raised in the recent campaign for cancer research. The Franklin County Relay for Life raised $222,516 — half of which goes to national coffers for programs around the world. The other half is used locally.
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By: By JOHN BENNING / Times Intern
An estimated 15 percent more students are in summer school this year than last, with Terrell Lane Middle having close to a third of its population in remediation.
Tougher EOG math standards are affecting schools similarly throughout North Carolina. “The state kind of hit us between the eyes, changing both the difficulty of the questions and the way the test is graded at the same time,” David Hawks, principal of Bunn Middle, said.
By: By CAREY JOHNSON / Times Staff Writer
Bunn Middle School Principal David Hawks has accepted a position with a Durham school that allows him to put his love for education and art in perfect harmony.
The Durham School Board voted on Thursday to appoint Hawks as the new principal of Durham School of the Arts.
The artistic magnet school allows Hawks, who served as a band director for nearly 20 years in Roanoke Rapids, the opportunity to quench his passion for education and artistic pursuits, he said.
By: Times photo by John Benning
From left are Nicholas Patton, Brianna Pippin, Andrew Reinertsen, Chloe Rascento, Ileana Nazario and Jackson Lancaster. They await instructions at the Franklin County Parks and Rec Summer Soccer Camp, which was at Franklinton Park. Challenger Sports, an England-based group, ran the camp June 11-15 and led the participants, who ranged from 3 years old to teenagers, in drills to develop individual skills, fundamental tactics and goal scoring ability and also coached the young players in scrimmages.
By: By CAREY JOHNSON / Times Staff Writer
A committee set up to apply development fees toward school capital needs will recommend that the county float two bonds totalling more than $95 million.
Earlier this year, the Franklin County Board of Education identified $90 million in new construction and improvements to address needs through 2014.
Expected inflation has pushed that price tag to more than $95.4 million.
By: By JOHN BENNING / Times Intern
The Franklin County Board of Health could form a health district with the Warren County Health Department. Warren County health officials sent a letter to the Franklin County BOH May 15 to approve a state-completed study for a union between the two health departments.
By: Alica Eller / LifeStyle Correspondent
Last week, I attended the North Carolina United Methodist General Conference in Greenville.
Many of you know the awesome feeling after such conferences; we certainly get all kinds of charges, spiritual energy, and commitments flowing as we listen to speeches and share ideas with members of the other churches.
On June 13-16, Methodist clergy and laity joined together to celebrate the 2007 North Carolina Annual Conference at the Greenville Convention Center.
By: By MASON RIZZO / Times Intern
The Multi-Agency Narcotics Unit made two more drug arrests Tuesday.
Steve Eric Perry, 40, and James Antonio Chavis, 24, both of 265 Bridgewater Drive, Louisburg, were charged with possession with the intent to sell and deliver cocaine hydrochloride, or powder cocaine, as well as possession of cocaine and felony maintaining a dwelling for the sale of controlled substances.
By: By CAREY JOHNSON / Times Staff Writer
A grieving family is reaching out to Franklin County and the surrounding area in hopes that the person responsible for a hit-and-run death is brought to justice.
R.C. Williamson of Granville County was working on a construction site on N.C. Highway 96 near the Way Side Farm Road intersection on June 13 when the collision occurred.
By: May 7, 1937 – June 21, 2007
LOUISBURG – Joyce May Preddy, 70, of Louisburg, died Thursday morning.
Joyce was the daughter of the late Johnnie Henderson and Myrtle Maude Terrell May and was preceded in death by her husband, Robert G. Preddy, Sr.
LOUISBURG - Lottie C. King, 80, died Thursday, June 21, 2007 in Britthaven of Louisburg. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 24, in the chapel of Lancaster Funerals and Cremations, with the Rev. Ronnie Chaney and Dr. Charles Summerlin officiating. Burial will follow in Lancaster Memorial Park.
FRANKLINTON - Ernest Leroy Pendleton, 71, died Thursday, June 21, 2007 at Sunnybrook Healthcare. Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 24, at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, with the Rev. Carl Hunter officiating. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery.
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