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YOUNGSVILLE - Karl J. Davis II, 4, died Sunday, May 7, 2007 at Durham Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. today (Saturday, May 12) at Faith Tabernacle Holiness Church in Wake Forest. Burial will follow at Pine Forest Memorial Gardens in Wake Forest.
LOUISBURG - Osia Y. Mullen, 97, died Saturday, May 6, 2007. Funeral services were conducted Thursday, May 10, at Ambassadors For Christ Ministries.
ZEBULON - Mrs. Annie Mae Whitley, 88, died Sunday, May 6, 2007. Funeral services were conducted Thursday, May 10, at Pilot Missionary Baptist Church. Interment was in Gethsemane Memorial Gardens, Zebulon.
LOUISBURG - Kathleen C. Perry, 90, went to be with the Lord at her home on Thursday, May 10, 2007. She was born and lived in Franklin County all her life. She was preceded in death by her husband, George W. Perry. Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 12, 2007, at 2 p.m., at Maple Springs Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
By: By Geoff Neville / Times Sportswriter
BUNN — Given the season-long history between the clubs, it was anticipated that Bunn and Roanoke Rapids would engage in another tight struggle Tuesday for the Northern Carolina Conference championship.
FRANKLINTON — After a one-year hiatus, the Franklinton Red Rams have made a return to the baseball postseason. FHS, coached by Thomas Morris, traveled to powerful North Lenoir Friday night for a first-round event in the Class 2-A State Playoffs.
FRANKLINTON — Time and time again, Franklinton High girls soccer coach Deran Coe has shown a tendency to be unafraid to make in-match strategy changes this season. And why not? Coe has several players who can effectively fill various roles on the field -- a fact that Coe can utilize to his benefit depending on specific games situations.
LOUISBURG -- Men’s basketball coach Aaron Denton will host a pair of sessions this summer as part of the annual Louisburg College Basketball Camps. Dates are June 25-28 and July 16-19 at historic Holton Gymnasium on the LC campus.
ASHEBORO -- Top-seeded Louisburg College dropped a game at the Region X Baseball Tournament, but the Hurricanes remained alive as of Friday afternoon in the double-elimination event at McCrary Park.
Classical music echoing from the halls of one of the area’s best-preserved historic homes will harken springtime once again beginning at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 13, at the historic Cherry Hill Plantation in Warren County.
By: By CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Commissioners will ask the state to approve a $20-million funding formula it plans to use for a new elementary school, animal shelter and infrastructure needs.
Late last year, commissioners gave staff approval to pursue certificates of participation bonds to fund the remainder of projects outlined but not met with a $30-million general obligation school bond that was approved in 2004.
Zach Ayscue of Epsom grabbed a chocolate brownie before catching the Louisburg High School Band’s Turn-Of-The-Century Concert on Saturday night. The LHS Band Boosters had a table full of baked goods to raise money for the band, which is currently in the middle of a fundraiser to get uniforms. The band concert was moved from the courthouse steps to the LHS auditorium as rain showers moved in just before the 6 p.m. performance. Music spirits, however, were not dampened — nor were appetites, by the looks of it. More photos inside. (Times photo by Kathy Harrelson)
By: By GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
On the eve of his induction into the North Carolina Bar Association’s Hall of Fame, there are two things that will be guaranteed to bring a wry smile and a glint to the eye of Louisburg attorney Charles Davis: talk of his family, especially the five grandchildren, and his law career that spans 46 years in Franklin County.
Davis is scheduled for induction into the Hall of Fame during the Bar Association’s 109th annual meeting June 21-24 at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville.
By: By KATHY HARRELSON, Managing Editor
The low bid for the new elementary school project is being scrutinized.
The Board of Education on Monday night was pleased to hear that construction bids for the school off Bert Winston Road came in lower than expected, but the board tabled action on awarding a bid to address concerns with the lowest single-prime bidder — J.M. Thompson Co. out of Raleigh. The low bid is $10,863,100.
By: By KATHY HARRELSON, Managing Editor
A difficult time with bone marrow cancer is behind Katie Spivey, but the inspiration she found during that time carries on in her art.
The 54-year-old opened an art studio off Highway 56 on Saturday with friends and family joining in a day of celebration on the first day of the small business. They were also grateful for Spivey’s health, something she said she is thankful for every day.
LOUISBURG - Thomas Bryan Marshall, 73, died Saturday, May 5, 2007 at Duke Medical Center. A memorial service was conducted Monday, May 7, in the chapel of Lancaster Funerals and Cremations, Louisburg.
LOS ANGELES, CA - Memorial services for Barbara J. Whitley, 66, formerly of Louisburg, who died Tuesday, April 10, 2007, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 12, at Ambassadors For Christ Church, Louisburg, with the Rev. Barbara Mc-Knight officiating.
FRANKLINTON - Edna Williams Dause, 76, died Tuesday, May 1, 2007 at Duke-Raleigh Hospital. Funeral services were conducted Sunday, May 6, at First Baptist Church, Franklinton, with the Rev. Diane Dozier officiating. Burial followed in Evergreen Cemetery in Franklinton.
ZEBULON - Mary Louise Privette Upchurch, 91, of the Pearces Community died Monday, May 7, 2007. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. today (Wednesday, May 9) at Pearces Baptist Church, with burial following in the church cemetery.
WENDELL - Carl Randolph Aliff Sr., 85, a resident of Oliver House, died Saturday, May 5, 2007. A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. today (Wednesday, May 9) at Yarborough-O’Neal Villa, 501 Pony Road, Zebulon, with the Rev. Mark Blanton officiating.
WENDELL - Lorrielle Wells Watkins died Tuesday, May 1, 2007. Funeral services were Monday, May 7, at Lea Funeral Home. Burial followed in the family cemetery in Youngsville.
NASHVILLE - Susie Hight Raley, 90, passed away Saturday, May 5, 2007, in Nashville, NC. A teacher in the Nash County School System from 1970 until 1984, she worked with migrant children and also served for many years as a substitute teacher.
WILMINGTON - Only 27 days after the passing of her one, true love, Marian Brenda Parsons Theriault joined her partner, Jack Theriault, to begin their next adventure together.
GAINESVILLE, FL - Faustina M. Lester, 95, of Gainesville went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, May 5, 2007, following a period of declining health.
LOUISBURG - Barbara Dickerson Edwards, 73, of Farmville, died Monday, April 30, 2007, at Pitt Memorial Hospital. She was born in Goldsboro and later lived in Louisburg and Wake Forest. She was preceded in death by her son, John Clifton Edwards.
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