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CASTALIA - Lessie F. Ricks, 69, died Saturday, March 3, 2007. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 10, at Luther Chapel Holiness Church, Castalia. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Arrangements by William Toney’s Funeral Home, Spring Hope.
LOUISBURG - Vernon Moyer Wilkins, 79, died Saturday, March 3, 2007.
WAKE FOREST - Lottie Harris Carter, 98, died Friday, March 2, 2007 at her home. Funeral services were conducted Monday, March 5, in the chapel of Bright Funeral Home in Wake Forest, with the Rev. Helen Champion officiating. Burial followed in the Beulah Christian Baptist Church cemetery.
WILSON - James Spencer Johnson, 83, died Sunday, March 4, 2007. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. today (Wednesday, March 7) at Winstead United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park. The Rev. John Wenberg will officiate.
YOUNGSVILLE - John L. Boriotti Jr. died Sunday, March 4, 2007. Arrangements by Cremation Society of the Carolinas, Raleigh.
LOUISBURG - Andrew J. “Andy” Smiley, Jr., 69, of Louisburg died Monday at his home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday from Mt. Zion Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
The Franklin County Arts Council had a spectacular evening of art, dinner and dancing Feb. 24 during its 2nd annual auction fund-raiser. The gala was at Green Hill Country Club and helped cultivate and benefit new and established civic and
educational art projects in Franklin County.
By: By Geoff Neville, Times Sportswriter
ROCKY MOUNT - The winds of March blew in a strong performance last Friday for the Nash Central Lady Bulldogs.
And it brought just a teenie bit of luck in the form of a favorable goalpost.
Central’s solid effort gave the Lady Bulldogs a 3-2 home decision over Bunn, but that victory wasn’t secured until a golden opportunity for the Ladycats was thwarted with a clang late in the matchup.
By: By Geoff Neville, Times Sportswriter
FRANKLINTON - Hard to believe, but Amber Ayscue is already a senior for the Louisburg High School softball team.
If Monday’s opener was any indication, Louisburg’s star hurler plans on making the most of her final season.
Ayscue, who has starred on the mound for LHS since she was a freshman, fired a no-hitter as the Lady Warriors began their campaign with a 10-0 road victory over Franklinton in a non-conference diamond matchup.
AIKEN, S.C. - Last Tuesday, Kevina Ransom passed two kidney stones -- one of the most painful experiences a human being can endure.
One day later, she was the best player on the floor at practice, according to Lady Hurricanes’ head coach Mike Holloman.
By: By Geoff Neville, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Every stroke counted Monday during the season-opening prep golf matchup between Franklin County rivals Louisburg and Franklinton.
Literally.
Louisburg, despite competing without No. 1 player Kai Lucas (out with an illness), was able to edge FHS by a 185-186 margin in the first match of the spring schedule for both squads.
WILSON -- One of the area’s most prestigious soccer tournaments will feature the Franklinton High School Lady Rams for the second consecutive season.
The Third Annual Brittany Willis Memorial Scholarship Soccer Showcase is slated for March 30-31 at the J. Burt Gillette Athletic Complex in Wilson County.
By: By Charles Alston, Times Correspondent
RED OAK -- Apparently Russell Weinstein still has the coaching bug -- football coaching bug, that is.
The former Northern Nash assistant coach is expected to be named as the new head football coach at Roanoke Rapids High in the coming days. He will replace Tim Bennett, who after 12 seasons as the Yellow Jackets’ head man, took a head coaching job closer to his family at Hillsborough Orange.
LOUISBURG - Minnie Lou Dickerson Gilliam, 87, died Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007. Funeral services were conducted Friday, March 2, in the chapel of Strickland Funeral Home in Louisburg. Burial followed in Lancaster Memorial Park.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Gladys M. Williams, 68, who died Monday, Feb. 26, 2007, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday, March 2, at Walnut Grove Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Spring Hope Memorial Gardens.
HENDERSON - Funeral services for Ella L. Yarborough Johnson, 42, who died Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007, will be conducted at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 3, at Allen Chapel Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
RALEIGH - Clarence D. Jeffreys, 88, died at his home on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007. Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Friday, March 2, at Brown-Wynne Funeral Home on Millbrook Road, with Robin Pipkin officiating, assisted by Tim Wilson, Steve Arentz, and John Kinlaw. Interment followed at Montlawn Memorial Park in Raleigh.
LOUISBURG - Wanda Jean Malone, 46, died Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007 at her home. A memorial service was conducted Thursday, March 1, at Maple Springs Baptist Church. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
WAKE FOREST - Barrett Blair Hudson, 34, died Thursday, March 1, 2007 at Wake Medical Center. Graveside services will be conducted at 2 p.m. today (Saturday, March 3) at Oak Level Christian Church cemetery.
KING GEORGE, Va. - Richard Whitaker Alston, 65, of King George, Va., died Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007 at Mary Washington Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday, March 5, at Strickland Funeral Home Chapel in Louisburg. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery.
CASTALIA - The Rev. Corrine Harris, 64, died Friday, Feb. 23, 2007. Funeral services were conducted Thursday, March 1, at Pleasure Hill Baptist Church. Burial was in the church cemetery. Arrangements by Richardson Funeral Home, Louisburg.
KNIGHTDALE - Martha Ann Clark Shows, 70, of Smyrna, Tenn., died Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007. A memorial service will be conducted at 1 p.m. today (Saturday, March 3) at Knightdale United Methodist Church, First Avenue, Knightdale, with inurnment to follow in the church cemetery.
RALEIGH - Mrs. Alice Hawkins, 89, formerly of Vance County, died Thursday, March 1, 2007. Arrangements by C. E. Willie Funeral & Cremation Services, Pittsboro, were incomplete at press time.
CASTALIA - Ethel Lue Gupton, 92, of Castalia died Tuesday, February 28, 2007 at home. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Clyde Gupton. Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Friday from Red Bud Baptist Church. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
LOUISBURG - Ronald D. “Ronnie” Webb, 66, died Thursday in Louisburg. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday from Lancaster Funerals and Cremations Chapel. Entombment will follow in Lancaster Memorial Park Mausoleum.
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