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LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Charles Sidney “Billy Buck” Williams, 67, who died Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 16, at Mitchell Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
LOUISBURG - Linwood Thompson, 90, died Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007 at Britthaven Nursing Home in Louisburg. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, Feb. 13, at Lancaster Funeral Home Chapel in Louisburg at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Keith Campbell officiating. Burial followed in the White Level Baptist Church cemetery.
LOUISBURG - Annie P. Lewis, 86, died Monday, Feb. 12, 2007 at Louisburg Nursing Center in Louisburg. Funeral services will be conducted at 12:30 p.m. today (Wednesday, Feb. 14) at Faith Missionary Baptist Church (formerly Timberlake Grove Baptist Church). Burial will follow in the Cedar Street Cemetery in Louisburg.
FRANKLINTON - Samuel Avery Clax Sr., 90, died Thursday, Feb. 8, 2007. Funeral services were conducted Monday, Feb. 12, at First Baptist Church, Franklinton, with the Rev. Willie R. Nixon III officiating. Interment followed in Evergreen Cemetery, Franklinton.
SPRING HOPE - Douglas J. Creekmore, 61, did Friday, Feb. 9, 2007 at his residence. A graveside service was conducted Monday, Feb. 12, at Oak Dale Cemetery, Spring Hope, with the Rev. Norris Cook officiating.
LOUISBURG - Mrs. Essie Mae Alston, 87, died Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2007 in Philadelphia, Pa. Funeral services were conducted Sunday, Feb. 11, at Perry’s Missionary Baptist Church, with burial in the church cemetery.
YOUNGSVILLE - Nettie Jane Perry, 88, died Friday, Feb. 9, 2007 at her home. Funeral services were conducted Monday, Feb. 12, at Beulah Christian Baptist Church, with Dr. Mike Jones officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
RALEIGH - Edna Elizabeth Young Bailey died Thursday, Feb. 8, 2007. Funeral services were conducted Monday, Feb. 12, at Mitchell Funeral Home, Raleigh. Burial followed at Maplewood Cemetery in Durham.
BRANDON, Fla. - Hallum Kirkwood Dickens III of Brandon, FL died suddenly at his home February 9, 2007.
FRANKLINTON - Addie Murray Smith, 68, of Franklinton died Monday, February 12, 2007 at her home. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday from Lancaster Memorial Park.
State Rep. Lucy Allen was recognized with the “Champion of Regional Councils” award at the Regional Legislative Reception on Jan. 31 in Raleigh.
East Carolina Farm Credit recently awarded $28,500 in grants to 12 organizations, including the Tar River Land Conservancy, through their corporate-giving program, the Fund for Rural North Carolina.
By: By Geoff Neville, Times Sportswriter
PRINCETON, W.V. - Once you begin to see the mountains, continue north on the West Virginia Turnpike.
Pass through a couple of tunnels, and soon the path Stephanie Prewitt took almost one decade ago will clearly come into view.
Minutes into the Mountaineer State, exit from the turpike at Princeton. Filled with hotels, fast-food restaurants and service stations, you can’t miss it.
FRANKLIN COUNTY - Bunn will be the No. 1 seed for both the boys and girls portions of this week’s Northern Carolina Conference Basketball Tournament, which will be staged at the Bunn Dome.
BHS’ girls won that honor outright, while the boys claimed a coin flip victory over Southern Vance, which tied the Wildcats for first place in the NCC’s regular season standings.
By: By Geoff Neville, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG - Ask most college basketball coaches to name their favorite pest, and the injury bug will certainly come up in the conversation.
It’s something Louisburg College women’s hoops mentor Mike Holloman has been talking about often these days.
The Lady Hurricanes are currently without three key performers, one of which won’t return during the 2006-07 season.
That player is sophomore post Brittney Wilkins, who was a second-team All-American junior college selection as a freshman.
Where is he?
Where is the other Geoffrey Neville?
During some recent work-related research (well, maybe) by my famed cohort Carey Johnson, he came across the website www.howmanyofme.com.
You can type in your name, and find out how many people in the United States share your first and last name, or both.
ROCKY MOUNT - Junior pitcher Kyle Robertson, a product of Bunn High School, continues to excel on the mound for the North Carolina Wesleyan College baseball squad.
And for the second consecutive year, NC Wesleyan pitcher Blake Rice has tossed a complete game no-hitter in his first outing of the season.
Franklin County schools will have kindergarten registration and screening clinics beginning in March. Children must be 5 years of age on or before Oct. 16, to be eligible for kindergarten for the 2007-08 school year.
Ellen Jenkins from Oxford has been chosen by Region K Senior Games to serve as a North Carolina Senior Games (NCSG) ambassador.
ZEBULON - Robert Lynn Tuttle Sr., 83, died Sunday, Feb. 4, 2007. A graveside service was conducted Thursday, Feb. 8, at Pohick Episcopal Church cemetery in Lorton, Va. He was a WW II Marine veteran.
ZEBULON - Anne Bobbitt Stevens, 85, died Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2007. Funeral services were conducted Friday, Feb. 9, at Wakefield Central Baptist Church. Burial was in Gethsemane Memorial Gardens.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Mrs. Priscilla Reed Basket, 94, who died Thursday, Feb. 8, 2007, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 12, at Nelson Chapel Baptist Church, with the Rev. Emma Solomon officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
RALEIGH - Butler David Williams, 90, died Sunday, Feb. 4, 2007. Funeral service was Thursday, Feb. 8, in the chapel of Bright Funeral Home in Wake Forest. Interment followed at the Finch family cemetery on Six Forks Road, Raleigh.
ZEBULON - Mavis Denton, 79, died Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2007 at Wellington Nursing Center. Graveside services were conducted Thursday, Feb. 8, at Gethsemane Memorial Gardens.
NEW BERN - Marion Rudolph Rhodes Jr., 79, died Sunday, Feb. 4, 2007 at his residence. Visitation will be from 2-3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11, at Pollock-Best Funeral Home. A graveside service will immediately follow visitation at the Cedar Grove Cemetery Extension in New Bern.
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