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ROANOKE RAPIDS - Johnny Joyner, 69, died Thursday, Dec. 28, 2006. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, Jan. 2, at Massey Funeral Home in Roanoke Rapids. Interment followed at Jackson Cemetery.
WAKE FOREST - John W. Towner, 53, died Friday, Dec. 29, 2006 at his home in Wake Forest. A memorial service in his honor will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 6, at Mount Carmel Christian Church in Franklinton.
WAKE FOREST - Frank Jefferys, 63, died Friday, Dec. 29, 2006. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. today (Wednesday, Jan. 3) at Corinth UCC in Youngsville. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
WENDELL - Mary Ezzell Price, 88, died Saturday, Dec. 30, 2006. Funeral srvices will be at 11 a.m. today (Wednesday, Jan. 3) at L. Harold Poole Funeral Service chapel, Knightdale, with burial in Montlawn Memorial Park, Raleigh.
RALEIGH - Richard Freeman, 99, died Sunday, Dec. 31, 2006. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 6, at Riley Hill Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Corinth UCC cemetery in Youngsville.
LOUISBURG - Lois Collins Aycock, 84, died Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2007 at her home. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 4, at Sandy Creek Baptist Church, with the Rev. Philip Kissinger officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
CLAYTON -- Over the past two seasons, the Bunn Wildcats have found the perfect way to ring in the New Year.
By winning the Clayton News-Star Holiday Invitational Basketball Tournament.
KENLY -- Franklinton’s boys and girls both scored victories last Friday to earn third-place finishes at the Bocock Sports Johnston County Christmas Invitational on the campus of North Johnston High School.
Six years have passed since the last time I stepped inside a cinema.
Call me an un-hip person or whatever you want, but the thought of going to the movies simply doesn’t interest me.
Watching one at home is fine, but dropping 10 bucks (or whatever it is now) to see a mindless film isn’t something that I find appealing.
LOUISBURG -- The Louisburg Parks and Recreation Department will be accepting winter soccer registrations through January 26.
League age is as of January 1, 2007. Town resident fee is $20, non-resident $40.
By: By CAREY JOHNSON / Times Staff Writer
Motorists in Franklin and Warren counties stand a high chance of being killed in a car crash, according to an organization that advocates transportation safety. That same study by AAA Carolinas, though, ranks the two counties high in safety when it comes to the overall number of wrecks per mile straveled.
KITTRELL - Mrs. Fannie H. Smith-Kingsberry, 75, died Sunday, Dec. 24, 2006 at Britthaven of Henderson. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. today (Saturday, Dec. 30) at Shiloh Baptist Church in Kittrell. Burial will follow in the Smith family cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10-11 a.m. at the church on Saturday.
LOUISBURG - Shirley Bartholomew Carter, 82, died Wednesday morning, Dec. 27, 2006 at Louisburg Nursing Center. Funeral services were conducted Friday, Dec. 29, in the chapel of Strickland Funeral Home in Louisburg, with the Rev. Reggie Rushing officiating. Burial followed in Lancaster Memorial Park.
LAKE ROYALE - Bernice Littig Sandau, 81, died Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2006 at her residence. Funeral services were conducted Thursday, Dec. 28, in the chapel of Bright Funeral Home in Wake Forest, with the Rev. Keith Dey officiating. Burial, Garden of Memories Cemetery in Tampa, Fla.
FRANKLINTON - Lonnie Lassiter Burrell, 63, died Friday, Dec. 22, 2006. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday, Dec. 27, at Kinches Chapel United Church of Christ, Franklinton, with the Rev. Willie R. Nixon III officiating.
ZEBULON - Lennis Whitley Narron, 89, died Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2006. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. today (Saturday, Dec. 30) at Union Hope Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Murray family cemetery.
ZEBULON - Elizabeth Wood Eddins, 92, died Monday, Dec. 25, 2006. Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. today (Saturday, Dec. 30) at Zebulon Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Zebulon Cemetery.
TAMPA, Fla. - Baxter Buck Richards, 90, formerly of Zebulon, died Sunday, Dec. 17, 2006. A memorial service will be conducted at 11 a.m. today (Saturday, Dec. 30) at Union Chapel Baptist Church, 237 Zebulon Road. Inurnment will be in the church cemetery with military honors.
RICHMOND, Va. - Funeral services for Mr. Kevin Troy Greene, 33, who died Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2006, will be held Sunday, Dec. 31, at 2 p.m. in the Richardson Funeral Home chapel in Louisburg. Burial will be in the Mary Helen Jones cemetery.
LOUISBURG - Ervin Lee Seagroves, 69, died Thursday, Dec. 28, 2006 at his home. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 31, at Trinity United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Ginger Thomas and the Rev. Roger Owens officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
BUNN - Maxine Brock, 63, died Dec. 28, 2006.
Arrangements will be announced by William Toney’s Funeral Home, Zebulon.
By: By CAREY JOHNSON / Times Staff Writer
Airport staff will try to avoid delays this Tuesday by asking commissioners to front them money for a hanger project they say is vital to the airport’s growth. In October, airport consultants revealed that D.W. Ward was the lowest bidder, willing to build two new hangars for $607,733.
By: Times photo by Kathy Harrelson
The HEART volunteer group, which rescues animals and puts them up for adoption in Franklin County and surrounding areas, had a holiday event Dec. 16 in Youngsville at the Johnson’s Farmer’s Market Restaurant. Above are Ramsey Schlafer and Skyler Richmond hugging “Dixie Dog,” aka Karen Webb. Inside, a table was set up by Wayne Haas and Kelly Johnson. The group found several dogs and cats new homes. For more information about the group call (919) 494-2808.
The State Library announced Friday it will discontinue district and state competitions of the Public Library Quiz Bowl. Local library staff say Franklin County’s three high schools will continue local competitions.
By: By CAREY JOHNSON / Times Staff Writer
A community that rarely relies on the county for support will ask the county for assistance on Tuesday. In November, commissioners agreed to provide $195,000 over three years in matching funds for a $500,000 grant to improve the Pilot Lions Community Park after community leader Johnny Alford made a pitch for the project.
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