WAKE FOREST - Violet Burchette Hilliard, 82, died Saturday, Dec. 23, 2006 at Hillside Nursing Center. Funeral services were Tuesday, Dec. 26, at L. Harold Poole Funeral Service chapel, Knightdale. Burial followed in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Fuquay-Varina.
RALEIGH - Pauline W. Dupree, 75, died Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2006 at Rex Hospital in Raleigh. Funeral services were held Sunday, Dec. 24, in the chapel of Bright Funeral Home, Wake Forest, with the Rev. Phillip Annas Sr. officiating. Burial followed in the Wake Forest Cemetery.
FRANKLINTON - Lonnie L. Burrell, 68, died Friday, Dec. 22, 2006. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. today (Wednesday, Dec. 27) at Kinches Chapel United Church of Christ. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Arrangements by Cutchins Funeral Home.
FRANKLINTON - Edwin Ronald Williams, 48, died Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2006 at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, Dec. 26, at First Baptist Church, Franklinton. Private interment was in Evergreen Cemetery in Franklinton.
BUNN -- Fresh off a strong 2006 season, the Bunn High School Ladycats will open ‘07 fast-pitch softball action Feb. 27 at home against backyard rival Southern Nash.
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By Geoff Neville, Times Sportswriter
FRANKLIN COUNTY -- Franklin County’s high schools will return to action this week at a pair of area boys and girls basketball tournaments.
Bunn and Louisburg will travel to Clayton for the annual Clayton News-Star Holiday Invitational, which will be held on the CHS campus.
Bunn’s boys are the defending champion after scoring a finals victory last year over Apex.
Action will begin Wednesday and will run through Friday.
Champions.
We aren’t just judged by our dominance, or how we handle being on top of the mountain.
It’s also about how we handle adversity. Look at the story to the right, and read about how Mike Rinfrette and the Wake Forest University Demon Deacons were able to overcome the loss of two key offensive stars early in the season.
LOUISBURG -- Listed are recent results and standings from the Louisburg Parks and Recreation Department’s basketball season:
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By CAREY JOHNSON / Times Staff Writer
Investigators arrested a Zebulon man Thursday night, charging him with the murder of his estranged wife. Franklin County sheriff’s deputies combined with the State Bureau of Investigation and the Zebulon Police Department to arrest Robert Lee Pastuer, alleging he killed Narskelsky Pastuer about a week before family members reported her missing.
YOUNGSVILLE - Richard Luckwaldt, 73, died Sunday, Dec. 17, 2006 at Britthaven Nursing Center in Louisburg. A memorial service celebrating his life was conducted at 1 p.m Thursday Dec. 21 at Hope Lutheran Church in Wake Forest with Pastor Preston Wagner officiating.
ZEBULON - Hazel Jones Tant, 92, (Pine Ridge Community) died Saturday, Dec. 16, 2006. Funeral Services were Tuesday, Dec. 19, at Pine Ridge Baptist Church, with burial in the church cemetery.
WAKE FOREST - Pearl Catlett Marshall, 86, died Wednesday morning, Dec. 20, 2006, at Hillside Nursing Center. Funeral services were conducted Friday, Dec. 22, in the chapel of Bright Funeral Home. Burial followed in the Stony Hill Baptist Church cemetery.
ZEBULON - Hattie Lee Morgan Pulley, 100, of the Oliver House, formerly of Zebulon, died Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2006. Funeral services were conducted Friday, Dec. 22, at Strickland Funeral Home in Wendell. Burial followed in the Zebulon Town Cemetery.
FRANKLINTON - Edwin “Ronald” Williams, 48, died Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2006. Arrangements by Cutchins Funeral Home.
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Times photo by Kathy Harrelson
CHRISTMAS CHEER. It’s time to put on a Christmas face, and Maureen Meehan knows exactly how to do it. She was volunteering last week at a HEARTS animal adoptions event at Johnson’s Farmer’s Market Restaurant in Youngsville. Meehan, now a “foster parent” for homeless animals, adopted her dog from HEART, and said it was the best thing she’s ever done.
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By CAREY JOHNSON / Times Staff Writer
Law enforcement agents are urging people to be safe this holiday weekend. Christmas falls behind Thanksgiving and Mother’s Day as the most heavily traveled holidays, but there will be enough traffic to warrant precautions.
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Times photo by Carey Johnson
PROGRESS. Workers with Bobbitt Construction have been putting up one of the three buildings that Advance Metal Processing will use when it opens its doors for business in Louisburg. The metal recycling operation will employ about 15 people.
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By CAREY JOHNSON / Times Staff Writer
FRANKLINTON — Engineers said the town’s water plant upgrade is improving water quality, but town residents could still be told that their water could pose health problems because of the way the testing cycle is conducted.
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By CAREY JOHNSON / Times Staff Writer
Although gas prices are a bit higher than last year, experts expect an increase in motorists on the road this holiday season. According to pre-holiday surveys conducted by AAA Carolinas, almost 2.5 million North and South Carolinians will hit the road this holiday season — a 3.7 percent increase over last year.
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By Amanda Clark / Graphic Staff Writer
A high speed chase that started in Zebulon looped through Nash County before ending in Wendell with the suspect wrecking the 1991 blue Chrysler Lebaron he had stolen. According to Lt. Mike McGlothlin of the Zebulon Police Department, Officer Scott Hicks was on routine patrol on South Wakefield Street around 10:11 p.m. last Friday night when the Chrysler drove by, almost striking Hicks’ vehicle.
Five local people along with one person from Garner appear likely to spend their Christmas behind bars as a result of actions in Franklin District Court the week of December 18-23.
Following is a list of real estate transfers amounting to $5,000 or more in Franklin County for the time period Dec. 13-15, 2006, as recorded in the office of the Franklin County Register of Deeds.
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By Geoff Neville / Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG — When a team gets on a winning streak, it seems like a different player comes through every night.
Such has been the case with the Franklinton High boys basketball squad.
During last week’s home squeaker over Louisburg, FHS’ Tristan Linton and Aaron Layne came through as the Red Rams pulled away late for a tight victory.
In Tuesday’s rematch, this time at the LHS Gymnasium, it was time for Franklinton’s Cameron Keith and Corey Smith to sparkle.
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By Geoff Neville / Times Sportswriter
BUNN — When Bunn is effective in its inside-out game, the Wildcats should be tough to beat this season. And while BHS displayed its best outside-shooting effort to date Thursday, it was a stickback at the buzzer by senior post Ric Yarborough that sealed the Wildcats’ 69-67 home decision over East Wake at the Bunn Dome.
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By Geoff Neville / Times Sportswriter
BUNN — In order to defeat the Bunn Ladycats this season, opponents must put together four solid quarters of basketball.
Three wasn’t good enough Tuesday for the Southern Nash Ladybirds.
Controlling the tempo most of the way while avoid BHS’ trademark full-court press, the Ladybirds trailed by only three points heading into the final stanza.
