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FRANKLINTON, NC - Teresa Patton Rhodes, 61, of Franklinton, died Sunday evening.

LOUISBURG, NC - Susie Patton Gupton, 59, of Louisburg, died Sunday evening.

YOUNGSVILLE, NC--William G. "Bill" Andrews, 80, of Youngsville, passed away Tuesday evening at his home surrounded by his family.

John Jackson "Jackie" Dean, Jr., age 85, of Louisburg and Orlando, FL, passed away peacefully April 26, 2022 in Raleigh.

April 29, 2022, Linda Aileen Lancaster Rowe departed this earthly life from labor to reward as a band of heavenly angels escorted her soul to her heavenly home, to be greeted by Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to hear, "Welcome home thou good and faithful servant", and by the love of her life Bryant T. Rowe, Sr. She was born in Franklin County on August 4, 1923 and was the only child of Charlie Spruill Lancaster and Judith Boone Lancaster.

Louisburg, NC--Funeral services for Maxine Davis Richardson, age 61, who died on Monday, April 25, 2022, will be held on Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. from the Richardson Funeral Home Chapel in Louisburg with Rev. Lennis Thorpe officiating. Burial will follow in the Jones Chapel Church Cemetery.

Kittrell, NC--Funeral services for Terrance "T. T." Kingsberry, age 55, who died on Friday, April 29, 2022, will be held 2 p.m., Thursday, May 5, from the Richardson Funeral Home Chapel in Louisburg with Rev. Maurice White officiating. Burial will follow in the Kingsberry Family Cemetery.

Louisburg, NC--Funeral services for Ludie Greene Hayes, age 87, who died on Saturday, April 30, 2022, will be held 2 p.m., Friday, May 6, from the Richardson Funeral Home Chapel in Louisburg with Rev. Douglas Harris officiating. Burial will follow in the Haywood Church Cemetery.

YOUNGSVILLE, NC -- Margaret Ann Pearce Stallings, 85, of Youngsville, died at her home on April 18, 2022, the daughter of the late Henry Sanford Pearce and Mary Rogers Pearce.

Early voting begins today, Thursday, allowing voters to choose school board members or determine who will carry their party's banner into the fall election.
• Sheriff Kent Winstead is not seeking re-election, leaving Democrats Jerry Jones, Darryl Wright and Troy Wheless to seek their party's nomination.
Larry McKeithan, Kevin White and Bruce Baker are seeking the Republican party nomination.

CASTALIA -- The Northeast Franklin Revitalization Committee is preparing to put its money where its mouth is.
The group, dedicated to bolstering business and recreational opportunities for northeast Franklin County residents, has partnered with Vance Granville Community College's Small Business Center to put 12 people through the college's entrepreneur course.

FRANKLINTON -- A nearly $12 million overhaul of its wastewater treatment plant warranted Franklin County a stop on a nationwide tour of rural America's infrastructure.
Standing at a podium, as crews in the background used millions of dollars in Environmental Protection Agency and State Department of Environmental Quality funds to bolster the plant, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, EPA Administrator Michael Regan and DEQ Secretary Elizabeth Biser reviewed the prior commitments the government has made to infrastructure.

YOUNGSVILLE -- Police unveiled a new program they hope will bolster their ties to the community.
Town officer Regina Andranowska told commissioners and the public about one their newer community programs -- the Adult Reassurance Program.
It assigns officers to older, homebound residents, allowing them to check on those folks at least twice a month, and gives those residents a friendly, familiar interaction with officers.

YOUNGSVILLE -- The ca-ching of a cash register could figuratively be heard at the last town board meeting.
First, commissioners agreed to accept a $48,000 payment from the ABC Board during the April 14 meeting.
They then authorized the ABC Board to create a Capital Improvement Fund not to exceed $600,000 -- money the ABC Board would use to build a new ABC store.

Franklin County is growing. We can anecdotally recognize this by observing housing developments cropping up around the county, hearing stories of houses selling the day that they go on the market, etc.
Data provided by the Franklin County Economic Development Commission bears this out as well, with a projected annual growth rate of up to 2.5%.

JUSTICE -- A Southern Nash High School student remains in a Raleigh hospital after being electrocuted following a single-vehicle crash.
According to a report by Trooper C.A. Allen, Alexis Shania Harris of 10734 Seven Paths Road, Spring Hope, was heading north on Charlie Morgan Road the evening of April 16 when she rounded a curve at too high a rate of speed for the roadway.

Youngsville's Union Bank Branch Vice President Gerald Lloyd presented a $500 check to Franklinton Womans Club President Nance Meador for the Depot preservation.

Wake Electric continues its support of renewable energy by building a 638-kW solar farm with a 1,115 kWh Tesla battery located near the New Life Church on Zebulon Road east of Wake Forest.
This project demonstrates Wake Electric's commitment to balance renewable energy with controlling costs for its members, officials said.

Jimmy Cottrell of Rustic Building Supply in Louisburg was recently presented the Golden Hammer Award for more than 50 years in the hardware business. The special award, presented by Greg Worley, district manager of Orgill, was presented by Irwin to those who have been in the hardware industry for a half century.

Okay, Franklinton drained the pool -- but just maybe all is not lost.
Over the last couple of weeks, an idea surfaced in Franklinton about building a swimming pool on the grounds of Franklinton Middle School (the former high school downtown).
That seemed like an unusual location to me but trying to be open minded, we watched as the situation unfolded and more details became available.

I'm old enough to remember that finding your friends and fun didn't require a hashtag.
By the way, I'm also old enough to know that this, #, meant "pound" waaaaay before it even meant hashtag.
I'm also old enough to remember my first foray into social media began with Myspace, as "Myspace Tom" was everyone's first friend and the crazy world of online media seemed just a bit more quaint and, quite frankly, innocent and fun.

Dear editor:
My dogs have been my best friends all of my life. I regard their lives as precious and necessary for our lives on Planet Earth.
Therefore, the death of K-9 Major was especially heart-breaking because it was totally unnecessary and a super loss to our county monetarily and duty-wise to service the humans he was trained to do.