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ROSEVILLE, CALIFORNIA--Born in Louisburg, North Carolina to Arch and Mary Alice Hubbard Parrish, she passed peacefully in Roseville, California.

LOUISBURG, NC--Dale Hall Faulkner, 78, of Louisburg, died Friday morning, December 10, 2021.

FRANKLINTON, NC--Yvonne "Bonnie" Harris Edwards, 79, of Franklinton, died Sunday afternoon , December 12, 2021 after an extended illness.

William Jennings "Billy" Winston, 73, of Louisburg passed away Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at his home. He is preceded in death by his father, Joseph Aubrey Winston, his mother, Constance Cheaves Winston and his son, Joshua Aubrey Winston.

LOUISBURG, NC--Memorial services for Doris Elaine Johnson, age 66, who died on Friday, December 10, 2021, will be 2 p.m., Friday, December 17 from the Richardson Funeral Home Chapel in Louisburg.

HOLLISTER, NC--Graveside services for Bontheia "Bon" Richardson, age 48, who died on Saturday, December 11, 2021, will be 1 p.m., Thursday, December 16, from the Trinity Baptist Church Cemetery in Hollister with Rev. Edward V. West officiating.

Funeral services for Martha "Dee" Davis, age 57, who died on Sunday, December 5, 2021, will be held on Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. from the Richardson Funeral Home Chapel in Louisburg with Rev. Robert Davis officiating. Burial will follow in the Davis Family Cemetery.

Sayid Hardaway scoots out of the way of the Franklinton parade after grabbing a handful of candy.

The crowds were plentiful during the Youngsville parade.

The Yacht Club Beverage House lived up to its namesake with a pontoon float at the Youngsville parade.

For a moment, Max Moore checks out the crowd rather than the Youngsville Christmas parade attended with, from left, Tabitha, Brent and Matt Moore.

READY FOR SANTA! Once the downtown Louisburg Christmas tree was officially lit last Sunday evening, these three cute young ladies were obviously ready for a visit from the big guy from the North Pole, even if he's not due for a couple of more weeks. All smiles -- and trying really, really hard to be patient -- are (from the left) Everleigh, 3; Elliana, 5 and Emma, 7, Johnson, all of Louisburg.

Abigail Tsantles waves to the crowd while she and other members of her family were part of the town of Youngsville's Christmas parade this past Saturday. The annual parade, which moved through the heart of downtown, featured hundreds of entrants, walking, riding on floats, in cars or on the back of trucks during the annual parade.

LOUISBURG -- Franklin County commissioners agreed to host a public hearing and work session next week, giving themselves and residents more time to communicate before selecting a new emergency radio system.
On Monday night, Tusa Consulting Services' representatives presented commissioners and the public with proposals from two companies interested in outfitting the county with a new emergency radio system.

LOUISBURG -- In October, Franklin County Health Director Scott LaVigne had some good news for commissioners and the public -- the number of new cases in the county was on the decline.
This month, the news was almost all bad.
Coronavirus cases are on the rise, including young folks.

LOUISBURG -- The sale of the first tract in Louisburg's still-not-completed industrial park took a giant step forward during a special town council meeting last Wednesday afternoon -- but the buyer also was given the option of switching direction and buying something else instead.
The council accepted the offer of Merchants Metals for a 6.25 acre tract along T. Kemp Road. The company agreed to pay $35,000 an acre or $218,750.

Legendary Charity Snelling and daughter, Aaliyah Neal

LOUISBURG -- The Franklin County Board of Elections agreed to register Kevin White as a Republican, freeing him up to run for that party's nomination this spring.
White, a long-time member of the Franklin County sheriff's office, and its current SWAT commander, said he decided to run for sheriff back in July and researched what he needed to do to be eligible.

Rachel Perry, Spring Hope Miss Pumpkin Queen

Louisburg High band plays a Christmas tune during the Louisburg parade.

Lions Club members handing out candy during the Louisburg parade.

Well, we can't deny it any longer ... the Christmas Season is upon us and in full swing.
There is no longer any point in denying reality or trying to put it off just a little bit longer.
My cohort Carey Johnson managed to get to both the Franklinton and Youngsville festivities last week and then Donna and I made it to The Burg's Christmas parade and the tree lighting that followed it on Sunday.

As I've gotten more experienced, I find myself relying upon closed captioning or subtitles, more and more.
The benefit of that is that I don't miss blindingly fast dialogue and I'm sure to correctly pronounce unfamiliar words.
It seems that I'm not the only one who might get tongue tied by words without the proper visuals.
The U.S. Captioning Company, which captions and subtitles real-time events on TV and in courtrooms, released its list of most mispronounced words.
Honestly, this apparent list is just another opportunity to make fun of television personalities and broadcasters.