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BUNN -- Hazel B. Greene, 97, went to be with the Lord on March 22, 2021. She was born on March 22, 1924, the oldest child of Willard and Polly Green Batchelor of Wilson County. She was preceded in death by her husband, Wilbur V. Greene and son in-law, Ted. D. Horton.

FRANKLINTON, NC -- Sahki Syris Daijon Dixon-Gross, age 19, son of Ladrina Dixon-Gross and Sean Gross died March 15, 2021.

FRANKLINTON, NC -- Funeral services for Vergie Minerva Williamston Braswell, age 62, who died on Monday, March 22, 2021, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 28, 2021 from the Richardson Funeral Home Chapel in Louisburg with Rev. Haywood L. Dock officiating.

SPRING HOPE, NC -- Funeral services for Prophet R. C. Murphy, age 68, who died on Thursday, March 18, 2021, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 27, 2021 from the Richardson Funeral Home Chapel in Louisburg. Burial will follow in the St. Hope Church Cemetery.

YOUNGSVILLE, NC-Jennifer Moore Hill, 50 years old, passed away unexpectedly from cancer on Wednesday, March 17, 2021.

YOUNGSVILLE, NC -- Angela Louise Tugwell, 67, of Youngsville, passed away on Thursday, March 18, 2021 in Raleigh after an extended illness. She was born July 15, 1953 in Pitt County, the daughter of Robert Dee Tugwell and Louise (Jones) Tugwell of Winterville. Angie was predeceased by her father, Robert and an infant brother.

LOUISBURG, NC -- Funeral services for Esther L. Perry, age 71, who died on Friday, March 19, 2021, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 25, 2021, from the Richardson Funeral Home Chapel in Louisburg with Rev. Randolph Alston officiating. Burial will follow in the Perry's Missionary Church Cemetery.

LOUISBURG, NC -- Funeral services for Cleo "Horn" Lockamy, age 93, who died on Wednesday, March 17, 2021, will be held at 12 noon Tuesday, March 23, 2021, from the Richardson Funeral Home Chapel in Louisburg with Rev. Randolph Alston officiating. Burial will follow in the Perry's Missionary Church Cemetery.

HENDERSON, NC- Bettie Lou Hicks Henley, 78, of Garrett Road, died Monday, March 15, 2021 at her home. Born in Granville County on June 5, 1942 she was the daughter of the late Sam Hicks, Sr. and Eva May Hicks. She was a former member of Grace Baptist Church.

LOUISBURG -- The Louisburg Town Council held three public hearings which drew no comment from the public and then proceeded to adopt three sets of rules designed to update town regulations, some of which have been on the books for decades.
A 19-page set of subdivision regulations was adopted, updating those which were adopted back in 1977 and amended only occasionally since then.

Wanted: A few good arms.
Well, okay, maybe more than a few ... but you get the idea.
As we're beginning to turn the corner on this @#$%@#!!! COVID-19 pandemic, we find ourselves with a vaccine that will help curtail its spread and save lives but, right now, there aren't enough available arms to put it in.

Franklin County switched over to its new, $10.7 million dollar emergency radio system in the fall of 2012 and, from the very beginning, crews have worked to correct issues that caused garbled audio, volume issues and dropped calls.
Nearly a decade later, depending on who you speak with, nothing's changed.

Dear editor:
I was sitting in a chair near a window that looks out over a tree in my yard, under which is a (typically bone-dry) birdbath, that I had surprisingly taken the time to fill up a couple days before due to the warmer weather we've had during the daylight hours.

LOUISBURG -- Three Franklinton residents were charged in a series of thefts from construction sites.
Between February and March, the trio is alleged to have stolen from or possessed more than $35,000 worth of construction materiels from construction sites around the county.

RALEIGH -- A Franklin County man and convicted sex offender was deported after it was revealed he lied on a passport application.
Saul David Aquino was issued a naturalized citizen certificate in August 2009, a process that required him to answer truthfully whether he had ever committed a crime or offense for which he had not been arrested.

The Little Free Library program is a way to promote reading for children, literacy for adults and libraries around the community.
It's a "take a book, return a book" gathering place where people share their favorite literature and stories.
In its most basic form, a Little Free Library is a box full of books where anyone may stop by and pick up a book (or two) and bring back another book to share.

Supporters of FGV Smart Start gathered at Louisburg's Joyner park recently to celebrate the opening of another "Take a Book, Share a Book" Little Free library.

LOUISBURG -- The Franklin County Republican Party will hold its annual county convention Saturday, March 27, at the Louisburg Moose Lodge, 191 Moose Loop Road.
Registration begins at 5:30 p.m.
According to Franklin County Republican Party Chair Ed Strickland, all Republicans are invited to attend. There is no fee to attend, Strickland added.

FRANKLIN COUNTY -- A nationwide distribution chart indicates Franklin County and its municipal governments will pull down more than $16.2 million they can use to help offset losses incurred by COVID-19.
President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act last week, providing most Americans with at least $1,400 in personal stimulus funds.

LOUISBURG -- The Franklin County Board of Education unanimously agreed Monday night that all the district's schools will be open for four days a week of face-to-face classroom instruction beginning Monday, April 12. Included in the return to the classroom are all EC students in the system.
The move to essentially reopen schools came after Gov. Roy Cooper decided, under pressure from the North Carolina Senate, that all the state's schools should be open under either Plan A or Plan B -- four days of face-to-face instruction for Plan A or two days under Plan B.