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Katrina Williams and Christy Southall prepare for the Franklinton Senior Center Volunteer Appreciation Drive-Thru, Tuesday, August 18.

Rachelle Deats, home-delivered meals volunteer

Volunteer Harold Dickerson

Volunteers Earnest & Emma Richardson

Volunteers Carol & Sunny Day

SPRING HOPE --Geraline Dare Hicks Mitchell, 77, of Spring Hope, died Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020. A graveside entombment service will by held at Lancaster Memorial Park at 11 a.m. on Saturday Aug. 29.

LOUISBURG- Theresia Striedinger passed unexpectedly on Sunday, August 23, 2020. She was the first born to Fritz and Marie Striedinger in Bremen, Germany on January 25, 1937.

RALEIGH--Minnie Ayscue Smith, 96, died Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020.

LOUISBURG--Cynthia Jo Parrish Smith, 65, of Louisburg departed this earthly life on Saturday, August 22, 2020 at Wake Medical Center surrounded by her family. She was born on October 12, 1954 to the late Fred Oswald and Annie Lancaster Parrish. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Ruffin Alton Smith. Cynthia was a fighter all the way to the end and if she loved you, you knew it. If she didn't love you, you knew that as well.

LOUISBURG - Joshua Allen Wheeler, 34, of Louisburg, died Thursday evening, Aug. 20, 2020.

FRANKLINTON -- Funeral services for Mary Ward Dunston, 85, who died Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26, in the Richardson Funeral Home Chapel in Louisburg, with Bishop Ralphel Holloman officiating.

FRANKLINTON--Pauline Philpott House, affectionately known as "Lady P," passed away at her home on Saturday, August 22, 2020, surrounded by family. She was born in a house on Mason Street in Franklinton and never lived more than 3 miles from that house. Although she lived in the same neighborhood most of her life she visited every state except Alaska.

NEW CANEY, TX--Stanley Charles Beardslee, 84, of New Caney, TX died Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020 in Raleigh. Services will be held at a later date.

FAYETTEVILLE -- Funeral services for Noel "Junior" Terrell, Jr., 85, who died Monday, Aug. 10, 2020, will be held on Friday, Aug. 28, 2020 at 12 noon from the Richardson Funeral Home Chapel in Louisburg with Rev. Douglas Harris officiating. Burial will follow Lafayette Memorial Cemetery in Fayetteville, NC on Saturday.

FRANKLINTON -- Betty Jane Skokauckas Hooko, 85, of Franklinton, died on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. A memorial service will be held at a later date.

LOUISBURG -- By a split vote, Franklin County commissioners refused to rezone a property that an overwhelming number of Olde Liberty residents said would have been a detriment to their golf course community.
During the board's Aug. 3 meeting, dozens of residents spent an hour and a half telling commissioners that they opposed a rezoning request that would have turned 4.5 acres along N.C. 96 from low-density residential to neighborhood business...

LOUISBURG -- The Franklin County Board of Commissioners agreed to allocate water for 10 developments, including one that is the subject of a federal lawsuit challenging the county's previous lack of action.
In most instances, the approval came six months after the initial requests were to be considered, and as developer unrest mounted.

Area students are returning to school -- Franklin County Schools reopened Monday -- and many parents and students are scrambling to locate adequate internet connections.
All Franklin County Schools will be operating virtually for at least the first part of the school year and many students are opting to pursue remote learning all year long in the face of a COVID-19 pandemic that shows few signs of abating.

MANITOWOC, WISC. -- More than a year after recovered wreckage revealed the fate of a World War II submarine, historians believe they can finally put a face with the name of a Louisburg sailor believed to have gone down with the vessel.
Steward's Mate First Class Davie Lee Williams was believed to be part of the 60-man complement aboard the USS Robalo when it launched from Manitowoc, Wisconsin in 1943.

LOUISBURG -- One of Louisburg's subsidized housing projects may be getting a major overhaul in the near future thanks to a joint agreement between the Burlington Housing Authority and the town.
In a nutshell, the Burlington Housing Authority is planning to spend $5.5 million to purchase and rehab the 50-unit Franklin Court Apartments in Louisburg through a cooperative agreement with Louisburg.

Judy McArn takes the oath of office from Mayor Art Wright, left, while her husband, Mark, holds the Bible. McArn replaces Brad Kearney, who resigned his post to become the town's new public works director. During Tuesday's brief meeting, commissioners agreed to convey three properties on Mason Street to Franklinton Development LLC with the agreement that the developer will invest at least $220,000 -- the tax value of the properties calculated over the next decade -- in the rehab and renovation of the properties at 3, 5 and 7 Mason Street and create at least one new job.

Engaged Sweethearts Loganne Driver, Colton Young

It seems you can't turn around these days without running into problems created by the COVID-19 virus that neither our government nor our health care system seems to be able to corral.
Many businesses remain closed, some are working on reduced schedules or capacities, many other businesses can't get whatever products they need because manufacturing has been slowed down and everyone is not only on edge, but most of us are wearing masks while hoping for the best.