I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD. – Psalm 116:17 (KJV) I’ve always observed Lent by sacrificing something to help me remember Christ’s holy sacrifice for me. But over the years some of my passion for this practice dimmed, and I began to question my motives for observing this […]
2017-03-02
James Rudolph Manning
James Rudolph Manning, 83, of Nash County, died Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Arrangements are by Wheeler and Woodlief Funeral Home and Cremations, Rocky Mount.
Reginald Lamont Battle
Reginald Lamont Battle, 50, of Wilson, died March 1, 2017. Funeral will be held 2 p.m. Sunday at Evening Light Holiness Church. Burial will follow in Rest Haven Cemetery. Visitation will be 3 p.m. Saturday at Stevens Funeral Home. Arrangements are …
William Howard Anderson
GOLDSBORO — William Howard Anderson, 75, died Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Arrangements are by Howell Funeral Home and Crematory, Goldsboro.
Landen Morris Bass
May 31, 2005 — March 1, 2017
Landen Morris Bass, 11, of the Rock Ridge community, passed away Wednesday. His funeral will be conducted 11 a.m. Saturday at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. Interment will follow in Marsh Swamp FWB …
James David Burnette
June 3, 1924 — March 1, 2017
MIDDLESEX — James David “J.D.” Burnette, 92, passed away Wednesday. His funeral service will be conducted 11 a.m. Saturday at Middlesex Church of God, 5407 S. N.C. 231, Middlesex. Interment …
Leo Pittman
May 27, 1937 — March 1, 2017
MIDDLESEX — Leo “Sam” Pittman, 79, passed away Wednesday afternoon at Kitty Askins Hospice Center in Goldsboro surrounded by his loving family.
Sam was born in Johnston County May 27, …
Helen Edwards
Helen Virginia “Candy” Edwards, 73, of Wilson, died Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Funeral will be held noon Saturday at L.N. Forbes Original Free Will Baptist Tabernacle. Visitation will be 3 p.m. Friday at Stevens Funeral Home. Arrangements …
Junior varsity roundup
Falcons thump Warriors 12-1
Visiting C.B. Aycock pummeled Hunt 12-1 on Wednesday in the first baseball game of the season for both teams.
Christian Brady and Seth Shephard each collected two hits and drove in two runs for Aycock. Brady doubled …
Fike dismantles Rose in 3 innings
Fike dismantles Rose in 3 innings
The host Fike High varsity softball team needed just three innings — and only two at-bats — to dispense with Greenville Rose of the 3-A/4-A Eastern Carolina Conference by a 21-0 score Wednesday …
Area Calendar, March 2-3
Thursday, March 2
College Women’s Basketball
Conference Carolinas tournament, semifinals — Barton at Limestone, 5:30 p.m.
High School Varsity Baseball
Rocky Mount Faith Christian at Wilson Christian, 5 p.m.; South Granville …
Speight’s career day sparks game-2 Barton win
FAYETTEVILLE — A career-best offensive performance from Sydney Speight, a senior from Beddingfield High, propelled the Barton College softball team to a 10-2 romp in game 2 and to a split of a doubleheader at NCAA Division III Methodist …
Onward and Upward!
Upward Basketball and Cheerleading held its fifth Saturday of games this season Feb. 25 at Peace Church in Wilson with hundreds of youngsters in action.
Doubles sweep sends Rams past CBA 6-3
Doubles sweep sends Rams past CBA 6-3
SNOW HILL — A doubles sweep lifted Greene Central of the 2-A Eastern Carolina Conference to a 6-3 victory against neighboring Charles B. Aycock High of the 3-A/4-A Eastern Carolina Conference on …
CBA’s Edmundson to play hoops at LCC
PIKEVILLE — Lexie Edmundson built her reputation as a hard-nosed, hardworking player for the C.B. Aycock High girls basketball program and now the senior is hoping those qualities will serve her well at the next level.
Edmundson, a 5-foot-7 …
A new ace
Hale shines as Beddingfield blanks Southern Nash 10-0 in openerSlide over Ana Cooke, Jenna Pate, Brooke Jones, Caroline Smith and Allison Pate.
Make room for Brianna Hale’s opportunity to join the list of distinguished pitchers in Beddingfield High varsity softball history.
The 2017 season marks the …
Bulldogs top Pfeiffer to go to 3-0 in league
The host Barton College men’s tennis team remained undefeated after three NCAA Division II Conference Carolinas matches with a 7-2 victory against Pfeiffer University on a Wednesday afternoon when winds gusted up to 36 miles per hour.
The …
Blue Devils still hampered by injuries as postseason looms
Duke NotebookDuke has had injured basketball players more often than the Blue Devils have had healthy ones this season — with a brief oasis of about two games where they had all hands on deck available for practice. But then the injury bug struck again, as …
Thomas Law Attorneys Student-Athlete of the Week: Joel Attoe, Wilson Christian Academy
Joel Attoe helped his Wilson Christian Academy boys basketball go somewhere it hadn’t been in more than a decade last week, making him this week’s Thomas Law Attorneys Student-Athlete of the Week.
Joel, a 6-foot-0 junior forward, …
Golden Demons debut with 9-0 conquest
Golden Demons debut with 9-0 conquest
CLAYTON — The Fike High boys tennis team, the defending 3-A Big East Conference champion, impressively served into its 2017 season with a 9-0 road victory against 3-A Cleveland on Wednesday …
