Ben Smith was a 17-year-old Beddingfield High School student when he became a junior firefighter with the East Nash Volunteer Fire Department. Thirty-one years later, he’s hung up his gear and …
2019-12-08
Man pleads guilty to gun, drug charges
A Wilson man could face nearly two decades in federal prison after he pleaded guilty last week to drug trafficking charges and illegally possessing more than 50 guns he stole from a Kansas City pawn …
Make Christmas special for area seniors
If you’re looking for a way to give back this holiday season, the Wilson County Senior Activity Center needs your help. The center is sponsoring its ninth annual Santa for Seniors program, which …
Snarky mockery of Biden is sheer malarkey
I know it’s very uncool — at least in the precincts of snarky lefty Twitter — to defend Joe Biden, but I’ll give it a try.
The Democratic front-runner is currently touring Iowa on a bus …
Sammy Ray Bass
Sammy Ray Bass, 66, of Wilson, died Friday, Dec. 6, 2019.
The visitation will be at Wilson Memorial Service, 6-7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
He is survived by his daughter, Patricia L. Bass of Wilson; …
Rochelle Adams
Nov. 13, 1942 — Dec. 4, 2019
Rochelle Adams, 77, of Rocky Mount passed away Wednesday. The family will receive friends 4-6 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 …
Christmastime is the season for giving
Were you among the crowds rushing to stores for bargains on Black Friday, or did you wait for Small Business Saturday?
Perhaps you joined those spending a record $9.4 billion on Cyber Monday. As …
Justin Blake Hare
KENLY — Justin Blake Hare, 30, died Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019. Arrangements by Kenly Funeral and Cremation Service.
Danny Gray Jones
Danny Gray Jones, 66, of Wilson, passed away Friday, Dec. 6, in his home surrounded by his family.
The funeral is 2 p.m. on Monday at Wilson Memorial Service. The visitation will be one hour …
Kenneth R. West
Kenneth R. West, 83, of Wilson, passed away peacefully Friday, Dec. 6, 2019.
A service of worship, officiated by Justin Deeter, will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday at Wilson Memorial Service …
Atlantic Coast Pipeline: Boon or boondoggle?
A recent letter to the editor by Kevin Doyle, state director for the Consumer Energy Alliance (“Pipeline will reduce household energy costs,” Nov. 30) assumes that the only objection to the …
Mary S. Farmer
Mary S. Farmer, 91, died Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019. Funeral service is set for noon on Wednesday at Stevens Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Hamilton Burial Gardens. Visitation will be 3 p.m. Tuesday …
105th birthday
Alice Bray Langford of Richmond, Virginia, celebrated her 105th birthday with family.
She was born on Nov. 19, 1914, in Greenville, South Carolina.
Langford went to school in Georgia, South …
Candyland Christmas hits high note
It was perhaps the tiniest bundle Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus could have held when Ryan Fluet handed son Easton over to the jolly old couple at Saturday’s Candyland Christmas in Historic …
