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The Contentnea Primitive Baptist Church: Memorials recently published by James A. and Margaret B. Bailey contains obituaries compiled from newspapers and periodicals for burials at Contentnea Primitive Baptists Church. In the absence of published obituaries, genealogical information was collected from vital statistics records which included information from births, marriages, deaths and census records.

NASHVILLE - Phase Two of the Birchwood Preserve, consisting of 200 lots to be developed on 157 acres of what was formerly Birchwood Country Club in Nashville, is coming up for town council review Nov. 19.
The proposed development was the subject of a Nov. 4 specially called meeting of the Nashville Planning Board, during which time board members heard from engineer Kevin Varnell of Stocks Engineering, developer Robbie Davis of RBD Investments, and four members of the public who had questions.

ROCKY MOUNT - An estimated 6,400 people packed the Rocky Mount Event Center Oct. 30 amidst heavy security to attend a rally for President-Elect Donald Trump, beginning with remarks by attending officials at 11:15 a.m. and ending with a 1 p.m. speech by Trump that lasted nearly two hours. People were still streaming in at 11 and extra chairs had to be set up until finally, there was standing room only after all the stands were full.

Political parties did not figure in the races for the seven Nash County School Board districts, four of which had competition and three had candidates running unopposed.
The closest race of the three was in District 6, where BOE Chair LaShawnda Washington faced off against fellow board member Evelyn Hines Bulluck. Washington got 49.94% of the votes, with a ballot count of 2,881, to Bulluck's 48.81% of the vote and a ballot count of 2,816.

State races for Nash County representatives had amazingly close results for Nash county voters.
Incumbent Senator Lisa Stone Barnes (R ), representing Nash, Franklin and a portion of Vance County, retained her Senate seat over challenger James Mercer in NC State Senate District 11, with a final vote total of 57,461 over Mercer's 54,439.

NASHVILLE - A new annual permit option for food trucks looking to do business in Nashville is officially on the books, but has also increased the required distance from existing restaurants.
Shawn Lucas, town planner, brought up the idea of a $500 annual fee option for food trucks, whose operators normally pay $40 for each set-up day, at both the Nov. 5 town council session and the Oct. 29 planning board meeting.

NASHVILLE - Nash County District 3 commissioner, T. Dan Cone, was celebrated by his fellow commissioners at their Nov. 4 meeting at what was Cone's last full meeting before his seat is assumed by Freddy Howell after elections.
"Quite frankly, this item is not one that any member of this board looks forward to doing," said Robbie Davis, board chair, "but life is what it is," adding that the business at hand involved adopting a resolution to honor Cone, who has served on the board since 2016.

This semester, I'm teaching a class on the life and work of Ernest Hemingway, one of my favorite writers. I sometimes forget how close his fiction is to his real life -- the man was injured with shrapnel, saw many awful things as both an ambulance driver, combatant and journalist. On top of all that, he got what amounted to a "Dear John" letter as well.
Many of his characters suffer from what we've come to call Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

The election is over, thank goodness. Most of us are worn out from what seems like the longest election season ever.
Regardless of whose candidate won, or lost, I think this is a time we all should take a deep breath and make grace and humility a top priority in how we approach those who may differ from our opinions now that the polls have closed and winners have been named.
We have witnessed several years of the "I can't believe this is really happening," moments in our country.

This photo published in The Nashville Graphic on May 20, 1954. Oak Level's eighth grade graduating class is pictured (left to right) Larry Vick, Bruce Dozier, Joe Thompson (salutatorian), Willie Proctor, Roy Earl Collie, Dwayne Vick and Ray Rackley (valedictorian.)

SPRING HOPE - Spring Hope town officials are delaying action on a draft development agreement with Axiom Development for another month, pending additional review by developer Tom White.
Andrew DeIonno, town manager, speaking at the Nov. 4 board of commissioners meeting, said the draft agreement had been reviewed by Mark Edwards, town attorney, who had made minor changes in the current version.

Local law enforcement and fire departments who travelled to western NC to help amidst destruction were honored with public recognition and individual handshakes by the Nash county board of commissioners, who dedicated their Nov. 4 meeting to them with a photo slideshow. The Nash County Sheriff's Office deployed three groups to Yancey County, while staff and equipment from the Nashville, Battleboro and Castalia Fire Departments have provided support on and off since Sept. 29 with missions across McDowell and Avery Counties.

Nashville's longtime tradition continues with Nashville Elementary kindergarten students and local daycares strolling through downtown Nashvlle donned in festive costumes. Pictured above, Micah Meeks, a chef, moves with his travelling kitchen.

Suddence Sumler, a princess in pink, poses for the camera.

Kyzla Sanders is dressed as the Prince of Pop Michael Jackson

Incumbent U.S. Congressman Don Davis (D) narrowly retained his seat against challenger Laurie Buckhout (R) with a final vote total of 184,993, or 49.46% of the state, to Buckhout's 179,164 and 47.90% of the vote. Tom Bailey (L), finished a distant third with 9,851 votes at 2.63%.
While Buckhout had NC backing in her home area of Edenton- solidly getting the most votes in the northeastern part of the state (Chowan, Tyrell, Perquimans, Gates, Pasquotank, Camden and Currituck counties)

The following results are votes cast in Nash County

The following results are votes cast in Nash County

BAILEY - Nash County Public Schools has announced that a veteran teacher of 24 years, Kristin Register, multi-classroom leader at Bailey Elementary School, has been named the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCCTM) and North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) Outstanding Elementary School Mathematics Teacher for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Each year, principals across North Carolina nominate a teacher they believe excels in teaching mathematics.

Satan has a stronghold on Thanksgiving. Have you noticed?
In our neighborhood, people started decorating for Christmas as soon as they took their Halloween decorations down. A few homes even had their wreaths up before October 31st! I have to admit the decorations are beautiful. The colors themselves bring joy and excitement just seeing them.
Retail merchants rarely even acknowledge Thanksgiving like they did when I was a child.

The disciples asked, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" In Matthew 18:3-4, Jesus answered, "Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom."
Childlikeness is the way to kingdom greatness. It is also the way to kingdom citizenship. You must become like a child to enter the kingdom of heaven. To be accepted into the kingdom is to be adopted by the King.