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Online Daily • Printed Tuesdays and Fridays | MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER — A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION SINCE 1896 | wilsontimes.com | Tuesday, June 15, 2021 | $1 Jury convicts man in murder trial other’s hands. Moments later, known as Players Choice, an Gaskins’ mother and sisters “That was my idea to hold Crumbley guilty tears streamed down their faces electronic sweepstakes business. said they felt like he was with hands,” she said. “She lost her as the verdicts were read aloud Superior Court Judge Lamont them throughout the trial, which only son.” in Arsenio Friday in Wilson County Supe- Wiggins sentenced Crumbley was emotional for the four “I loved my brother,” Fitzger- rior Court. to life in prison without parole. women. ald said through tears. A jury found 27-year-old Mi- Crumbley was also found guilty Gaskins’ sisters, Kristie and She said her brother’s death Gaskins’ killing quail Q. Crumbley guilty of first- of possession of a firearm by a Attandra Gaskins and Kissina was unexpected and she is still degree murder in the killing of felon. Fitzgerald, said they knew they reeling from the loss. By Olivia Neeley 32-year-old Arsenio K. Gaskins, “We’ve been praying every had to stay strong for their “I’m still dealing with it, and I [email protected] | 252-265-7879 who was gunned down near the day,” Gaskins’ mother, Dawn, mother. probably will the rest of my life,” 1500 block of Cargill Avenue on said outside the courthouse “She lost her only son,” Kristie Fitzgerald said. Dawn Gaskins and her three Oct. 5, 2019. The confrontation Friday afternoon. “God is good. Gaskins said, adding that she Attandra Gaskins said she daughters bowed their heads, that led to the shooting began Justice was most definitely and her sisters wanted to show closed their eyes and held each in the parking lot of what was served.” a united front. See CONVICTION, Page 2A

WILSON COUNTY SCHOOLS 662 seniors receive diplomas

Hunt High School guidance counselor Nancy Boykin, shown with her back to the camera at center, helps line up the school’s graduates. Boykin has assisted seniors on their big day since her graduation as a member of Hunt’s first class in 1979. Above right, Beddingfield High School graduates Malik Dingle, left, and Tyesha Pittman pose for a selfie before commencement Saturday. Janelle Clevinger | Special to the Times and Drew C. Wilson | Times

By Drew C. Wilson Despite spending most of the and Janelle Clevinger year in a remote learning format, [email protected] | students were finally able to return 252-265-7818 to schools in March, and as restric- tions on social distancing eased and Wilson County Schools’ three more people were vaccinated, the traditional high schools gave possibility of more standard com- diplomas to 662 seniors at three mencement exercises increased. simultaneous commencement All three schools had original- exercises Saturday. ly scheduled outdoor events, but Class of 2021 graduates were Fike and Hunt returned inside, able to walk across a stage to while Beddingfield held its cer- collect their diplomas. emony on the football field. Indoor ceremonies at Fike and Hunt high schools saw students 248 DIPLOMAS GIVEN AT FIKE and administrators in face masks, but otherwise the ceremonies In a ceremony that mixed im- were similar to those held in years not affected by a pandemic. See GRADUATES, Page 4A EXPANDED COVERAGE

Scan this QR code with your smartphone or mobile device to browse an online photo gallery from Saturday’s graduation ceremonies. Fike High School graduate Katherine Albright, left, poses with her family as mother Natalie Albright snaps a selfie at Saturday’s commencement ceremony. Drew C. Wilson | Times Bill includes $10.4M for Wilson infrastructure, transit

By Brie Handgraaf Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-Wilson. in the $547 billion surface projects that the congressman corridor revitalization plan, [email protected] | “Communities across America transportation reauthoriza- could forward to the commit- which includes 10 years worth 252-265-7821 have been neglected far too long tion bill dubbed the Invest in tee,” said Rodger Lentz, Wilson of investments in east Wilson. and in need of funding for proj- America Act. Butterfield noted chief planning and develop- An $8.4 million allocation Wilson has received prelimi- ects that will bring about eco- $19,026,200 was set aside for ment officer. “The planning and through the Invest in America nary approval for $10.4 million nomic revitalization, especially five of the eight projects he sub- homework we had done ahead Act would give the city a head in federal funding to improve here in North Carolina.” mitted within North Carolina’s of time made the job easier to start on implementing that plan Pender Street and Black Creek The Committee on Transpor- 1st Congressional District, in- advance these projects, which by replacing the underground Road as well as expand Ride. tation and Infrastructure on cluding $10.4 million for Wilson. resonated with the committee.” utilities and surface infrastruc- “Aging infrastructure is in dire Thursday announced projects “We’re thrilled. We think we Last fall, the Wilson City need of improvement,” said U.S. across the country included put together a set of competitive Council approved the U.S. 301 See BILL, Page 4A

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They him, Barnes returned to Edmund Keen Gravely III, noted that it was supposed Crumbley’s car and placed both of Raleigh. ‘HE’S AT PEACE’ to rain all day. the gun on the floorboard. The bride is the grand- “I think he’s at peace, at Gaskins went inside the daughter of Betty Ander- Gaskins’ family mem- rest,” she said. sweepstakes business son of Jackson, Carolyn bers said they miss their and told people about the Arsenio Gaskins, shown here Massey of Emerald Isle loved one each day. THE PROSECUTION confrontation. Several pa- in a family picture, was shot and the late William “He’s my only son,” Gas- trons and employees came and killed on Oct. 5, 2019. Massey Jr. of Emerald Isle kins’ mother said. “He’s In the early morning outside to see what was Contributed photo and the late Colette and the baby of the family.” hours of Oct. 5, 2019, Gas- going on. Sam Joyner of Goldsboro. She said the family kins was in the Players Witnesses said Gaskins surveillance video didn’t Parents of the groom misses Gaskins’ smile, his Choice parking lot speak- and Crumbley exchanged show was seven seconds are Ashlin and Edmund and the late Janice and laugh and his jokes. ing to a woman and then more words. Crumbley re- off-screen when the shoot- Keen Gravely Jr. of Rocky Edmund Gravely of “He was just a fun per- to Crumbley’s sister, who trieved the gun and even- ing occurred. After the Mount. He is the grand- Rocky Mount. son to be around,” she was in her vehicle. Crum- tually followed and then gunfire, Crumbley can be son of Peggy and Tom A Sept. 4 wedding is be- said. “He loved cracking bley and Jeremy Barnes chased Gaskins through seen getting into the car Looney of Rocky Mount ing planned in Raleigh. jokes. Everybody knew pulled into the parking lot the parking lot and shot Barnes was driving. him. He would help any- where Gaskins stood. At and killed him, according “The most important body he could. He was just some point, the men ex- to court testimony. part we can’t see is off the a good guy.” changed words. Gaskins didn’t have a screen,” Sallenger said. She said her son didn’t Barnes retrieved a gun weapon. Witnesses also Crumbley claimed believe in carrying weap- from the vehicle and placed testified that when Gas- that when he turned the ons, and if he was around it in his waistband. Barnes kins saw that Crumbley corner, Gaskins turned people who were toting approached Gaskins, and had a gun, he fled in fear around and said, “I got guns, he immediately got Gaskins backed up. At one of his life. you now.” away from them. point, Gaskins punched “Antonio Gaskins was Crumbley said Gaskins’ in a race for his life and cellphone struck him in the he lost,” Assistant District head and claimed the gun Attorney Joel Stadiem told went off during a struggle jurors during closing argu- after Gaskins tried to grab ments Friday morning. the gun from him. Police recovered seven “He’s the one (who) pro- .40-caliber shell casings. voked this entire event,” Gaskins was shot in the Sallenger said of Gaskins. back one time, and he He said Crumbley never died at the scene. had “murder in his heart.” Stadiem told jurors that The entire encounter, chasing a man and shoot- including the shooting, ing him in the back was occurred in less than four of the most “cowardly” minutes. things a person could do. “He chased a man in ‘NOBODY WINS’ the street and shot him in the back, and he wants to The weeklong trial was sit here and tell you it’s emotional for the victim’s Antonio Gaskins’ fault?” and defendant’s loved Stadiem said. “He chased ones. The testimony drew a man down who was run- a crowd of spectators, ning away.” with some sitting behind Crumbley said he acted the defense table and oth- in self-defense. ers filing into courtroom Crumbley, who took to benches on the prosecu- the witness stand Thurs- tion’s side. day, said he felt threatened Crumbley’s family, in- by Gaskins after Barnes, cluding parents Reggie who is his cousin, was and Tawanda Hall, at- punched so hard he fell to tended the trial. the ground. He said he felt After the trial had end- threatened when a crowd ed, Reggie Hall told The emerged from the sweep- Wilson Times that “no- stakes business after the body wins” on either side. encounter with Barnes “If I could change it, I and Gaskins. He said he would,” Hall said. “I apolo- also feared for his family’s gize to the family, whether safety. it was a fight or excessive Crumbley said he fol- force or whether it was lowed Gaskins because he intended. I hate it for the thought Gaskins was go- family because they are ing to get a gun. without their son, brother, “The only individual nephew and cousin.” who had a right to self- Hall believes his son was defense is dead,” Stadiem protecting himself that told jurors. “He ran for his night. The fatal shooting life. You heard that over might constitute man- and over again. He was slaughter, he said, but not pursued. He was chased first-degree murder. and he was hunted down. “I just don’t feel like it Arsenio Gaskins was in was right,” Hall said of the a race for his life, and he verdict. lost to this defendant in Hall said the sweep- that moment.” stakes business failed to protect his son and Gas- THE DEFENSE kins. He said the business had an armed security Defense attorney Tom guard on site who should Sallenger said in his clos- have intervened. ing argument that Crum- When the security guard bley was in the Players approached the car, he Choice parking lot not should have tried to de- bothering anybody. fuse the situation, Hall “There was no history said, adding that both men between those two young would be alive today. men,” he said. Sympathizing with He said Gaskins insti- Gaskins’ family, Hall said gated the conflict when he understands the pain he punched Barnes in the of losing a child. Shikia face. Surveillance video Hall, the Halls’ daughter showed everything that and Crumbley’s sister, was occurred, including when killed in a spray of gunfire Crumbley ran and followed in Wilson’s Five Points Gaskins. The only thing the neighborhood in 2011.

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Ada Louise Carol Hayes Tarpenning Atkinson Apr 29, 1927 — Jun 11, 2021 WILSON — Carol Hayes Tarpenning joined her Meeks Heavenly family on June 11, 2021. WILSON — Ada She was born Norma Carol Hayes, the daugh- Louise Atkinson ter of Thelma M. Tibbs and Donald E. Hayes, Meeks, 93, died Sun- on April 29, 1927 at Ogden, Illinois. She gradu- day, June 13, 2021. ated with honors from Champaign Central High funeral service is Sat- School and the University of Illinois (Class of urday, June 19, 2021, at 1949). After working for her father at the Don 2:00 p.m., L.N. Forbes Hayes Appliance OFWB Tabernacle. Store in Champaign, The visitation is Fri- Illinois, she became day, June 18, 2021, a social caseworker Ada Atkinson Meeks from 3:00 p.m. until for the Illinois Public 6:00 p.m., at Stevens Aid Commission, fol- Funeral Home, 1820 Martin Luther King Jr. Pkwy, lowed by fifteen years Wilson, NC.. Funeral arrangements are entrusted as a Special Education to Stevens Funeral Home. teacher for Urbana District 116. She lived and raised her fam- Alana Jaidai ily in Champaign, Illinois and spent her Lucas retirement years in ELM CITY — Alana Amelia Island, Florida Jaidai Lucas, 18, died (Fernandina Beach), Wednesday, June 9, Carol Hayes Tarpenning followed by Wilson, 2021. Funeral service North Carolina. will be held Saturday Carol was preceded in death by her parents, her at 1 pm at Miracle of maternal and paternal grandparents, maternal Faith Ministries 2112 and paternal great- grandparents, her son, Philip NC Hwy 42, Wilson. Hayes Corbly, her brother, Donald Gary Hayes, A public viewing will nephew, Donald Gary Hayes II, husbands, Lynn be held Saturday from Clark Corbly, Robert William Rossman and Re- 11 am to 12:45 pm at tired Army Major Robert Tarpenning, stepson, Miracle of Faith.. Fu- Ronald Tarpenning, daughter-in-law, Patricia Alana Lucas neral arrangements Rossman and beloved pups Ruby, Dolly, Pierre are entrusted to Car- and Reggie. rons Funeral Home. She is survived by her daughter, Ann L. Corbly (Raleigh, NC), stepson, Ralph Gary Rossman (Mahomet, IL), step-grandchildren, Lori Hays Kenneth Glenn ‘Kent’ (Rantoul, IL) and Rob Rossman (Mahomet, IL), stepdaughter, Karen France (Herndon, VA), Etheridge, Jr. sister-in-law, Bea Hayes (Jacksonville, FL), niece, Jan 13, 1989 — Jun 11, 2021 Cheryl Thurman, nephew, John Douglas Hayes and numerous cherished friends. WILSON — Kenneth “Kent” Glenn Etheridge, Carol was an avid bridge player, and thoroughly Jr., 32 of Wilson passed away Friday. The fam- enjoyed the company of her many bridge-playing ily will receive friends Wednesday evening from friends in Illinois, Florida and North Carolina. She 6 - 9 p.m. at Joyner’s also enjoyed antiques, auctions, interior decorat- Funeral Home, 4100 ing, boating, reading, dancing, and needlepoint. Raleigh Road Parkway, She spent many cherished summers entertaining Wilson. friends at her Bayles Lake cottage, Loda, Illinois. Kent loved any ani- Carol was a member of Memorial United Meth- mal, playing baseball, odist Church, Fernandina Beach, FL, and First hunting, fishing and United Methodist Church (FUMC), Wilson, NC. any outdoor activity. Carol also enjoyed membership in Alpha Phi So- Kent is survived by rority (University of Illinois Beta Alpha Chapter), his mother, Mena Jo University of Illinois Alumni Association (life- Williams and Tony time member), Champaign, Illinois and Wilson, Pulley; father, Ken North Carolina Moose Lodge, Champaign Elks “Squirmy” Etheridge Club, Champaign Antique Study Group (charter and wife, Vicki; daugh- member), Champaign Junior Women’s Club, and ter, Carter Grace Ether- the Bayles Lake Lot Owners Association (Loda, idge and her mother, IL). She spent many enjoyable hours in Amelia Kenneth Glenn Etheridge, Haley Carter; son, Island (Fernandina Beach) FL with her friends Jr. Weston Etheridge and in the Newcomers Club, Red Hats, Terpsicorian his mother, Anna and Dance Club, Ann Dickens Circle (United Method- Hunter Barnes; maternal grandmother, Barbara ist Women), and the Friday Night Canasta Group. Jean Williams; girlfriend, Kaitlyn Pollard; step- Her retirement years in Wilson, NC were en- sisters, Penny Staton of Wilson, and Kristy Star- riched by time spent with her friends in the Wil- ling and husband, Doug; several cousins, nieces, son Woman’s Club, the Bradshaw Sunday School nephews, and many friends, and his special com- class, and the Laura Davenport Circle (United panion dog, Millie. Methodist Women). He was preceded in death by his paternal A private burial will be held In Homer, Illinois grandparents, Alvis and Beulah Hayes Ether- at the Homer GAR Cemetery. At her request, no idge; maternal grandfather, Alvin Williams, public memorial service will be held. Instead, she and his maternal great-grandmother, Lucinda requested anyone wishing to honor her memory Brewer. do so by contributing to any of the following: the Flowers are welcome or memorials may be di- First United Methodist Church, 100 Green Street rected to Recovery Concepts Community Center, NE, Post Office Box 1423, Wilson, North Carolina 2860 Ward Boulevard, Wilson, North Carolina 27894-1423; Memorial Methodist Church, 601 27893 or Maggie Society, 606 Trinity Drive, Wil- Centre Street, Fernandina Beach, FL 32034; the son, North Carolina 27893. Wilson Woman’s Club, 402 Broad Street, Wilson, Condolences directed to Joyner’s Funeral Home NC 27893; Alpha Phi Foundation, 1930 Sherman and Crematory at www.joyners.net. Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201, and Shriners Hospi- tals for Children, 2900 Rocky Point Drive, Tampa, Shirley Joyner Strickland Florida 33607-1460. Oct 28, 1938 — Jun 11, 2021 Arrangements are under the direction of Thom- as-Yelverton Funeral Home, Wilson, NC. Online WILSON — Shirley Joyner Strickland, 82 of condolences may be sent by visiting thomasyel- Wilson passed away Friday. A memorial service verton.com. will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist Church, 5260 Old Raleigh Road, Wilson. Inurn- Robert L. Horton, Sr. ment will follow in BALTIMORE, MARYLAND FORMERLY OF STAYCATION Evergreen Memorial KENLY — Robert L. Horton, Sr., 81, died Sat- Park, Wilson. The Rev. urday, June 12, 2021. Service arrangements are WITH US THIS Woody Parrish will of- entrusted to Carrons Funeral Home. ficiate. SUMMER The family will re- Glenda Bowden ceive friends from 1 The Y is here to help you focus - 1:45 p.m. Thursday Jul 23, 1952 — Jun 11, 2021 on what matters most by prior to the service at WILSON — Glenda Raby Bowden, 68, of Wil- Cedar Grove Mission- supporting your physical, son, died Friday, June 11, 2021, at home. mental & social health. ary Baptist Church. The family will gather at Wilson Memorial Ser- Shirley is survived by vice, Wednesday, June, 16, 6:30 - 8:30 for a time of Join in June, pay her daughters, Cindy visiting and sharing. Her funeral and burial will McLaughlin, and Karen be in Lenoir City, TN, at a time to be announced for 3 months, and Parramore; son, Doug later. we’ll waive the Shirley Joyner Strickland Strickland, Jr.; grand- Glenda was a beloved daughter, sister and aunt. join fee, PLUS daughter, Erica Little; Surviving is her twin brother, Glen Raby (Carol) your 4th month is FREE! grandsons, C.J. Ellis, Tanner Brooks Ellis, Phil- of Elm City; other brothers, Alvin Raby (Sandy) lip Morgan, and Jeremiah McLaughlin; fourteen of Wilson and Earl Raby (Janice) of Alexandria, *Offer ends June 30, 2021. Exclusions apply. great-grandchildren, and her sister, Frances Ber- VA; nieces, Heather Langley (Jeremy) and Eliza- See wilsonymca.org/promotions for more info. necker. beth Raby (Grant Stallings); nephews, Paul Raby, WILSON FAMILY YMCA She was preceded in death by her husband, Jr (Jennifer), Sam Raby and Joey Raby; three 3436 Airport Blvd, Wilson NC 27896 Erick Douglas Strickland; parents, William and great nieces and a great nephew. 252-291-9622 www.wilsonymca.org Mammie Joyner, and her seven sisters and broth- She was preceded in death by her parents, ers. Margaret Lillian and Clarence Earl Raby, and her Flowers are welcome or memorials may be beloved dog, Jake. The Wilson Times reaches an unmatched directed to Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist Memorials are suggested to the Maggie Society, Church, 5260 Old Raleigh Road, Wilson, North 606 Trinity Dr. W, Wilson, NC 27893. Carolina 27893, American Diabetes, PO Box Arrangements by Wilson Memorial Service, 15829, Arlington, Virginia 22215, or to the Ameri- 2811 Fieldstream Dr. N, Wilson, 237-7171; www. can Cancer Society, 930 Wellness Drive, Green- wilsonmemorialservice.com. of Wilson County adults, ville, North Carolina 27834. in print and online, Condolences directed to Joyner’s Funeral Home 82% in an average week!!! and Crematory at www.joyners.net. See OBITUARIES, Page 6A 4A THE WILSON TIMES | wilsontimes.com Tuesday, June 15, 2021 Graduates: Accomplishments ‘are a reminder of what you have achieved’ continued from page 1A of silence was held for one Alana, of Elm City, died funny,” said Reneaz’esha you have learned a tre- “It means a lot to senior. Wednesday in an automo - Watson, one of Alana’s mendous skill … ‘How to mense joy alongside deep When Alana Jaidai Lu- bile crash just three days friends. “She loved to adapt,’” Doll said. “Par- be able to walk for sadness, Fike High School cas’ name was announced, before she was to walk make people laugh.” ents, you should be proud handed out 247 diplomas her family, seated on the across the stage to receive Norris Parker, assistant of this wonderful group our graduation.” as well one given posthu- second row, stood and her diploma. superintendent for Wil- of seniors. They have ex- TIONNA BATTLE, graduating mously. A somber moment wept. “She was very sweet and son County Schools, told perienced a great deal of senior at Hunt High School graduates assembled for success in the classroom, commencement, “Today extracurricular activities marks a huge milestone in and in our community.” “Graduates, you have your lives.” Senior Tionna Battle made it, and we have Parker told the gradu- was grateful for having made it, and I could not ates that every one of the chance to have a typi- be any happier for you them has gifts and talents. cal graduation. and Beddingfield High “During the course of “It means a lot to be able School,” Tribula said. your lives, you will discov- to walk for our gradu- “These last 15 months er new talents while oth- ation,” Tionna said. “It have been unforgettable, ers may fade over time,” means a lot that Wilson and at the same time, Parker said. “I need you to County Schools and the we wish we could forget understand that your gifts teachers and parents came them. We have never as and talents have value, together so that we could a school longed for nor- and don’t let anyone con- walk across the stage and malcy as much as these vince you otherwise.” have our parents see us. It last 15 months. Today is Parker said a “difference is amazing.” a start to getting back to does not mean a deficit.” Tionna learned in both normal.” “Your uniqueness is a remote and in-person Tribula urged students treasure and a solution for classes during the school not to let high school grad- some great thing in your year. uation be the highlight of future that many can’t “This year has been very their life. He told seniors even imagine,” Parker tough, with the online to set both long-term goals said. “Unfortunately, some classes and all the switch- and some small, easy and people will try to talk you es,” Tionna said. “We went attainable goals. out of this, but don’t let from two classes a day to “Celebrate your accom- anyone diminish your four classes a day and dif- plishments,” Tribula said. views of who you are and ferent times. It was a lot. “They are a reminder of what you can become.” It was very difficult, but I what you have achieved.” Graduate Jessica Avery pushed through.” Tribula said he looked said the ceremony was “a Tionna will attend Win- forward to seeing them in blessing.” ston-Salem University this the future. “Last year, they didn’t fall and plans to become a “This staff and I love get any of this,” Jessica pediatric nurse. Her mes- you,” Tribula said. “We said. sage for the class of 2021? will always be here for After grandchildren “The sky is the limit. I you. Just let us know how La’Kole Edwards and can’t wait to see what we we can help you.” Ti’myah Edwards gradu- do in the future.” Lane Mills, superinten- ated, Joyce Dowdy was Kodi Shalabi could dent of Wilson County overcome with emotion. count on one hand the Schools, congratulated the “I got so many kids. number of times he graduates. I’ve got to cry every time walked the halls of Hunt “Make your choices and I see them walk across High his senior year. don’t look back,” Mills the stage,” Dowdy said. “I “I came to the school for said. “You will always be a thank God he let me live a total of about five days part of the Wilson County long enough to see this.” the entire school year,” Schools family.” As he departed the Kodi said. “I have several Senior Mashonda Cam- school into the throngs of medical conditions, so I eron said it was “awe- family and friends, gradu- decided to stay home be- some” being able to re- ate Joshua Hickman, cause I didn’t want to risk ceive her diploma in front shouted, “2021. Let’s get my health as well as my of family Saturday. it!” family’s. I didn’t want to “I didn’t want to have to “It feels pretty good. It risk giving them COVID.” sit in the car,” Mashonda feels like it was regular,” Kodi graduated magna said. “I want to walk said Hickman, who plans cum laude and will attend across the stage and let to attend North Carolina N.C. State University in my family see me get my be in A&T University and study the fall, where he plans diploma.” Be in engineering. to major in business. He Graduate Xavier Bullock JoAnne Lewis watched was thankful for the op- said he was glad to have a granddaughter Haley portunity to celebrate conventional graduation demand.Demand. McPhillips graduate from graduation with his class- ceremony. Fike. mates and their families in “I would rather walk, “It was nothing but person. because you only get to do tears. It was an honor to “The seniors last year, this once,” Xavier said. make that 12 years and they didn’t get a gradua- “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime be able to be proud of her. tion like this, so I’m really experience,” added senior She had no problems as grateful that I’m getting Brittany Cox. a student, and she made a graduation this year.” Graduate Messiah Artis straight As,” Lewis said. Kodi said. “It really means agreed. a lot that I can share this “I’m just glad to be able HUNT HANDS OUT with teachers, my parents, to walk this time,” Messi- 243 DIPLOMAS friends … anybody who ah said. “We haven’t been has gotten me through able to hold school all Immediately after Hunt everything in life. I’m just year, so it’s good to be able High School seniors were grateful.” to get this experience.” Registration begins officially pronounced A technology snag Chris Exum, who ended (252) 291-1195 graduates, Tasha Farmer forced a pause in the up at the top of his class jumped from the gym’s graduation ceremony as with a 4.5 grade point bleachers and began what the livestream video feed average, said he studied wilsoncc.edu can only be described as a supposed to be shown to hard and earned As in all JULY 6! “happy dance” to the de- the auditorium overflow of his classes. light of those around her. crowd would not work. “It is amazing I came “My baby just gradu- Before diplomas were this far. I was No.1 in all ated,” Farmer exclaimed. handed out, the auditori- four years,” Chris said. “My youngest child has um crowd flowed into the “I feel honored to be able finished high school.” gymnasium’s balcony so to get my diploma. I feel Barnes’ daughter, Tywen all attendees could watch sorry for the ones last year Barnes, was one of 243 their seniors graduate. who didn’t.” Hunt High School seniors Exum plans to attend who graduated with the 171 GRADUATE East Carolina University class of 2021 on Saturday AT BEDDINGFIELD and study information morning. technology, then seek a Hunt Principal Eddie Beddingfield High job in Research Triangle Doll told the seniors in his School held outdoor com- Park. remarks that this particu- mencement exercises on Graduate Mileydi Mo- lar class had been forced its football field. rales-Solis planned to be a to adapt like no previous Principal Jonathan nurse after graduation. class ever had. Tribula welcomed the “I’m so happy for that “Over the past couple graduates before handing because I make my family of school years, each of out 171 diplomas. proud,” Mileydi said.

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continued from page 1A surveyed to determine tremendous benefit of whether that expansion the Ride program in con- ture to modernize Pender means longer hours or necting people to jobs and Street and Black Creek more vehicles to reduce their communities,” But- Road between Hines wait times. terfield said. “It’s my hope Street and U.S. 301. “Our goal is to take the that the Ride program can “We are not putting a $2 million and spread it serve as a blueprint for five-lane highway in these over the grant time frame, similar programs across neighborhoods, but work- so it will not be $2 mil- the 1st District and the ing within the existing lion spent in one year to country.” right-of-way,” Lentz said. double the level of service Butterfield said the “Like 301, we’re making it we’re already providing,” House is scheduled to con- pedestrian-friendly to sup- he said. “We want to ex- sider the Invest in Amer- port the revitalization of pand the service for the ica Act in the last week the area.” full period of the grant.” of June. It’s expected to The $2 million approved Lentz said he appreciat- advance to the Senate. for the city’s on-demand ed Butterfield’s advocacy Lentz said officials public transit system and support to invest fed- haven’t determined a would expand the Ride eral dollars in Wilson. timeline for receiving and program’s services. Lentz “I’m pleased the com- spending the federal funds said riders are now being mittee recognized the if the bill becomes law. Tuesday, June 15, 2021 THE WILSON TIMES | wilsontimes.com 5A

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God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. (2 Timothy 1:7)

PRAYER: Heavenly Father, help us to place our fears at your feet as we face illness. Help us to entrust those we love to your care. Amen.

IN OUR OPINION School board wise to reduce law firm contract to 2 years

THUMBS UP to the Wilson County Board of Education for striking a prudent compromise on its contract with longtime law firm Schwartz & Shaw. LETTERS The school board voted June 7 to sign a two-year con- tract with the Raleigh firm, reversing a decision at the board’s A blueprint for is privately owned but heav- to protect customers from rate May meeting to retain Schwartz & Shaw for four years. Richard upgrading the US ily regulated by the state and hikes and money is dedicated Schwartz, Brian Shaw and their lawyers perform excellent work, federal government. It is in- where needed. but outsourcing legal services may no longer be the best and most power grid terconnected in three major In other words, use these cost-effective option for Wilson County Schools. areas, east, west and Texas, so funds to protect citizens and District 7 school board member Rhyan Breen, who’s also an at- The electric power is com- that power from one area can force corporations to provide torney by trade, presented a case study comparing Wilson County plex, and three factors affect immediately support another cost data before dedicating the Schools’ legal fees to those incurred by North Carolina’s five larg- power grid balance. One is ca- area having capacity or gen- people’s money. est school districts. Only Wake County Public Schools paid more. pacity, another is demand and eration problems. Another concern for funding The second, third and fourth largest districts all have in-house the third is generation. When discussing the federal electrical grid infrastructure counsel and paid considerably less. Capacity is fixed by physical government infrastructure is cyber and electromagnetic In May, a 4-3 majority of school board members led by limitation, but demand fluctu- bill that proposes to dedicate pulse protection. Any upgrade Chairwoman Christine Fitch and Vice Chairman Henry Mer- ates. Generation must adapt to money to the power grid, should have mandated protec- cer supported a four-year contract, reasoning that WCS is the demand but cannot exceed there are questions about tion as an initial step to ensure paying for Schwartz & Shaw’s expertise in education law. capacity. Too little genera- taxpayer money used for pri- any expansion is protected as They feared that a local lawyer, whether working on retainer tion results in power outages, vate corporation expansion. It part of the build. Expansion or hired directly by the school system, may have less experi- and too much generation can makes sense that the govern- efforts should also include ret- ence than the powerhouse firm known for representing public damage major components of ment ensures the power grid rofitting existing structure. school districts. the grid and cause extended has the capacity and protec- The U.S. electrical grid re- Breen’s presentation was persuasive, however. WCS racked up outages. tion to support all citizens of quires upgrade, expansion $455,512 in legal fees during the 2020-21 school year. Charlotte- To ensure balance, the grid the U.S. However, the federal and protection. A private Mecklenburg Schools, which serves a student population more operators must anticipate the and state governments should enterprise-driven effort, with than 10 times larger than Wilson’s, spent roughly half that sum, demand and add or subtract mandate the expansion and support from the government, paying its in-house counsel $229,500 the same year. generation to keep a consis- then offer either tax incentives would allow maximum flex- District 6 board member Blake Boykin made a cogent case tent power supply. It is not or direct payments when the ibility to respond to emerging against a four-year contract, noting that “this board is going to instantaneous, so it must be power companies provide the technologies and shifting pri- change in the future, as all things do, and I view a four-year term constantly monitored, planned cost and rate plans required orities as problems occur. as handcuffing any future board that may come into play.” and managed to meet cus- to implement the expansions Breen, Boykin and District 5 member Beverly Boyette proposed tomer needs. and upgrades. That way, tax- Mick Rankin signing a one-year contract with Schwartz & Shaw, then either The power grid in the U.S. payer funds are used directly STANTONSBURG hiring an attorney as a school system employee or soliciting bids for contracted counsel. Acting on board consensus, Fitch backed a change from four years to two years. That may be more time than is necessary to study other options, but politics, after all, is the art of compro- mise. Free speech isn’t about power THUMBS DOWN to the State Employees Association of North Carolina, which is purposefully misleading its Seeking to burnish his repu- tions are disproportionately of them, that speech becomes members as it lobbies against open government legisla- tation as a reformer, Crown enjoyed by people of power and a power game. A report on tion. Prince Mohammed bin Salman privilege,” Parker told Times the Congressional-Executive SEANC opposes the Government Transparency Act of 2021, openly criti- reporter Michael Powell. Commission on China’s web- which would revise the state law that currently exempts public cized Saudi Free expression is a core site headlined “Freedom of employee disciplinary actions from the N.C. Public Records Act. Arabia’s reli- Enlightenment value that lib- Expression in China: A Privi- In a Friday tweet from the official @SEANC account, the associa- gious extrem- erals once embraced without lege, Not a Right” says it all. tion tried mightily to muddy the waters. ism three years reservation. It’s falling out of Progressives in the ACLU’s House Bill 64, the tweet claims, “puts the burden on the em- ago, thumbing favor among the ascendant ranks want to deemphasize ployee to fight against unfounded accusations which require legal his nose at “woke” left, whose fealty to free speech litigation and ac- resources, money and the wherewithal to get through the pro- hardline clerics political correctness often celerate the organization’s shift cess.” While the bill delays disclosure of employee discipline until COREY and upending causes progressives to prize from a nonpartisan defender of all administrative appeals have been exhausted, the legislation FRIEDMAN the established collective comfort over indi- civil liberties to an unabashedly doesn’t affect agency appeals. order. vidual liberty. left-wing interest group. If the If due process protections for state and local government An ordinary Saudi citizen Parker echoed a charge retreat allows for a gradual ero- employees were adequate before, why is SEANC raising the is- can face punishment for mak- that’s all too common in sion of expressive rights, they sue now? The burden to challenge a disciplinary action or a su- ing similar pronouncements, postmodern identity politics, will ultimately undermine the pervisor’s comments on a performance evaluation has always and Turkish and U.S. authori- which assigns virtue to mar- very causes they champion. fallen on individual employees. It seems the association is fine ties say bin Salman ordered ginalized groups and blame to Racial justice protests rely with the status quo as long as employee discipline remains a Washington Post journalist Ja- members of ethnic, religious on the First Amendment’s state secret. mal Khashoggi’s brutal 2018 and cultural majorities. But speech, assembly and peti- We support the Government Transparency Act because taxpay- murder for unflattering cover- the premise that free speech tion clauses. The free-exercise ers deserve to know when the state and local government officials age and commentary about protections are chiefly for clause allows religious mi- they employ are held responsible for misconduct on the job. Dis- the kingdom. powerful people is false. norities to practice their faith, closure could prevent workers with troubling track records from A social credit system First Amendment lawyer and the establishment clause evading public scrutiny when they receive promotions or move punishes disloyalty among Adam Goldstein debunked prevents public school teach- from one agency to another. China’s nearly 1.4 billion in- the misguided claim in a Janu- ers and principals from pros- In cases where employees dispute the allegations against them habitants, but senior Commu- ary tweet: “‘Powerful people elytizing to impressionable or believe bosses have treated them unfairly, the right to appeal a nist Party members enjoy the abuse freedom!’ No, powerful students. If courts strike down disciplinary action remains unchanged. freedom to question authority. people don’t use freedom at Republican-led efforts to ban- We’re not unsympathetic to the concern that workers advanc- And while North Korean dis- all, they use power. Freedom ish critical race theory from ing such appeals may face an uphill battle. That’s a problem an senters are sent to forced la- is the right to challenge those the classroom, it will be on employee association could solve by providing attorneys or mem- bor camps, dictator Kim Jong people. Anybody telling you First Amendment grounds. ber advocates to represent workers in the appeals process. Un is known for his combative that giving up your rights will “The trouble with fighting SEANC and the North Carolina Association of Educators are public statements. protect you is a con artist.” for human freedom,” H.L. lobbying Senate Democrats to oppose HB 64. This misguided The world’s most repressive Authoritarian leaders, Mencken famously wrote, “is advocacy runs counter to the public’s interest. We remind state countries are home to some of high-ranking government that one spends most of one’s senators who have called for police reform that a vote against this the most outspoken heads of officials and well-connected time defending scoundrels. bill would frustrate their stated goal. state and government officials. oligarchs don’t have to walk For it is against scoundrels While that’s hardly a ground- on eggshells and watch their that oppressive laws are first breaking insight, it may be words. But attributing their aimed, and oppression must news to Dennis Parker. freewheeling and often caus- be stopped at the beginning if Tell us what’s on your mind A former director of the tic speech to overly permissive it is to be stopped at all.” The Wilson Times welcomes opinions from readers on topics of public American Civil Liberties laws is absurd. Today’s ACLU would be interest. Letters that promote a commercial product, contain either libel- Union’s Racial Justice Pro- “A classic mistake is to think reluctant to defend neo-Nazis’ ous material, personal attacks on individuals or vulgar language, and those gram, Parker is quoted in a that we should limit the First right to march or the West- addressed to a third party, will not be published. Consumer complaints and June 6 New York Times story Amendment b/c its benefits boro Baptist Church’s right letters containing unverifiable factual claims are ineligible for publication. on the ACLU’s current strug- accrue primarily to the pow- to picket military funerals. Letters should be no more than 350 words, must be signed and should gle to balance free speech erful,” Goldstein wrote in a Yet these landmark cases are include the writer’s address. A telephone number, which will not be pub- advocacy with its support for follow-up tweet. “That’s an frequently cited in court deci- lished, should be included for verification purposes. Letters selected for progressive causes. The group ideological illusion. Lots of sions that benefit Black, La- publication may be edited and all letters become property of The Wilson made its bones defending un- places have powerful people tino and LGBTQ litigants. Times. sympathetic speakers includ- who speak freely with no 1A. No lawyer can swing at ing the Ku Klux Klan, but to- Instead, 1A is a unique right to every pitch, but letting censor- The Wilson Times P.O. Box 2447, Wilson, N.C. 27894 day it’s less likely to represent challenge power.” ship against enemies go un- Phone 252-265-7813 such controversial clients. It’s in the absence of robust challenged today will lead to E-mail [email protected] “First Amendment protec- legal protections, not because headaches for allies tomorrow. 6A THE WILSON TIMES | wilsontimes.com Tuesday, June 15, 2021

UNINDENTIFIED 50-year-old skeleton case all but forgotten By Lindell J. Kay [email protected] | 252-265-8117

LUCAMA — A skeleton found buried beneath straw in a barn nearly 50 years ago has received little attention from law enforcement and the media in the de- cades since its grisly discovery. Sheriff’s Office took over the agency in A property owner found the skeleton the early 2000s.” off Route 2 — a road designation that The 1974 Wilson Times article quotes no longer exists — on Feb. 6, 1974, and Lt. James Hawley, a detective with the reported it to the authorities. The 25- to Wilson County Sheriff’s Office, who told 35-year-old white male victim had two the newspaper that a skeleton had been shotgun blast holes in his head. found in Lucama with two holes in the The case and story of the shotgunned skull. man appears to have fallen through the The autopsy report lists the cause of cracks. A United Press International death as a shotgun wound to the head story on the Jan. 6, 1974, derailing of and the manner of death as homicide. a freight train in Lucama that “slightly Whether washed ashore, unearthed injured a woman,” made it into the late in shallow graves, stumbled upon in the edition of The New York Times that woods, discovered in abandoned houses, day. However, the discovery of the shot- killed on busy roads or located in rivers, gunned man a month later saw one arti- ponds and along railroad tracks, more cle published in The Wilson Times along than 120 bodies remain unidentified in with a two-sentence Associated Press North Carolina. This is one of their sto- news brief that ran in a handful of North ries. Carolina newspapers. The shotgunned man stood 6 feet tall, No evidence could be found of the but his weight couldn’t be estimated. He story being followed up or appearing had brown hair with an unknown eye anywhere else. color. The story may have lingered forever The skeleton had been in the barn for in total obscurity if not for Clyde Gibbs. three to six months, according to the ar- A medicolegal death investigator, Gibbs chived news article. has maintained the bone room for the “The lieutenant said no weapon was N.C. Office of the Chief Medical Examin- found in the building nor was there any er in Raleigh for more than two decades. clothing or any other items on the body,” He entered the basic information of the the article states. shotgunned man into the National Miss- The shotgunned man’s assigned case ing and Unidentified Persons System on number in NamUs is 13354. It’s the Jan. 8, 2015. That NamUs listing became second-oldest unidentified body case in the catalyst for this report. the state. No information is given in NamUs un- Anyone with information in the shot- der the case’s law enforcement investiga- gunned man’s death can call the N.C. tive agency. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner at The Wilson County Sheriff’s Office 919-743-9000. isn’t currently investigating the cold case, according to a May 27 email from Editor’s note: Unidentified is a weekly se- Wanda Mills Samuel, chief of staff for ries examining the more than 120 cases Sheriff Calvin Woodard. of unidentified human remains discov- “We do not have a case file on an ered in North Carolina. Reporter Lindell unidentified body from 1974,” Samuel J. Kay produces each installment for The wrote. “Lucama had their own police Enterprise of Spring Hope and other Res- department during this time before the toration NewsMedia newspapers.

Obituaries: Students continued from page 3A earn Youth Joan Rhodes Page Joynes Citizenship Dec 1, 1948 — Jun 10, 2021 JEFFERSON, SC — Mrs. Joan Rhodes Page Joynes, 72, of Jefferson, SC passed away on Award Thursday, June 10, 2021 in Monroe, NC. For the Times Mrs. Joynes was born on December 1, 1948 in Rochelle, Georgia Eleven Wilson County to the late Maude fifth graders recently re- Rhodes and Pauline ceived the Daughters of Bissette Rhodes. the American Revolution’s She spent her child- Youth Citizenship Award. hood days in Bailey, The DAR’s Thomas Had- NC. She worked for ley Chapter selected one Wilson, NC Police fifth grader from elementary Department where schools in Wilson County. she later retired. The award recognizes a Joan enjoyed the out- student’s honor, service, doors, especially fish- courage, leadership and ing. She also liked patriotism. to do stained glass. The following students were selected for the award: Joan attended Horn- • Hudson McMission at sboro Baptist Church Fredrick Douglas Elemen- in Pageland, SC. Joan Rhodes Page Joynes tary. She is preceded in • Samuel Lee Lovitt at death by her brother, Jimmy Rhodes and sister, Garners Elementary. Patricia Bray. Mrs. Joan Rhodes Page Joynes is • Jocelyn Pere-Renteria survived by her daughter, Kim Faile (Dean) of at Margaret Hearne El- Pageland, SC; sisters, Kathy Boykin of Rocky ementary. Mount, NC, Gail Parrish of Ormond Beach, FL, • Kaila Brown at New Jackie Morgan of Rocky Mount, NC, Linda An- Hope Elementary. derson (Walter) of Scotland Neck, NC and Sue • Anna Grace Pierce at Phillips (Nelson) of Farmville, NC; grandchil- Community Christian El- dren, Shane Middleton and Joleigh Middleton ementary. both of Jefferson, SC and her four legged com- • Davis G. Pittman at panion, Cocoa. The family would like to thank Wilson Christian Acad- her loving neighbors, Jeff and Rochelle Parker emy. for their exceptional care given to her. There • Deante Leon Epps at will be a Celebration of Life Graveside Service the Eastern North Caro- on Sunday, June 13, 2021 at 3:00PM at Green- lina School for the Deaf. lawn Memorial Park of Pageland with Pastor • Doryan Jones at Vin- David Melton officiating. The family will greet son-Bynum Elementary. friends following the Graveside Service. In lieu • Allyson Marinez at Lee of flowers, donations may be made to Horns- Woodard Elementary. boro Baptist Church, PO Box 173, Pageland, SC • Naveah Nix at Wells 29728. Baumgartner Funeral Home of Pageland, Elementary. South Carolina (www.baumgartnerfh.com) is • Jacob Guy Taylor at assisting the Joynes family. Greenfield School. Tuesday, June 15, 2021 THE WILSON TIMES | wilsontimes.com 1B The WilsonTimes Sports www.wilsontimes.com

NCHSAA BASEBALL PLAYOFFS Warriors draw 8 seed in 3-A East; Fike left out

By Paul Durham “It’s just the luck of the to get better tomorrow at card spots in the East and [email protected] | draw with the seeding,” practice and try to prepare Fike, which finished 8-4 265-7808 said Warriors head coach the best we can.” overall and 7-3 in the Big Jon Smith, whose team North Johnston, which East, ended up being the Teams knew going into will host No. 9 Northern tied North Pitt at 6-1 atop proverbial odd man out. this year of COVID-19 that Durham in the first round the 2-A Eastern Plains Edmundson was under- the North Carolina High Tuesday at 7 p.m. “We Conference, got a nice standably disappointed School Athletic Associa- knew we were going to be draw as the No. 2 seed in that his team was unable tion playoffs would come a 1 through 10 seed some- the 2-A East and will host to continue its late-season down to drawing names where in there. Obviously No. 15 Southwest Onslow surge after winning its out of a hat for not only we’d love to play at home, in the first round Tuesday last five games. Mainly, seeding purposes, but also so we’re happy about that evening at 6. he would have preferred to determine who makes but everybody’s good. I There was no luck in the to be a part of the process the cut in some instances. mean, there’s teams that draw for Fike, which didn’t that saw his team left out For Hunt, which had al- are not in the playoffs very make the playoffs. The of the postseason for the Hunt High head coach Jon Smith talks to players Nick ready gained entry by win- deserving of getting in. Golden Demons, No. 2 in first time in his eight years Worrell (21), Blaize Keen (1) and Drew Wells (11) during a ning the 3-A Big East Con- I don’t know a lot about the Big East, were vying as head coach. game against Franklinton last Tuesday at Sid Boyette Field. ference, was assigned the them yet. I know they with Fayetteville Cape Fear, “I can’t change it,” he The Warriors will host Northern Durham in the first round No. 8 seed in the 3-A East have some talented play- Jacksonville and Clayton of the NCHSAA 3-A playoffs Tuesday. region by random draw. ers, so we’re going to try for three available wild- See NCHSAA, Page 3B Sheldon Vick | Special to the Times Never any doubt Wolfpack stuns top-ranked Razorbacks to advance to Omaha

By Rob McLamb little chance the season Special to the Times would survive past the trip to Fayetteville. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — It is N.C. State, however, North Carolina State has that moves on to Omaha, dealt with heartbreak, on Nebraska, for its third and off the diamond, since College World Series in 2013. After eight years, program history (second the Wolfpack is heading under current head coach back to where it once was Elliott Avent) and the play- — and where it thinks it ers and coaches never belongs. doubted themselves for a N.C. State dealt top- second. ranked host Arkansas a “These guys have grown second straight one-run up so much,” Avent said. defeat Sunday to win their “I think Matt Willadsen NCAA super regional and has grown up, maybe advance to the College more than anybody on World Series. The 3-2 win this staff. He and Chris was secured late, as the Villaman both. If you take winning margin came where they were midyear, from a massive home run which was good, and off the bat of Jose Torres where they are now, they in the top of the ninth in- are two entirely different ning to break a tie. pitchers. For Matt to get Torres homered in all into two big jams with this three games of the Fay- crowd with this great Ar- etteville Super Regional. kansas ball club, I think he The pair of dramatic got out of a bases-loaded, wins came after a 21-2 loss two-out jam in the first or in Friday’s series opener second with this crowd North Carolina State’s Jose Torres (8) is greeted by teammates after hitting a go-ahead home run against Arkansas in the that made it seem to many ninth inning of game 3 of the super regional series Sunday in Fayetteville, Ark. The Wolfpack won 3-2 to advance to the observers that there was See WOLFPACK, Page 3B College World Series for the third time in school history. AP Smith dominant in ARCA Post 13 softball debut at Southern National

By Andy Marquis Speedway Nashville in Ten- program excited Special to the Times nessee. Smith started the race in the sixth position KENLY — Sammy Smith and methodically worked took the lead from pole- his way up through the to get started sitter Mason Diaz on the field during the first two 132nd lap of Saturday’s stages. In the early laps of By Paul Durham opened a 10-game regu- 200-lap ARCA Menards Se- the third stage, he was able [email protected] | lar season Wednesday ries East race at Southern to make the move on Diaz 265-7808 with a 6-2 loss against National Motorsports Park and drive away for the win South Wake 1 in Apex Wilson Post 13 softball head coach Presley Bissett, right, and pulled away for the vic- in dominant fashion, leav- The schedule is set, the and played Monday at hits a fungo as assistant coach Allison Pate and Post 13 tory – his first at Southern ing only one other car on lineup is impressive and Johnston County. Bissett, athletic officer Bob Walston look on during Tuesday’s National. the lead lap. the excitement is build- who played softball at practice at The Hole in Rock Ridge. This is the first season Smith, driv- “We didn’t qualify very ing as Wilson’s Robert NCAA Division I Presby- for Post 13. Sheldon Vick | Special to the Times ing for the good and then, I kind of B. Anderson Post 13 pre- terian College, is assisted dominant Joe had to find my way up to pared for its first season by Jessica Pendergrass be played at The Hole like that — but for the Gibbs Racing the front,” Smith told The in the North Carolina and Allison Pate, two of diamond at the Onnie R. most part, they haven’t team, entered Wilson Times in victory American Legion Lady her teammates on the Cockrell Athletic Com- played together,” Bis- Saturday lane. “I was in second for Fastpitch Softball pro- Pride squad that won plex in Rock Ridge. sett said in a telephone night’s Solid a while and honestly, I Smith gram. the Babe Ruth Softball “Bringing a team interview Wednesday Rock Carriers thought (Diaz) was better Post 13, which is Ages 16U World Series together in this short morning after the team’s 200 with two than us the first two stages. coached by former Wil- in 2013. Craig Mercer, amount of time — and second practice Tuesday wins on the season – one I was pushing it 125% and son Christian Academy the assistant coach at I’m sure some of them evening. “And so that at Five Flags Speedway I couldn’t catch him, he and Wilson County Pride Hunt High, will also know each other through in Pensacola, Florida, and standout Presley Bissett, help. Home games will playing travel and stuff See SOFTBALL, Page 3B the second at Fairgrounds See SMITH, Page 2B 2B THE WILSON TIMES | wilsontimes.com Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Smith: Only 1 prior start at track SPORTS ON TV AREA CALENDAR The Associated Press Tuesday, June 15 continued from page 1B without it. Thanks to Ma- and problems and never (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts High School Varsity Baseball son and his dad for bring- quit and it got us where NCHSAA playoffs, first round — 3-A: was better. Then the ing us a great facility and we’re at now. I was in Northern Durham at Hunt, 7 p.m.; Tuesday, June 15 2-A: Southwest Onslow at North guys made really good getting it cleaned up.” pretty bad shape after Johnston, 6 p.m. HORSE RACING vs. Portugal, Group F, Budapest, adjustments. I did a lot Joey Iest finished in wrecking my dirt bike. I 8:30 a.m.— The Royal Ascot (NBCSN) Hungary (ESPN) High School Wrestling NBA BASKETBALL 2:30 p.m.— UEFA Euro: France vs. NCHSAA East regionals, 2-A: at Croatan, of stuff in the car and that second while Rajah Ca- was laid up in Greenville 7:30 p.m.— NBA Playoff: TBA (TNT) Germany, Group F, Munich (ESPN) 9 a.m.; 3-A: at West Carteret, 9 a.m. helped. He made a mis- ruth, Parker Retzlaff and for three days and hon- 10 p.m.— NBA Playoff: TBA (TNT) SWIMMING NHL HOCKEY 8 p.m.— U.S. Olympic Trials: Day 3 take off of turn four and I Justin S. Carroll rounded estly didn’t know how 8 p.m.— Stanley Cup Playoff: TBD, Finals, Omaha, Neb. (NBC) Wednesday, June 16 was able to get him.” out the top five. long it would be before Conference Final (NBCSN) WNBA BASKETBALL American Legion Softball SOCCER (MEN’S) 9 p.m.— Chicago at Minnesota Wayne County at Wilson Post 13 Smith, who had only I walked. I had an awe- 11:30 a.m.— UEFA Euro: Hungary (ESPN2) (Rock Ridge), 7 p.m. JONES WINS CHARGERS one prior start at South- some, speedy recovery Wednesday, June 16 ern National entering thanks to the good Lord Thursday, June 17 HORSE RACING Russia, Group B, St. Petersburg, 8:30 a.m.— The Royal Ascot (NBCSN) Russia (ESPN) High School Varsity Baseball Saturday’s race, said part Clay Jones picked up above. He has blessed NCHSAA playoffs, second round — TBD MLB BASEBALL 11:30 a.m.— UEFA Euro: Turkey vs. of his success in the final the win in Saturday’s me and I can’t thank him 7 p.m.— Boston at Atlanta (ESPN) Wales, Group A, Baku, Azerbaijan (ESPN) stage was him figuring 50-lap Charger race enough for it.” NBA BASKETBALL 2:30 p.m.— UEFA Euro: Italy vs. Swit- 7:30 p.m.— NBA Playoff: TBA (TNT) zerland, Group A, Rome— (ESPN) out the track, along with after making a late- O’Brien finished second 10 p.m.— NBA Playoff: TBA (TNT) ONLINE EXTRA SOCCER (WOMEN’S) the adjustments made race pass on Michael while Mike Ganoe, Dylan NHL HOCKEY 8:30 p.m.— International Friendly: 8 p.m.— Stanley Cup Playoff: TBD, U.S. vs. Nigeria (ESPN2) Conference Final (NBCSN) by his Joe Gibbs Racing O’Brien. Jones’ win Newsome and Cody Grif- SWIMMING Please use this QR code team. came a couple of weeks fin rounded out the top- SOCCER (MEN’S) 8 p.m.— U.S. Olympic Trials: Day 4 8:30 a.m.— UEFA Euro: Finland vs. Finals, Omaha, Neb. (NBC) with your mobile de- “The first 125 laps, I after a Late Model vic- five. was learning the track tory at Wake County Dwight Sauls picked up Thursday, June 17 vice to access the Area and what it would do,” Speedway in his first the Vintage Modified win AUTO RACING 10 p.m.— NBA Playoff: TBA (ESPN) Roundup from June 5:25 a.m. (Friday)— Formula One: MIXED MARTIAL ARTS Smith said. “I was really race back since being in the Southern Ground Practice 1, Circuit Paul Ricard, Le 9 p.m.— PFL 5 (ESPN2) Castellet, France (ESPN2) 7-11, 2021. SOCCER (MEN’S) free, even there at the injured and hospitalized Pounders feature while GOLF 8:30 a.m.— UEFA Euro: Ukraine vs. end, entering the turn after an off-roading ac- Christopher Werner won 10:30 a.m.— LPGA Tour: The North Macedonia, Group C, Bucha- Meijer LPGA Classic, First Round, rest, Romania (ESPN) and on center-exit. The cident earlier this year. in Vintage Sportsman, Blythefield Country Club, Belmont, 11:30 a.m.— UEFA Euro: Denmark Michigan (GOLF) vs. Belgium, Group B, Copenhagen, guys did a really good “Hard work pays off,” and in the East Coast 12:30 p.m.— PGA Tour: The U.S. Denmark (ESPN) Open, First Round, Torrey Pines Golf 2:30 p.m.— UEFA Euro: Netherlands job tightening it up. We Jones said. “We’ve done Flathead Ford feature, Course, La Jolla, Calif. (GOLF) vs. Austria, Group C, Amsterdan 7 p.m.— PGA Tour: The U.S. Open, (ESPN) didn’t finish very good a ton of work, rolled this the Modified win went First Round, Torrey Pines Golf Course, La Jolla, Calif. (NBC) SWIMMING last time we were here. thing out a couple of to Johnny Johnson with 8 p.m.— U.S. Olympic Trials: Day 5 HORSE RACING Finals, Omaha, Neb. (NBCSN) Last time they laid PJ1 weeks ago and were way Jerry Stroud winning in 8:30 a.m.— The Royal Ascot (NBCSN) 10 p.m.— U.S. Olympic Trials: Day 5 NBA BASKETBALL Finals, Omaha, Neb. (NBC) down, I think it’s better off. We found some bugs Sportsman. 7:40 p.m.— NBA Playoff: TBA (ESPN) Tuesday, June 15, 2021 THE WILSON TIMES | wilsontimes.com 3B Softball: ‘They played together like they’ve been playing ... for a long time’ continued from page 1B Fike’s Lindsey Curlings opponent in its division getting to know her own program started with 11 canceled by the COVID-19 will start at shortstop but twice — South Wake 1, players and had no idea teams in 2017 and steadily pandemic. Now the pro- was something that I was, will get her turn in the South Wake 2, Johnston what the other teams have grew over the next two gram is likely to swell not worried about going circle while Hunt rising County, Wayne County going into the season. summers. The 2020 sea- again and Bissett is glad into it but seeing how senior Madison Mercer and North Wake. Bissett The N.C. American son was expected to be that Wilson County is now that they would play with will also start in the infield said that she was just Legion Lady Fastpitch the biggest until it was a part of it. each other. But honestly, as well as pitch as needed. they played together like Miller is stationed be- they’ve been playing to- hind the plate while Fike gether for a long time, so senior Ashley Pendergrass that’s something that I and Bottoms will share was really excited about. first-base duties. Fike The chemistry is some- senior Caitlyn Graziani thing that’s already there, and Pendergrass will see and that’s something that time at second. Mercer, is going to take a long Hunt’s Allison Moore and time to develop so I’m just Gracie Hanna of Bunn ready to see what they’re High are ticketed for third going to do together.” base. Mercer can also The 11-player roster is a play short. Outfielders are couple or three fewer than McKenzie House of Hunt, Bissett would have liked Jordan Corbett of Bunn, to see, but she’s delighted Hanna, Graziani and Ed- with who she has. Because mondson. she assisted Wilson Chris- Bissett said she’s al- tian head coach Carrie ready recognized a team Reynell this spring, Bis- strength in just two work- sett is very familiar with outs. catcher Holland Miller “Definitely hitting!” she and pitcher/outfielder Jen- said. “The last few practic- nifer Edmondson of the es that we’ve had, I didn’t Lady Chargers. realize how strong each of Bissett said she will them can hit. … To have count on at least four everyone in the lineup players to throw innings that can deliver for me is in the pitchers circle. Ed- something that I’m really mondson, a rising senior excited about because it at WCA, was the Lady doesn’t really matter who Chargers’ top hurler while I put in the lineup, it’s go- Neleh Bottoms handled ing to be beneficial either nearly all of Beddingfield’s way.” pitching duties this spring. Post 13 will face each

Wolfpack: Will play on continued from page 1B grateful for his freshman going absolutely crazy. I’m teammates growing up really proud of him. And and showing up when then I thought Chris Villa- they are needed most. man came in and pitched “Those guys were extremely well.” great,” Justice said. “(Wil- Trailing by a game in the ladsen) and (Villaman) did super regional, the Pack an unbelievable job today. turned to three freshmen They came out there and pitchers to initially stave competed their butts off. off elimination and then, They did a great job in ultimately, advance to putting me in a very for- Omaha. tunate situation to come Sam Highfill shined for into a tied ball game in the N.C. State on Saturday eighth and then be able to while the duo of Willadsen finish it out. and Villaman matched There are not many the nation’s top pitcher, teams in the nation more Arkansas senior starter maligned than N.C. State. Kevin Kopps (12-0, 0.66 A 4-9 start to the season, ERA entering the contest), including 1-8 in Atlantic to guide the Pack onward. Coast Conference play (all Evan Justice entered the games played at home), game in the bottom of the a painful loss to Duke at eighth with the game tied the ACC tournament final, and pitched two innings and a lopsided defeat on for the win (5-2 on the sea- Friday to the top-ranked son). The junior has been Razorbacks. There were around the block with the three different situations Wolfpack while in college. that could have and most He knows how difficult it often would have broken is to succeed at this level a team’s spirit. Yet, N.C. with experience, so he is State will play on.

NCHSAA: ‘Weird year’ continued from page 1B won the 3-A Big Eight Conference and figures said. “I would have liked to be a tough matchup to have at least seen the for the Warriors. Senior draw that took place or at Matthew Lombard and least see my name in the juniors Jackson Bishop hat, and just be able to and Louis Berini are the witness something or be pitching leaders for the a part of it. Ten years ago, Knights while sophomore we wouldn’t have had the Seth Lumpkin, senior technology to do anything Riley Adams, Berini and like that.” Lombard are among the The Demons started 1-3 offensive leaders on the overall, including a pair of team’s stats posted on losses to Southern Nash MaxPreps, which are in- to open Big East play. Fike complete. only lost once more, a 6-0 Leading the way for defeat to Hunt, but with Hunt on the mound are teams selected solely on junior left-hander Luke the basis of conference Dilda, freshman right- winning percentage and hander Nick Worrell and then random draw, it was senior right-hander Jarrett for naught. Aycock. Senior catcher “It’s just a weird year, Chase Waddell is Hunt’s COVID’s weird. This top hitter while senior whole thing’s been weird,” Blaize Keen, senior Cody Edmundson said. Mercer, junior Jason Mer- The Warriors (8-6, 8-2 cer and Aycock all boast Big East), who started 0-3 lofty batting averages. and lost all four of their The winner of the Hunt- nonconference games, are Northern Durham will headed to the playoffs for face either top-seeded the 13th time in Smith’s and unbeaten Northern 14 seasons as head coach. Guilford or No. 16 Cape The only time Hunt didn’t Fear in the second round make it was, of course, Thursday. in 2020 when the season North Johnston (10-2, was canceled just a few 6-1 EPC) will face 1-A/2- games in because of the A Coastal 8 Conference pandemic. runner-up Southwest With the postseason Onslow (11-3) on Tuesday. field cut in half, there’s a Should the Panthers win, greater urgency to be pre- they’ll host the winner of pared to play. the first-round matchup This could be one of between No. 7 Reidsville those years. Northern and No. 10 Randleman in Durham, 11-2 overall, the second round. 4B THE WILSON TIMES | wilsontimes.com Tuesday, June 15, 2021

STEVE BECKER DENNIS THE MENACE POPEYE CONTRACT BRIDGE A super safety play

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There are more safety plays BARNEY GOOGLE & SNUFFY SMITH in bridge than anyone could possibly enumerate, and one might even say that they are of infinite variety. Recognizing THE LOCKHORNS them is often a serious chal- lenge, and many a declarer has fallen flat on his face at the crucial moment. Consider this deal where East doubled three notrump on the bidding shown, by con- vention asking West to lead the first suit bid by dummy. West duly led a spade, East winning dummy’s jack with the king and continuing with THE BORN LOSER the ace and another spade. Declarer’s only reasonable chance, after winning the third spade with dummy’s queen, was to rely on a diamond finesse. But when, in the full- ness of time, he attempted it, East won with the king and cashed two more spades to put the contract down one. Declarer missed his chance to assure the contract when THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME he played the jack of spades By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek from dummy at trick one. He Unscramble these Jumbles, should have realized that, by one letter to each square, playing low from dummy on to form four ordinary words. BEETLE BAILEY the opening lead, no lie of the cards could defeat him, since VEOMI @PlayJumble there would then have been no way for East to collect more than three spade tricks. After this play, the defense would score at most three CUVOH spades and a diamond, while at the same time South would be certain to take two hearts, app • Follow us on Twitter four clubs and three dia- monds – – even if the diamond CANBEO finesse, when attempted, lost.

Of course, it may go against JUST JUMBLE the grain to play low from dummy on the spade lead, but the reason is certainly simple SOCOEH CROSSWORD enough. If declarer plays low Get the free from dummy, he guarantees Now arrange the circled letters the contract against any dis- ©2021 Tribune Content Agency, LLC to form the surprise answer, as tribution, while if he plays the All Rights Reserved. suggested by the above cartoon. jack, he jeopardizes the con- tract and, in the actual case, Answer goes down. here: Tomorrow: The art of (Answers tomorrow) Previous Jumbles: TINGE ADAGE GENDER SMOKER defense. Yesterday’s ©2021 King Features Syndicate Inc. Yesterday’sEdition’s Answer: After they combined their businesses, a new Answers companyThe stitching — EMERGED between the panels didn’t look

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EXPERIENCED CASHIERS The Wilson Times & June 8, 15, 22, 29, 2021 SHIFT SUPERVISORS House For Rent NEEDED 21 SP 49 1721 Woodside Drive, Wilson. 3br, For busy Convenience Store NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE 1.5 ba, fenced in yard with deck, FULL & PART TIME SALE storage building, central h/a. $900 Must be able to work nights NORTH CAROLINA, WILSON monthly plus initial deposit. Call to & weekends. REWARD! COUNTY view 252-985-2144 leave message. Miscellaneous EXP. IN CONVENIENCE STORE NO QUESTIONS ASKED. Under and by virtue of a Power of A MUST!! BI-LINGUAL A+ LOST ON 7/4 A MEDIUM SIZE Sale contained in that certain Deed Services Drug free work environment 3 br, 2 bath, mobile home, newly BROWN/ WHITE MALE DOG of Trust executed by William Dale Apply in Person at: renovated, washer and dryer hook AROUND 301/ HADLEY. Jeffries Jr. and Jennifer Diane 739 Ward Blvd, Wilson, NC up, large yard, no smoking/pets. BLUE COLLAR /LEASH. Jeffries, which was dated June or Email: One year min. lease. $975 per DO NOT CHASE! 10, 2015 and recorded on June 15, 253-245-4295 / 252-299-4100 [email protected] month, with $900 dep. If interested 2015 in Book 2617 at Page 449, call, 252-363-2977. Wilson County Registry, North Miscellaneous Carolina. Default having been made of the Restaurant Davis Rentals Pets note thereby secured by the said Employment 2 & 3 Bedroom Units and Houses Boston Terrier puppie and adult Deed of Trust and the undersigned, 4710 West Nash St. male, with one year health guaran- Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, 252-291-1656 tee. If interested call Robbin Sharp having been substituted as Trustee at 919-397-4919 in said Deed of Trust, and the holder Rooms For Rent of the note evidencing said default STUFF having directed that the Deed of ROOM FOR RENT Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Home Repairs Furnished, private bath, Substitute Trustee will offer for sale includes kitchen privileges Quick Sellers at the courthouse door of the county and utilities. $550 mo. courthouse where the property is Call 252-299-9144 John Deer riding lawn mower ask- located, or the usual and customary ing $450.00. If interested, call 252- location at the county courthouse Cemetery Lots For 292-4079 for conducting the sale on June 23, Sale Vacation Rentals 2021 at 10:00 AM, and will sell to the For Sale Excam 22 Cal Revolver highest bidder for cash the following CEMETERYPROPERTY: I have 2BR, 2BATH Condo w/holster plus belt and 22 Mag. Cyl- described property situated in Wil- some roadside spaces at Evergreen For rent in N. Myrtle Beach inder. Asking $200.00. Call 252-235- son County, North Carolina, to wit: that I will sell at a deep discount. Ocean view 6224 LYING and being situate in the City Also have vaults and bronze me- Call 252-243-6913 or of Wilson, Wilson County, North morials that I will sell at half price. RENTALS 252-363-9141 Like new living room center coffee Carolina, and more particularly Call 828-406-2200. table. Asking $50.00. If interested, described as follows: call 252-236-1007 BEGINNING at a point in the south- Child Care Apartments erly right-of-way of Peachtree Road, PETS Snapper Riding Mower 28 inch cut with electric start. Asking $350.00. If said point being South 84 deg. 52’ NEED 2 CHRISTIAN East 95 feet from the common cor- interested call 252-315-4430 CAREGIVERS NOW!! Dogs ner of Lots Nos. 1 and 2 in said right for Wonderful Father 90 in East of way line (measured along the Raleigh. Needs 24/7 care. $100 per Maltese, Morkie & Corkie Garage/Yard Sale said right-of-way line of Peachtree 24 hrs. Dad Covid vacccinated & Puppies for Sale Road) as shown on map of Section NOTICES caregiver must be also. 24 to 48 Call Brenda at: BIG yard sale! “A” Brookside Manor, made from a hour shifts STRAIGHT THROUGH. (919)965-4779 602 Crestview Ave. Sat. June 19, survey by L.M. Phelps, R.S., in July, Last person no show. NEED RELI- 8am-12pm Furniture, flat screen TV, 1962, and recorded in Plat Book 9, Cemetery Lots For ABLE HELP ASAP. Please leave clothes, CDs, books, housewares, Page 41, Wilson County Registry; Sale voice mail 773-251-5957 thank you toys, LOTS more! No early birds and runs thence from said point of very much. please. beginning along the southerly right- 2 grave spaces for sale at Ever- of-way line of Peachtree Road South Cavilier neighbor multiple homes green (Vet. A section). Call 252-206- yard sale Sat., 6/19 from 8-1. Exer- 84 deg. 52’ East 155 feet to a point 6690 in said right-of-way line; corners Miscellaneous Services cise equipment, furniture, misc. items, lots of stuff. and runs thence South 5 deg. 8’ West 170 feet to a point in the rear Estate Sale Fri, 6/18 from 7 a.m.-4 line of Lot No. 39 as shown on a p.m. at 2400 2-B Bradford Drive. map entitled “Revision of Section B, Roofing/Gutter Service China cabinet, furniture, clothes, Brookside Manor, Inc.” made from a linens, household items, dvd, survey by F.T. Green and Associ- paintings, wrought cafe set. ates, Engineers, in April, 1968, and recorded in Plat Book 11, Page 18, Merchandise For Wilson County Registry; corners and runs thence North 84 deg. 52’ Sale West 155 feet to a point in the rear lot line of Lot No. 1 as shown on I am seeking to buy Old 45 Records, map recorded in Plat Book 9, Page Albums & 78's 41, Wilson County Registry referred Call (704)782-0647 to above; corners and runs thence North 5 deg. 08’ East 170 feet to the RECREATIONAL point of beginning; and being the easterly 5 feet of Lot No. 1 as shown Vehicle, Boat & RV on map recorded in Plat Book 9, Storage available. Page 41, Wilson County Registry referred to above and all of Lot No. Contact 252-289-6304 38 and the westerly 50 feet of Lot for details and rates. No. 39 as shown on a map entitled “Revision of Section B, Brookside Manor, Inc.” made from a survey by F.T. Green & Associates, Engineers, Public in April, 1968, and recorded in Plat Accounting/ Tax Services Book 11, Page 18, Wilson County Notices Registry referred to above. And being the same property described NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION in deed dated October 31, 1974, ex- ecuted by Charles C. Minshew. Jr., BRADLEY’S STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA to J.C. Harris, Sr. and wife, recorded TAX & FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT COUNTY OF WILSON in Book 1104, Page 389, Wilson The undersigned Executor of the County Registry; then to Helen ESTATE OF DANNY RAY FARMER Minges Field by deed from J.C. gives notice that all claims against Harris, Sr. and wife dated August 19, said decedent are to be presented 1981, recorded in the Wilson County to the undersigned on or before Registry; for further reference see Apartments September 8, 2021 or this notice will Deed recorded in Book 2553, Page be pleaded in bar of their recovery. 364, Wilson County Registry, and All persons indebted to said estate, Book 2568, Page 433, Wilson please make immediate payment. County Registry. This notice is given pursuant to the Save and except any releases, provisions of G.S. 28A-14-1. deeds of release or prior conveyanc- This the 8 th day of June 2021. es of record. Said property is com- monly known as 1109 Peachtree Rd Rynasha D. Farmer, Executrix NW, Wilson, NC 27896. for the Estate of Danny Ray Farmer A cash deposit (no personal checks) Apartments Andrew J. Whitley, Attorney for the of five percent (5%) of the purchase Estate of Danny Ray Farmer price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dol- Post Office Box 1486 lars ($750.00), whichever is greater, Wilson, NC 27894 will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the Publish: Date: statutory upset bid period, all the The Wilson Times remaining amounts are immedi- June 8, 15, 22, 29, 2021 ately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION 21 EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORD- E 448 ING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant Having qualified as Executrix of the to this Notice of Sale is being offered Estate of James Conrad Boyette for sale, transfer and conveyance of Wilson, NC, this is to notify all “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no persons having claims against the representations of warranty relating Estate to present them to the under- to the title or any physical, environ- signed on or before September 8, mental, health or safety conditions 2021 or this notice will be pleaded existing in, on, at, or relating to the 6B THE WILSON TIMES | wilsontimes.com Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Public Public Public Public Public Public Notices Notices Notices Notices Notices Notices property being offered for sale. This merit, may request the court to de- Debtors of the decedent are asked Cathy S. Kohut present them to the undersigned payment. sale is made subject to all prior clare the sale to be void and return to make immediate payment. Post Office Box 38 on or before Sep 06 2021, or this liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land the deposit. The purchaser will have This the 15th day of June, 2021. Monroe, CT 06468 notice will be pleaded in bar of their This the 15th day of June, 2021. transfer taxes, special assessments, no further remedy. Lisa M. Jeanes The Wilson Times recovery. All persons indebted to KIMBERLY LEKISHA PERRY easements, rights of way, deeds Trustee Services of Carolina, Co-Administrator June 15, 22, 29, July 6, 2021 said Estate, please make immediate 123 SANDY BRANCH LANE of release, and any other encum- LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & 345 Johns Rd payment. CLAYTON, NC 27527 brances or exceptions of record. Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Lexington NC 27295 NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION The Wilson Times To the best of the knowledge and Services of Carolina, LLC Jeffrey D. McDonald Case No.21E435 Phillip Carawan Barnes June 15, 22, 29, July 6, 2021 belief of the undersigned, the cur- 5431 Oleander Drive Co-Administrator , having qualified as the ADMIN- Allen G. Thomas rent owner(s) of the property is/are Suite 200 Wilmington,NC 28403 7328 Gardner School Rd ISTRIX of the Estate of HAROLD Farris & Thomas, P O Box 2848 NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION William Dale Jeffries, Jr. and wife, PHONE: (910) 392-4988 Stantonsburg NC 27883 HARGETT of Wilson County, North Wilson, NC 27894-2848 Case No.21E65 Jennifer D. Jeffries. An Order for FAX: (910) 392-8587 Carolina, this is to notify all persons The Wilson Times having qualified as the possession of the property may be File No.: 20-04777-FC01 The Wilson Times having claims against the Estate to June 1, 8, 15, 22, 2021 EXECUTRIX of the issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in The Wilson Times June 15, 22, 29, July 6, 2021 present them to the undersigned Estate of DONNIE RAY HOWELL favor of the purchaser and against June 8, 15, 2021 on or before Sep 13 2021, or this NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION of Wilson County, North Carolina, the party or parties in possession NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION notice will be pleaded in bar of their Case No.21 E 392 this is to notify all persons having by the clerk of superior court of the NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION Case No.21E450 recovery. All persons indebted to , having qualified as the Execu- claims against the Estate to pres- county in which the property is sold. Case No.19 E 36 , having qualified as the EXECU- said Estate, please make immediate tor of the Estate of Patricia Gale ent them to the undersigned on or Any person who occupies the prop- Susan S. Webb, having qualified as TOR of the Estate of MARTHA W. payment. Bordeaux Peace of Wilson County, before Aug 30 2021, or this notice erty pursuant to a rental agreement the Administratrix of the Estate of WINDHAM of Wilson County, North North Carolina, this is to notify all will be pleaded in bar of their entered into or renewed on or after Don Webb of Wilson County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons VERONICA HARGETT persons having claims against the recovery. All persons indebted to October 1, 2007, may, after receiv- Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the Estate to 4400 TREY RD Estate to present them to the under- said Estate, please make immedi- ing the notice of sale, terminate having claims against the Estate to present them to the undersigned WILSON, NC 27893 signed on or before Sep 06 2021, or ate payment. the rental agreement by providing present them to the undersigned on or before Sep 13 2021, or this The Wilson Times this notice will be pleaded in bar of DONNA H. SEAFORD written notice of termination to the on or before Sep 20 2021, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their June 8, 15, 22, 29, 2021 their recovery. All persons indebted EXECUTRIX landlord, to be effective on a date notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to to said Estate, please make immedi- 7875 BRINGLE FERRY RD stated in the notice that is at least recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate, please make immediate NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION ate payment. SALISBURY, NC 28146 10 days, but no more than 90 days, said Estate, please make immediate payment. , having qualified as the EXECU- The Wilson Times after the sale date contained in the payment. TOR/ADMINISTRATOR of the Es- Jimmy Faircloth, II, Executor May 25, June 1, 8, 15, 2021 notice of sale, provided that the BRADY SCOTT WINDHAM tate of GEORGE ALAN HINNANT Robert A. Farris, Jr. mortgagor has not cured the default Susan S Webb 1713 WATERFORD DR NW of Wilson County, North Carolina, Farris & Thomas Law, P.O. Box NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION at the time the tenant provides C/O Beaman & Bennington, PLLC WILSON, NC 27896 this is to notify all persons having 2848 Case No.21 E 430 the notice of termination [NCGS S 304 Nash Street NE, PO Box 1907 The Wilson Times claims against the Estate to present Wilson, NC 27894-2848 , having qualified as the Administra- 45-21.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination Wilson, NC 27894 June 8, 15, 22, 29, 2021 them to the undersigned on or be- The Wilson Times trix of the Estate of George Parker of a rental agreement, the tenant is The Wilson Times fore Sep 06 2021, or this notice will June 1, 8, 15, 22, 2021 Estate of Wilson County, North liable for rent due under the rental June 15, 22, 29, July 6, 2021 NOTICE TO CREDITORS be pleaded in bar of their recovery. Carolina, this is to notify all persons agreement prorated to the effective ESTATE OF Gladys McNair All persons indebted to said Estate, NOTICE TO CREDITORS having claims against the Estate to date of the termination. NOTICE TO CREDITORS FILE NO. 21E466 please make immediate payment. ESTATE OF MARK CLARK DICK- present them to the undersigned If the trustee is unable to convey ESTATE OF Dan Weaver McDon- Cathy S. Kohut, having qualified JANIE HINNANT ERSON on or before Sep 13 2021, or this title to this property for any reason, ald as theAdministratrix of the estate 4805 COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE FILE NO. 21E436 notice will be pleaded in bar of their the sole remedy of the purchaser is FILE NO.21E469 of Gladys McNair, deceased, of WILSON, NC 27896 KIMBERLY LEKISHA PERRY, recovery. All persons indebted to the return of the deposit. Reasons Lisa M. Jeanes and Jeffrey D. Wilson County, N.C., this is to notify The Wilson Times having qualified as theADMINIS- said Estate, please make immediate of such inability to convey include, McDonald, having qualified as the all persons having claims against June 1, 8, 15, 22, 2021 TRATRIX of the estate of MARK payment. but are not limited to, the filing of a Co-Administrators of the estate of the Estate to present them to the CLARK DICKERSON, deceased, of bankruptcy petition prior to the con- Dan Weaver McDonald, deceased, undersigned on or before Sep 15 NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION Wilson County, N.C., this is to notify Dulcey Parker firmation of the sale and reinstate- of Wilson County, N.C., this is to 2021 or this notice will be pleaded in Case No.21 E 426 all persons having claims against William MJ Farris ment of the loan without the knowl- notify all persons having claims bar of recovery. Debtors of the dece- , having qualified as the Executor the Estate to present them to the Farris & Thomas Law, P. O. Box edge of the trustee. If the validity of against the Estate to present them dent are asked to make immediate of the Estate of Ernest Phillips undersigned on or before Sep 15 2848 the sale is challenged by any party, to the undersigned on or before payment. Barnes of Wilson County, North 2021 or this notice will be pleaded in Wilson, NC 27894 the trustee, in their sole discretion, September 16, 2021 or this notice Carolina, this is to notify all persons bar of recovery. Debtors of the dece- The Wilson Times if they believe the challenge to have will be pleaded in bar of recovery. This the 15th day of June, 2021. having claims against the Estate to dent are asked to make immediate June 8, 15, 22, 29, 2021 47-year-old Wilson man charged with child sex abuse

By Brie Handgraaf police to arrest a man ac- sexual offense and taking A sheriff’s deputy in and November 2020 on the The crime [email protected] | cused of child sex crimes. indecent liberties with a Giles County, Virginia, 1600 block of Lipscomb occurs when 252-265-7821 Theodore Anthony child. phoned Wilson police on Road, according to a Wil- an offender Prosser, 47, was charged He was arrested Thurs- Feb. 1 to report a possible son Police Department engages in Collaboration with Vir- with two counts each of day and held under a sexual assault that oc- press release. a sexual act ginia deputies led Wilson second-degree forcible $100,000 secure bond. curred between May 2017 Officers investigated “by force and the report and obtained against the warrants for Prosser’s Prosser will of the arrest. other person” Police say the victim is or does so with a person a teenage girl who was 13 “who has a mental dis- and 14 when the alleged ability or who is mentally abuse occurred. incapacitated or physically Second-degree forcible helpless.” sexual offense is a Class Taking indecent liberties C felony that carries a with a child is a Class F presumptive sentence of felony with a presumptive 4 years, 10 months to 6 penalty of 13-16 months’ years, 1 month in prison incarceration or interme- under state law. diate punishment.

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