Archive for June, 2010

Nomination applications for the 2010 Duplin County Hall of Fame Award recipients for the November 4 Hall of Fame banquet are available and can be obtained by contacting any Hall of Fame board member. Each year the Duplin County Hall of Fame honors the lifelong contributions of two Duplin County residents and inducts them into... »

Warsaw Elementary fifth graders returned from a three-day excursion to the nation’s Capitol on Thursday, June 17. This exciting and educational trip brought a fantastic ending to the 2010 school year and an opportunity to bring textbook knowledge to life for students. This is an annual field trip to Washington, DC, planned for fifth... »

Michelle Baughman appeared at the Rose Hill Library on Wednesday, June 23, and at the library in Kenansville on June 22. Author of A Day in the Life of a Cockroach, Baughman is a Michigan native who taught elementary school in Duplin County for several years, including second, third, and fourth grades and academically... »

Conner Smith of Rose Hill recently attended the Institute for Future Agricultural Leaders at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. The North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation sponsored the event. Candidates for this special leadership activity must pass a rigorous application process in order to be selected as a member of the Institute. The week long... »

Morgan Leigh Hannan and Aaron Burt Swinson were united in marriage May 22, 2010, at a private ceremony attended by family and friends at Sharon Baptist Church in Chinquapin. Captain Mark F. Thomas, childhood pastor of the bride, of Lompoc, California officiated. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George D. Olsen of... »

Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Lee Faison of Turkey announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Alice Deloris Faison, to James Earl Boykin of Wallace. James is the son of Alberta Boykin of Wallace and the late Wilbert Boykin. Alice is employed at Georgia Pacific in Dudley. James is employed at CBP in Rose... »

Chris and Kelli Williams of Beulaville are pleased to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Erica Nicole Williams, to Brent Jamison Maready. Brent is the son of David and Audrey Maready of Chinquapin. The wedding is planned for July 3, 2010, 6 p.m., at Cypress Creek Community Building. »

Mellie Sholar Maready, age 93, of Chinquapin died Thursday, June 17, 2010, at Milford & Reba Quinn Hospice Center in Kenansville. Funeral service was held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, June 20, at Padgett Funeral Chapel, Wallace, conducted by the Rev. Roland Penny. Burial followed in the Maready Cemetery. She is survived by three daughters, Janice Hatcher,... »

Burgaw invited about 30,000 of its closest friends June 19 to the Seventh Annual Blueberry Festival. Festival goers were treated to blueberry shortcake, blueberry face painting, blueberry tea, blueberry balloons and music bands that didn’t necessarily sing the blues. “This is our first time here,” said Gordon Humphreys, who retired to Leland from West Virginia a... »

Roughly a hundred children and twenty adults filled the children’s room of the Thelma Dingus Bryant Library in downtown Wallace on Monday morning, June 21, to watch a magic show. Through jokes and optical illusions, the children learned about the importance of reading during the summer. The performer, Fish the Magish, told the audience... »