Wilson County Schools toand Halifax, she said. “Ifm * m * *v- mm# * * * * gy mresidents in the six-vearstrengthen all areas fromyou look along the non-recruiting and retaining the best employersto making sure we have a well-trained and well-metropolitan counties on the Virginia border, a to of these communities haveperiod Roanoke Rapidsranked fifth with a drop in83 people while TarboroEdgecombe Countylegacies of manufactur-See POPULATION, Page 8A3227SffgMiBLeonard Paul Sherrod Jr. stands at the Sherrod family cemetery where his great -grandparents, Jack and Cassie Sherrod are buried. The home Jack Sherrod built is being restored to a September reunion of descendants. Drew C V\ on TunesFamily celebrates home of patriarch, a former slaveBy Drew C. Wilson.f -iitSTANTONSBURGUJI£1 i I Irk SIis a hidden history£itis a wood 5 in 1886. the entires been eThej k.If! « » %I U.h 2lingted into1 IS 11 llUf* • 5. t r £ m m,C.:*rn.........in Wilson11It!-*1933•ft •and graduated from Cto*«IH. Darden HurliiK')A-J|«ft % JPfe #*fc 4 a;«f* * acjefk #' rft TMflltflfcpii.fl it: 4iiu 4 Banquet areplanned at the event, which Shiim! hasx. * f ii*?titled “ Fxolor1 V# l:/lit Ik I* A .beW ^of wuaoii.con n! •» -4Nk 5 $1 ft OilOj!. A -___^ -l ■ £tfyi a11 fIQ9% * r % wI Hi O fsaid' e ♦s.* ♦ -ft* A jM a.•■ iSfe. 'ill aVfit« im%, J- Vi- 4# V‘'Cl fHidf%# kffA**: *1 -Si fcl fMF® » 55 5jtete, „-c. ..... . v. I. ■ . - Kialt5 •• *e- 1 ]j 1 ^ 1 1* ;e ~is** W■■■w * 14% *i r f H11 1 I i■ ftf il'VcWiTJ *Xi-i .* ' f. Ji. netid1 * i \ a A% ■ I \ lt;I#*T .. .. *a oeen a nave tf IK#* uwill* .filtriitHH45'6 klHe could not read, at he could buildsome help It mav have comef \ tsw v XSrS * 'n.fromWe believe his name is John. J A-nrlRH3 I Oslf Is 1C1 oe CM -but be hac#iMdr f'i r\ t ”*• I i !V rv r r yt a * n * S*r ft IV4tJl % |/i \7« ' M■;-0 ■to have helo Shemd saidHe couldn’t mill the tumbJv who milted theVI if• x *C- !#%!r“- had to sell n to himI w£ 111 SwWfeT I