Obituaries and memorial notices from Bayboro and nearby areas
Obituary notices for William Hugh Arnold 42 of Bayboro and Nina Varga 75 of New Bern list memorial services to be held later and at Garber United Methodist Church. Additional notices include Leroy King 75 native of Craven County with services in Richmond and burial in Amelia Court House. Sadie Swindell 69 of Bayboro. Roger Murrell 70 of New Bern. William R White 80. Phillip Spellman 81. Randolph Turnage 90 with respective funeral and viewing arrangements by Oscar's Mortuary, Pollock-Best, and Home Inc. of Kinston.
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William Hugh Arnold
Bayboro
Shawna W. Arnold
Nina Varga
New Bern
Paul Varga
Garber United Methodist Church
Cotten Funeral Home
Richmond
Leroy King
Erich Road
Craven County
Vidant Medical Center
Greenville
Oscar's
Oscar Drive
Second Baptist Church
Broad Rock Road
Virginia
Amelia Court House
Evelyn Roberts
King
Oscar's Mortuary
March Funeral Home
Sadie Teresia Bell Swindell
N. Water St
Carolina East Medical Center
Oscar
Oscar's Memorial Chapel
St. Mark Amez Church
Oscar's Mortuary, Inc
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Coastal Carolina State Veterans Cemetery
Jacksonville
Trinity Memorial Funeral Home, Inc
Kinston
Phillip Emmanuel Spellman
Scott St
James City
Randolph Turnage
E. Caswell St
Green Book sites in New Bern and legacy of Black travel history
The article recounts Talk sisters Charlotte Carrie and Harriet hosting Black travelers in 1923 and details H C Sparrow Tourist Home at 731 West Street. It notes Victor Hugo Green’s Green Book started in 1936 to aid Black travelers, its spread, and collaboration with Esso stations. It highlights New Bern's two surviving entries, comparative state results, and Project Green Book Oasis Spaces research with a 2020 traveling exhibit and oral histories.
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Charlotte
Carrie
Harriet
H. C. Sparrow
Henry Clain Sparrow
Sparrow
Thorpe
St. Peter’s Ame Zion
West Street
New York City
Victor Hugo Green
Esso
Canada
New Bern
New York Public Library
The
North Carolina African American Heritage Commission
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Ballot scheme in 2018 NC race scrutinized by state panel
The state elections director described a coordinated absentee ballot scheme in Bladen and Robeson counties, part of NC 6th District, where operator Leslie Dowless paid locals to collect ballots. Harris led McCready unofficially, but unreturned ballots and possible manipulation prompted a probe and potential new election. Dowless and Harris attended the hearing. McCready did not.
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Bladen
Robeson
North Carolina
Kim Strach
State Elections Board
Harris
Dan McCready
Harris’ Campaign
Leslie McCrae Dowless Jr
Strach
Dowless
Harris and
Bladen County
Jim McVickers
Lisa Britt
Britt
McCready
U.S. House
U.S
House
Hurricane Florence Strains Hit Cash Strapped Workers at DOLLARS
DOLLARS employees struggle to piece life together after September's Florence disaster. Carolina East president Ray Leggett addressed staff, saying he admires their heart and that they can go home knowing they made a difference.
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Florence
Carolina East
Ray Leggett
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