February 12, 2012
I love to hang my clothes out when the weather is nice.No detergent or fabric softener can duplicate the fresh-air smell of clothes after they have hung in the sunshine. If at all possible, I always try to put my sheets, pillowcases and towels out for tha...
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February 5, 2012
STONEVILLE — When Dot Dunlap, 64, lost her job at Liberty Screen Print in Madison in 2004, she was devastated.Previously, Dunlap had worked at Stoneville Furniture for 28 years but left that job when she learned the company would be closing. She was...
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January 29, 2012
MADISON — As a teenager, Rockingham County native Debbie Cummings began developing an interest in her family history.She talked to her mother and grandmother, who told wonderful stories about when they were young, but it never occurred to Cummings t...
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January 22, 2012
EDEN — For many years, the Rev. Harry Smith, former pastor of First Baptist Church in Eden, wanted to be an interim pastor in an English-speaking church in Europe.He and his wife, Joy, have traveled quite a bit in Europe and Harry has been a guest s...
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January 15, 2012
STONEVILLE — Marilyn Swinson, 74, considers herself a poet, having published two books of poetry.She’s never really considered writing anything else.So when Pete Comer, commander of Combat Airmen/Joshua’s Troop, asked Swinson to write th...
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January 8, 2012
Clint Holcomb has been fishing since before he walked.His father, John, often took Clint in a baby carrier on his back to the farm pond below their house. The father fished while his son watched or slept.Fishing has been an important part of Clint’s...
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December 25, 2011
WILMINGTON — Eden native Tommy Griffin says that last year was the best Christmas he and daughter Morgann ever had.For several days, the two worked in their Wilmington kitchen, preparing and cooking turkey, potato salad, green beans, rolls and cooki...
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December 11, 2011
EDEN — Bernadette Austin estimates she has planned 11,000 breakfast and lunch menus, serving some 87 million children, in the more than 31 years she has worked in food nutrition. That’s 23 million breakfasts and 64 million lunches.Those days o...
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December 4, 2011
WENTWORTH — People watching the fourth annual Wentworth Christmas Parade on Saturday will have the opportunity to make the holiday a little brighter for less fortunate children in Rockingham County.Marine Corps League members Tommy Thorn and Wayne...
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November 27, 2011
EDEN — Something extra will be in the stockings of at least 100 service members serving in the Middle East this Christmas, thanks to the women of several Christian churches in Eden and Reidsville.
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November 20, 2011
EDEN — Thanksgiving will be especially interesting at the homes of certain Leaksville-Spray kindergarten students if their parents follow the kids’ instructions for preparing the meal.Teacher Carol Underwood asked her students what their favor...
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November 13, 2011
REIDSVILLE — Two late members of the William Bethell Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution were honored in a special ceremony Oct. 19.Special DAR insignia markers were placed at the graves of Malinda Ross Jones Wall and Geneva Doris Un...
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November 6, 2011
MAYODAN — An Eden native who worked in his father’s corner drugstore in Mayodan in his youth admits he often is amazed when he looks back over his career in the Army.
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October 30, 2011
MADISON — Since its inception 170 years ago, First Baptist Church of Madison has “always re-emerged from periods of challenge with new focus and zeal for sharing the gospel with our neighbors,” said the Rev. Charles McGathy, pastor.On No...
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They served our country, going wherever they were sent.Many fought in wars on foreign soil to keep America free and to free other countries.Those who entered battles often lost their lives.Others came home wounded and/or despondent.Although most returned...
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October 16, 2011
MAYODAN — Three men hope their salvage store will help turn lives around.LOT 2540 — which stands for Least Of These — is inspired by Matthew 25:40 “where Jesus speaks to how we treat the least of these,” said Marty Roberts, o...
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October 9, 2011
RUFFIN — When members of a team from the Western North Carolina United Methodist Church go to Mexico on their annual church-building mission, they stay in the homes of area families. Each time they have traveled to Aguascliantes, Cynthia Beltran has...
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September 29, 2011
EDEN — Chris Wiles has been vying for audience attention since he was about 5.“I was the youngest boy out of seven children, so every night in the living room, I was striving to get noticed in a big household,” said the Winston-Salem nat...
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September 25, 2011
EDEN — Ruby Boyd Asbury has always been interested in family history and helps many people look for information about their ancestors. But now she is taking her interests to the next level. She is dedicated to linking generations of families togethe...
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September 18, 2011
REIDSVILLE — John and Peggy Burton always have been collectors. During the past 50 years, they have accumulated an eclectic variety of items, ranging from old-fashioned canning jars to clocks, music boxes and vehicles. Not just any vehicle.
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September 11, 2011
EDEN — Patience, trust and love are the necessary ingredients for a long and successful marriage, said Ruth Emory. She should know. Ruth, 96, and her husband, John Emory Sr., 98, will celebrate their 77th anniversary on Sept. 25.
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September 4, 2011
REIDSVILLE — Little did Greg Russell know when Tim Craven walked into his office just before Christmas of 2009 that Craven was about to give him the best Christmas present ever. Craven, a longtime co-worker at the Wake Forest University School of Me...
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August 28, 2011
EDEN — Angie Redd, 38, has always liked to wear her hair long. As a child of 3 or 4, Angie would stand in front of the mirror and brush it. “She has always loved long hair,” her mother, Debbie, said. Angie’s hair is coal black, a...
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August 21, 2011
EDEN — Exploring New York, attending plays and working as a casting assistant with a production company cemented the plans Ashley Meeks, 20, has had since high school: to live and work as a performer in New York. “I feel like I could definitel...
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August 14, 2011
EDEN — Gardening has become a community outreach project for the congregation at First Christian Church on Oakland Avenue. “We thought the way the economy is in Eden and the area, we wanted to do something to give back to our local community......
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