Rocky Mount Telegram SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2015 9A 3 ROCKY MOUNT Police foil break-in attempt Two teenagers were arrested late Thursday night after police responded to a report of a break-in. Authorities said Rocky Mount police responded at 10:42 p.m. to a burglary on the 100 block of Fieldcrest Drive. A neighbor reportedly spotted two suspects attempting to break into a home and responded to the scene to find two residents in the home unaware the burglars already were inside. LEWIS Officers apprehended the suspects and seized an air rifle.
Nothing was stolen. Marion Alonzo Lewis, 17, and an unidentified 15-year-old boy were charged with felony counts of attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon and first -degree burglary. Lewis was jailed in Nash County under a $15,000 secured bond while the juvenile was remanded into state custody. Laddie Moore Crisp Sr. Laddie Moore Crisp, age 84, passed away on Friday, October 2, 2015.
Born in Edgecombe County on May 10, 1931, he was the youngest son of the late James Ashley Crisp and Lucy Forbes Crisp of Old Sparta. He was also preceded in death by his brother, James Charlie Crisp. Laddie worked for Jefferson Plot Insurance Company for over 38 years as an insurance producer. His inviting personality helped forge many lasting relationships with those around him. He enjoyed the company of others and welcomed new friendships.
A man of strong faith, Laddie was a member of the Church of the Good Shepherd where he devoted much of his talent as a people person. Over the years, he served in various roles within the church as a Lay Reader, a member of the Vestry, a Sunday-School teacher and for 24 years he was the adult advisor to the EYC of Christ Episcopal Church. His involvement with children stretched beyond the walls of the church as he volunteered with Cub Scout Pack 57 for many years and also serving as a Senior Warden. Laddie was also a Mason and was very proud to be a member of the Corinthian Lodge 320 for 47 years. A loving husband, caring and enduring father, grandfather and great-grandfather, and a dear friend, he will be missed by all who.
knew him. Laddie leaves behind to cherish his memory, his loving and devoted wife of 61 years, Elise Elizabeth Crisp, 1 his son Dr. Laddie M. Crisp, Jr. and his wife, Jamie, of Kinston and his daughter Teresa Crisp Parker and her husband, Tommy, of Rocky Mount.
He also survived by his four grandchildren, Elizabeth Heely, Thomas Parker, Laddie M. Crisp, IlI and Allison Parker; four great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Mary Crisp Dennie of Conetoe and Sue Crisp Hush of Sykesville, MD. A Funeral Service will be held on Sunday, October 4, 2015 at 3:00 PM at Church of the Good Shepherd, 231 N. Church Street, Rocky Mount, NC. Burial will follow at Pineview Cemetery.
Visitation with the family will begin at 1:30 PM at the church prior to the service. Arrangements entrusted to Wheeler and Woodlief Funeral Home Cremation Services, 1130 N. Winstead Avenue, Rocky Mount, NC 27804. You may share memories and condolences with the family by visiting www.wheelerwoodlief.com. Anthony Bruce Hayes GREENVILLE Anthony Bruce Hayes, age 33 of Greenville, passed away Wednesday, September 30, 2015.
He was born on March 29, 1982 to Bruce Hayes and Liz Schaechterle. Anthony lived a journeyman's life. He grew up partially in Ohio; moving to North Carolina in 1994. He graduated from Northern Nash High School in 2000. After graduation, he entered the US Navy for two years.
He found the Navy not to his dreams and moved back to Rocky Mount. He spent time in Ohio and Michigan before settling in Wilson, NC. He graduated from Wilson Community College with an Associate's Degree and from there; he struggled to make life work; moving to the Outer Banks, Wilmington and then to Greenville where he was attending Pitt Community College; home was always Rocky Mount. He will be missed terribly. Anthony is survived by his loving father and step-mother, Bruce and Deborah Hayes of Rocky Mount; his mother and step-father, Elizabeth and Keith Schaechterle of Okeana, Ohio; his sister, Megan Schaechterle; his step-brother, Michael Frazier and his wife Tiffany, grandparents, Dick and Vi Olinger, great -grandmother, Mae Hayes; other family members of loving uncles and nieces; and family members of Dave, Michael, Todd, Curtis and Chris Hayes, Dawn Overbreak and Uncle Al Black.
The family will be receiving -friends on Sunday, October 4, 2014 from 1:00 PM until 3:00 PM at Johnson Funerals and Cremations, 661 English Road, Rocky Mount, NC 27804. Arrangements are entrusted to Johnson Funerals and Cremations. Sports, scores and more. To subscribe, call 446-5161 ROCKY MOUNT Man charged with child abuse Rocky Mount police jailed a man Thursday after determining he allegedly left his two toddler children home alone. Augustus DevonThomas Brantley, 35, was charged with misdemeanor child abuse and served with four outstanding warrants.
He was jailed in Edgecombe County under a $4,000 secured bond. According to police reBRANTLEY ports, officers responded shortly before 5 p.m. to a house on the 100 block of Dillon Court to a case of alleged child neglect. Officials said Brantley reportedly left a 2-year-old girl and a 2-year-old boy home alone for at least an hour. The children were not injured.
GREENVILLE Ann Rogerson Smith Carpenter, 54, died October 2, 2015. A Memorial Service will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Wilkerson Funeral Home with a visitation following the service. There will be a visitation at Great Hope Baptist Church, Hertford on Saturday, Oct. 3, Funeral arrangements are with Wilkerson Funeral Home.
Queen Esther Cox, 94, died on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015. The funeral will be Monday at noon, at St. James Baptist Church. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m.
Sunday at Stokes Mortuary, Inc. Arrangements are by Stokes Mortuary, Inc. ROANOKE RAPIDS Lisa Copeland Clark, 49, died on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015. The funeral will be Tuesday at 2 p.m., at H.D.
Pope Funeral Home in Roanoke Rapids. Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Barbara Ferrell Pritchett, 68, died on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015.
The funeral will be Tuesday at 11 a.m, at Cornerstone Funeral and Cremations. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m Monday at the funeral home. ROCKY MOUNT Organization aims to help vets The VFW Auxiliary of Post 2057 of Rocky Mount, Post 4147 of Bailey and Post 6651 of Wilson are collecting nonperishable items to help the Veterans Residential Services of Wilson. The program, "No Veteran Should be Hungry at Christmas," will be collecting food through December. The Veterans Residential Services home serves more than 200 veterans and families.
Some of these are homeless who are transitioning into permanent homes, who need not only non-perishable food items, but also washing detergent, dish detergent and paper towels. Food can be dropped off at Post 2057 on any Wednesday morning, Unity Hair and Nail Salon in Nashville, Post 4147 in Bailey, Post 6651 in Wilson. For more information, call 442-0051. ENFIELD Shirley Wyatt, 68, died on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015.
The funeral will be today at 11 a.m., at Inborden Enfield Middle School. Arrangements are by S. Jones Funerals and Cremations. Jose Pete Haro, 68, died on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015.
The funeral will be Monday at noon, at Morgan Funerals Cremations. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Monday at the funeral home. PRINCEVILLE Pauline Hilliard pettaway, 61, died on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015.
Arrangements are by Dickens Funeral Services, Inc. of Tarboro. RALEIGH Linda Morgan Morrison, 69, died on Friday, Oct. 2, 2015. Arrangements are by Johnson Funerals and Cremations.
WILSON John Fuchstadt, 68, died on Thursday, Oct. 1 ,2015. Arrangements are by Hamilton Funeral Chapel. The Rocky Mount Telegram publishes free of charge all area death no- tices. A fee is charged for obituaries.
For more information, call 446-5161. GREENSBORO Woman accused in stabbing Police have arrested a woman in the fatal stabbing of a Greens, boro woman. The News Record of Greens: boro reports 20-year-old Jayda Lyn Gardner is charged with first murder in the death of 27-year-old Deanndrous Chantill Johnson. Police spokeswoman Susan Danielsen said Johnson was stabbed in her apartment on Wednesday and died at a local hospital. Authorities said Gardner, who had been staying at Johnson's apartment, is accused of getting into an argument with Johnson and then stabbing her.
From staff, wire reports Residents sue to block wind farm RALEIGH (AP) Two Perquimans County residents are suing to block a wind farm in the northeastern corner of North Carolina. Jillanne Gigi Badawi and her husband, Stephen Owens, are asking the office of administrative hearings to force state regulators to conduct a new review of the project, The News Observer of Raleigh reported. The planned Amazon Wind Farm is to be built in Perquimans and Pasquotank counties. Officials already have begun access roads for the project. The company plans to pour concrete foundations for 104 turbines early next year.
The couple lives less than a mile from the turbines and is worried about property values, esthetics, noise and potential dangers for birds. "I'm concerned it will make our beautiful county, quite frankly, ugly," Badawi said. "Each turbine is the size of the Washington Mon- ument. These things are huge monstrosities." The couple's lawsuit was filed last week against the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, which is the agency that would oversee the regulator ry review they are request. ing.
Iberdrola, the project developer, is not a party to the suit. 163 In April, the environmental quality department concluded that the project is not subject to that state's 2013 wind siting act. They said the law specifically: exempted Iberdrola's wind farm because the project. already had received safety determination letters from the Federal Aviation Admin istration. "It was a tough call," said DEQ Secretary Donald van der Vaart last month in an interview.
"It was the first time the statute had been interpreted." Ultimately, as long as you had an FAA' ret determination on the date, even if you lost it later or changed it, you're done." Veterans turned farmers harvest helpers. BY AMANDA DOLASINSKI The Fayetteville Observer SPRING LAKE As Ed Spence was growing up in Harnett County, he dreamed of nothing more than escaping his family's farm. It was hard work and he'd had enough. So at 18, he joined the Marine Corps. He left the farm to fight in Vietnam and Desert Storm.
After 24 years, he retired as a master gunnery sergeant. Spence's life came full circle in 2010 when he decided to start his own farm to establish a sustainable career. "I didn't know about soil or crop insurance," said Spence, who is 61. "I'm a small farmer. I knew nothing." The U.S.
Department of Agriculture, which seeks veterans to start their own farms and ranches, provided Spence with the resources and classes he needed to launch his own farm in Spring Lake. A partnership between the USDA and the Department of Defense has expanded to, ensure service members know there are loans, grants, training and technical assistance for careers in agriculture. The partnership aims to reach 200,000 transitioning service members across the country every year. Since 2009, the USDA has provided $438 million in farm loans to help more than 6,400 veterans purchase farmland and equipment and make repairs or upgrades. Microloans for small or niche type farms have provided more than $22 million for about 1,000 veterans across the country, according to the USDA.
In North Carolina, the USDA has distributed more than $1.2 million in direct AP PHOTO stacks vegetables at the Spence Family Farms stand Army veteran Andrea Spence Sept. 24 in Spring Lake. farm loans to veterans so far this year. Veterans in Cumberland County can get help at the Cumberland County Cooperative Extension office. Officials there say it's not uncommon to see retired soldiers stop at the office before considering a career in agriculture.
"So much of what people learn about agriculture, they learn on the Internet or said Lisa Childers, county extension director. "But being able to get that hands on experience helps that person be a lot more successful in Krysta Harden, USDA deputy secretary, said she has noticed an uptick in the number of veterans who consider starting farms. "That is something we hope continues," she said. "Fort Bragg is sitting in some of the richest, most wonderful farmland in the country. We hope that it'd be a popular field for many folks at Fort Bragg to think about." Military members develop skills ideal for farming.
They are self-motivated, hard and serviceoriented, she said. An increase in the farm industry has several benefits, Harden said. It ensures sustainable food, which is coupled with the farm-to-table trend of people's interest in where their food comes from. Another benefit is the therapeutic aspect of farming, she said. "Frankly, the land heals," Harden said.
"For those who are coming out with physical or emotional problems, something about being on the land at a seed and watching it grow is very therapeutic." It's a healing power that Spence said he has felt over the past five years as he and his wife, Sheila, cleared their property and planted their first seeds. A typical day begins around 2 a.m. and ends around 9 p.m. "This is a kind of therapy for me," Spence said. "This is my therapy from war The farm started as a small garden.
The 1 family experimented with different crops and identified which part of the land they would grow best. They didn't earn a profit until this year, their fifth year with the farm, Spence said. Since he receives retirement benefits from the military, it was feasible, he He understands the career. can be tough for farmers who solely rely on profits from farming, and cautions new farmers to start small. Spence said he was one of the first farmers in the state to receive the USDA'S microloan.
He would have started a farm without the loan, but it helped him puri chase expensive equipment, he said..
