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This article features Edith Holmes Freeman Seiling of Gates County, NC, born in 1919. She worked as the first attendance supervisor for Gates County Schools. Contributing to all aspects of life in Gates County, 'Miss Edith,' was an artist, a historian, president of Gates County Historical Association, the author of several genealogy books. She wrote the history of the Reynoldson Baptist Church. She even ziplined and rode a motorcycle for the first time at age 95 and she works out three days a week at the Whaleyville Community Center.
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41003
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The unincorporated community, with a currently unassuming reputation, had the county’s first brick school and was Northampton’s only stop off place for an American president. The citizen for whom the community is named, Margaret Bynum Jordan, is known for helping a slave escape to the North and her quilt hanging in the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts.
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41272
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Profiled are facilities asserting the increasing problem with food insecurity in the United States and that college students are among this population. Examples include Murfreesboro’s Mobile Food Bank, which serves Hertford County citizens. Students at Chowan University can seek assistance with food, along with hygiene and laundry items, on campus through the Just in Time Pantry.
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42699
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Hunter's Funeral Home was established by Howard Hunter, Sr. in 1949. Howard, Sr. was the first African-American to serve on the Hertford County School Board.
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42813
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Ricky and Denise Barnes play a pivotal role in advancing Northampton County's Lasker Baptist Church's ministry of music. The Lasker Summer Music Festival is an organization that supports Christian musicians with integration of their artistic creativity and faith.
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42847
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Chartered in 1787, the town houses the oldest commercial brick building in North Carolina. the building now called the Rea Museum hold the orignal Gatling Gun. the town is home to Chowan University founded in 1848.
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42858
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As a community promoter for Winton in Hertford County, Libby Jones helped charter the Winton Historical association in 2015 and Winton on the Chowan, Inc. in 2018.
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42872
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Beatrice Sue Bishop is the Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist for Roanoke Chowan Health Center and also serves as volunteer parish nurse for St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Hertford County.
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42965
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This African American School in Hertford County operated from 1927 to 1959. The school was built with funding from the Rosenwald Foundation. a local group is currently working to restore the building.
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43038
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The Ahoskie Creek Disc Golf Course has gained a notable following. The course range was designed by John Upchurch of Greenville. A year-round sport, disc golf is appealing because of its low expense to the individual.
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43114
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Chowan University's School of Fine and Applied Arts has exceptional presence in the surrounding community.Three students are highlighted: Joshua Bryant, Nicholas Adams and Selton Vaughn.
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43129
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Chief of Police in the town of Aulander, Jimmy Barmer has served in various capacities in law enforcement since 1992, as a lieutenant on the Murfreesboro Police Department and a former sergeant with Vidant Company Police.
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43718
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Located on 213 East Mani Street since 1999, the library occupies the spot of a former grocery store.. It is one of seven branches of Albemarle Regional Library system.
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43773
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A native of Kinston, Sawyer established a medical practice in Ahoskie, which has in recent years has become part of Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center. He is noted as a pillar of St. Thomas Episcopal Church and jokes that he is the oldest acolyte in the Diocese of East Carolina.