Record #:

44149

Author(s):

Baker, Bryana Storm

Abstract:

B.C. Carlisle began the business in 1874 in conjunction with building furniture and caskets. a noticeable change in the business came after COVID, with less floral designs, more cremations and more visitations than funerals.

Source:

Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine (F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , July 2024, p47, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Funeral homes--Tarboro

Record #:

44165

Author(s):

Fleming, Monika

Abstract:

The Staton family was one of many families that contributed to Edgecombe County's prosperity and growth during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Baker Staton, who died in 1866, did much in the way of experimental farming prior to the Civil War. His plantation known as Cotton Valley is currently surrounded by a well known golf course in the area. Dr. L.L. Staton is credited with the first successful gastronomy in America. His son, Aldolphus earned distinction in the Navy as a rear admiral. He retired after World War II and established a program for building homes for wounded solders.

Source:

Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine (F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , August 2024, p21-22, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Families--Edgecombe County; Staton, Adolphus, Rear Admiral (b. 1879); Staton Family--Edgecombe County

Record #:

44166

Author(s):

Baker, Bryana Storm

Abstract:

The women's apparel store, located on 409 N. Main in Tarboro was founded in 2014. The owner is a previous visual merchandising specialist with Belk's

Source:

Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine (F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , August 2024, p19, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Clothing stores--Women--Tarboro

Record #:

44246

Author(s):

Baker, Briyana Storm

Abstract:

This article offers a brief description of the origins of Halloween and how it has developed and evolved over the years to become what it is today.

Source:

Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine (F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , October 2024, p66 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Halloween--Origins

Record #:

44256

Author(s):

Lamm, Laura Ashley

Abstract:

Prudential represents an $8.4 million investment to the local community with the creation of 30 jobs. The company is a wholesale distributor of stainless steel, nickel alloy and aluminum tube, pipe and bar.

Source:

Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine (F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , November 2024, p35, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Tarboro--Industry; Stainless steel distributors--Tarboro

Record #:

44303

Author(s):

Walker, John H.

Abstract:

Locating a 32 acre parcel in the Tarboro Commerce Center, the facility is expected to employ about 50 persons. the goal is to reduce wait time for orders, even to the point of a customer similarly being able to drive to the store.

Source:

Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine (F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , January 2025, p15, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Amazon--Tarboro; Tarboro--Businesses; Tarboro Commerce Center Industrial Park; Carolinas Gateway Partnership (Edgecombe County)

Record #:

44383

Author(s):

Lamm, Laura Ashley

Abstract:

Initiated in 2018, the Regional Advanced Manufacturing Pipeline (RAMP East) is a collaborative effort between and education and workforce to increase skill development and hiring for workforce. Counties serviced include Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pitt, Wilson, Edgecombe, Beaufort and Bertie.

Source:

Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine (F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , March 2025, p54 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Industrial Development--Eastn North Carolina--Skills and Workforce; Regional Advanced Manufacturing Pipeline (RAMP East)

Record #:

44381

Author(s):

Fleming, Monika

Abstract:

An Edgecombe County native and graduate of Atlantic Christian College, Weeks was a regular columnist for the Raleigh News and Observer. Her first publication was "God Given Messages" in 1930 and her last was "Beauty and the Truth" in 1960.

Source:

Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine (F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , March 2025, p25-26 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Weeks, Lena Pittman; Poetry--Authors--Edgecombe County

Record #:

44395

Author(s):

Walker, John H.

Abstract:

The new book, "Dr. Milton D. Quigless, Sr. Story: A Memoir of Race, Medicine, and Purpose in the Segregated South" is essentially the same as an earlier edition published in 2009 and titled "Looking Back - The Way Things Were, The Autobiography of Dr, Milton D. Quigless". Quigless originally came to Rocky Mount to practice but was referred by Dr. Avon there to a post in Tarboro. his Story is interesting as fifth grade dropout, entertainer, Pullman porter and finally medical student and practicing African American physician during the Great Depression.

Source:

Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine (F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , April 2025, p42, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Quigless, Dr. Milton (Tarboro); Physicians--African American--Tarboro

Record #:

44396

Author(s):

Lamm, Laura Ashley

Abstract:

It is noted that four facilities in North Carolina, including one planned for Tarboro will act as final stops in Amazon's transportation network before packages are delivered to customers. the Tarboro facility will have approximately 70,000 square feet of space and will be located in the Tarboro Commerce Center.

Source:

Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine (F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , February 2025, p18, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Amazon--Tarboro

Record #:

44397

Author(s):

Fleming, Monika

Abstract:

Author Monika Fleming talks about winter storms for Tarboro in more recent memory. Included are the 1967 spring Blizzard, the March 1980 storm and most destructive, the Dec. 9, 1989 ice storm. Major storms were recorded in January 2009 and January 2010.

Source:

Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine (F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , February 2025, p23-24, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Winter storms--Tarboro

Record #:

44586

Author(s):

Fleming, Monika

Abstract:

In 1905, Edgecombe was divided into 14 townships with a population of around 26,600 people. The county seat, Tarboro had a population of 3,800. The county had access to two hospitals, Pittman Sanatorium and the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Hospital.

Source:

Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine (F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , October 2025, p31-32, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Edgecombe County--History

Record #:

44704

Author(s):

Fleming, Monika

Abstract:

The author notes the state of affairs for Edgecombe and its seat of government. The newspaper, The Tarboro Southerner was then published every Friday. Fred Phillips was mayor of Tarboro and Joseph Cobb, sheriff of Edgecombe. James H. Bell was a jeweler and watchmaker in the town. A popular hardware store was operated by a former Confederate general, William Gaston Lewis.

Source:

Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine (F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , March 2026, p29-30, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Edgecombe County--History; Tarboro--History

Record #:

44722

Author(s):

Walker, John H.

Abstract:

Quigless was a noted African American physician in the town of Tarboro. He first arrived there in 1936 and soon after built a clinic and hospital bearing his name.

Source:

Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine (F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , April 2026, p45-46, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Quigless, Dr. Milton D. (Tarboro); Physicians--African American--Tarboro

Record #:

44781

Author(s):

Walker, John H.

Abstract:

Owner of the institute Dr. Amber Barnes holds credentials in holistic and functional medicine. the practice is located on 1605 W. Howard Ave.

Source:

Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine (F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , June 2026, p9, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Healthcare--Tarboro--Meridian Health Institute