A top merit scholarship to NC A&T awarded Kinston’s Javiar Grady

Javiar will enter the College of Education with aspirations of becoming an elementary school teacher. “I’ve always wanted to impact the lives of others,” he said. “It’s best to make that impact at a young age. I’m a firm believer in the Scripture, ‘Train up a child the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.’ If you teach them while they’re young, your hope is that they grow up and will never forget that teaching.”

Obituary: Dana "Gene" Benson

US Army (Ret) Chief Warrant Officer Dana “Gene” Benson, 80, passed away on February 27, 2024, in Kinston, NC. Funeral Services will be conducted Wednesday, March 20, 2024, at 11am at Edwards Funeral Home. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. A burial will follow at 2pm at Eastern Carolina State Veterans Cemetery, 164 Longs Plant Farm Road, Goldsboro, NC.