Stories from Monday, September 5, 2011

ELLETTSVILLE -- If a team has to go on the road to play a football game in near mid-summer conditions in September, the only thing that's going to make them feel good is a win. Greencastle got that win, moving to 3-0 on the season after knocking off Edgewood 33-20 Friday night...

Mildred Fitzsimons, 71, Roachdale, passed away at Mill Pond Health Care, Greencastle, on Monday at 10:30 a.m. Arrangements are pending at Servies and Morgan Funeral Home, Roachdale.

Essie Mae McVey, 85, of Greencastle passed away on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011. She was born on Aug. 21, 1926 in Cloverdale to Hansel Cleo Allen and Mary Sarah Williamson Allen. She was a member of Eternal Life Baptist Church in Mooresville. Mrs. McVey was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Charles Nelson McVey, brother Roy Allen and daughter-in-law Barbara McVey...