OBITUARIES
RUFUS A. COATS
Rufus Albert Coats, 73, of 107
Thick Neck Rd.. Edenton, died Sat
urday, June 10, in Riverside Hos
pital in Newport News, VA. A na
tive of Harnett County, NC, Mr.
Coats was a son of the late Alonzo
Rufus and Mary Godwin Coats. He
was the husband of the late Dor
othy Lee Parker Coats.
He was a member of the
Immanuel Baptist Church where
he sang in the choir. Mr. Coats was
a retired electrician with the New
port News Shipyard. He was a U.S.
Navy veteran of World War II.
Surviving other than his wife
are five daughters, Nancy Jean
Long of Gloucester. VA. Charlotte
Coats Davis of Yorktown, VA;
Patricia Coats Cheek of Edenton,
Janice Lynn Todhunter of Phoe
nix, AZ. Debbie Arlene Crosby of
New Bern, NC; two sons, Rufus
Dexter Coats of Ahoskie, NC and
Phillip Earl Coats of New York; a
sister, Mary Kathryn Johnson of
Clayton, NC; three brothers. Will
iam (Bill) Coats of Coats, NC, John
Daniel Coats of Gloucester. Va, and
Lonnie Sherrill Coats ofLillington.
NC; 15 grandchildren: and 17 great
grandchildren.
A funeral service was held at 2
p.m. on Tuesday. June 13, at 2 p.m.
in the Immanual Baptist Church
with Pastor Charles F. Lockwood
and Pastor Robert Cheek officiat
ing. Burial followed in the Ahoskie
cemetery.
Memorial donations may be
made to the Immanuel Baptist
Church, 901 West Queen St.,
Edenton.
Evans Funeral Home in Edenton
served the Coats family.
BESSIE B. WILDER
Bessie Bee Wilder, 79, a resident
of the Britthaven Nursing Home
in Edenton. died June 8 at Chowan
Hospital.
A native of Chowan County, she
was the daughter of the late John
A. and Arlew F. Wilder.
She was a former employee at
the Edenton Peanut Mill and a
member of the Providence Mis
sionary Baptist Church in
Edenton.
Miss Wilder is survived by some
cousins.
A funeral service was held at
1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 13, at
the Providence Missionary Bap
tist Church. Burial followed at
Beaver Hill Cemetery.
Rowsom Funeral Home in
Edenton was in charge of arrange
ments.
‘Faith Way Doves’ sing
, The Warren Grove Missionary
Baptist Church Senior Usher
Board will celebrate their annual'
anniversary, Sunday. June 25. at 4
p.m.
Special guests w ill be the ’‘Faith
Way Doves” of Elizabeth City and
the Saunders Grove Senior Ush
ers of Hertford, NC.
The public is invited to come out
and help them lift up the name of
Jesus through songs.
Father’s Day celebrated
This Sunday at 11 a.m., the
Kadesh AME Zion Church will
observe Father's Day.
Minister Jerald I. Perry Jr. will
be the guest speaker:
The public is invited to attend. '
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Funds presented
Albemarle Sounds President Bruce King presents a $500 scholarship
to Jason Twiddy as the rest of the Sounds look on. Twiddy is a rising
sophomore in Music Education at East Carolina University. This is the
second scholarship awarded to Twiddy as part of the Barbershoppers'
Youth Sings program. (Submitted photo)
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School system seeks
substitute teachers
The Edenton-Chowan school sys
tem is trying to locate individuals
who are interested in becoming
substitute teachers for the upcom
ing school year.
Applications for substitute
teaching must be secured from the
Edenton office of the NC Employ
ment Security Commission (ESC)
located in the Edenton Village
Shopping Center. Deadline for re
turning applications to ESC is
Thursday, June 29. ESC’s phone
number is 482-2195.
According to John Guard, direc
tor of Human Resources for the
Edenton-Chowan Schools, “Substi
tute teachers provide an impor
tant service to the school district
by covering classes whose regular
teachers are away from school be
cause of illness or professional
training requirements. We are al
ways loojfing for dedicated indi
viduSts*who are willing to serve in
this important role.
“We encourage persons who
want to help make a difference in
the lives of young people to con
sider substitute teaching as an
option. Retirees and homemakers
who seek part-time work are indi
viduals who have proved to be suc
cessful in the substitute teacher
role.”
“Completion of a 30 clock hour
Effective Teach ing Training (ETT)
workshop is a prerequisite to be
coming a substitute teacher,” said
Guard.
Effective Teaching Training is
scheduled at the Edenton campus
of College of the Albemarle from
July 10-14. Registration will be held
on the first day of class, starting at
8 a.m. A registration fee of $50 is
required for those attending the
workshop.
“In addition to submitting a writ
ten application and successfully
completing ETT, a substitute
teacher candidate will be required
to be interviewed, to pass a crimi
nal background check and a per
sonal reference check,” Guard
added. “Classroom observations
will be required before a candi
date is approved as a substitute
teacher. “
Substitute teacher candidates
must hold at least a high school
diploma and some college training
is preferred.
Guard noted that substitute
teachers are paid at a “predeter
mined daily rate of pay. Substitute
teacher pay is based on an
individual’s level of training and
preparation.
“Those who hold or have previ
ously held a teaching license are
paid at a higher rate than those
who do not hold a teaching license. ” .
Guard said that for the 1999-2000
school year the daily rates were
$71 and $57 respectively. “Based
upon legislative action, both rates
are scheduled to increase slightly
for the 2000-2001 school year.
Oak Grove reveals plans
for VBS ‘Ocean Odyssey’
The pastor and congregation of
Oak Grove Baptist Church in
Roper, NC invites adults and chil
dren of all ages to join them on
“The Fantastic Good News Ocean
Odyssey”.
This Vacation Bible School
theme will feature adventure-filled
Bible stories, creative ocean crafts,
missions exploration, music par
ticipation and a deep dive into rig
orous recreation.
This Fantastic Good News Ocean
Odyssey will be held at the Oak
Grove Baptist Church, eight miles
east of Roper, NC on Hwy. 64 from
6-9 p.m., June 26-30.
For more information, call Pas
tor Royce Williams at (252) 793
1150.
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