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Murder investigations continue
Sheriffs office seeks more information
By Thadd White
Bertie Ledger-Advance
School
leadops
named
Moore will be
principal at
Bertie High
By Thadd White
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WINDSOR - Next year is
already starting to take
shape.
During recent weeks,
the Bertie County Board
of Education has taken
steps to provide lead
ership in the district’s
schools.
Earlier this month,
Interim Bertie High
School Principal Cal
vin Moore learned the
interim tag would be
removed as of July 1.
Moore, who moved
to BHS following the
resignation of Rickey
Eley, was the Princip^
of Bertie Early College
High School before be
ing named Interim at
BHS midyear.
He will be joined at
Bertie High School by
Tony Hoggard, who vdll
serve as Assistant Prin
cipal/Dean of Students.
Hoggard was Alterna
tive Education Special
ist.
In addition, Mona Gil
liam will move from
her role as Principal of
Windsor Elementary
See CHANGE, Page A5
WINDSOR - Investigation con
tinues in three homicides,
two of which were committed
in Bertie Coimty last month.
Bertie County Sheriff John
Holley said his officers are
continuing to work through
all leads, and are attempting
to develop suspects in the
cases.
“We haven’t slowed down
since the three murders took
place,” Sheriff Holley said.
“We are working just as hard
today as we were then. We
are doing everything we can
to catch those involved, and
put them behind bars.”
Sheriff Holley’s office be
gan work on the first victim’s
case on Friday, April 8 when a
citizen found the decapitated
See MURDER, Page A5
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LESLIE BEACHBOARD / Bertie Ledger-Advance
Cancer survivors led the way around the track at Roy L. Bond Jr. Stadium Friday to kick off Relay For Life 2016.
Relay adds $250,000 to fight
By Leslie Beachbdard
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WINDSOR - Bertie Coimty
walked for a cure.
The 23rd cirmual Bertie
County Relay for Life was
held Friday night. It was a
night of remembrance, cel
ebration and entertainment.
'The night began with a
celebration of the survivors.
Bertie County Commissioner
Stuart White introduced the
guest speaker, Fannie Wil
liams. Williams, a cancer sur
vivor and caregiver, told her
story.
“I have helped with Relay
for Life working with the
schools and have had cancer
affect those in my family, but
I never imagined 1 would get
a diagnosis of cancer,” said
One of the many cancer survivors at Friday’s opening ceremony reaches for a bal
loon given to each survivor in attendance.
Williams.
After Williams gave her
testimony, approximately 45
survivors were individually
recognized and presented
with balloons.
The survivors took to the
track first. They were es
corted by the Bertie County
Sheriff’s Department, on mo-
See RELAY, Page A5
Bertie
killed
Woman also
in critical
condition
By Cal Bryant
Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald
WINDSOR - One person
is dead and another is
hospitalized in criti
cal condition following
a single-vehicle crash
near here early Sunday
morning.
First responders to
the accident scene, ap
proximately 2.4 miles
west of Windsor on
NC 308, found Michael
Johnson 11, 28, of Wind
sor deceased in a field
off the roadway.
The other victim is
25-year-old Shauna Ba-
zemore of Windsor. She
is currently hospittil-
ized at Vidant Medical
Center in Greenville.
First Sgt. Mike Warren
of the North Carolina
Highway Patrol office
in Ahoskie stated it was
unclear at this stage of
the investigation who
was behind the wheel at
the time of the 4:48 a.m.
accident.
“Both occupants were
not wearing seat belts
and both were ejected
from the vehicle into a
field,” Warren said. ,“We
have yet to speak with
Miss Bazemore due to
the extent other injuries
See WRECK, Page A3
Griffin named to Bertie Ledger-Advance staff
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From Staff Reports
WINDSOR - Bertie Ledger-
Advance Editor Thadd White
has announced the addition of
Deborah Griffin to the news
paper’s editorial staff.
Griffin, a longtime resi
dent of Martin County, joins
the Bertie Ledger-Advance
Deborah Griffin
and Martin not only brings familiarity
County En- with our coverage area, but
terprise & several of the disciplines nec-
Weekly Her- essary to be a good reporter,”
aid staff as White said. “Her photography
a successful skills will add to an already
photogra- excellent staff of photogra
pher and for- phers.”
mer writer. Griffin is a native of Tul-
“Deborah sa, Okla. and attended high
school in the city. From there,
she went on to earn a Bach
elor’s Degree in Communica
tions from Ouachita Baptist
University in Arkadelphia,
Ark.
Following a few years of
courtship, the Griffins married
See GRIFFIN, Page A5
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