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Itagedy strikes as one perishes in fire
THADD WHITE
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WINDSOR - Tragedy struck
in the early morning hours of
Tuesday.
The Windsor Fire Department
was called to a house fire at 916
Broad Street in Windsor at ap
proximately 2:23 a.m.
Sadly, a person died in the fire,
according to Windsor Fire Chief
Josh Kilpatrick. The chief de
clined to name the victim, pend
ing an autopsy. The person’s
body was recovered inside the
residence.
“Upon arrival at the scene, we
faced heavy flames coming from
the residence,” the chief said in
a statement.
The Windsor Fire Department
was on the scene for more than
two hours battling the blaze, not
clearing the call until approxi
mately 5 a.m.
Chief Kilpatrick said the cause
of death for the victim was un
determined at this time.
The cause and origin of the
fire are both undetermined and
currently under investigation.
The chief said he and the
Windsor Fire Department ap
preciated the assistance of the
Askewville Fire Department,
Merry Hill Fire Department, Ber
tie EMS and Windsor Police De
partment.
THADD WHITE / Bertie Ledger-Advance
A fire early Tuesday morning destroyed this Broad Street,
Windsor home and caused one death.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS
Above: Mark Hoggard sings with the Harvesters during, his current group. Inset: The Singing Laymen album with
Hoggard (front) as part of the group when he was a pre-teen.
Hoggapd highlights magazine
THADD WHITE
Bertie Ledger-Advance
Mark Hoggard began sing
ing on stage with his father
before he turned 10 years
old.
His first time on stage was
with his father, Mark Hog
gard Sr., at his side at Fai
son’s Old Tavern in nearby
Northampton County. It was
fitting, because it was his
father who guided him not
only in life, but in music.
“1 guess 1 started singing as
early as three or four years
old,” Hoggard said. “Daddy
sort of persuaded me to sing
and then 1 first sang in front
of people about seven or
eight years old.”
Known to most everyone
in Bertie County as one of
the most gifted bass singers
the Carolinas have offered to
Southern Gospel music, Hog
gard has spent most of his
See HOGGARD, A5
As cases drop,
vaccine supply
falls in county
THADD WHITE
Bertie Ledger-Advance
Just as progress began,
there’s another stumbling
block.
Bertie County has made
tremendous progress over
the past month - both in re
ducing the number of active
COVlD-19 cases and getting
its citizens vaccinated.
Then, Friday Albemarle
Regional Health Services
learned the number of new
vaccinations had been cut
and thus there are no vac
cine clinics scheduled this
week.
A statement released Fri
day by ARHS said, “With
reduced allocations of vac
cine for the week of Feb.
8-11, ARHS will be utilizing
1,300 first doses to target
our vaccine clinics for his
torically marginalized pop
ulations and underserved
communities within the pri
ority groups throughout the
region.”
There are no second dose
clinics scheduled in Bertie
County this week either. The
second dose clinics were in
Currituck, Perquimans and
Pasquotank counties.
Thus far, Bertie County
has seen 4,020 first dose
vaccines administered, and
550 second dose vaccines.
ARHS learns of its al
lotment from the state of
North Carolina each Friday
and posts plans for the fol
lowing week shortly after.
To see that information, vis
it arhs-nc.org.
Currently, Bertie County
has the lowest number
of active COVlD-19 cases
in the ARHS service area.
There are currently only 30
active cases in Bertie Coun
ty, though there have now
been 39 deaths in the coun
ty. The most recent was a
person between 18 and 24
years of age.
Bertie Correctional Insti
tution is suffering from an
outbreak at the moment
with 31 staff and 39 resi
dents suffering from COV
lD-19 as of last Friday.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Holley planned career in law enforcement
THADD WHITE
Bertie Ledger-Advance
Many people remember that
day in elementary school when
the teacher asked, “what do you
want to be when you grow up.”
For many, those career dreams
as children faded as they went
on to do many other things in
life.
Not so for John Holley.
“1 wanted to be a cop since 1
was in the first grade,” the Ber-
In this edition
tie County Sheriff said.
And, now more than 30 years
into that chosen profession, he
has never regretted his choice.
“1 love it. It’s the only thing 1
know,” Sheriff Holley said. “1
love Bertie County. 1 still say it’s
the best county in the state. I’m
not just saying that because I’m
supposed to; 1 believe it with all
my heart.”
In January, Holley celebrated
39 years in law enforcement,
the past decade-plus of which
has been spent as the county’s
sheriff.
While he admits rural coun
ties sometimes have struggles,
the sheriff said he is proud of
his home county and pleased to
serve its citizens.
“The most rewarding part of
being in law enforcement - and
in my time as sheriff - has been
serving the citizens of Bertie
County,” he said. “I have really
See HOLLEY, A5
Bertie County Sheriff John Holley makes balloon animals for
children at Relay For Life.
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