Jolly headlines at Six Sundays

Raleigh native Jeanne Jolly will be the featured artist for the fifth Six Sundays in Spring 2015 concert series. A singer-songwriter, she combines classics with folk and her own interpretations. Six Sundays in Spring is a Wake Forest tradition, concerts on the lawn on fine spring afternoons. The event is held in the amphitheatre at E. Carroll Joyner Park on Harris Road. The concert runs from 5 to 7 p.m. with the winners of the Wake Forest Has Talent competition performing at intermission. Food and refreshments will be available for purchase, but concert goers may also bring a picnic. Alcoholic beverages, along with gas and charcoal grills are not allowed. Park visitors are reminded that firearms and unleashed pets are also prohibited. The final act scheduled this year are the Gravy Boys on May 31. To view the schedule, visit www.wakeforestnc.gov/2014-concert-schedule.aspx. New this year to Six Sundays in Spring is

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Check out the market ad

The Wake Forest Farmers Market is now advertising on the front page of The Wake Forest Gazette, and the ad has a link to the market’s website where Market Manager Robin Hendricks posts a lists of that week’s vendors every Friday. Check it out. If you have shopped sometimes or shop regularly, you know there is an astonishing range of items – food and otherwise – available at the market. You can find everything from seafood fresh from the North Carolina coast to doggie treats to knit caps and scarves to pasture-raised meats to fresh eggs to baked goods to seasonal fruits and vegetables. The market is open from 8 a.m. to noon every Saturday in the Renaissance Plaza on Brooks Street in front of the town’s Renaissance Centre. For a full list of vendors and their wares, go to www.wakeforestfarmersmarket.org and you can also find the market on Facebook.

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Calendar

*The Wake Forest Farmers Market will be open from 8 a.m. to noon in Renaissance Plaza on Brooks Street this Saturday, May 23. *Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America, a traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian Institution, will be at the Wake Forest Historical Museum on North Main Street from April 17 through May 31. This is one of only six North Carolina museums selected to host the exhibit, which is free and will be open to the public every day except Memorial Day during the exhibit. *Help develop the Wake County Transit Plan by attending a public meeting Wednesday, May 13, at 6 p.m. in the ground floor meeting room at Wake Forest Town Hall. See article about the planning in this week’s issue. *The Classic & Antique Charity Car Show will be held Saturday, June 20, in downtown Wake Forest. *The Wake Forest Fourth of July Celebration will be

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Obituaries

        Abby Jones Timberlake August 8, 1932 – May 16, 2015 Rolesville Alva (Abby) Jones Timberlake, 82, of Rolesville passed away Saturday morning, May 16, 2015, at the William Dunlap Center for Caring at Transitions LifeCare. She was born in the Duke’s Crossroads Community of Wake County and graduated from Rolesville High School in 1951. Abby married the love of her life, William (Billy) Timberlake, on May 10, 1951. She worked at NCDMV for ten years and then began working full time in the business that she and Billy started (Hasty Pump Co. later renamed Hasty Utilities, Inc.). She retired in 1988 to build a new home and spend time on her lawn mower and in her flowers until her health declined. Funeral services were held at 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, May 19, 2015, at Rolesville Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Randy Bridges officiating. Burial was

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