Calendar

*The Wake Forest Farmers Market will host its annual Holiday Craft Fair with extended hours Saturday, Dec. 5, in Renaissance Plaza on Brooks Street. The market will be open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. with over a dozen local crafters and artisans joining the regular vendors. Find some special Christmas presents Saturday. *The Youngsville Kiwanis Turkey Shoot is held every Saturday night from 6 to 10 p.m. at 2808 Cedar Creek Road. It will be held through Dec. 12 and the proceeds benefit the Kiwanis projects in the Youngsville area. *The Lighting of Wake Forest from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4, in Centennial Plaza on Brooks Street will officially signal the beginning of the holiday season. See all the details in this week’s issue. *A Walk Through Bethlehem, Wake Forest Presbyterian Church’s annual gift to the community, will be held Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 4, 5

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Obituaries

      Ronda Mechele Costa Greenback, Tennessee Ronda Mechele Costa, 44, of Greenback, Tennessee, formerly of Wendell, passed away peacefully at Methodist Hospital in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, on Wednesday, November 25, 2015. Ronda was born in Durham County and was a graduate of East Wake High School. Funeral services were held at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon, November 29, 2015, in the Chapel of Bright Funeral Home. Burial was in the Falls Community Cemetery. Ronda is survived by her mother, Rita Johnson Richardson; step-father, Ricky Richardson; brothers, Robert Sanders and Kenneth Costa; step-sister, Michelle Brann; step-brothers, Scotty Richardson and Johnny Richardson; uncle, Lesley Johnson; aunt, Donna Brostrom; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Nellie and Luther Johnson, and by her uncle, Ralph Johnson. Pallbearers were John Johnson, Scotty Richardson, Jarad Johnson, Neil Brann, George Puryear, and Brian Brostrom. A service of Bright Funeral

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