Calendar

*The Wake Forest Farmers Market will be held in Renaissance Plaza on Brooks Street Saturday, Jan. 14, from 10 a.m. to noon. See its Facebook page for vendors. *Monday Night Bingo at The Factory is hosted by the Wake Forest Kiwanis Club in the Mill Room from 7 to 9:30 p.m. every Monday night. All profits support the club’s projects for children. Visit www.wakeforestbingo.com for more information. *Overeaters Anonymous meets on Friday at 6:30 p.m. at the Wake Forest United Methodist Church, 905 South Main Street. Enter through the back by the office. No dues, fees or weigh-ins. Everyone welcome! Contact Jennifer at 928-225-5236. *Storytelling Pajama Night featuring Rags to Riches Theatre will be held Friday, Dec. 16, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. It is part of the Wake Forest Renaissance Center’s Arts for All free community performance series supported by the United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County.

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Clubs and Organizations

* American Legion Post 187 meets the second Thursday at 7 p.m. in the American Legion Hall at 225 East Holding Avenue. The dinner begins at 6 p.m. and costs $5. For information and membership, call Commander Dave Goetze at 569-0471 or visit www.alpost187.org. * American Heritage Girls (AHG) meets at 6:30 p.m. at Hope Lutheran Church on Rogers Road on the second and fourth Thursdays. Contact Amy Minor at chrisnamy34@hotmail.com or see the website, www.hopelutheranwf.org. * The General James Moore Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution meets the third Tuesday but does not meet in June, July and August. Call 919-880-1915 for the location and time. * The Kiwanis Club of Wake Forest meets at The Forks Cafeteria every Thursday at 7:15 a.m. There are speakers at each meeting except the first meeting of the month, which is devoted to business. Call Thomas Walters at 919-606-9108 or

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Obituaries

Minna Lovinia Tapper Harrison Wake Forest Minna Lovinia Tapper Harrison, 97, of Wake Forest, passed away on Sunday, January 1, 2017. She was born in Hertford County, the daughter of the late Carrie Parker Tapper and Egon Tapper, and was married to Grover Thomas Harrison who preceded her in death. Funeral services were held at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon, January 5, 2017, in the Chapel of Bright Funeral Home with the Rev. Dr. Randy Bridges and the Rev. J. Marshall Neathery officiating. Burial was in Flat Rock Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Harrison is survived by her son, Bobby Harrison (Mae) of Wake Forest and  their children, J.B. Harrison (Lisa), Charlie Richardson, Rhonda Williams (Robert) and Michele Goss (Tracy); another son, William Harrison and his children, Cherie Alexander (Brian Pleasants), Todd Harrison (Kristy), and Angela Leonard (Jeff); her brother, Carroll E. Tapper of Hanover, Maryland;  great-grandchildren, Savannah, Dannielle, Brittany, Justin, Allie,

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