Butterfield Issues Statement on Passing of North Carolina Senator Ed Jones

    For Release:  Immediate     Date:  December 14, 2012   Contact: Kezmiché Atterbury             Office:     (202) 225.3101                Butterfield Issues Statement on Passing of North Carolina Senator Ed Jones   WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman G. K. Butterfield today released the following statement regarding the passing of North Carolina State Senator Ed Jones of Halifax County. […]

Senator Ed Jones Halifax County Is Dealing With Pancreatic Cancer

Note: In this picture Senator Ed Jones and Rep. Jean Farmer Butterfield. About 2 months ago I had heard that Senator Ed Jones had cancer but a couple of sources that I spoke to had not heard it. But a couple of days later I received a confirmation. Jones is receiving treatment twice a week. […]

Homegoing Celebration For Senator Edward W. Jones (Ed) Enfield NC.

My condolences goes out to the family of Senator Edwards W. Jones (Ed) Enfield NC. I met Ed Jones several years ago when he was appointed to replace former House Rep. John Hall who also expired. I attended the meetings for that appointment. And then when Senator Robert Holloman expired I attended the meetings when […]

Senator Kandie D. Smith Newsletter

March 23, 2023 Hello Curmilus, Last week we received the Governor’s Proposed State Budget, and this week we got ahold of the proposed House Republican State Budget! In today’s newsletter, I have a general overview of what is included in the House Republican plan, as well as some important local updates on Pitt County’s LIEAP […]

Rocky Mount Special Cs Requested Audit To Be Done On Targeted Black Elected Officials Because They Want To Take Back The City

The Special Cs in Rocky Mount has been mad every since the city council became a Black Majority and then when more Blacks were put in leadership roles. Rocky Mount has a Black majority council, Black city manager, Black police chief, Black fire chief and Black department heads. But there are some Ignant Safe Black […]

Senator Erica Smith-Ingram Outlines the 2015-17 Budget Plan

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday — September 22, 2015Senator Erica Smith-Ingram Outlines the 2015-17 Budget Plan Raleigh, NC – On Friday, by a vote of 118–36, the NC General Assembly (the Senate and House combined) voted on the biennial budget. With any budget, there are good appropriations and not enough attention to some issues. The ratified […]

Breaking News: Halifax County’s next state senator is Angela Bryant – The Daily Herald

Three-term state Rep. Angela Bryant, D-Rocky Mount, is now a first-term state Senator for the Fourth North Carolina Senatorial District. This change of title comes after Bryant was elected to fill the vacant seat left by the Dec. 14 death of state Sen. Ed Jones by the Senatorial District Four Democratic Executive Committee Thursday in […]

3 make cases to fill Ed Jones’ seat – The Daily Herald

The push to fill the seat of the late state Sen. Ed Jones began today, and so far, three names have been entered into the ring. The First District Congressional Democratic Committee convened today at Twilight Missionary Baptist Church in Weldon, breaking down into the Fourth Senatorial District Executive Committee for the purpose of explaining […]

Sen. Ed Jones loses battle with cancer – Wilson Times

A public servant has passed away just months after voters decided to return him to Raleigh. State Sen. Ed Jones, D-Enfield, lost his battle with pancreatic cancer state Rep. Michael Wray said Friday, leaving behind his wife Mary, their children and grandchildren, and a legacy of public service. “I am deeply saddened by the passing […]

NC state Sen. Ed Jones dies at age 62 – 11 ABC News

ENFIELD, N.C. — North Carolina state Sen. Ed Jones died Friday at age 62, several months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, a family member said. Jones’ daughter, Alesha Garrett, said her father died at 2:20 p.m. at his Halifax County home. (More) Read more: Senator Ed Jones

My "Mini-Memoir" of My Work on the Wilson Obama Campaign by Asa StrikeAmendment’One Gregory on Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Response: I believe this is relevant today as we approach the 2012 Presidential Election. This is a very inspirational piece from someone whom I have met recently and have been communicating with for quite sometime before we actually met. My good friend, Rev. Alonzo Braggs, called on me to write this as a step to […]

Sen. Jones battles cancer – The Daily Herald

ENFIELD — Years ago in the General Assembly state Sen. Ed Jones, D-Enfield, helped with a bill to build the UNC Cancer Center in Chapel Hill. The hospital provides complete cancer care for patients and research facilities. “At no time did I think I would be a patient at this hospital,” Jones said. “It was […]

Job and Resource Fair in Edgecombe County – Nov. 4th

  *UPDATED FLYER* JOB and RESOURCE FAIR   Proudly Hosted by   Representatives Jean Farmer-Butterfield, Angela Bryant and Senator Edward Jones   &   Members of the North Carolina Legislative Black Caucus   In partnership with the North Carolina Employment Security Commission, The Turning Point Workforce Development Board and The Region Q Workforce Development Board. […]

Former Senator Don Davis Speaker At The Craven County NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet Said Jobs And Education Was The Top Two Things

I attended the Craven County NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet New Bern NC. The speaker was former Mayor of Snow Hill, former Senator District 5 and the current 1st Congressional District Chair of the Democratic Party. I have been knowing Don Davis for many years and he is a fine young man and very professional. Davis […]

NAACP NC – Statement of Principle on Redistricting

Click for PDF EMBARGOED RELEASE 9:00PM, 20 JULY 2011 Contact: Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, President, 919-394-8137 Mrs. Amina J. Turner, Executive Director, 919-682-4700 Atty. Irv. Joyner, Legal Redress Chair, 919-530-6293 Atty. Jennifer W. Marsh, Legal Redress Coordinator, 919-682-4700 On July 16, 2011 the NC NAACP and the NC Alliance of Black Elected Officials […]