CALL TO REMOVE CONFEDERATE STATUE

The Pitt County (NC) Confederate Monument has come under attack from the Rev. Ozie Hall, a "civil rights" activist in Greenville NC. Hall says the monument "gives the appearance of racism and support of the old slave south."

One group's desire to see the Confederate soldier monument removed from the grounds of the Pitt County Courthouse is generating a lot of feedback. Reverend Ozie Hall of Greenville says the statue gives the appearance of racism and support of the old slave south. Pitt County Commissioner Tom Coulson disagrees, saying "removing it serves no purpose beyond slapping at the history of the community."

Hall and his supporters plan to attend the next meeting of the Pitt County Commissioners to ask that the monument be removedon, Monday, 20 February.  The meeting will be held at the Commissioners' Auditorium in the Pitt County Office Building, 1717 West Fifth Street, Greenville NC, at 6PM.



See complete details from WITN-TV below.
http://www.witntv.com/home/headlines/2312876.html

Video of the news report is available at:
http://tinyurl.com/ccokr

Please contact the Pitt County Commissioners in support of keeping
the Confederate monument at its current location on the county
courthouse grounds. Contact information follows:

Jimmy Garris
4922 NC Hwy 43 S
Greenville NC 27858
(252) 756-2748
jimmygarri@aol.com

Beth B. Ward
112 Lakewood Dr
Greenville NC 27834
(252) 355-7724
wardcs@earthlink.net

Glenn Bowen
258 Bowen Cir
Ayden NC 28513
(252) 746-7980

Tom Coulson
506 Eleanor St
Greenville NC 27858
(252) 321-2942
tcoul312@earthlink.net

David Hammond
209 Fairlane Rd
Greenville NC 27834
(252) 756-9639

Eugene James
5034 NC Hwy 33 W
Tarboro NC 27886
(252) 752-6336
BelvoirJ@aol.com

Melvin C. McLawhorn
100 Allendale Dr
Greenville NC 27834
(252) 355-7290
mmc01@doc.state.nc.us

John Minges
101 W. 14th St
Suite 103
Greenville NC 27834
(252) 756-4303
john@minges.com


Mark W. Owens Jr.
PO Box 1
Fountain NC 27829
(252) 749-4081

NOTICE:
Phone calls and snail mail are received as being more sincere.