[Photo: Ray Cooper with the Puppy Creek Firefighters and one of the Cape Fear Valley EMS paramedics who rushed to his rescue.] By Catharin Shepard • Staff writer • Ray Cooper doesn’t remember much about the day he nearly died. Just like any other day, he left his home July 14 to go for a...
[Photo: James McBryde with his summertime garden; he’s working on his fall garden now. (Submitted photo)] By Catharin Shepard • Staff writer • During the summer and fall there’s a pretty patch of earth near Wagram overflowing with vegetables, planted and carefully tended by James McBryde. At 73 years old, even after suffering a heart...