His family meant the world to Duane Charles Kent of Mobile, Alabama, a financial advisor who loved helping people. He died peacefully on Monday, March 18, 2024, at The Retreat Hospice by Saad. He donated his body to the University of South Alabama Anatomical Gifts Program. He was 83.
At the Nov. 28 bi-monthly Policy Board meeting, the Western Piedmont Council of Governments delegation elected Lenoir Mayor Joseph L. Gibbons as the next WPCOG Chair. Gibbons will serve as