PHOENIX. Ore. On Saturday, the Phoenix High School wrestling team organized a flea market, for the first time, to raise funds for the team and the special education department
Donning pirate hats, the Phenix High School class of 1967 remembers the good times they had at the former Black high school during their 55-year reunion. They were one of the last groups to graduate from the school before it was integrated.
Billy Joe ‘B.J.’ Roberts
HAMPTON Sheriff Billy Joe “B.J.” Roberts, 70, peacefully departed this life Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020. He was preceded in death by his parents, Earnest and Viola Roberts; and sister, Nora Barnwell.
A native of South Carolina, Sheriff Roberts was educated in Hampton and earned his high school diploma from Phenix High School. During his high school years, he played football and basketball, and later earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management from Hampton University. He completed the Northwestern University Public Safety Management School in Illinois, the National Sheriffs’ Institute (NSI) program in Colorado, the Virginia Sheriffs’ Institute Chief Executive Training Program and Civic Leadership Institute.