ROCKY MOUNT Rocky Mount farmer celebrates 95th birthday LEIGH PROM Dec 10, 2021 Dec 10, 2021 Updated Jan 19, 2023 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ned Hudson’s 95th birthday on Nov. 26 was not just a one-day celebration. His whole birthday week and beyond has been a celebration.kAmwF5D@?’D 3:CE952J <6AE 9:D A@DE2= 42CC:6C 6IEC2 3FDJ] wF5D@? 5:5?’E ;FDE C646:G6 2 76H 3:CE952J 42C5D[ C2E96C 96 C646:G65 >@C6 E92? hd 42C5D :? 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