WSPA 7News reports: ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (WNCN) — It's the time of year when we celebrate a new class of graduates. One graduate, who recently crossed the stage at Edgecombe Community College, earned a diploma that was decades in the making. Erma Battle Mills didn't get the chance to graduate high school as a teenager. After becoming pregnant [...]
state | schools | WSPA 7News | June 8, 2026 1:37 PM
NC grandmother receives high school equivalency diploma at 76, fulfilling a promise to her mother
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (WNCN) — It's the time of year when we celebrate a new class of graduates. One graduate, who recently crossed the stage at Edgecombe Community College, earned a diploma that was decades in the making. Erma Battle Mills didn't get the chance to graduate high school as a teenager. After becoming pregnant [...]
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