To the Editor:

The purpose of my letter is to express my support for Olivia Bryant Claud, candidate for the office of Clerk of Court for Southampton County and the City of Franklin. I feel Olivia is the best candidate to continue the outstanding job performed by Wayne Cosby and is staff.

I have followed Olivia’s career with The Bureau of Insurance and I am particularly impressed with her organizational skills, her forward thinking and the energy, honesty and integrity she had demonstrated in her profession throughout her career.

I think these skills and her love for people and her sincere interest in the well being of our community will make her an outstanding clerk for the court. I look forward and ask that you join me in voting for her on Nov. 6.

E. Warren Beale Jr.

Courtland