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Robert Franklin “Bob” Banks, age 93, passed away at his home on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023, surrounded by his family. Mr. Banks was born in Surry County on Nov. 8,

Ron Chamblin built his business with “used, rare and non-existent.”

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Chamblin’s Uptown owner Ron Chamblin sold his adjacent building to Rafael and Carmen Godwin. 

Steve Berry sells a lot of books. Like 20 million and counting. Where does he get the ideas behind best-sellers such as "The Warsaw Protocol," "The 14th Colony," "The Malta Exchange" and "The Lost Order"? At Jacksonvilles Chamblin Bookmine, the labyrinthine bookstore off Roosevelt Boulevard, of course. Berry, whose new thriller "The Kaisers Web" comes out Tuesday, said he can spend hours poring through the history section at the bookstore, trolling for that "ooh factor" he can build a book ar...