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GRANITE QUARRY — With a push from the office of U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., the U.S. Postal Service has made a change and says Granite Quarry residents and businesses can now use “Granite Quarry” as part of their mailing addresses.

But they don’t have to.

Maged S. Aziz, district manager for the Mid-Carolinas District of the U.S. Postal Service, informed the town of the change late last week.

Former U.S. Rep. Howard Coble, who died late on Election Night Tuesday, was a lot of things in his life.

A principled conservative. An attorney. A bureaucrat, a Coast Guard veteran. A history buff. An avid tennis player. A confirmed bachelor. A lover of straw hats and loud sport jackets.

But the thing Coble might best be remembered for was his downright friendliness and his efforts to work for constituents in the 6th House District — a seat he doggedly held on to for three decades and only gave up with his retirement in 2014.