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A good pocket knife, a trusty gun and a dependable pick up truck are among the favorite things of many in the South. There's good reason for that in that the utility and history behind each of these items not only speaks to use and need, but to tradition and history. Yet the history of the pick up truck is one that goes to a collision between the past and future in the early 20th century. Prior to the 1920s, most Southerners who hauled crops to market, lumber to a job site or groceries from the...
Are you curious about our history? Did you know that curiosity of our past has made historical tourism a rapidly growing part of Florida’s economy? Let’s take a trip to a town that really knows this. Pensacola in the last few years has had amazing changes in the downtown area’s growth, and the surrounding new homes and apartments. Along with this growth is a new generation of monuments and dedication parks, which added to the existing ones, is giving much insight into the long and diverse history here and is beginning to make this a city of mon...
My Mama and Daddy were old school rounded to the highest power. We answered with, "yes sir and no sir and thank you ma'am and please". No short cuts....................otherwise. So this being the day the Lord gave us to be glad in it, I'm sharing a Sunday lesson on honoring thy Father and Mother and leaving the last piece for Mr. Manners. So, it was Sunday, the day for being on time for Sunday School and Church and hosting the Preacher for dinner. Dinner being the mid day meal, this day being Sunday and feeding the Preacher called for FRIED...
Last Monday, Century area residents gathered following the parade motorcade’s return to the Century Community Center on Highway 4 to pay homage to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., whose birthday is celebrated annually to renew his vision of racial harmony and equality. Guests were welcomed and various community religious leaders lead prayers and read scriptures, followed by song and celebration. The event was sponsored by the Century-Flomaton Improvement Association. Guest speaker Cameron C...
Super Bowl Sunday is the second biggest day of the year for food consumption. Super Bowl parties feature food, fun, and more food – lots of finger foods, dips, beverages casseroles, and other snacks. Food-borne illnesses, better known as food poisoning affects one is six Americans each year. According to the U. S. Food and Drug Administration, 128, 000 Americans are hospitalized and 3,000 deaths occur each year from food-borne illnesses, so this year, kick off you Game Day party the food-safe way. When planning those finger foods, dips, and cas...
Let me recant the parable of Sadhu Sing, a Hindu convert to Christianity, who became a missionary to India. Late one afternoon, Sadhu and a monk were traveling on foot through the Himalayas. It was bitter cold, and night was approaching. The monk warned Sadhu that they were in danger of freezing to death if they did not reach the monastery before darkness fell. Just as they entered a narrow path above a steep precipice, they heard a cry for help. Down the cliff lay a man, who had fallen and hurt himself badly. The monk looked at Sadhu and...
Patrick Lavay Bercant, 58, died Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. Mr. Bercant was born July 6, 1960 to John and Clara Bercant of Stockton, Ala. and was a member of the Greater St. John Baptist Church. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 24, at the Greater St. John Baptist Church in Stockton with Rev. Ray Nye officiating. Burial will follow at Stockton Memorial Cemetery with Mayberry Funeral Home in Atmore directing. Mr. Bercant is survived by one son, Patrick Hunt of Huntsville, Ala.; two daughters, Kimberly Scott and Denise (David)...
Minnie Lee Coley, 79, of Atmore, died Friday, Jan. 11, 2019 at Atmore Community Hospital. Mrs. Coley was a native of Monroeville, Ala. and resident of Atmore, Ala. most of her life. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 19, at Gospel Temple Pentecostal Church #2 in Atmore with Elders Tommy Thomas, Brenda Mitchell and Raymond Redmond officiating. Burial followed at Fairview Cemetery with Turner Funeral Chapel directing. Mrs. Coley is survived by two daughters, Dorothy Jean Coley of Atmore and Susanne Coley of Pittsburgh, Pa.; eight...
Janice Ann Johnson Dietz, 72, died Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019, in Century, Fla. Mrs. Dietz was a native and lifelong resident of Century who enjoyed fishing and hunting. The funeral was held at 10 a.m., Friday, Jan. 18, at Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with Elder Richard Ash officiating. Burial followed at McCurdy Cemetery with Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Dietz is survived by one daughter, Dana (Rodney) Burkett of Century; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Mrs. Dietz was preceded in death by her parents,...
Thomas Wayne Miller, 44, died Monday, Jan. 14, 2019. Mr. Miller was a resident of Davisville, Fla., where he lived most of his life. He attended True Hope Fellowship in Atmore, Ala. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Friday, Jan. 18, at Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with Bro. J. Douglas Coburn officiating and Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home directing. Mr. Miller is survived by two sons, Christopher Shep Wayne (Kathryn) Miller and Cody Blayne Miller; four daughters, Crystal Hope Miller, Brooklyn Paige Reynolds, Faith Naomi Miller and Liza...
Helton Ray “Sonny” Peebles, 77, died Friday, Jan. 18, 2019, in Pensacola, Fla. Mr. Peebles was a native of Bratt, Fla. who had resided in Flomaton for the past 41 years. Retired from both the U.S. Navy with 20 years of service and Addico in Brewton with 20 years of service, he attended the Osaka Baptist Church. The funeral was held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 23, at Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with Rev. Ricky Peebles officiating. Burial followed at Traveler's Rest Cemetery with Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home directing. Mr. Pee...
Teresa Kay “Terri” Robinson, 63, of Atmore, died Monday, Jan. 14, 2019, in Pensacola, Fla Mrs. Robinson was born July 6, 1955, to Edward “Babe” Straughn and Catherine Roberts Robinson in Atmore, Ala. A graduate of Escambia Academy and the University of South Alabama, she worked retail for many years at K-Mart and Jerry's Hardware. A frequent participant of mission trips, she was a member of the First Baptist Church of Canoe, Ala. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 17, at Oak Hill Cemetery with Rev. Waylon Stuckey officia...
The father of one of the two men who escaped from the Escambia County (Ala.) Detention Center's work release barracks on Jan. 11 was arrested Friday on a felony count of hindering prosecution I and Sheriff Heath Jackson said his office is continuing its investigation to determine if other individuals aided the escapees. Robert Ladale Pugh, 57, 1066 McGougin Road, Brewton, was jailed on $10,000 bond for rendering aid to his son, Christopher Ladale Pugh, 27, 1066 McGougin Road. According to the...
Teddy Roosevelt is famously quoted as saying "Walk softly and carry and big stick" as he described the art of diplomacy with the threat of something worse if those negotiations didn't work. Those who attended Flomaton High School from 1957 to 1975 while John Lewis Folsom served as principal say the quote fits Folsom as well. Folsom, 92, died Monday at a Daphne, Ala., healthcare facility following an extended illness. A native of Georgiana, Folsom was a member of the Flomaton community for 60 yea...
Young and old alike gathered at the Century Agricultural Center to celebrate the life and birth of the late Dr. Martin Luther King on the national holiday to honor his birthday. For more see our Photo Gallery....
Jay area residents will have three chances next Monday to voice their opinions of how a Competitive Florida Partnership grant for $17,500 from the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity should be spent to improve economic development in the town of Jay. The town of Jay will host an economic development open house this Monday, Jan. 28, at the Linda Carden Community Center at 5259 Booker Lane in three sessions. The first will be from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., the lunch session from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m....
An East Brewton woman and a Brewton man sitting in a parked car with smoke coming out of the windows were arrested after East Brewton police discovered marijuana, methamphetamine and other paraphernalia inside their vehicle. Alyssa Lynn Fuqua, 18, 87 Lucille Lane, East Brewton, and William Samuel Baker, 20, 640 Horseshoe Road, Brewton, were both arrested by East Brewton police on Jan. 12. Fuqua was charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance (meth), unlawful possession of...
A single-vehicle crash Jan. 15 on State Road 87 in Santa Rosa County, Fla., claimed the life of two East Brewton people, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Kenneth Tanner Mason Few, 21, and Jessica M. Haveard, 19, were ejected from the Jeep Patriot Few was driving northbound on State Road 87 when it began traveling off the roadway and onto the east shoulder. The Jeep collided with a culvert at Hopewell Road and became airborne. The Jeep landed at an angle and began rolling over after...
A Century man who was suspected for car theft is facing felony drug charges when deputies made contact with him near the intersection of Barker Street and Chemstrand Road in Pensacola and searched him on Jan. 16. Billy Ray Burns, Jr., 6850 Bratt Road., was charged with two counts felony possession of a controlled substance when deputies searched him after detaining him in reference to an armed disturbance involving a vehicle theft, according to an Escambia County Sheriff's Office report. A...
The Century Area Chamber will hold the first annual Century Cross Country Classic 5K Run and Walk this Saturday, Jan. 26, at Anthony Pleasant Park in Century. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Century Area Chamber of Commerce. Registration the day of the race has a $25 fee and begins at 6:30 a.m.the day of the race. Packet pick-up is Jan. 25, from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Anthony Pleasant Park if a mail-in registration has already been mailed and post marked by Jan. 20. Otherwise, packet...
The Escambia County (Ala.) Circuit Clerk's office was reopened to the public last Thursday after being closed for three days for renovations that included the installation of new furniture and fixtures, including a new counter. Circuit Clerk John Robert Fountain said the equipment in that office had been in place since the courthouse was opened in Brewton about 60 years ago. Fountain said earlier this week that only two of the telephone lines are working but said that problem should be...
The Century Heat Youth Basketball team of 8 to 10-year olds were defeated by the Rockets 27, to 12 Tuesday, Jan. 22, in Atmore. Milkavion White lead the Century Heat in scoring with 6 points during the game. “The boys played a great game,” said Coach Anthony Robinson. “Hey, sometimes you lose. It’s what you put into it that counts. I’m very proud of them....
Bratt Elementary School, along with other Escambia County (Fla.) elementary schools, is planning many ways to celebrate Literacy Week, from Monday, Jan 28 through Friday, Feb. 1. Events include having guest readers, tracking minutes spent reading, reading with a buddy or outside, dressing up like favorite book characters, holding book talks, poetry days and super hero days, and many more....
Pollard-McCall Jr. High School announces their Honor Roll for the second nine weeks: ALL A's First Grade: Alex Bryant, Eden Clark, Audrianna De La Cruz, Skipman Fountain, Logan Golden, Blake Hagen, Annelise Kent, Lucas Minchew, Raghean Morris, Isaac White and Zhane White; Second Grade (Findley): James Bell, Braylen Boartfield, Kindley Burkett, Calvin Byrd, Payton Langston, Carsyn Powell and Daniel Jorden Torres; Second Grade (Kirkland): Lane Bush and Bristol Gibson; Third Grade (Coleman): Ashlyn Blake; Third Grade (Green): Micah Clark, Jadyn...
The Escambia County Area Transit (ECAT) will hold two public workshops to provide community input regarding the North Escambia Transportation Service Pilot Project. ECAT and Escambia County Community Transportation staff will be on hand to answer questions. The first will be at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 23, at Byrneville Park, located at 1701 Highway 4-A in Century, Fla. The second will be held at 5 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 31, at the Molino Community Center located at 6450 Highway 95-A in Molino, Fla. The North Escambia Transportation Service Pilot...
