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Planning Some Spring Cleaning? A Check List for a Food-Safe Pantry and Refrigerator Spring has finally arrived! Yea! Now we feel like throwing back the cupboards, blankets, opening windows and letting some fresh air come in. It’s also a great time to plan a little spring cleaning in the kitchen area – around the pantry and the refrigerator (It can get pretty messy in there). The refrigerator and pantry are where most people store their food. But these storage areas may also be one of the less frequently cleaned places in your home, which cou...
Paula Kaye Bankster, 41, died Monday, March 12. 2018. Ms. Bankster was a native of Bay Minette, Ala. who resided in Mobile. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Thursday, March 15, at John White Cemetery in Whitehouse Fork, Ala. with Sis. Bonnie Howard officiating. Burial followed with Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home directing. Ms. Bankster is survived by two sons, Duston French and Derrick Harris, both of Mobile; one daughter, Tamara Bankster of Mobile; two sisters, Carrie Monette (Darrell) Baker of Stapleton, Ala.; two grandchildren; and other...
Beatrice Cook, 84, of Walnut Hill, Fla., died Sunday, March 4, 2018. Mrs. Cook was born July 5, 1933, to Gussie and Martha Catherine Fuqua in Brewton. She attended W.S. Neal and spent time at Mount Berry School in Georgia. A member of the Church of Christ, she wrote her memoirs of growing up in a book that her family will cherish. The funeral was held at 11 a.m., Saturday, March 10, at Johnson-Quimby Funeral home chapel with Norman Newberry officiating. Burial followed at Green Acres Cemetery in McCall, Ala, with Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home...
Billy Wayne Dixon, 63, of Montgomery, died Thursday, March 8, 2018. Mr. Dixon had many interests including playing music and was a friend to all who knew him. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Monday, March 12, at Dixonville Cemeter with Rev. Dick Dual officiating. Burial followed at Dixonville Cemetery in Dixonville, Ala. with Williams Memorial Chapel Funeral Home of Brewton directing. Mr. Dixon is survived by one brother, George Dixon of Miramar, Fla.; six sisters, Charlotte, Lynell, Linda, Sue, Nancy and Margaret Dixon; and many nephews,...
John Coley Dixon, 79, died Tuesday, March 6, 2018 in a Mobile hospital. Mr. Dixon was born in Dixonville, Ala., where he lived most of his life, before moving to Mobile nine years ago. Retired as a millwright from the box factory at T.R. Miller Mill Company. He was the first charter member of the Dixonville Volunteer Fire Department and a member of the Brewton Pentcostal Holiness Church. The funeral was held at 2 p.m.,. Saturday, March 10, at Brewton Pentecostal Holiness Church with Revs. Byrnes Pitts George Riek, Johnny Cardwell and Pastor...
Mary Margaret Etheridge, 81, of Huxford, Ala., died Thursday, March 15, 2018. Mrs. Etheridge was a native and lifelong resident of Huxford who retired from Vanity Fair with more than 40 years of service. She was a member of Huxford Baptist Church. The funeral was held at 10 a.m., Saturday, March 17, at Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with Rev. James Boyd officiating. Burial followed at Huxford Baptist Cemetery with Petty-Eastdside Chapel Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Etheridge is survived by two sons, Barry (Rebecca) Etheridge of Huxford and...
Henry “Bryant” Harris, 76, died Sunday, March 11, 2018. Mr. Harris was a native of Uriah, Ala. who resided in Atmore. He was of the Christian faith. Following a private service, burial was held at the Oak Hill Cemetery with Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home directing. Mr. Harris is survived by two sons, James (Jessica) Harris and Travis (Cheryl) Harris, both fo Atmore; one daughter, Melissa (Rickey) Lindsey of Bay Minette; two brothers, Gene Harris of Loxley, Ala. and Billy Harris of Perdido, Ala.; one sister, Faye Jones of Loxley; and fiv...
Marvin Larry Free, 64, died Sunday, March 11, 2018 in Mobile. Mr. Free was a native of Greenville, Ala. who had resided in Davisville, Fla. since 1958. A member of the Pinebarren Baptist Church, he was the service manager at Hendrix Tractor Company. The funeral was held at 4 p.m., Wednesday, March 14, at Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with Bro. Ronald Hall officiating and Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home directing. Mr. Free is survived by his childrens' mother, Deborah Ronzone of Bratt; two sons, Gregory Marvin (Aubrey) Free of Buna,...
Sylvia Ann Gacek, 47, died Sunday, March 11, 2018 in Flomaton. Mrs. Gacek was a lifelong resident of Brewton. Of the Baptist faith, she was a homemaker and enjoyed reading. The funeral was held at 10 a.m., Saturday, March 17, at the chapel of Craver's Funeral Home with with Bro. Chuck Day officiating. Burial followed at Beulah Cemetery with Craver's Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Gacek is survived by her husband, Joe Gacek of Brewton; her parents, Sylvester Strength of Flomaton and Betty (Calvin) Davis of Jay; one brother, Robert Thomas Green of...
Shirley Louene Simmons Jerkins, 59, of Brewton, died Sunday, March 4, 2018 after an extended illness. Mrs. Jerkins was born in Brewton, where she spent her lifetime. A member of the 1977 W.S. Neal High School Class, she was employed by the U.S. Postal Service for seventeen years. She was a member of Ridge Road Baptist Church. The funeral was held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, March 7, at East Brewton First Baptist Church with Bros. Lee Cadenhead and Kyle Cinereski officiating. Burial followed at Ridge Road Cemetery in Brewton with Craver's Funeral...
Ola Mae Mosley Johnson, 81, of East Brewton, died Thursday, March 8, 2018 in a local hospital following a brief illness. Mrs. Johnson was a native of Richland, Va. and a longtime resident of East Brewton, where she was a member of Cedar Hill Baptist Church. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Sunday, March 11, at Williams Memorial Chapel Funeral Home with Rev. Tim Boggs officiating. Burial followed at Green Acres Cemetery in Brewton with Williams Memorial Chapel Funeral home directing. Mrs. Johnson is survived by her husband, Clifford Johnson of...
Rose Helen King, 79, died Friday, Feb. 23, 2018. Mrs. King was born Nov. 4, 1938, to Sam Hicks and Gladys Lucille Sog Hicks in Century. Employed by the Escambia Council on Aging in Pensacola for 32 years, she received the board of director appreciation award in June 2000 in the Homemaker services. She was a member of New Calvary Temple Church. The funeral was held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, March 6, at New Calvary Temple Church with Pastor Nancy Riley officiating. Burial followed at Century Cemetery with Jackson-McMurray Funeral Services directing....
Mary Lou Hayes Mitchell, 78, died Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018. Mrs. Mitchell was born Dec. 25, 1939 to Joe and Louella Hayes Coleman in McKenzie, Ala. She attended school at George Washington Carver in Century, graduating from high school later. A master seamstress, she retired from Vanity Fair in Atmore after 32 years of service and became a caregiver at TLC Caregivers, Inc. She received her high school diploma at 62 from PJC's night program. A member of Miracle Temple COGIC in Century, she was also a member of Eastern Star ADA Chapter 197. The...
Ethel D. Lucas, 98, of Atmore, died Thursday, March 8, 2018 at Atmore Community Hospital. Mrs. Lucas was a native of Camden and lived in Atmore most of her life. A graduate of Escambia County Training School, she received her Bachelor and Master's Degrees from Alabama and A and M University. Retiring as a teacher in Escambia County, she taught at Swift, Nokomis, Pleasant Hill, and Canoe Schools. She was a member of Greater Mt. Triumph Baptist Church, where she was a Sunday School teacher and member of the Senior Choir and Missionary Society....
William “The Warrior” Perry Marion, 3, of Brewton, died Monday, March 5, 2018 in Mobile hospital after an extended illness. The funeral was held at 11 a.m., Friday, March 9, at the East Brewton First Baptist Church with Rev. Larry Watts and Rev. Al Bethea officiating. Burial followed at Wildfork Cemetery in Brewton with Williams Memorial Chapel Funeral Home directing. Child Marion is survived by his parents, Chris and Jessica Freeman Marion of Brewton; one brother, Zack Marion of Brewton; three sisters, Kirra Marion, Koltyn Marion and Ele...
Christeen Morgan, 89, died Tuesday, March 13, 2018. Mrs. Morgan was born Nov. 12, 1928 to Leonard and Ethel Ardis Glover in Uriah, Ala. The funeral was held at 10 a.m., Friday, March 17, at Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home with Revs. Kevin Flannigan Doug Odom officiating. Burial followed at Bratt Godwin Cemetery with Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Morgan is survived by two daughters, Cynthia (Randy) Peters and Fay (Glenn) Faircloth; one brother, Clark (Marie) Glover; two grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and numerous nephews,...
Arrie Lee “Buddy” Riley, 69, of Dayton, Ohio, formerly of Atmore, died Friday, March 2, 2018 at Hospice of Dayton. Mr. Riley was a native of Atmore and attended the Escambia County Training School. He lived in Dayton, Ohio for many years and worked as a brick layer. The funeral was held at 1 p.m., Saturday, March 17, at Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Robinsonville with Rev. Monroe Tucker, Jr. officiating. Burial followed at Fairview Cemetery with Turner Funeral Chapel directing. Mr. Riley is survived by three sons, Arrie Yeldell, Preston Yel...
Dr. John Alwin Vanlandingham, 79, of Flomaton, died Wednesday, March 14, at D.W. McMillan Memorial Hospital in Brewton. Dr. Vanlandingham was a native of Marianna, Fla. who had been a member of the Flomaton community since 1974, coming from Ann Arbor, Mich. A 1956 graduate of Milton High School, 1960 graduate of Asbury College and 1970 graduate if the University of Michigan School of Medicine, he was a physician of 46 years. Always in search of ‘eternal studies,’ he read scientific books and enjoyed several hobbies, including motorcycle rid...
Trains and the railroad have always been a big part of Canoe. The earliest recordation of the presence of a depot in the Canoe area may be a blip in The Standard Gauge, a Brewton, Alabama newspaper which noted on December 8, 1898; " A nice new depot is nearing completion at Canoe." North of Canoe, the Alger Sullivan logging railroad ran through the woods around Seizmore and Big Escambia Creek. The exact date of construction of the original depot in Canoe is lost to the fog of history but The...
Lights, especially strange lights, ones that appear suddenly or in places lights have never been seen usually draw a lot of attention. My first encounter with a strange light happen at a young age on a camping trip on the Escambia river just up the river from Mystic Springs. I was probably no more than ten years old at the time, so this would be in the early sixties. We were on the sandbar fishing when a fire ball appeared in the sky coming from the south headed north. This thing looked just like someone had taken a piece of paper and rolled...
Our old barn was the center piece of many happy days of my youngest side of youth. I was the revival preacher and 2x8 plank piano player. The preacher part was easy, the piano plank had to have the keys outlined in black and blank with using Daddy's carpenter pencil. The pencil, kept in his toolbox had to be for sure put back, otherwise things would go from bad to worse if he knew we had messed in his "off limits" stuff. Our barn was built with the middle having a gated drive through with left side doors opening into two rooms for holding...
A Jay juvenile is facing felony charges of attempted murder, arson and burglary following a fire investigation by the Florida Bureau of Fire and Arson that determined a fire Saturday at 2682 Stafford Farm Boulevard in Jay, was intentionally set by a nearby youth. Ethan Marsh-Hual, 13, was questioned by Santa Rosa Sheriff's Office deputies about his involvement in an arson complaint, Saturday, March 17, where several fires with no possible heat source were investigated, according to a Santa Rosa...
While firefighters were battling one blaze inside an apartment on Martin Luther King Drive in Flomaton last Thursday, a second blaze broke out in another apartment with both being caused by items left on a stove. The Flomaton Fire Department responded to a 911 call at 1:31 p.m. to 545 Martin Luther King Drive, Apartment 31, to find the apartment full of smoke and flames coming from the stove. The tenant, Herman Womack, said he had put something on the stove to cook and fell asleep. Womack...
An Atmore man originally charged with murder in the shooting death of 18-year old Flomaton resident Kenneth Harris, Jr., has entered a blind guilty plea to manslaughter and faces a prison term of two to 20 years when he's sentenced on May 23. Escambia County District Attorney Steve Billy said Devonta Deshawn Rollins, 21, 159 East Ashley St., Atmore, admitted in the plea agreement to killing Harris. Billy said under the blind plea, the state makes no recommendation for sentencing, which will be...
The town of Century will advertise for a town clerk following a 3 to 1 vote approval by council members at Monday night's meeting. Council members Ben Boutwell, Luis Gomez and Ann Brooks voted yes. Councilwoman Sandra McMurray-Jackson voted no. Councilman Gary Riley was absent. Since former Town Clerk Leslie Howington resigned Friday, March 9, former Century Gas Superintendent Kim Godwin has been serving as Interim Town Clerk for the town. Godwin is certified as a town clerk. Century Mayor...
