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Easter is right around the corner! Most “children” young and old alike are looking forward to the traditional Easter Egg Hunt. You remember how that goes don’t you? You dye all those eggs, and then hide them outside in the grass, bushes, behind trees and who knows where else. After the hunt is over you then eat the eggs you found, right? NO! WRONG! No Way! NADA! Please Don’t Eat those eggs!!! Eggs, like most other foods, especially animal products, should be handled carefully to avoid bacterial contamination. It’s really important to always wa...
MacArthur Black, 74, died Thursday, March 22, 2018 at Atmore Nursing Care Center. Mr. Black was a native of Atmore who graduated from Escambia County Training School in 1961. He relocated to Florida where he worked in fruit orchards for many years and enjoyed several hobbies. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, March 31, at Faith Tabernacle Holiness Church in the Freemanville Community with Elder Edgar McCarthy officiating. Burial will follow at Stallworth Cemetery with Turner Funeral Chapel directing. Mr. Black is survived by his...
Annie Pearl Brazzell, 87, of Atmore, died Monday, March 26, 2018 at Atmore Nursing Care Center. Mrs. Brazzell was a native of Monroe County and longtime of Atmore. A 1950 graduate of Escambia County Training School, she was a retired machine operator at Monsanta Chemical Plant in Pensacola and had also worked as a seamstress at Vanity Fair. She was also a member of Libert Missionary Baptist Church. The funeral will be hald at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, March 31, at Liberty Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. Isaac Bradley officiating. Burial...
Willie Adams Zika Brothers, 89, died Tuesday, March 20, 2018 in Century, Fla. Mrs. Brothers was a native of Bay Minette, Ala. and former resident of Christian Home, Fla. for 60 years who resided in Bay Minette for the past few years. A caregiver for sick and elderly people, she was a member of Christian Home Freewill Baptist Church. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, March 21, at Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with Rev. Grant Dykes officiating. Burial followed at Christian Home Cemetery with Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home...
Jimmy Darin Cunningham, Sr., 51, of Atmore, died Thursday, March 15, 2018. Mr. Cunningham was a native of Atmore and 1985 graduate of Escambia County High School who served in the U.S. Army or three years, receiving the rank of SPC4. He later worked for Alto Corporation, where he was still employed. A memorial service was held at 12 p.m., Saturday, March 24, at Longmire-Jones Memorial Chapel of Turner Funeral Chapel with Min. Betty Cox officiating and Turner Funeral Chapel directing. Mr. Cunningham is survived by former wives, Cassandra E....
Edward O’Neil Dawson, 80, died Monday, March 26, 2018 in Pensacola. Mrs. Dawson was a native and lifelong resident of Barnett Crossroads who retired from Masland Carpet with 32 yeasr of service. He was also a member of the Liberty Baptist Church. The funeral will be hald at 3 p.m., Thursday, March 29, at the Petty-Eastside Chep Funeral Home with Revs. Tony Richburg and Mitch Lambeth officiating. Burial followed at New Bethlehem Cemetery in Barnett Crossroads with Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home directing. Mr. Dawson is survived by his w...
Ida Lee English Frye, 71, died Tuesday, March 13, 2018. Mrs. Frye was a native of Barth, Fla. who grew up in Walnut Hill, Fla. and attended school in Cantonment. A 1964 graduate of Ransom High School, she attended Troy State University, where she earned a degree in Business Administration. A member of Gaines Chapel AME Church, where she served as a Trustee, she worked as a beautician in Atmore as owner and operator of Fancy Fingers Salon and Boutique. The funeral was held at 11 a.m., Monday, March 19, at Gaines Chapel AME Church with Rev. Amos...
Scotty Ray Hardy, 67, died Sunday, March 11, 2018. Mr. Hardy was born Aug. 23, 1950 to Jody Harris and Annie Hardy-Woods in Brewton. A 1969 graduate of Southern Normal School, he moved to Jersey City, N.J., and worked at Frys Metals until 2007, when he retired. Relocating back to Brewton in 2008, he began working for the Escambia County Sheriff's Office and renewed his membership at Second Saint Siloam Missionary Baptist Church. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Friday, March 16, at Second Saint Siloam Baptist Church with pastor Willie J. Blue...
Terry “Buddy” Johnson, 74, died Friday, March, 16, 2018. Mr. Johnson was born in Bay Minette and had been a life long resident of Castleberry. A U.S. Army veteran and farmer, he was a member of Glory Hill Holiness Church and an avid outdoorsman. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Sunday, March 18, at Glory Hill Holiness Church with Bros. Steve Cooper and Jeff Harris officiating. Burial followed at the church cemetery with Craver's Funeral home directing. Mr. Johnson is survived by his wife of 30 years, Barbara “BJ” Cain Johnson of Castleberry; fou...
Opal Jean Turner Murphy, 88, of Brewton, died Wednesday, March 14, 2018 after a brief illness. Mrs. Murphy was a native of Glendale, Fla. and former resident of Andalusia, Ala. before moving to Brewton. A homemaker, she was of the Baptist faith. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Monday, March 19, at Williams Memorial Chapel Funeral Home with Pastor Charles Kenneth Murphy officiating. Burial followed at Zion Hill Cemetery in Brewton with Williams Memorial Chapel Funeral Home of Brewton directing. Mrs. Murphy is survived by her husband, Charles...
William “Butch” Hughie O'Farrell, 74, of Brewton, died Sunday, March 11, 2018 after a brief illness. Mr. O'Farrell was a native and life long resident of Brewton who attended W.S. Neal High School. A U.S. Army veteran, he worked as a yard maintenance man. The funeral was held at 4:30 p.m., Thursday, March 15, at Zion Hill Cemetery with Rev. James Aubrey Wilson officiating. Burial followed at Zion Hill Cemetery with Williams Memorial Chapel Funeral Home directing. Mr. O'Farrell is survived by one step-daughter, Christie (Steve) Johnston of Eas...
Hollie Wayne Thrower, 88, died Monday, March 12, 2018 in Atmore. Mr. Thrower was a native of Trenton, N.J. who had resided in Atmore for the past 70 years. A veteran of both WWII and the Korean War, he was of the Methodist faith. Following a private family service, burial was at Walnut Hill Cemetery with Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral home directing. Mr. Thrower is survived by one son, A.L. “Snake” Thrower of Atmore; one daughter, Sharon Thrower of Dayton, Texas; one brother, Robert Glenn Thrower of Walnut Hill, Fla.; and five gra...
Jimmy Ray Travis, 68, of Summerdale, Ala., died Monday, March 19, 2018 after a brief illness. Mr. Travis was a native of Brewton and former resident of Mobile and Arkansas prior to moving to Summerdale. A member of the Wesleyan Church in Magnolia Springs, Ala., he was a U.S. Marine Vietnam veteran who retired retired as a hydroblaster in the construction industry. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Friday, March 23, at Williams Memorial Chapel Funeral Home with Rev. David Bane officiating. Burial followed with military honors at Beulah Cemetery...
The 1930s were hard times for many Americans. Wall Street had crashed, and the nation was in the depths of the Great Depression. The government sought desperately to put people back to work as in many jobs had disappeared overnight. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal sought to restore confidence and create economic security through a host of projects. The effects of those projects can be seen today. Little River State Park was a Civilian Conservation Corps project, whereby young men from...
I enjoyed Kevin McKinley's column on Grubbs cafe. Grubbs cafe was owned by the woman I knew in my childhood as Aunt Hattie. She was not related to us. My mother had worked for her from her teen years and remained close throughout Mrs. Grubbs' life. Momma grew up in the Oak Grove community of Monroe County, Alabama. In her late teens she was in NYA camp in the Atmore area. A group of the girls were walking through Atmore when Mamma spotted a sign in the window of a cafe saying “Help Wanted.” She told her friends, “I'm going to go in and ask f...
Back in my young days of the early 1950's when Mama cooked squirrel we used a wood burning cook stove. Humpy loved squirrel, fried, in dimplings or smothered in gravy. He killed 'em, Mama cooked 'em, we all ate 'em. To set this story, our family shared a distant relative with the community far and near that would circulate among her relatives or claimed kin for visits and to get news, give news and opinions. Especially opinions. We called her Aunt Dell. Most old ladies back then were called "Aunt". Aunt Dell was spending a few days at our house...
Last Friday, March 23, area students gathered at Flomaton High School gym to participate in the Super Fun Gym Day to show off their skills and abilities in games, races and fun activities. Students from Brewton Schools, Escambia County Middle and High Schools, Flomaton, Huxford, W.S. Neal Schools, Pollard-McCall, Rachel Patterson and T.R. Miller were cheered on by their school mates as they raced, hopped, tossed, danced and enjoyed competing in various activities. Students who participated in...
The Escambia County (Ala.) Board of Education unanimously approved the addition of a School Resource Officer (SRO) at Flomaton schools at last Thursday's meeting. School Superintendent John Knott said the agreement was that another resource officer would be in place after spring break following a meeting he had with Flomaton Mayor Dewey Bondurant, Flomaton Councilman Jim Johnson and Flomaton Police Chief Bryan Davis, prior to the board meeting. "We must have clear hierarchies of command," said K...
The town of Century will receive $270,000 over the next 25 years if Verizon installs a cell phone tower locally, a request from the company Century Mayor Henry Hawkins presented to the council Monday night. Mayor Hawkins said that the company will pay $800 a month for 25 years to place a tower in the town. The next step the town is to plan a meeting with Verizon representatives and determine where the tower will go, following the approval. The company inquired about the east side of the lumber...
Atmore resident Jerry Gehman said he's optimistic that daily passenger rail service between New Orleans and Atmore will happen in the wake of a recently-passed federal government spending bill that contains money and grants to restore passenger rail service. Gehman, who serves on the Southern Rail Commission, said while he hopes the plan will eventually provide passenger rail service from New Orleans to Orlando and possibly north, he said the first step will be to get the service from New...
Come one, come all; John Lambert is trying to resurrect the Escambia County Community Band and is seeking players from across the area. "If you, or anyone you know, participated in a band program please consider the Escambia County Community Band," Lambert said. "Please like our Facebook page and make a comment." Lambert said the band experienced difficulty obtaining adequate instrumentation last year. "We hope to recruit enough to remedy the problem," Lambert said. "If it seems we have enough...
Candace Lynn Hudson of Mobile attempted to make a u-turn on Highway 31 near Hurricane Park in Flomaton and was struck by a vehicle driven by Jessie L. Hayes of Chapel Hill, Tenn., Monday afternoon that closed both lanes of the highway for a short time. Neither passengers were seriously injured....
It looks like W.S. Neal Elementary and Middle Schools in East Brewton will get new sidewalks along Williamson Street after members of the Escambia (Ala.) County Board of Education approved a commitment to the Sidewalks Grant Project-City of East Brewton in the amount of $25,000 at last Thursday's meeting. The total amount needed to complete the project is about $270,000, which includes some engineering costs, according to School Superintendent John Knott. The city of East Brewton approached the...
At a reception honoring several Flomaton Lions' extended memberships, the club was awarded a several awards and members were recognized for extended membership in the club. Above left, District Vice Governor Claudia Wigglesworth presents Lion Wayne Key with a 10-year membership pin. Above right, Lion President Ruth Harrell receives a club membership challenge award plaque from District Governor Andy Marshall. See next week's edition of the Tri City Ledger for more in-depth co...
The Escambia County (Ala.) Board of Education approved the following personnel recommendations at its Thursday, March 22 meeting. The changes are as follows: Leave of Absence Tashan Streety, 6-hour lunchroom worker at WS Neal Elementary School, leave of absence, effective March 5, 2018 through July 5, 2018; Vicky Williams, 7-hour lunchroom worker at Escambia County Middle School, leave of absence, effective February 26, 2018 through March 31, 2018, tentatively Resignations Patrick Kyles, 4-hour custodian at Rachel Patterson Elementary School,...
