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Do your eyes have all the nutrients they need to help prevent cataracts, macular degeneration, glaucoma and other sight woes? Read on to learn about the top foods for eye health. But don't count on popping a pill to get these nutrients — your best sources of vitamins and antioxidants are from whole foods, since it may be a food's combination of nutrients that have a synergistic healing effect. Kale: See the Light This leafy green is a rich source of lutein and zeaxanthin, which are related to vitamin A and beta carotene, and are believed to p...
Sarah “Obie” Obera Redmon Cohen, 87, of Flomaton, died Thursday, May 3, 2018, in a Century nursing facility after a brief illness. Mrs. Cohen was a native of Troy, Ala. and former resident of St. Pete, Fla. Before moving to Flomaton. She was a member of Little Escambia Baptist Church and a homemaker. The funeral was held at 11 a.m., Monday, May 7, at Little Escambia Baptsit Church with Rev. Jonathan Hill officiating. Burial followed at the church cemetery with Williams Memorial Chapel Funeral Home of Brewton directing. Mrs. Cohen is sur...
Joanna Cunningham, of Brewton, died Thursday, May 10, 2018. The funeral will be at 1 p.m., Saturday, May 19, at Second St. Siloam Baptist Church with Christian Memorial Funeral Home of Brewton directing....
Patsy Mitchell Day, 69, of Brewton, died Saturday, May 12, 2018 after a long battle with cancer. Mrs. Day was born August 27, 1948, to Durwood Gerald Mitchell and Agnes Brown Mixon in Eclectic, Ala. She grew up and attended Pensacola High School, then moved to Jay, Fla. She worked at Judy Bond for many years then for 20 years at West Gate Nursing as a nursing assistant. She had been a resident of Brewton for 41 years. The funeral was held Wednesday, May 16, and burial followed at Gay-Lindsey Cemetery with Trahan Family Funeral Home of Milton...
Barbara Hobbs Dorriety, 68, died Saturday, May 12, 2018, in Robinsonville, Ala. Mrs. Dorriety was a native of Atmore and had resided in Robinsonville most of her life. A nurse for 40 years, she was a member of the Robinsonville Baptist Church. The funeral was held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, May 15, at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with Rev. Doug Odom officiating. Burial followed at the Robinsonville Baptist Cemetery with Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Dorriety is survived by her husband of 51 years, Charles A. Dorriety...
Sylvia Marie Evans, 68, of Repton, died Thursday, May 10, 2018, at Evergreen Medical Center. Mrs. Evans was born in Brewton and relocated to Mobile and Castleberry before coming to Repton. A member of the Castleberry High School Class of 1967 and a graduate of the Mobile Infirmary School of Nursing, she was a Registered Nurse working as an ICU Specialist. She was of the Holiness faith. The funeral was held at 10 a.m., Monday, May 14, at Oak Grove Cemetery with Bro. Raymond Wiggins officiating. Burial followed with Craver's Funeral Home...
Rev. Jack Robert McCullough, 83, died Saturday, May 12, 2018, in Walnut Hill. Fla. Mr. McCullough was a native of Enon, Fla. and had resided in Walnut Hill most of his life. A veteran of the Korean War, he was retired from Monsanto with 35 years of service. Pastoring various Assembly of God's Churches in the area, he was a member of the Dry Springs Community Church and was an avid outdoorsman. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Tuesday, May 15, at the Petty-Eastside Chapel with Revs. Joe Gipson and John Spence officiating. Burial followed at Dry S...
Vera Mae Manning Shell, 85, of Brewton died Tuesday, May 1, 2018 after a brief illness. Mrs. Shell was a native and lifelong resident of Escambia County, Ala. A member of Appleton Church of Christ and member of the W.S. Neal Class of 1951, she was a retired banker from the Bank of Brewton with more than 30 years of service and enjoyed several hobbies. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Friday, May 4, at Williams Memorial Chapel Funeral Home with Rev. Larry Jones and Bro. Bill Blair officiating. Burial followed at Weaver Cemetery with Williams...
Loraine Yvonne Johnson Weinmann, 76, died Monday, April 30, 2018, after a brief illness. Mrs. Weinmann was born May 14, 1941, to D.V. and Mamie Hardee Johnson in Robinsonville, Ala. Retired from First National Bank of Atmore after 37 years, she was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the American Post 90 for many years. She was a member of Robinsonville Baptist Church, where she had served as church treasurer, assistant church treasurer and assistant Sunday School Director. She coordinated the Samaritans Purse shoebox ministry and sewed...
Patrick “Pat” Conn, 60, died Friday, May 11, 2018 in Mobile, Ala. Mr. Conn was a native of California and resided in Atmore for most of his life. He was of the Catholic faith. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, May 16, at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with Rev. Ted Bridges officiating. Burial followed at Oak Hill Cemetery with Petty-Eastside Funeral Home directing. Mr. Conn is survived by two sons, Chris (Sandy) Brown of Oak Grove, Fla. and Clint (Liana Lambeth) Brown of Atmore; two daughters, Shelley (Don) Presley of Perdi...
Newspapers in our area have always profiled local residents and their human interests pursuits. Yet in an era when most people were "closer to the earth" it was well thought of to cover farms and agricultural interests. It is almost a forgotten fact of local history but our area was once awash in peach orchards, produce growing and strawberry patches. The area between Canoe and Malta was no different and many farmers made their livelihood growing such crops. The Brewton Standard was one in a lon...
I was raised in the country many, many years ago. As the oldest of four brothers, I spent summer days out the back door after breakfast with instructions to come back for lunch and stay out of trouble. Four boys roaming the countryside however were often not likely to stay out of mischief, the result usually was the discipline of a switching. And so it was also with school. If our teachers saw a need for a paddle, a phone call to mother afterwards meant there better be a good explanation when we got home to avoid a second dressing. Today howeve...
Poor Mama. She was usually defeated before the battle even started. Daddy bought hog shorts at Gilmore's Store in Wallace and when it was time for that purchase Mama made sure to be there to pick out the sacks. The need to explain this is for the benefit of the younger generation. See, back, way, way, back, things like hog shorts (feed) and flour for biscuits came in cloth sacks, printed with pretty designs of flowers or strips of rainbow color. This cloth was very durable ( had to hold hog feed people). The Purina and Martha White Milling...
A W.S. Neal High School senior and a W.S. Neal Elementary School special education teacher have been arrested on felony computer tampering charges in wake of an investigation about grade changes that still leaves questions as to whether a valedictorian, salutatorian or Top 10 will be named prior to Neal's May 22 graduation. Matthew Keith Hutchins, 18, 420 Travis Road, Brewton, and Lisa Carolyn Odom 58, 1204 Merritt Road, Castleberry, were both arrested by agents with the Alabama Attorney...
Several Pollard and McCall residents continued their complaints about the noise being generated by the new race track on Highway 31 saying the loud noise during the first two races kept them and their children awake after midnight. Dennis Fuqua, John Robert Fountain and Bill Harris appeared before the county commission Monday seeking relief but were told there wasn't much the county could do. Fuqua, who lives near Pollard-McCall Jr. High School, said it was like having a race track in his back...
The Century Town Council voted unanimously to approve Interim Town Clerk Kim Godwin as the official town clerk at its meeting Monday, May 7. Councilwoman Ann Brooks was not present. Godwin began working for the town six years ago, leaving to work for Century Correctional Institute for several months. She returned to the town of Century in 2016 and worked as citizens services clerk, then senior citizens clerk. "Not long after I started working for the town at the window, I expressed interest in...
Flomaton Elementary School held its annual Field Day, Friday, May 18. The sun was shining and the heat bore down, but students were cooled off at the end of the day by being sprayed by Flomaton Fire Department's fire truck. For more pictures see our photo gallery...
An Atmore teenager arrested and later bonded out on attempted murder charges for shooting and paralyzing a fellow classmate is back in jail following a bond revocation hearing Friday accusing him of not complying with his bond conditions; specifically keeping his GPS ankle monitor charged and working. De'Andre Lamar Mitchell, 17, 1440 Tumbling Lane, Atmore, was arrested in April and charged with attempted murder in the shooting of fellow Escambia County High School student Trenton Atchinson....
The Ridge Road Water Authority will soon become part of the city of Brewton's Water Works Board following action taken Monday by the Escambia County Commission. Commission Chairman Raymond Wiggins said a series of public hearings were held in Boykin-Damascus and at the Ridge Road Fire Station and there was overwhelming support to transfer the water system to the city of Brewton. He said there was unanimous support at a meeting in Boykin-Damascus and of the 20 people who attended the meeting at t...
Poll workers in Escambia County (Ala.) have not had a pay increase in 12 years and are asking the county commission to help by giving across-the-board raises to the nearly 160 poll workers who work on election days. Roger Williamson represented the poll workers during Monday's commission meeting asking for “a substantial raise” for the workers. Currently, poll workers in the county are paid the state minimum of $100 per day with the inspector receiving $125. The county is responsible for hal...
Representatives from the Coastal Gateway Regional Economic Development Alliance told members of the Flomaton Town Council that a study performed by the University of Alabama revealed potential market opportunities for a hotel in Flomaton. Will Ruzic and Jess Nicholas with Coastal Gateway addressed the council Monday night. The council had previously approved the economic development study by the University of Alabama that was done at no cost to the town. “We're trying to help development o...
MedStar Air Care landed in Flomaton Monday afternoon as part of the ceremony to welcome the MedStar ambulance (owned by LifeGuard) as the ambulance moved into its new home inside the Flomaton Fire Station. The ambulance now provides 24-7 service to Flomaton and the surrounding areas....
Faced with rising monthly bills, the Flomaton Town Council stated Monday night it will no longer pay bills unless the item was bought with a previously obtained purchase order. Earlier in the meeting the council agreed to transfer $28,224.65 from the municipal court fund to the General Fund. Town Attorney Chuck Johns said that while those funds are restricted to be used by the court, the town's General Fund spent the $28,224.65 on the magistrate's salary before the court began generating enough...
In an effort to develop a paper trail and be more efficient, members of the Flomaton Town Council will begin filling out work order requests to be turned in at town hall. Councilman Buster Crapps said when a citizen comes to a councilman complaining about pot holes, grass or anything else, there needs to be a citizen complaint form. “Instead of running to town hall we can turn it in at the front office,” Crapps said. He noted the mayor is the one who can hire and fire, but it's the citizens who...
I've written several columns over the years telling people they need to drive by their own homes to see what enticing items may be in plain view for a thief to steal. Most thieves are lazy and like to take what is easily visible. They drive by and see your weedeater or lawnmower under the carport and those items could become quick picking. I've had law enforcement officers tell me thieves will simply drive through neighborhoods to check out the landscape. They don't want to be caught climbing...
