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Hospital Auxiliary is offering scholarships to individuals pursuing studies in a medical-related field. Students must be presently enrolled in a healthcare program and have completed at least one year at an accredited school. Graduate students will also be considered. Previous applications may re-apply. Students must live in the Atmore geographic area. Applications may be picked up at Atmore Community Hospital Gift Shop or by going online to infirmaryhealth.org/hospitals/atmore-community-hospital. The deadline for applications is Fri., June...
Three Northview High School students, Jason Fischer, Kayla Galvan and Lari McCann, were three of 21 seniors who received a portion of $300,000 in 4-year scholarships Tuesday, May 29, at the Graduation and Unsung Hero Celebration at New World Landing in Pensacola. Not pictured is Jason Fischer....
The nature of Southern rural life has always been about neighbor sharing with neighbor. From Virginia to Texas and from Tennessee to South Florida, it's a unique thing to be a Southerner and particularly a rural Southerner. Yet sharing sometimes has its limits. In the early 1900s near present day Baker, Florida lived Oscar and Lola (Kilcrease) Richards and family. Mr. Richards was a Holiness preacher who travelled a circuit of churches in the back woods of Northwest Florida. The Richards had...
The United States has always had a large immigrant population. This population has often been made up of large groups of people fleeing the hardships of their own lands to find a better life. Others seek purpose. This is the beginning story of a genius inventor who, although he had a much better status than other migrants, overcame his own challenges to become one of our national heroes. His name was John Ericsson. John was born in a small mining town of Sweden in 1803. His father, who was a mine inspector encouraged his boy in science and...
The garden had been planted, well some of it. The early part was planted and producing somewhat. For our Sunday dinner, new potatoes had been "grabbled" out from the roots of the biggest plants. Holes had been filled back in so as to allow for the littlest spuds to finish off. English peas had been picked from vines that were jute string tied to inside the garden fence. Mama kinda thought some late blooms would produce more peas. Daddy said, " Shug, you get two messes with English peas, one mess to eat, one mess to clean up". Daddy said to us,...
No matter where you live or what type of severe weather is likely for your area, it is important to be prepared. Along the Gulf Coast, hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30, with the peak period occurring in September - October. Preparedness keeps more people from being hurt and is also a key to food safety during a hurricane and the floods that can accompany it. Residents in Lower Alabama and surrounding areas subject to hurricanes should keep an adequate supply of food, water, and emergency equipment on hand. This includes enough...
Carolyn Eloise Embley, 70, died Friday, June 1, 2018. Mrs. Embley was a native of Mobile who had resided in Chickasaw for most of her adult life. She was active in the Celebrate Recovery with the Wilmer First Baptist Church. A memorial service was held at 2 p.m., Tuesday, June 5, at Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with Bro. J.P. Lambeth officiating. Mrs. Embley is survived by three nephews, Benjamin (Ginger) Godwin of Wilmer, Ala., and Doyle Johnson and Anthony Gene (Jennie) Embley, Jr. of Atmore; two nieces, Anita Catherine (Joey) Stephens...
Donald Ray Marshall, 57, of Walnut Fill, died Monday, May 28, 2018 at Thomas Hospital. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, June 9, at Christian Care Ministry in Atmore with Christian Care Ministry directing....
Roy McKinney, 62, died Friday, May 18, 2018, at Baptist Hospital in Pensacola.. Mr. McKinney was born May 5, 1046, to Willie and Rosie Lee McKinney in Century, Fla. After graduating from G.W. Carver High School, he was employed with Atmore Pole for two years before he was drafted in the U.S. Army, where he served from 1967 to 1975. Awarded a National Defense Service Medal, a Vietnam Service Medal with one Silver Star, an Expert (M-14), an Expert (M-16), two Servcie Stripes, a Bronze Star Medal with “V” Device (First Oak Leaf Cluster), an Air...
Myrtle Ruth Chancery Miller died Thursday, May 31, 2018. Mrs. Miller was born in Perdido, Ala., and had been a lifelong member of the Flomaton and Pineview communities, where she was a homemaker. The funeral was held at 11 a.m., Saturday, June 2, at Flomaton Funeral Home Chapel. Burial followed at Pineview Cemetery with Flomaton Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Miller is survived by one daughter, Delores (Glen) Johnson of Flomaton; one brother, Edward Chancery of Citronelle, Ala.; four grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and other family...
Sheryl Ann Nelson, 59, of East Brewton, died Wednesday, May 30, 2018 after a brief illness. Mrs. Nelson was a native of Fort Belvoir, Va. and had resided in Escambia County, Ala. most of her life. Of the Christian faith, she was a homemaker. The funeral was held t 1 p.m., Sunday, June 3, at Craver's Funeral Home chapel with Rev. Doug Greer officiating. Burial followed at Union Cemetery in Brewton with Craver's Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Nelson is survived by one son, Chris (Caffey) Hammac of East Brewton; one daughter, Nikki Hammac of...
Francis Earline Odom, 79, died Thursday, May 31, 2018. Mrs. Odom was born Dec. 16, 1938, in Atmore and was a lifelong resident of the Little Rock community. She had worked for Vanity Fair in Atmore for many years and was the driving force behind the Grand Ole Dames Garden Club's “Atmore Area's Tour of Homes” during the Christmas season for several years and was committed to raise money for the less fortunate in her community. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Sunday, June 3, at Little Rock Assemblies of Lord Jesus Christ Church with Joh...
Jean Carolyn Odom, 83, of Mobile, died Friday, May 25, 2018 in a Mobile hospital following a brief illness. Mrs. Odom was a native and long time resident of Brewton who was a member of Zion Hill Baptist Church. She was a retired bookkeeper. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Saturday, June 2, at Williams Memorial Chapel Funeral Home with Rev. David Warr and Min. Don Odom officiating. Burial followed at Green Acres Cemetery in Brewton with Williams Memorial Chaepl Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Odom is survived by one son, Guy (Paulette) Oliver of...
Vivian Louise Lyons Patten, of Port St. Joe, Fla., formerly of Atmore, died Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at Sacred Heart Hospital in Port St. Joe. Mrs. Patten was a native of Atmore and graduate of Escambia County Training School who received a Bachelors and Masters degrees from Alabama State University in Montgomery. Teaching school in Greenville, Miss. and Atmore before relocating to Port St. Joe, she retired with 47 years of service in 2004. A member of the Gulf-Franklin Retired Teachers Association, she started one of the first African-American...
Susan Fillingim Purvis, 70, died Wednesday, May 30, 2018 following a brief illness. Mrs. Purvis was born in Atmore and grew up the Bay Springs, Fla. community, where her family owned and operated Morris' General Store. She attended Ernest Ward High School and Pensacola Junior College. Wed in June 1964, she and her husband owned and operated Sugarfoot Farms in Northwest Florida. A Celebration of Life was held at 2 p.m., Saturday, June 2, at the First United Methodist Church in Atmore with Rev. Brennan Peacock officiating. Burial followed at...
John Roberts, 66, of Atmore, died Wednesday, May 30, 2018. The funeral will be held at 2:30 p.m., Saturday, June 9, at Empowerment Christian Center with Christian Memorial Funeral Home directing....
Joseph “Buddy” Carlton Sands, 70, died Thursday, May 31, 2018 in Mobile, Ala. Mr. Sands as born in Key West, Fla. and lived most of his adult life in Atmore. A 1966 Ernest Ward High School graduate, he is, to date, the only All State Linebacker to come out of Ernest Ward High School weighing in at only 155 pounds. A member of the Atmore Church of Christ, he retired from Frontier Communications as the Facilities Supervisor of the Southeastern District, serving a total of 42 years. The funeral was held at 11 a.m., Monday, June 4, at Atmore Chu...
James Earl Waters, 68 died Sunday, May 27, 2018 in Pensacola. Mr. Waters was born in Ruskin, Fla. and had resided in Flomaton for most of his life. A veteran of the Vietnam Conflict, he served with the U.S. Marine Corp and was an avid coon hunter and member of the Northwest Florida Coon Hunters Association. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Friday, June 1, at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with Bros. Bobby Carnley and Joe Macks officiating. Burial followed at Godwin Cemetery with Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home directing. Mr. Waters...
Russell Wayne White, 70, died Saturday, June 2, 2018 in Nokomis, Ala. Mr. White was born in Atmore and resided in Nokomis for most of his life. A U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam Conflict, he was a retired crane operator and of the Baptist faith. The funeral was held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, June 5, at Sullivan Cemetery with Rev. Don Davis officiating. Burial followed with Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home directing. Mr. White is survived by his wife of 49 years, Patricia White of Nokomis; three daughters, Teresa (John) Booker of Perdido, Tina...
