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Pre-schoolers who participated in the JumpStart Program at Flomaton Elementary School last week were treated to a quick course in fire safety with the Flomaton Fire Department last Friday, June 22, before they got wet! Flomaton Fire Chief Steve Stanton, accompanied by Flomaton fire fighters Jeremy Lee and John Fowler, spoke to students about fire safety, reminding them what a fireman in full uniform looks like and how important they are in case of fire. Then, the students went outside for a l...
Shrouded in the foggy shadows of our area's distant past is the long-forgotten colony known as the Canoe Highlands. The colony was apparently made up of settlers from the Mid-West and our local newspapers from the late 1800s to early 1900s gave a fleeting mention of the colony over roughly a ten-year stretch. The fate of the colony; as well as the men and women who struggled to carve it out of the wilderness, is a forgotten chapter of our past. Perhaps the patriarch of the colony was the...
The events in our history that directed major changes in the evolution of our world are often thought of as far away and detached from local history. But, several people who changed our history lay at rest today in this county. One of the most notable was a man who by his vision and actions helped change the concept of military sea power; his story is well worth revisiting. Now buried in St. Michael’s at Pensacola, his name was Stephen Mallory. The months of 1860 were the beginning of our nation’s largest failure, the Civil War. During thi...
Planning a trip this summer? Sure, that’s what vacations are all about. But, fun all goes by the wayside if you take a vacation from diabetes control. Some careful pre‐travel planning can help you manage your diabetes while on the road and allow you to get the most enjoyment out of your vacation. First, you want to request a letter from your physician stating your medical condition and a list of medications. Next, get prescriptions for medications, insulin, syringes, etc., and have all syringes and vials of insulin clearly marked with the pharm...
Steven Ray Bailey, 34, died Saturday, June 16, 2018 in Milton, Fla. Mr. Bailey was a native of North Charleston, S.C. and former resident of Century, where he lived for 30 years. Relocating to Milton more than three years ago, he was on the CERT Team with the Florida Department of Corrections. A 2002 Northview High School graduate, he earned an associates degree from Pensacola State College in 2011 and then a bachelor's from the University of West Florida in 2014. He was a U.S. Army veteran who served in Afghanistan from Feb. 2004 to Feb....
Michael “Mike” Fox, 53, died Thursday, June 21, 2018 at his home in Crossroads, Ala. Mr. Fox was a native of Bay Springs, Fla. And had resided in Crossroads for the past 19 years. He was of the Protestant faith. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Sunday, June 24, at Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with Ronnie Faulk officiating. Burial followed at Bay Springs Cemetery with Petty-Eastside Funeral Home directing. Mr. Fox is survived by his mother, Elizabeth (Ronnie) Faulk of Walnut Hill; one son, Michael R. Fox of Bay Minette; one daughter, Fel...
Doris Golden Marshall, 84, of Jay, died Monday, June 18, 2018. Mrs. Marshall was born in Dixonville, Ala. June 24, 1933, to John Edward and Ruth McNaughton Golden. Employed with Golden Gin and Warehouse since 1962, she played the piano from the founding of Golden Memorial Holiness Church in 1964. She served the needs to many Jay area cotton farmers while working for the gin. The funeral was held at 11:30 a.m., Friday, June 22, at Golden Memorial Holiness Church with Bros. David Walther and Lendell Birdsong officiating. Burial followed at the...
Cedric Dewayne Nearer, 35, died Monday, June 18, 2018. Mr. Nearer was born January 4, 1983, to Walter J. and Mary G. Nearer in Escambia County, Ala. The funeral was held at 11 a.m., Monday, June 25, at Christian Memorial Funeral Home with Min. Andrew Nearer officiating. Burial followed at Bethlehem Cemetery in Brewton with Christian Memorial Funeral Home directing. Mr. Nearer is survived by two sons, Xavier Nearer and Javaious Nearer; his parents; two sisters, Alicia Renee Nearer and Felicia Campbell; and numerous nephews, nieces, uncles,...
Merline Rabb, 78, of Enfield, Conn., died Friday, June 15, 2018. Mrs. Rabb a native of Atmore who had lived in Connecticut since 1959. Retired from the Stanadyne Manufacturing in Windsor in 1981, she was a member of Community Partners in Action in Hartford, Conn. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, June 29, at Mt. Gillead Baptist Church in Freemanville with Rev. Gary Bryant officiating. Burial will follow at Pierce, Rabb and Montgomery Cemetery with Turner Funeral Chapel directing. Mrs. Rabb is survived by two sons, Michael (Kerri) Rabb...
Dora Ann Rolin, 88, died Friday, June 22, 2018 in Century, Fla. Mrs. Rolin was a native of Grove Hill, Ala. who lived in Century most of her life and was a long-time resident of Poarch, Ala. She was a member of Poplar Dell Baptist Church. The funeral was held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, June 26, at Poplar Dell Baptist Church with Revs. Bill Stuckey and Mitch Herring officiating. Burial followed at Judson Creek Indian Cemetery with Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Rolin is survived by one son, Gregory (Laura Ann) Rolin of Poarch; two...
Charles Keevin Wiggins, 58, died Wednesday, June 13, 2018 in Pensacola. Mr. Wiggins was born June 6, 1960, to Leonard Kent and Audeen Godwin Wiggins in Atmore. A graduate of Ernest Ward High School, he attended Auburn University and worked as a realtor in Alabama and Florida for more than 20 years, spending several years with builder Ricky Wiggins. He enjoyed riding motorcycles and working with his hands, also participating in sports activities and travel. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Saturday, June 23, at Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home. Burial...
Everett Michael Wright, 55, of Gretna, La., died Saturday, June 23, 2018 in a Harvey, La. health care facility following an extended illness. Mr. Wright was a native of Pensacola and former resident of both Mobile and Brewton before he relocated to Louisiana three years ago. A laborer in the construction industry and a former paratrooper in the U.S. Army 101st Airborne, he was of the Christian faith. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Monday, June 25, at the chapel of Craver's Funeral Home with Pastor Jeff Scurlock officiating. Burial followed at...
The death of a child in the first year of life is an unimaginable tragedy. Alabama has the second highest infant mortality in the nation, with more than nine in 1000 newborns dying before their first birthday. Some of these children die because of extreme prematurity, others because of birth defects. Unsafe sleeping practices, however, are the cause of at least 24 percent of these deaths – deaths that are completely preventable. Every single loss of a baby is a tragedy both for a family and for our state. It is especially shocking when the b...
A favorite holiday of my childhood was celebrated on the 4th of July. That day had to be earned with sweat and bother. Sweat was sweated in the early morning as we had to plant the last of the sweet potatoes. Let me explain that. Mama and Daddy always had a bed of sweet potatoes to grow plants for the start of the acre of those tubers to feed us and anyone else in our neighborhood or kinfolk. We would pull up the plants from the beds to stob down into the rows, the plants grew vines that we took "cuts" from to keep adding so as to fill the...
