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October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the perfect time to learn how to reduce your risk by eating right and engaging in physical activity. While there is no guaranteed way to prevent breast cancer, a healthy lifestyle can help reduce your risk of developing it and boost your odds of full recovery. All women are vulnerable to developing breast cancer but certain women are at a higher risk. Although some risk factors can’t be controlled, such as family history, gene mutations, onset of menstruation and menopause, other risk f...
Mae Fannie Brown, 88, died Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018 at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola. Mrs. Brown was a native of Monroe County, Ala. and had been a resident of Atmore most of her life. A member of Gaines Chapel AME, where she sang in the Senior Choir, she was a retired presser from local dry cleaners and loved flowers. The funeral was held at 11 a,n,m Saturday, Sept. 22, at Gaines Chapel AME Church with Rev. Amos Smith officiating. Burial followed at Stallworth Cemetery with Turner Funeral Chapel directing. Mrs. Brown is survived by...
Infant Judson Scott Caraway died Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018 in Brewton. The funeral was held at 3 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Bryars-McGill Cemetery with Rev. Justin Morse, Sister Helene Stewart and Rev. Junior Byrd officiating. Burial followed with Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home directing. Infant Caraway is survived by his parents, Anthony and Jessica Caraway; four grandparents, Tim and Tiwania Caraway and Ken and Andrea McCray; and four great-grandparents, James and Ruby Welch and Harold and Ruby Fretwell....
Billy Joe Griffin, 87, of Brewton, died Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018, following a brief illness. Mr. Griffin was a native of Fort Payne, Ala. and former resident of Bay Minette before moving to Brewton in 1962. Retired as administrator for D.W. McMillan Memorial Hospital from 1962 until 1994, he was a retired colonel in the U.S. Army. He served in the Army Reserves and the Alabama National Guard and was recognized with the Meritorious Service Medal. A 1949 graduate of Baldwin County High School, he was later inducted into the school's Athletic...
William Travis Gunn, 29, died Friday, Sept. 28, 2018 in Pensacola. Mr. Gunn was a native of Pensacola who has resided in Walnut Hill, Fla. for most of his life. He was a 2008 graduate of Judy Andrews High School. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 2, at Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with Rev. Ricky Peebles officiating and Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home directing. Mr. Gunn is survived by one son, Cableaux Gunn of California; one daughter, Saoirse Gunn; his parents, Mark Gunn of Walnut Hill and Tracey L. Gunn of Pensacola;...
Carmen Ivie, 80, died Friday, Sept. 14, 2018. Mr. Ivie was born Dec. 6, 1937, to James A. and Vidella Ivie in Provo, Utah. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, he retired from Jefferson-Smurfit (Container Corporation) after 39 years. A painted and lettered signs for Exxon's oil wells and other various businesses. Known for his cartoon drawings and singing voice, he served as PTA president. The funeral was held at 10 a.m., Monday, Sept. 17, at Flomaton Funeral Home chapel with Dr. George Fredericks officiating. Burial...
Brad Stinson, 42, died Monday, Sept. 24, 2018 in Atmore, Ala. Mr. Stinson was a native of Norfolk, Va. And former resident of Enterprise, Ala. Who had resided in Atmore since 2008. A 1994 graduate of Enterprise High School and 1998 graduate of Auburn University, he also graduated from the Thomas Goode Jones School of Law in 2003. An avid skeet shooter, he was the Alabama State Champion at age 14. He also shot at the Jr. World Competition in Massachusetts, Texas and California and was invited to the Olympic Training Camp in Colorado Springs,...
Wyvonnie McCurdy (Como) Stuckey, 92, of Evergreen, died Friday, Sept. 28, 2018 at D.W. McMillan hospital. The funeral was held at 11 a.m., Monday, Oct. 1, at Cope-Keahey Chapel with Revs. Edward Robinson and Bill Messer officiating. Burial followed at Mt. Carmel Methodist Church Cemetery with Cope-Keahey Funeral Home of Evergreen directing. Mrs. Stuckey is survived by one son, Lewis (Cathy) Como of Castleberry; one daughter, Rogene (David) Martin of Brewton; six grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Mrs. Stuckey was preceded in death by...
Anita Faye upton, 73, died Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018 in Mobile. Mrs. Upton was a native of Pensacola and former resident of Molino who had resided in Flomaton since 1971. She was the manager for the Mt. Zion Chapel Baptist Church Food Kitchen and a member of the Mt. Zion Chapel Baptist Church. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Monday, Oct. 1, at Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral home with Rev. Ricky Peebles officiating. Burial followed at Little Escambia Baptist Cemetery with Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Upton is survived by...
Mattie Bell Hodge Lynch, 96, of East Brewton, died Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018, following a brief illness. Mrs. Lynch was a native of Conecuh County, Ala. who was a retired caregiver. She was of the Protestant faith. The funeral was held at 11 a.m., Monday, Oct.1, at the chapel of Craver's Funeral Home with Bros. Don Cox and Robert Knowles officiating. Burial followed at Fort Crawford Cemetery with Craver's Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Lynch is survived by one son, Gene Lynch of East Brewton; one daughter, Polly (Mitch) Pace of Brewton; two...
Update JUNCTION, Texas, Monday, October 8, 1:40 p.m. Family members have confirmed to officials that Flomaton resident 56-year old Janet Shultz has been found alive but battered following the flood that washed away a camp ground in Junction, Texas, early Monday morning. Escambia County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Mike Lambert said Shultz was found clinging to a tree about 20 miles downstream from the campsite on the Llano River. Lambert described her injuries as significant and noted she has... Full story
Update Tuesday, Oct. 9 12:33 p.m. All Escambia Co. (Ala), Escambia Co. (Fla) and Santa Rosa Co. schools will be closed tomorrow, Wednesday Oct. 10. Escambia County (Ala.) Emergency Director David Adams is encouraging area residents to keep an eye on Hurricane Michael, which is expected to make landfall along the Florida panhandle Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning. Adams told members of the Escambia County Commission Monday morning that current projections have the storm going more east an... Full story
