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One of the benefits of living in a small community is knowing the neighbors around you and the history of the area. Knowing history seems to help this writer put life in context as against the unfinished book of one's life. Living in the Robinsonville/Canoe area one can see the ebb and flow of those who have came and went in their lives and the effect their lives had on others. Likewise, looking into the old newspapers of our area gives us a new perspective on our local history. Robinsonville...
This time of year a lot of us turn our attention to hunting and camping. When you go hunting in addition to the regular safety rules like make sure of your target before you pull the trigger, always keep the muzzle of your gun pointed away from others and always treat all guns as if they are loaded here in this part of the country we have pests to watch out for almost year round. Yes, I'm talking about bugs and snakes, in particular. I've seen snakes on days when you would swear it was way to cold to be seeing them. One of my first experiences...
I was never acused of being ladylike. I was a rough and tumble sort, short on manners and dress. Mama tried and failed miserbly. Grandma Minnie did get my attention with this warning, "Earline keep your dresstail down over your knees". They both aimed for me to be refined. Never happened. I did heed Grandma's admonishment with having the hemline of my dresses torn out halfway to give me an uneven look. It never bothered me, but poor Mama and Grandma were forever stitching me up. It was fine with me as long as I was covered. Feed sack dresses...
There are very few places in the United States that can boast the sort of diverse infrastructure we have here in Alabama. There are 11 interstates, over 3,000 miles of freight rail, 5 commercial airports, and more than 132,000 miles of rivers and stream channels in our state. One of our state’s most important pieces of infrastructure is the Port of Mobile, the 10th largest port and fastest growing container terminal in the United States. With 41 berths, 5 million square feet of warehouses and yards, and covering 4,000 total acres, it has an eco...
Since this is Alabama vs. Tennessee week and we have a Governor’s Race in three weeks, allow me to share the Story of Shorty Price. Alabama has had its share of what I call “run for the fun of it” candidates. The most colorful of all these perennial “also ran” candidates was Ralph “Shorty” Price. He ran for Governor every time. His slogan was “Smoke Tampa Nugget cigars, drink Budweiser beer and vote for Shorty Price.” In one of Shorty’s campaigns for governor his campaign speech contained this line, “If elected governor I will reduce the gover...
Imagine for a moment a world where reality is relentlessly blurred by constant complaining and whining about irrelevant, trivial, and even fake news. A place where facts are ignored or hidden. A place where an overwhelming obnoxious media echo chamber ferociously repeats nonsensical propaganda until the people can barely get their bearings on what is real and what is fake. That place ladies and gentlemen is America in the 21st century where partisan virtual news is desperately trying to create an alternate reality. Many may be aghast at the tho...
There are many advantages of living so close to the gulf coast. One of them is, it’s easy for us to enjoy eating fresh seafood as we celebrate October as National Seafood Month. Fish and shellfish are easy to prepare and swimming with nutritive value. Fish and shellfish have become an even more important part of the diet as people turn to more healthful eating. People are choosing fish and shellfish more for several reasons. It is economical, versatile, high in nutritive value, quick and easy to prepare, and it tastes good, too. When p...
Fannie Lee Brown, 86, of the Nokomis community of Atmore, died Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, in Atmore. Mrs. Brown was a native of Clarke County, Ala., who had been a resident of Escambia County, Ala. for most of her life. A homemaker, she had attended school in Clarke County and was a member of Mt. Shiloh Baptist Church, where she had worked on the Missionary Society. The funeral was held at 12 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 13, at Empowerment Tabernacle Christian Center with Rev. Austin Kidd and Bishop Darryl North officiating. Burial followed at Mt. Shiloh...
Larry Douglas Green, 69, died Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018 in Mobile. Mr. Green was a native of Chicago and former resident of Jay, Fla. who had resided in Century for the past 38 years. He was of the Baptist faith. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Firday, Oct. 12, at the Godwin Cemetery. Burial followed with Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home directing. Mr. Green is survived by his wife of 53 years, Patricia C. Green of Century; one son, Robert Douglas (Amber Spivey) Green of Century; two brothers, Gary J. Green and Greg (Lynn) Green, both of...
Hayward Tilman Henry, 76, died Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018 at Providence Hospital in Mobile. Mr. Henry was a resident of Escambia County, Ala. and 1961 graduate of W.S. Neal High School. A member of Glory Hill Holiness Church, he worked as a driller at Noble Drilling Company for a number of years. The funeral was held at 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 9, at the chapel of Craver's Funeral Home with Bro. Steve Cooper officiating. Burial followed at Cooper Cemetery with Craver's Funeral Home directing. Mr. Henry is survived by his wife of 56 years, Bonnie...
Brigitte Taschereau Lallier, 91, died Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018. Mrs. Lallier was a native of Plessisville, Quebec, Canada, and grew up there and Grandy, Quebec, until she married. Relocating to Littleton, N.H. then to Mobile, they settled in Brewton in 1958. Receiving her U.S. citizenship in 1995, she was a homemaker and member of St. Maurice Catholic Church, where she received the Christ the King Medal in 2016 for her service. The funeral was held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 13, at St. Maurice Catholic Church with Father Pat Madden...
Janie Ruth Coale Odom, 95, of East Brewton, died Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018 at a local nursing facility after an extended illness. Mrs. Odom was a native and lifelong resident of Brewton who worked as a stenographer with the Alabama State Employment Office for 20 years. A strong supporter of the United Methodist Children's Home, opening her home to children in need in this area, she was a member of Brewton First United Methodist Church. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 13, at Union Cemetery with Rev. Bobby Ellisor officiating....
Mary Alice Peterson, 82, died Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018 in Pensacola. Mrs. Peterson was a native of Canoe, Ala. who had resided in Bratt, Fla., since 1975. A Navy wife who lived at various duty stations around the country, she was a member and Sunday School teacher at the Bratt First Baptist Church, where she filled various positions. She had served the community as a softball coach and Girl Scout leader. The funeral was held at 3 p.m., Wednesdaym Oct. 17, at the Bratt First Baptist Church with Rev. Delbert Redditt officiating. Burial followed at...
Alaysia Raquel Pierre-Louis, 19, died Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018. Miss Pierre-Louis was born August 21, 1999, to Chadwick Pierre-Louis and La Granda Jackson in Brewton, Ala. A 2017 graduate of T.R. Miller High School, she attended Troy University in Troy, where she was a sophomore. The funeral was held at 1 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 6, at Second St. Siloam Missionary Baptist Church with Dr. Willie Blue and Rev. Eric T. Andrews officiating. Burial followed at Baptist Hill Cemetery in Brewton with Christian Memorial Funeral Home directing. Miss...
Lottie Porter, 58, died Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018 in Dyas, Ala. Mrs. Porter was a native of Bay Minette who had resided in Dyas for most of her life. She attended the Fretwell Tabernacle Holiness Church. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Monday, Oct. 15, at Dean's Holiness Church with Sis. Helen Stewart officiating. Burial followed at Deam Cemetery with Petty-Eastside Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Porter is survived by one son, Jackson (Jodi Fields) Porter of Dyas; four sisters, Sally (Vernon) Reasons of Nokomis, Ala., Maggie (Randy) Hayles of...
Mary Ann Riley, 69, of Atmore, died Monday, Oct. 1, 2018 at Thomas Hospital in Fairhope, Ala. Mrs. Riley was a native of Wilcox County, Ala. who grew up in Atmore. A 1968 graduate of Escambia County Training School, she worked at Vanity Fair Corporation for more than 25 years. She was a member of Second Mt. Triumph Baptist Church. The funeral was held at 1 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 6, at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church in Freemanville with Bishop Dashwood Riley and Rev. Michael Wilson officiating. Burial followed at Fairview Cemetery with Turner Funeral...
Dennis Neal Roberson, 71, of Brewton, died Friday, Oct. 12, 2018 after an extended illness. Mr. Roberson was born in Rayville, La. and had been a resident of DeLand, Fla. Prior to moving to Brewton 24 years ago. Earning a bachelor's degree from Southern University in Baton Rouge, he was a member of the management team at Walmart in Brewton for a number of years. After retiring, he served as a lead volunteer with the American Red Cross in Escambia County, Ala. and ran a food bank in Brewton. He was also a member of New Prosperity Baptist Church...
Willie Raymond Salter, 77, died Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018 in a Pensacola Hospital. Mr. Salter was born in Pensacola and had been a resident of the Brewton area before relocating to Castleberry in November 1999. A U.S. Army veteran, he had worked as a machine operator at Container Corporation for 39 years and was a farmer. He was a member of Victory Christian Center and the Country Boy Hunting Club who loved the outdoors. The funeral was held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 9, at the chapel of Craver's Funeral Home with Revs. Danny Sherrer and Andy Peavy...
Rosalyn Slay, 65, died Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018, in Daphne, Ala. Mrs. Slay was a native of Bay Minette. Ala. and had resided in Baldwin County, Ala. most of her life. The funeral was held at 12 p.m., Friday, Oct. 12, at Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home. Mrs. Slay is survived by one brother, Charles Edward Slay of Daphne; one sister, Martha C. Slay of Daphne; one nephew, Mark (Karen) Moore of Daphne; two great-nephews, Reilly Moore and Colston Moore, both of Daphne; and one great-niece, Kaylee Owens of Chatham, Ala. Mrs. Slay was preceded in...
Edward Winston Smith, 71, died Friday, Sept. 28, 2018. Mr. Smith was born July 7, 1947, to Edward and Leona Moody Smith in Brewton. Joining the Second St. Siloam Baptist Church at an early age, he attended Pine Grove Elementary School, receiving his high school diploma from Southern Norman High. He earned a bachelor's degree in education at Alabama State University, where he pledged Phi Beta Sigma. Teaching at Escambia High School in Pensacola, he relocated to Chicago and taught in the Chicago Public School System. Later, he secured a position...
Flomaton resident Louise West was back before the town council Monday night complaining that it appears nothing is being done about cleaning up abandoned properties in town. “I chose Flomaton as a place to retire,” West said. “I didn't know I'd get so involved in the community.” She said she became involved with abandoned properties and said there was still a house on Sue Street that Mayor Dewey Bondurant Jr., promised he would take care of but nothing has been done. “That property is unsafe,...
Flomaton Councilman Buster Crapps took to the podium Monday night to say in all his years of public service he's never seen such disrespect the town employees have for members of the town council. He noted that the current council has two more years left on the current term and most are getting older. “In all my years as a public servant, whether it be in law enforcement or on the city council, I've never seen a council disrespected like this one,” Crapps said. He noted he's served with thr...
Last Saturday, Oct. 13, the Flomaton Fire Department and MedStar hosted a benefit car wash and sold plates for Flomaton High School student, Kelsie Padgett, the 17-year-old daughter of Jeremy and Tracey Padgett, who is battling a brain tumor. People from all around the area gathered to wash cars, cook, serve plates and raise money for her to help pay medical expenses for treatment. Many thanks to everyone, including Flomaton Fire Department, MedStar 16, Aircare, Shandscair, Mike Lambert, WPFL,...
The Florida Rural Water Association presented its findings and a subsequent Drinking Water System Asset Management and Fiscal Sustainability (AMFS) plan based on those findings for the town of Jay Monday night. The Northwest Florida Water Management District asked the Florida Rural Water Association to do an assessment of Jay water system. Council members received a printout of proposed improvements and associated rate sufficiency and Chris Bailey with the Florida Rural Water Association...
A Century man who ran several motorists off the road while traveling south in the northbound lane of Highway 31 Saturday night faces multiple charges after concerned citizens blocked his vehicle in the median at the intersection adjacent to the Tri-County Speedway. Michael Orlando McWilliams, 45, 69 Ashford Alley, was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and issued multiple traffic citations that included reckless driving and driving on the wrong side of the road....
