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A single-vehicle crash on Old Flomaton Road Tuesday night has claimed the life of a Brewton man. Former W.S. Neal student Jordan Cooper, 37, was killed when the 1999 Chevrolet Silverado he was driving ran off the roadway and collided with a power pole and continued to travel down an embankment, colliding with a tree line that surrounded a large body of water, according to a Florida Highway Patrol press release. "Century Fire Department was dispatched to a call of power lines down," said Century...
The body of the last of three missing Flomaton residents who were swept away by floodwaters on Oct. 8 in Junction, Texas has been positively identified as Charlotte Moye, 63. The bodies of Joesph Huss Jr., 55, and Michael McGee, 65, had been previously recovered. Moye's body was found last Tuesday some 90 miles down stream from the RV park on the Llano River in Junction. Her body was positively identified Friday. A fourth body, identified as Davin Hartman of San Angelo, Texas, was also...
The thought of a possible $1.6 billion payout was too much for many people to not take a shot at as literally thousands of Alabama residents flooded into Century Monday and Tuesday to buy a Mega Millions Lottery ticket. According to Lottery officials, there was one ticket purchased in South Carolina that matched all five numbers and the Mega Ball. The winning numbers were 5, 28, 62, 65 and 70 with the Mega Ball 5. The non-jackpot multiplier was three. Danny Patel, owner of Southern Pit Stop in...
A single-vehicle crash at 3:12 p.m. last Thursday, Oct. 18, has claimed the life of a Jay Elementary School student and injured three others. Six-year-old Kirstianna Boutwell was killed when the 2015 Chevrolet Equinox she was a passenger in left the roadway and struck a tree. She was pronounced dead on the scene. Boutwell was a first grader at Jay Elementary School. The driver, Delaney Hammac, 18, of Panama City, was injured and transported to Baptist Hospital in Pensacola, where she underwent...
A registered sex offender who had a crafts booth at Railroad Junction Day in Flomaton and another sex offender who was on his way to Ohio on a Greyhound bus have been arrested for violating the sexual offense registration act. Roman Pierce, 45, whose address was listed in the Dixie community, was arrested Wednesday morning in Clover, S.C., according to Escambia County Sheriff's Office Inv. Bruce Shue. According to Shue, Pierce was convicted of enticing a child for immoral purposes and was a...
An undercover operation initiated by the East Brewton Police Department resulted in the arrest of two men accused of distribution on Lortab. William Robert Pegel, Jr., 1684 Blair Road, Brewton, and Roger Wallie Harrelson, 63, same address, were both charged with unlawful distribution of a controlled substance. East Brewton Police Sgt. Paige Howell said Pegel was arrested Sept. 28 and Harrelson was arrested on Sept. 29. He said the arrests followed an undercover operation that accuses the men of...
A Covington County man wanted in Escambia County on multiple burglary and theft charges was arrested last Thursday in Gulf Shores and now sits in the detention center in Brewton on $100,000 bond. Anthony Shawn Bonifay, 42, was arrested on 11 Escambia County warrants for break-ins in the Bradley community during February, 2017. Bonifay is one of four suspects in the break-ins that involved camp houses, sheds and other unoccupied dwellings in the Bradley area. Reports from the Escambia County...
In a vote of 4 to 1, the Century Council voted at its Oct. 15 meeting approval to purchase two gasoline trucks for the town what will run on both regular gasoline and compressed natural gas (CNG). The trucks approved for purchase are a 2018 Ram 3500 for $26,003 and a 2018 Ram 1500 for $22,893, a price that includes delivery and towing package. The purchase was tabled at an earlier council meeting after Councilwoman Ann Brooks asked if purchasing diesel trucks instead of gas trucks might be more...
The Flomaton Lions Club invites everyone to its first Veteran's Day Celebration from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 10, at the Flomaton Community Center. The event will feature patriotic music by the Flomaton High School band, a formal flag retiring ceremony by Boy Scout Troop 31 and corn hole games that will utilize custom-made corn hole boxes representing each branch of the military. Veterans will eat for free and there will be $5 plates with a hot dog, coleslaw, baked beans, chips and a...
For many people, autumn events like Halloween and Harvest Day are fun times to dress up in costumes, go trick-or-treating, trunk or treating, to a fall festival, and eat yummy treats. These events are also opportunities to provide nutritious snacks, get physical activity, and focus on safety. Going Trick-or-Treating or Trunk-or-Treating? Follow these tips to help make the festivities fun and safe for your love ones: Swords, knives, and similar costume accessories should be short, soft, and flexible. Avoid trick-or-treating alone. Walk in...
Nancy Lee Barbarow, 72, died Friday, Oct. 19, 2018, at her home in Perdido, Ala. Mrs. Barbarow was a native of Atmore who had resided in Perdido for the past 18 years. She was of the Holiness faith. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 21, at New Hope Community Church with Revs. J.P. Lambeth and Malcolm Harrelson officiating. Burial followed at Traveler's Rest Cemetery with Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Barbarow is survived by two sons, James Malcolm (Cheryl) Harrelson of Perdido and Michael (Shauna) Harrelson of...
Marilyn Crutchfield Bryars, 73, of Flomaton, died Monday, Oct. 8, 2018, in Pensacola. Mrs. Bryars was born in Range, Ala. and had been a resident of Flomaton for 10 years, coming from Atmore. A member of New Haven Holiness Church, she had worked as a machine operator at Standard Furniture. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Friday, Oct. 12, at Flomaton Funeral Home Chapel with Revs. Reo Pugh and D. L. Harwell officiating. Burial followed at Range Cemetery in Range, Ala. with Flomaton Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Bryars is survived by four sons,...
Vera Mae Singletary Bush, 84, of Milton, Fla., died Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018, after a brief illness. Mrs. Bush was a native and lifelong resident of Milton. A member of the True Worship Assembly of God Church, where she served in the Women's Ministry and Church Flower Committee, she was a homemaker and farmer. The funeral was held at 3 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 14, at True Worship Assembly of God Church in Berrydale, Fla., with Revs. Adam Peterson and Robert Gandy officiating. Burial followed at Walling Cemetery in Milton with Williams Memorial Chapel...
Margaret Catherine Gollotte, 75 died Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018, in Mobile, Ala. Mrs. Gollette was born April 25, 1943 to Willie and Vicie Lou Gregson. A native of Uriah, Ala., she had resided in Mobile for he past 53 years. Employed as assistant manager for the Meadowlake Elementary School in Mobile where she was known as 'Granny,' she was a member of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Goodway, Ala. The funeral was held at 1 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 23, at Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with...
Loree Ralls Hamiter, 96, of Brooklyn, Ala., died Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 18, at Brooklyn Baptist Church with Rev. Trace Hamiter officiating. Burial followed at the church cemetery with Cope Keahey Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Hamiter is survived by two sons, Jimmy Hamiter of Alexander City and Harold W. “Bubba” (Celia) Hamiter of Monroeville; one brother, John G. (Juanita) Ralls of Brooklyn; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Mrs. Hamiter was preceded in death by her husband, Har...
Cecil Perry Hudson, Sr., 68, of Atmore, died Wedmesday, Oct. 17, 2018 at West Florida Hospital. Mr. Hudson was a native of Monroe County and resident of Atmore most of his life. He attended school in Escambia County and worked as a farmer and logger. The funeral was held at 1 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 23, at Longmire-Jones Memorial Chapel of Turner Funeral Chapel with Elder Edgar McCarthy officiating. Burial followed at Fairview Cemetery with Turner Funeral Chapel directing. Mr. Hudson is survived by his wife, Jerlynne Hudson of Atmore; one son,...
Joseph Warren “Joey” Huss, 55, of Flomaton, died Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018, in Junction, Texas. Mr, Huss was born in Odessa, Texas and was a longtime resident of Flomaton. Of the Baptist faith, he worked as a welding inspector for a number of years. The funeral was held at 10 a.m., Friday, Oct. 19, at the chapel of Craver’s Funeral Home with Rev. Dorsey McDonald officiating. Burial followed at Green Acres Memorial Gardens Cemetery with Craver’s Funeral Home directing. Mr. Huss is survived by his wife, Darlene Huss of Flomaton; one son, Josh (K...
Truby Eloise Nation Mason, 97, died Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018. Mrs. Mason was born Nov. 3, 1920, to Clinton Lafayette and Vida Wright Nation in Haleyville, Ala. Married in 1940, she worked as a secretary for Hines Realty Company and Escambia Insurance Agency between 1956 and her retirement in 1982. The eldest member of Brewton First United Methodist Church, where she was active in the choir, the Wesleyan Service Guild and taught and volunteered, she later developed a telephone ministry of calling every church member on their birthday and each...
Bonnie Ruth Helton Maxwell, 90, died Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018, after a brief illness. Mrs. Maxwell was born Jan. 21, 1928, to Meredith Price and Grace Jarrett Helton in Rome, Ga. She graduated from Girls’ High School in Rome and began working as an office professional. In the mid 1960s, she began working as a personal secretary to administrator Billy Joe Griffin at D.W. McMillan Memorial Hospital. For more than two decades there, she worked in insurance and collection capacities. A member of Brewton First Baptsit Church for more than 60 y...
Robert Haskew Middleton, 97, of Atmore, died Oct. 16, 2018, in Fairhope, Ala. Mr. Middleton was born April 16, 1921, to James Lambert and Phenie Owens Middleton in Pineapple, Ala. A U.S. Army veteran of WWII, he was a member of the American Legion in Atmore, giving 75 years of service. He was also a member of the First Baptist Church of Atmore. The funeral was held at 2:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 19, at First Baptist Church of Atmore with Rev. Arnold Hendrix officiating. Burial followed at Oak Hill Cemetery with full military honors and...
Charlotte Yvonne Moye, 63, died Friday, Oct. 19, 2018. Mrs. Moye was a native of Century who resided in the Brewton-Flomaton, Ala. area for most of her life. She was a member of the Flomaton Pentecostal Holiness Church. The funeral was held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 24, at Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with Rev. Al Bethea officiating. Burial followed at Traveler’s Rest Cemetery with Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Moye is survived by her husband, Curtis Moye of Brewton; one son, Ronald Moye of Byrneville, Fla.; two d...
Anna Lucile Sells, 89, died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018, in Poarch, Ala. Mrs. Sells was a native of Bay Springs, Fla. who had resided in Poarch most of her life. She was a member of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians. The funeral will be held at 10 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 25, at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with Bro. Keith Lisenby officiating. Burial followed at New Home Cemetery with Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Sells is survived by two sons, Billy Glen (Betty) Sells of Cantonment, Fla. and Milton Darrell (Mary Jane)...
Rosalyn Slay, 65, died Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018, in Daphne, Ala. Ms. Slay was a native of Bay Minette and had resided in Baldwin County, Ala. for most of her life. Visitation was held at 12 p.m., Friday, Oct. 12, at Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home directing. Ms. 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; and numerous great-nephews, great-nieces and other family members. Ms. Slay was preceded in death by...
Patricia Ann Grimes Turner, 76, of Flomaton, died Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, at her home. Mrs. Turner was born in Byrneville, Fla. and had been a member of the Flomaton community for 60 years, coming from Byrneville. A homemaker, she was of the Holiness faith. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 18, at Flomaton Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Johnny W. Lambeth officiating. Burial followed at Pleasant Home Cemetery in Flomaton with Flomaton Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Turner is survived by her husband of 60 years, Melvin “Cowboy” Tur...
Linnie Ruth Wolfe, 85, of Jay, died Monday, Oct. 15, 2018 at Jay Hospital. Mrs. Wolfe was born in Dixonville, Ala. and had been a resident of Jay for 53 years, coming from Pensacola. A homemaker of the Pentecostal faith, she was a member of Jay Assembly of God Church. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Friday, Oct. 19, at Mt. Carmel Methodist Church with Bros. Mark Barfield and Bennie Wolfe officiating. Burial followed at the church cemetery with Craver’s Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Wolfe is survived by five sons, Jeffery (Cynthia) Wolfe, Gary W...
