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In continuing last week's story it becomes apparent that the town of South Flomaton had a colorful history stretching over four decades. Some have said the bars and nightclubs, which once numbered as many as 17 along Highway 29, proved a draw for Navy and Marine personnel stationed in Pensacola. Because of numerous fights, the servicemen organized something known as "dungaree liberty," which was lingo for a group of the servicemen coming to South Flomaton to fight with all takers in the bars...
When you read this the Alger Sullivan Historical Society will have already had our first meeting of 2019. Our meetings are the third Tuesday of every month in the Leach House Museum, 610 4th street in Century. Visitors are welcome at all meetings and new members are welcome at any time of year. Annual dues are $5.00. Most months we have a speaker or other type of presentation and a fellowship meal. Again, all are welcome. At our February meeting (February 19th) Judson and Teresa Carden and I...
It creeped in before we were aware. The holidays are behind, the decorations are put away, the fruit cake all dried and hardened to a lump of ugly has been thrown out for the critters to pick through, then the COLD days turn colder. School is back in session. Sigh! Fog of memory clears. On one of those late January Sunday afternoons of laying beside the wood burning stove or fireplace all wrapped in that ratty old blanket playing monopoly or checkers we scatter the pickup sticks and jacks to answer the urge to breathe fresh air. So outside we...
January is National Oatmeal Month. Oatmeal is a whole grain that can be a delicious, warm way to add whole grains to your eating patterns during the cold winter months. Oats are full of important nutrients like vitamins B and E, calcium, magnesium, and zinc. They contain beta-glucan, a special kind of fiber, found to be especially effective in lowering cholesterol and insoluble dietary fiber, which has anticancer properties and keeps our bowel clean. Best of all, oats, like most other whole grains, can help us maintain a healthy weight once...
Arthur Junior Bell, 92, died Monday, Jan. 14, 2019, in Pensacola. Mr. Bell was a native and lifelong resident of Brewton. A member of the Moyeville Baptist Church, he retired from Kimberly Clark Paper Company and was former owner of JR Trucking company. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 16, at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with Revs. Mike Hutto and Dempsey Bell officiating. Burial followed at Moyeville Cemetery with Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home directing. Mr. Bell is survived by two sons, Nathan Bell of...
Ben Ryan Bradsher, 42, of Gulf Shores, Ala., died Friday, Jan. 4, 2019, after a brief illness. Mr. Bradsher was a native and longtime resident of Brewton before relocating to Gulf Shores 23 years ago. Of the Baptist faith, he was a laborer in the construction industry. The funeral was held at 2:15 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 10, at Baggett's Chapel Cemetery with Bro. Jeremy Yoder officiating. Burial followed with Craver's Funeral Home directing. Mr. Bradsher is survived by his father, Anthony C. Hooks of Gulf Shores, Ala.; one brother, Tony Hooks of...
David Max Curran, 67, of Brewton, died Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019 in a local hospital after a brief illness. Mr. Curran was a native and lifelong resident of Brewton and member of the East Brewton First Baptist Church. A 1969 graduate of W.S. Neal High School, South Alabama and Troy [State] University, he was a retired principal from the Flomaton Elementary School and had been employed with the Escambia County School system for 37 years. The funeral was held at 3 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 5, at Williams Memorial Chapel Funeral Home with Rev. Tim...
Dora “Ann” Fore, 72, died Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019 in Birmingham after an extended illness. Mrs. Fore was born April 18, 1946, to Rummy Stephen and Myrtice Bell in Brewton, Ala. She was a member of Ridge Road Baptist Church. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Friday, Jan. 11, at Ridge Road Baptist Church with Pastor Kyle Cinereski officiating. Burial followed at the church cemetery with Craver's Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Fore is survived by her husband of 50 years, Tommy Rex Fore of Brewton; two sons, Richard (Sarin) Fore of Heber Springs, Ark...
Sally Ann Lambeth Gibson, 71, of Brewton, died Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019, after a brief illness. Mrs. Gibson was a native of Atmore and longtime resident of Brewton. Of the Baptist faith, she attended the Flomaton School System and was a homemaker. The funeral was held at 3 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 9, at Williams Memorial Chapel Funeral Home with Rev. Johnny Cardwell officiating. Burial followed at Traveler's Rest Cemetery in Flomaton with Williams Memorial Chapel Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Gibson is survived by two sons, Randy Gibson of Flomaton...
David Wayne Howell, 55, formerly of East Brewton, died Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, at a hospice facility in Pensacola after an extended illness. Mr. Howell was a native of Atmore who moved to Castleberry and then to Brewton. Of the Holiness faith, he worked as a machine operator in the foundry industry. The funeral was held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 12, at the chapel of Craver's Funeral Home with Sister Brenda Watson officiating. Burial followed at McConnica Cemetery in Perdue Hill, Ala. with Craver's Funeral Home directing. Mr. Howell is survived...
Luvirn G. Mathis, 83, died Monday, Jan. 7, 2019 in Atmore, Ala. Mrs. Mathis was a native of Atmore and former resident of Flomaton who had resided in Atmore most of her life. Retired from Monsanto with 25 years of service, she was a member of Marranatha Ministries, where she served as vice president. The funeral was held at 12 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 10, at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with Bros. Thurl Pearson and Jessie Richardson and Sis. Carolyn Bankes officiating. Burial followed at Oak Hill Cemetery with Petty-Eastside Chapel...
Mary Bell McGhee, 71, of Poarch, died Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019. Mrs. McGhee was born Oct. 28, 1947, to M.C. and Hattie Lou Presley Morris in Atmore, Ala. She was a homemaker. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Monday, Jan. 14, at Atmore Memorial Chapel with Pastor Cornelius Phillips and Tristan Montgomery officiating. Burial followed at New Home Cemetery with Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home directing. Mrs. McGhee is survived by one son, Roger Adam (Althea) McGhee of Poarch; two daughters, Janet M. (Chris) Rodriguez of McCullough, Ala. and Carla M....
Erdeal Pennington McGhee, 97, of Monroeville, Ala., died Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019 in Monroeville. Mrs. McGhee was born Oct. 28, 1921, to Ralph Pennington in Fayette, Ala. and worked as a representative for Community Actions. The funeral was held at 1 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 13, at Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Robert Heard officiating. Burial followed at Oak Hill Cemetery with Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home directing. Mrs. McGhee is survived by two sons, Larry (Linda) Maddox of Excel, Ala. and William Andrew (Debbie) Maddox of...
Patricia Arlene “Patty” Hall McKinley, 59, of Atmore, died Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019, in Mobile. Mrs. McKinley was born Sept. 7, 1959, to Heron and Hazel Brown Hall in Atmore, Ala. Working as an LPN, she was retired as administrative assistant from Baldwin County Department of Human Resources. The funeral was held at 10 a.m, Monday, Jan. 14, at Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home chapel with Bro. Don Davis officiating. Burial followed at Oak Hill Cemetery with Johnson Quimby Funeral Home directing. Mrs. McKinley is survived by her husband, Monty Gre...
Charmain Deuel Pope, 86, died Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019. Mrs. Pope was born Jan. 16, 1932, to Homer Roswell and Victoria Kinsler Deuel in Castleberry, Ala. A 1950 graduate of Conecuh High School and a 1954 graduate of Troy University, her teaching career began at Brewton Elementary School in the fall of 1954. Teaching fifth grade for 9 years in Brewton and then for 27 years in Castleberry, she taught children's Sunday School, directed the children's choir, served as a member of several boards and libraries, playing piano at the First Methodist Chu...
Martha Elizabeth Ratliff, 74, of Brewton, died Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2019 in a local hospital after a brief illness. Mrs. Ratliff was a native and longtime resident of Texas before moving to Brewton. Of the Baptist faith, she was the first female officer in Ellis Sheriff's Department, where she retired from in 2012 with 40 years of service. Graveside services were held Friday, Jan. 11, at City Cemetery in Waxahachie, Texas with Speaker Dennis Brealy officiating. Burial followed with Boze Mitchell McKibbin Funeral Home directing and Williams...
Margaret Christine Byrd Smith, 83, of East Brewton, died Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019, in a Mississippi medical Facility after a brief illness. Mrs. Smith was a native of Lucedale, Miss. and former resident of Mobile before moving to East Brewton. A member of the East Brewton First United Methodist Church, where she was over Communion for the beginning of the month, she was a homemaker who worked formerly as a telephone operator. The funeral was held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 9, at the East Brewton First United Methodist Church with Rev. Jean Spikes...
Marion Petty Stedman, 75, died Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019 in Century, Fla. Mrs. Stedman was a native of Bogia, Fla. and resided in Flomaton, Ala. Since 1999. A graduate of Century High School and Miss Century High School of 1959, she was a hospice nurse and CDL truck driver who was first lady in Charleston, N.Y. Fire Department. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Monday, Jan. 14, at Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with Revs. Jim Stickle and Dexter Truesdell officiating. Burial followed at Ray's Chapel Cemetery with Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral...
Billy Ray Ward, 81, of McDavid, Fla., died Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019 in McDavid. Mr. Ward was born March 20, 1937, to Thomas Jackson and Clara Luticia Brunson Ward in McDavid, and attended Century High School. Joining the U.S. Air Force, he graduated from from the University of Nebraska at Omaha with a bachelor's degree and later retired from the Air Force and Civil Service at NAS Pensacola. He was also a member of both Ray's Chapel Baptist Church and the Walnut Hill Ruritan Club. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 15, at Ray's Chapel...
It is time for the Democrat leaders in Washington to stop posturing when it comes to border security and end the government shutdown. The old expression “get the show on the road” is very apt in this situation. But, truth be told, the show is already on. There is no better way to describe the Democrat strategy right now than as a show, playing to their audience. The Democrats have lost touch with what matters to Americans outside of their bubble. They continue to play to the far-left base of their party in order to placate the loudest voi...
Preparations are being made to take the 2020 Census. This process is not just a fun game to spell out demographic changes and interesting tidbits about us as Americans. It is a very important mandate dictated by the Constitution. The number of people counted determines how many seats each state has in Congress. Thus, it is taken every 10-years. The Country has been changing, demographically, over the last decade, as it always has over the course of history. The states of California, Texas and Florida continue to grow exponentially. All...
With the longest ever shutdown of the federal government, some people are amused, some are enraged, and many are completely unaware. A few may be wondering how did we get here and what is really going on? Sadly, the press is no help; modern media is so biased and tainted, they don’t even know what objective reporting is anymore – journalism is dead. So Americans are left to fend for themselves to try and make sense of all the vitriolic intrigue spewing out of Washington like a broken sewer. The boisterous bickering to assign blame for the gov...
Atmore MLK Parade, March and Memorial Celebration Sponsored by The Concerned Citizens of Atmore “Unity in the Community”. With the local theme, “Unity Keeps the Dream Alive” and the national theme, “Remember! Celebrate! Act! A Day on…Not A Day Off.” The parade will begin at 10 a.m., with line-up at 8:30 a.m., Monday, January 21, from the Houston Avery Park. The parade is sponsored by local businesses and organizations. The parade entry fee is $10.00 per unit with vehicles only and there is no charge for schools, scouts and marchers. App...
Two Brewton residents who escaped from the Escambia County Detention Center's work release center are back behind bars with a tracking dog team running one down Saturday in the Wawbeek area and the second picked up Sunday afternoon walking down I-65 in Conecuh County wearing only his boxer shorts. Christopher Ladale Pugh, 27, 1066 McGougin Road and Christopher Blake Moye, 27, 510 Moye Drive, were arrested over the weekend and are back in the detention center facing felony escape charges. Pugh...
At the Century council meeting Jan. 13, Councilwoman Ann Brooks questioned Century Mayor Henry Hawkins about invoices totaling close to $2,000 for airline tickets he submitted for payment by the town after a group of California business men were flown in to discuss economic development in Century, allegedly approved by Escambia County Commissioner Steven Barry, prior to the visitor's arrival. “Mayor, I would like to ask you about the men that you paid their airfare and you paid their expenses w...
