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I'm self-quarantined with time on my hands and things on my mind. I was born (1941) just as our country came out of the Great Depression. 1929 to 1939 was the longest and most severe world-wide economic depression ever. The stock market crashed, men...

Sawmill Day 2020 is canceled. We had to make this decision early due to some orders that had to be made right now. Hopefully, next year will be better. The things we are doing to try to slow the spread of Covid 19 are reminding me of my son's...

The GOP contest for who sits in our number two U.S. Senate seat has been delayed until July 14, 2020 due to the coronavirus. The winner of the battle between Jeff Sessions and Tommy Tuberville will more than likely be our junior US. Senator for six...

It’s been a crazy couple of weeks. Less than a month ago, the Wuhan virus was just a Chinese virus barely getting any attention as it was rapidly spreading around the globe. Within little more than a couple weeks, it has stunned the world and...

As the COVID-19 coronavirus continues to change the way we live our daily lives, its important to take note of the ways this challenging time has brought our communities together. It has been reassuring to see stories of neighbors helping neighbors...

Coronavirus or no coronavirus, Alabama Extension is pressing forward to offer information and learning opportunities to the people of Alabama. Just one week ago, we transitioned to an alternate operations model and assigned employees to work from...

Glenna Sue Amos Beck, 76, died Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Mrs. Beck was born March 29, 1943 in Davisville, Fla., where she resided until 2017, relocating to Atmore. She attended Davisville Elementary School and graduated from Ernest Ward High School,...

Virgil Gene Boddiford, 77, of Wilmington, Ga., died Tuesday, March 17, 2020 following a lengthy illness. Mr. Boddiford was born Jan. 15, 1943, and served in the U.S. Navy as the first male nursing student in Georgia and first male president of the...

Clyde Albert Bristow, Sr., 78, died Monday, March 16, 2020, in Pensacola. Mr. Bristow was a native of Engadine, Mich. and former resident of McAlester, Okla. who had resided in Atmore for the past three years. Of the Church of God faith, he was a...

Eunice Elaine Davis, 77, of Atmore, died Thursday, March 19, 2020, in Pensacola. Mrs. Davis was born June 8, 1942, to P.J. and Pearl Tressell Holsonback in Atmore. She was a homemaker. A graveside service was held at 3:30 p.m., Saturday, March 21,...

Beverly Hammac Evans, 74, of Brewton, died Saturday, March 21, 2020. Mrs. Evans was born Sept. 29, 1945, to Autrey and Beulah Hammac, in Brewton, where she remained a lifelong resident, working as a cosmetologist. Owner and operator of House of...

Angela Elizabeth Branch Ferreira, 45, died Monday, March 16, 2020. Mrs. Ferreira was born in Brewton and was a lifelong resident of Jay, Fla. A 1992 Jay High School graduate, she retired from Santa Rosa Medical Center and was a member of the Century...

George Winston Foster, Sr., 76, died Monday, March 16, 2020, in Phillipsville, Ala. Mr. Foster was a native of Atmore who had resided in Phillipsville for the past 34 years. Retired from International Paper Company, he was a member of the hall's...

Jennifer Duryea Gillis, 43, died Friday, March 20, 2020, at the Jay hospital. Mrs. Gillis was born Feb. 26, 1977, to Hurbert Dryea and Joyce Gillis, in Brewton, where she worked as a nurse. Relocating to Gulf Shores, Ala. 10 years ago, she worked as...

Linda Darlene Pugh Johnson, 60, of McCullough, Ala., died Friday, March 20, 2020 in Pensacola. Mrs. Johnson was born Aug. 11, 1959, to John Calvin and Ada Cannon Pugh in Bay Minette. She was a homemaker for most of her life. A graveside service was...

Ava Marie Lewis, 60, of Perdido, Ala., died Friday, March 20, 2020. Mrs. Lewis was born Feb. 13, 1960, to John Wesley and Doris Owens Lewis in Atmore. A homemaker, she was also employed as a CNA. Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home is in charge of all...

Jane Mills Nalty, 85, of Brewton, died Monday, March 16, 2020 in a Pensacola hospital following a brief illness. Mrs. Nalty was born April 28, 1934, to Wayland Archibald and Annie Sowell Mills in Florala, Ala. and became a lifelong resident of...

Eva Pearl Nazario, 76, died Monday, March 16, 2020 in a Pensacola hospital. Mrs. Nazario was born March 19, 1943, to Harvey and Verbie Byrd, in Stapleton, Ala. A Navy wife, she and her family were previously stationed at NAS Patuxent River in...

Ollie Mae Thornton, 96, died Sunday, March 15, 2020, in Carlinville, Ill. Mrs. Thornton was born Oct. 23, 1923, to George Washington and Lenora Blair Hayes, in Appleton, Ala., She relocated to Bay Minette in 1989 and back to Illinois later and was a...