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When the House returns to business next Monday, we will take up the National Defense Authorization Act I wrote about last week. Then we will take up appropriations bills for next fiscal year, which begins October 1, and likely another Coronavirus...

The much-anticipated battle between former U.S. Senator and U.S. Attorney General, Jeff Sessions and former Auburn football coach, Tommy Tuberville to capture the GOP nomination for the U.S. Senate was the marquee event on Tuesday. Unfortunately, my...

Americans have been mired in racial turmoil for weeks now and it seems there is no end in sight. All sides are beyond upset, but also somewhat blinded by emotion and manipulated by politics. There are genuine issues at stake, but the looting and...

With this Covid 19 pandemic just about everything has changed. One thing that hasn't changed that much thanks to the internet is doing family research. I've been able to continue my research at about the same as before the pandemic came about due to...

Remembering the days of playing with June Bugs tied on a string makes me know for sure we Smiths were born with gaps. So, at the ending days of July the figs were ripening full tilt. Mama was making fig preserves full tilt. We were eating figs full...

Trees are a coveted asset in the yard—that is until the trees present a hazard. Recognizing these potential tree hazards in the early stages could save a tree, as well as your wallet. Identifying Potential Tree Hazards Leans One of the first major...

Loyd Joseph Berthiaume, Jr., 68, of McDavid, Fla., died Tuesday, July 7, 2020, at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola. Mr. Berthiaume was born Dec. 16, 1951, to Loyd Joseph and Irene F. Boyd Berthiaume, and had been a member of the McDavid community...

Sarah Gibbs Beyette, 83, of Atmore, died Thursday, July 2, 2020. Mrs. Beyette was born Jan. 29, 1937, to Ardie D. and Georgia Sarah Prestwood Gibbs, in Atmore. A member of First Baptist Church of Atmore, she retired as an accountant at Waller, Crook...

Clarence Eugene Carlton, 71, of Atmore, died Sunday, July 12, 2020. Mr. Carlton was born Jan. 17, 1949, to Lloyd and Lettie Thompson Carlton, in Bay Minette, Ala. He served 21 years in the U.S. Army and during his military career, he also served in...

Delray Godwin Dewberry, 95, died Tuesday, July 7, 2020, in a Mobile hospital. Mrs. Dewberry was born May 10, 1925, to John and Stella Godwin, and she lived in the Pineview community all of her life. A 1944 Flomaton High School graduate, she was a...

Ouida Fay Searcy Grissett, 87, died Wednesday, July 8, 2020. Mrs., Grissett was born March 12, 1933, to Augusta “Gus” and Pauline Searcy, and had lived in the Barnett Crossroads area of Escambia County, Ala. for most of her life. Of the Baptist...

Timothy Jerome Hammond, 58, of Century, died Saturday, July 4, 2020. Mr. Hammond was a lifelong member of the Century community and he was employed by Masland Carpets in the maintenance department and for Cooper Transport. A 1980 graduate of Century...

Keith Leslie Hawks, 57, of East Brewton, died Friday, July 10, 2020, in a local hospital following a brief illness. Mr. Hawks was born Dec. 18, 1962, to Maurice and Claudia Jackson Hawks, in Flomaton and became a lifelong resident of East Brewton. A...

Kenneth “Kenny Ray” Jordan, 67, of Atmore, died Monday, July 6, 2020. Mr. Jordan was born July 27, 1952, to Franklin Buddy and Ella Ruth Stacey Jordan, in Atmore. He owner and operated Kenny's Glass Company. The funeral was held at 11 a.m.,...

Brian Linden Joy, 61, of Atmore, died Thursday, July 2, 2020. Mr. Joy was born Jan. 28, 1959, to Stanley G and Dorothy Styron Joy, in Rochester, N.H. and was a friend to everyone who knew him. A graveside service was held at 10 a.m., Saturday, July...

Larry Eugene McCoy, 74, of Nokomis, Ala., died Sunday, July 12, 2020. Mr. McCoy was born Dec. 5, 1945, to Wilbert and Mary Bloodworth McCoy, in Anna, Ill. He served in the U.S.Army 2nd Armored Division and was an E-5 SPC 2nd Class and served during t...

Roger Lee Miller, 64, died Wednesday, July 8, 2020, in Atmore, Ala. Mr. Miller was a native and lifelong resident of the Escambia County, Ala. Area. He was retired with 10 years of service to Atmore Industries, seven years of service to Trus Joint...

Bobbie Wayne Poole, Sr., 83, of Castleberry, Ala., died Tuesday, July 7, 2020. Mr. Poole was born Feb. 2, 1937, to Curtis Albert and Dorothy Dunn Poole, in Castleberry and had been a lifelong member of the London community. Employed as a truck...

John Wayne Henderson, Sr., 77, of Flomaton, died Saturday, July 11, 2020. Mr. Henderson was born Jan. 27, 1943, to John Wesley and Katie Lee Henderson, in Flomaton. Living in the Byrneville, Fla. and Flomaton communities most of his life, he owned a...