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Wilbur Coleman Fountain, 82, of East Brewton, died Tuesday, Aug., 18, 2020, in a local hospital following a brief illness. Mr. Fountain was born May 9, 1938, to Percy and Mazie Wiggins Fountain, in Repton, Ala. and was a life long resident of East Brewton. A 1956 W.S. Neal High School graduate, he was a retired supervisor from Monsanto with 40 years of service. He was a member of the Brewton First Presbyterian Church and a member of the U.S. Army/National Guard. A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, Aug. 21, at Union Cemetery...
Chris Wayne Hawkins, 64, of Christian Home, Fla., died Monday, Aug. 17, 2020 in Pensacola. Mr. Hawkins was born Dec. 25, 1955, to D. Wayne and Norma James Hawkins, in Shawnee, Okla. A U.S. Navy vetern with four years active duty served on the USS Lexington, he had been in the ministry for more than 40 years, pastoring many churches since 1980. For the past 11 years, he had been the pastor of Byrneville United Methodist Church while employed as a registered nurse with Santa Rosa Medical Center. The funeral was held at 10 a.m., Saturday, Aug, 22,...
Thomas E. Hellinger, 62, of Brewton, died Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, at West Florida Hospital in Pensacola. Mr. Hellinger was born Jan. 4, 1958, to Arlington and Evelyn Hellinger, and was a lifelong member of the Flomaton community, where he worked as a welder. He was a member of Moyeville Baptist Church and enjoyed the outdoors. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 27, at Flomaton Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow at Moyeville Baptist Church in Brewton with Flomaton Funeral Home directing. Mr. Hellinger is survived by one son,...
Michael David Johnson, 74 of Jay, died Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020, in a Pensacola healthcare facility. Mr. Johnson was born Jan. 31, 1946, to Perry and Bertha Jackson Johnson, in Century and became a lifetime member of the Jay community. Of the Assembly of God faith, he was a retired plane captain with NAS Whiting Field and served as a firefighter with Jay Volunteer Fire Department. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, Aug. 28, at Flomaton Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Elizabeth Cemetery Chapel in Jay with Flomaton Funeral Home...
Willie Lee Jones, 53, died Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020. Mr. Jones was born Oct. 17, 1966, to Freddie Lee and Essie Lee Jones, and was educated in Columbia County, graduating from Columbia Senior High School in 1975. He was an avid outdoorsman and loved riding horses. A graveside service was held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 22, at Century Cemetery with pastor Sherry C. Johnson officiating. Burial followed with Jackson-McMurray Funeral home directing. Mr. Jones is survived by one son, Steven Dortch of Century; three brothers, James (Stella) Jones of...
Everette “Earl” McCall, 79, of Brewton, died Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, at a local nursing facility. Mr. McCall was born July 9, 1941, to Thomas Drew and Allie Mae Pugh McCall, in Brewton, where he became a lifelong resident of the area. He owned and operated McCalls Auto Sales for more than 20 years and had retired from the Brewton Paper Mill after 30 years of service. Of the Holiness faith, he was a pastor at North Brewton Independent Holiness Church. A Celebration of Life will be held at 2 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 23, at Cooper Cemetery. Burial fol...
Nina “Billiot” Reardon, 66, died Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020, in Pensacola. Mrs. Reardon was a native of Cameron, La. and had resided in Flomaton since 1985. She attended Unity Baptist Church. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 26, at Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with Bro. Josh Long officiating. Burial followed at at Flomaton Cemetery with Petty-Eastside Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Reardon is survived by her husband of 49 years, Charles Reardon of Flomaton; three daughters, Charla (Jason) McFadden of Flomaton and Rachel (Ch...
Vera Simmons, 87, of Brewton, died Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. Mrs. Simmons was born Nov. 15, 1933, in Jay, Fla. Of the Baptist faith, she had worked as a seamstress for Vanity Fair for a number of years. A graveside service was held at 2 p.m., Friday, Aug. 21, at Cora Cemetery in Jay. Burial followed with Craver's Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Simmons is survived by two sons, Donald (Penny) Simmons of Brewton and Bobby (Joe) Simmons of Jay; one sister, Bonnie Parish of Ocala, Fla.; 13 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Simmons was...
Jack “Butch” Gordon Weaver, Jr., 65, of Cantonment, Fla., died Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, at Baptist Hospital. Mr. Weaver was born Sept. 12, 1954, to Jack Gordon, Sr. and Sue (Watson) Weaver and graduated from Flomaton High School in 1972. He then attended Jefferson Davis Junior College in 1976 before he graduated with a bachelor of science in business management from Troy State University in 1976. Working as a locomotive engineer for CSX during his career from 1979 and retiring in Nov. 2019, he was a member of B.L.E.&T. and was a master mason in...
Charles Melvin Murphy, 88, of Brewton, died Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020, in a local hospital following a brief illness. Mr. Murphy was born April 30, 1932, in Tuskegee, Ala. A former resident of Andalusia, Ala. before moving to Brewton, he was of th Baptist faith, a member of the Masonic Lodge and retired from Goodyear. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 27, at Williams Memorial Chapel Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Bradley officiating. Burial followed at Zion Hill Cemetery with Williams Memorial Chapel Funeral Home directing. Mr....
Herbert “Herb” Lee Prestridge, 84, of Brewton, died Friday, Aug. 21, 2020, following a brief illness. Mr. Prestridge was born March 15, 1936, in Greenwood and was a former resident of Pensacola and then a long-time resident of Brewton, where he was a member of the East Brewton Church of Nazarene. A U.S. Air Force veteran and graduate of Whitesburg High School, he retired as a Millwright from Smurfitt-Stone with 28 years of service and had several hobbies. The funeral was held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 26, at the East Brewton Church of Nazaren...
Luke 9: 57 And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. 58 And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. 59 And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. 60 Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God. 61 And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid the...
Hebrews 11:1-3 states, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.2 For by it the elders obtained a good report. 3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.” Welcome back for another edition of the Handfuls of Purpose series. For the next few weeks we are going to looking at faith in God and faithfulness to God. The eleventh chapter of Hebrews has been called by many as the roll call of the rig...
The Century Methodists have returned to in-house worship. This past Sunday was our second service since mid-March. We are being safe, abiding by the prescribed guidelines. I am so thankful for the gift of seeing and being present with the church family. I sure wish I could hug them. I have always believed there is power in the gathered body of Christ. In fact, scripture urges us to avoid forsaking the assembly of the church. The Church has been a steady resource for me. The foundations of faith I have gained there hold me firmly on this...
It was an embarrassing halftime show when the entire Minor High School Marching Tiger Band was out-of-step. It was especially embarrassing for us in the percussion section since a major part of our job was keeping everybody in step. Our band director decided we’d play the theme from “Mission Impossible.” The music wasn’t especially difficult, as I recall, other than the rhythm. Most marching bands play 4/4 (common) time since it’s easy to remember left-right-left-right. But “Mission Impossible” is 5/4 time so it was like we had something dif...
Coastal Alabama Community College announced its Summer 2020 President's List and Dean's List. The President’s Lists includes: from Brewton: Randall Becker Denton and Sarah Ann Hammac; from Flomaton: Maranda Helen Johnson and Meghan Anne Oglesby; from Frisco City: Taylor K. Campbell; from Mexia: Tony Lee Wiggins and from Monroeville: Tamika Lashay Hartley. Requirements for the President’s List shall be a semester grade point average of 4.0, and completion of a minimum semester course load of 12 semester credit hours of college-level work. The...
