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My Mama and Daddy were old school rounded to the highest power. We answered with, "yes sir and no sir and thank you ma'am and please." No short cuts, otherwise…So this being the day the Lord gave us to be glad in it, I'm sharing a Sunday lesson on...

While watching the local news one morning before going to work I heard one of the anchors use a word that I haven't heard anyone use for years, in fact about forty years. A friend that lived in Monroeville used the “made up word” one night while...

After leaving the Antioch Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, we continued our way to Booker’s Mill. Relying on GPS proved to be a fallacy in the journey in that it took us down a dirt lane called Twin Bridges Road which led nowhere but it did...

Sydney Adams, a junior at T.R. Miller High School was notified last week that she has been chosen as the Youth Honoree for the Arthritis Foundation’s 2019 Jingle Bell Run in Montgomery. The annual holiday-themed run, scheduled for Saturday, Dec....

Alexandra Moulder of Brewton, became a member of the prestigous ‘Sound of the South’ Marching Band at Troy University during the Fall 2019 semester. The ‘Sound of the South’ Marching Band is a precision collegiate ensemble that has developed...

Coastal Alabama Community College announces its summer 2019 President's List and Dean's List students. Local students who made the President’s List are: Andrew Allen Sharpless of Walnut Hill; Harli Leanna Petty and Nash David Linam of Atmore;...

When disasters strike, individuals and businesses all too often lose important computer files.  Jonathan Davis, director of information technology for the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, said equipment can be replaced, but data may be lost...

Blaine Michael Albrecht, 60, of Castleberry, died Friday, August 23, 2019. Mr. Albrecht was a native of Massillion, Ohio, and former resident of Arizona before he moved to Castleberry in 1991. Of the Protestant faith, he had worked for Vanity Fair...

Russell “Russ” David Bonds, 51, of Range, Ala., died Friday, August 31, 2019 in an Evergeen, Ala. medical facility after a brief illness. Mr. Bonds was a native of Decatur, Ala. and lifelong resident of Range who was a member of the House of...

Charles L. Cummings, 76, of Atmore, died August 27, 2019, in Century. Mr. Cummings was born Oct. 11, 1942, to J.C. and Alice Argo Cummings in Bibb County, Ala. He retired from Vanity Fair, where he worked in management. The funeral was held at 11...

Jeffery Termaine Finklea, 40, of Tunnel Springs, Ala., died Tuesday, August 27, 2019, as a result of a motorcycle accident. Mr. Finklea was a native of Monroe County, Ala. and 1999 graduate f J.F. Shields High School. A member of the Antioch Baptist...

John David Franklin, 86, of Brewton, died Thursday, August 29, 2019. Mr. Franklin was a native and lifelong resident of Brewton who formerly lived in Navarre, Fla. A retired digestor operator with Container Corporation and U.S. Navy Veteran of the...

Linda Carroll Franklin, 80, formerly of Brewton, died Saturday, August 31, 2019, in a Century healthcare facility. Mrs. Franklin was a native of Jefferson County, Ky. and former resident of Louisville, Ky. Before she relocated to the Brewton area in...

Barbara Carter Godwin, 87, of Flomaton, died Sunday, June 30, 2019, in Monterey, Tenn. Mrs. Godwin was a native of Canoe, Ala. who grew up in Flomaton. Employed with Chemstrand Corporation in Molino, Fla., she retired and became a homemaker with...

Willard Naulin Hooks, II, 49, of Castleberry, Ala., died Monday, Sept. 2, 2019. Mr. Hooks was born in Montgomery and was a long-time resident of Castleberry, coming from Samson and Enterprise, Ala. He was of the Methodist faith. The funeral was held...