Articles from the September 26, 2019 edition

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Tips to celebrate Nat'l Food Safety Month

The following article by Bobbie Randall, a certified diabetes educator and registered certified dietician is very timely and informative as we celebrate Sep­tem­ber as National Food Safety Month.  She states - Schools are in full ses­sion. County...

 

Freddie T. Amerson

Freddie T. Amerson, 88, of Cantonment, formerly of Bratt, Fla., died Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019 in Cantonment. Mrs. Amerson was born August 3, 1931, to Fred and Isabelle Roberts Tyre in White Springs, Fla. She was employed with Vanity Fair, as a restau...

 

Sheila 'Rochelle' Bankston

Sheila “Rochelle” Bankston, 77, of Century, Fla., died Monday, Sept. 9, 2019, at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola. Mrs. Bankston was born in Flomaton and had been a resident of the Century area for 62 years. A member of the First Baptist Church...

 

Larry Ray Chisum

Larry Ray Chisum, 58, of Brewton, died Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019, after a brief illness. Mr. Chisum was a native and former resident of Covington County before he relocated to Brewton. He was a retired policeman. A memorial service will be held at a...

 

Peggy Joyce Allen Cobb

Peggy Joyce Allen Cobb, 61, of Andalusia, died Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019 after a brief illness. Mrs. Cobb was a native and long time resident of Brewton before she relocated to Andalusia. A 1976 graduate of W.S. Neal High School, she was employed as a...

 

Ernestine Daughtry

Ernestine Daughtry, 90, died Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, in Poarch, Ala. Mrs. Daughtry was a native and lifelong resident of Poarch, where she served on the Tribal Council for more than 17 years. A homemaker, she was a member of the housing board in Poa...

 

Larry Staten Dewise

Larry Staten DeWise, 71, died Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019, at Mobile Infirmary. Mr. DeWise was born Sept. 14, 1948, to Levearn “Boots” and Truddie DeWise in Uriah, Ala. A 1966 graduate of Frisco City High School, he worked for Southern Pine...

 

Marcus Dewayne Mitchell

Marcus Dewayne Mitchell, 63, died Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019, in Nokomis, Ala. Mr. Mitchell was a lifelong resident of Walnut Hill, Fla. A disabled veteran of the U. S. Army, he was a member of the Poarch Creek Band of Indians. The funeral was held at...

 

Leonita Souza Muehle

Leonita Souza Muehle, 84, of Brewton, died Friday, Sept. 20, 2019 after a brief illness. Mrs. Muehle was a native and former resident of The Azores Islands and former resident of Virginia, prior to moving to Brewton in 1978. Owner and operator of...

 

Patricia Ann Stoker Murph

Patricia Ann Stoker Murph, 70, of Poarch, died Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. Mrs. Murph was born Nov. 30, 1948, to Roy and Marie Gates Stoker. She worked in the home healthcare industry for many years, sitting with the elderly. The funeral was held at 2...

 

Danny Edward Ray

Danny Edward Ray, 71, died Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019, in Pensacola. Mr. Ray lived most of his life in Georgia, Florida and Alabama, residing in Atmore for the past 15 years. A U.S. Army veteran, he was a member of the V.F.W. Pensacola and the...

 

Alan E. Rundall

Alan E. Rundall, 77, of Lillian, Ala., died Wed., Sept. 18, 2019, in Pensacola. Mr. Rundall was born June 22, 1942, to Marvin and Edna Grace Hunter Rundall in Mesa, Ariz. A graduate of the University of Iowa, he served as Captain in the U.S. Marine...

 

Jessie Bernice Wesley

Jessie Bernice Wesley, 86, of the Canoe community near Atmore, died Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, at Solaris Healthcare in Pensacola. Mrs. Wesley was a 1951 graduate of Escambia County Training School who retired as a merchandise handler with J.C. Penney...

 

Marion Denise 'Niecy' White

Marion Denise “Niecy” White, 64, of Atmore, died Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019, at Baptist Hospital in Pensacola. Mrs. White was a native of Atmore and 1972 graduate of Escambia County High School. She graduated from Alabama State University with a B.S....

 

A great victory at Chickamauga

As the morning of September 20, 1863 began, Confederate forces stood defiant amidst the hard won ground of the previous day's fighting. Longstreet's men now supported Bragg's fledgling forces and Lt....

 

When Earline got to go to a football game

OK, y'all know I'm just not into football. Never understood the game, but attended many during my high school years. My main interest was the socializing and watching all the excitement. I jumped up to scream when others did; didn't know if it was a...

 

Canes storm St. Michael to take 53-21 win

FAIRHOPE – In Flomaton's first true road game of the year the Hurricanes stormed St. Michael Catholic School 53-21 Friday night in Fairhope to move the No. 1 ranked 3A Hurricanes to 4-0 on the...

 

Cougars take down Royals in 38-20 victory

JAY – Escambia Academy took a 38-7 lead into the fourth quarter at Jay Friday night before the Royals rallied with 13 points but it wasn't enough as the Cougars captured the 38-20 win on the road....

 

People want results, not Impeachment

The first year of Democratic control of the House of Representatives is almost up, and we have nothing to show for it. For the first several months, perhaps some of this lack of results was understandable. After a decade in the minority, Democrats...

 

Political graveyard full of Congressmen that ran for Senate

The field is probably formulated for our 2020 Senate race. A Republican will be heavily favored to capture the seat currently held by our Democratic Senator, Doug Jones. Alabama is one of if not the most Republican states in the nation. It is quite...

 

Climate fools fear monger foolish children in world

On the third Friday of September, there was a global strike demanding action on climate change. Around the world millions of high school and college students cut classes and tech workers skipped work to protest perceived inaction on climate change....

 

Thank you for running my letter

Mr. Editor Thank you for allowing me to share some thoughts concerning the laws and issues I felt needed to be addressed during the publication of last week’s paper. Many people have commented on my article in the paper. It wasn’t comments about...

 

City approves waste removal

The town of Century approved a request from Interim City Manager Buz Eddy Monday night to hire a company to remove sludge from the waste water treatment plant in the amount of $9,500 and an emergency...

 
 By Joe Thomas    News    September 26, 2019

Flomaton High School sets homecoming activities

Homecoming festivities for Flomaton High School continue today (Thursday) leading up to Friday's parade, pre-game festivities, the football game between Flomaton and Escambia County High School and...

 

2019 FHS Homecoming Court

Members of the 2019 Flomaton High School Homecoming Court are from left, Edy Young, freshman, Meredith Harrison, sophomore, Alihyana Etheridge, junior, Savannah Blackburn, senior, Skylar Crawford,...

 

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