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This column is part book review, part remembrances of my hometown, part discovery of things I didn't know about my hometown, and part admiration of a friend's excellent writing and research. I've just re-read If Perfectly Agreeable by Anne Stanton Si...

Sunday afternoons were for playing and sharing time with friends that lived within walking distance to us Smiths. After church and after the dishes were washed, we usually headed out to spend quality time at the house of whomever was on our radar for...

In the summer of 1973, as a student intern in Washington far from my home in Mobile, I got a firsthand view as the Senate held its Watergate hearings. For a young person, it was an amazing introduction to politics, and I was fascinated by what I...

The second year of the reign of Governor Kay Ivey may give her a second major accomplishment in the first two years of her term as governor. In her first year, she spearheaded the measure to increase the state’s gasoline tax in order to allow...

Absolutely nothing matters and that means nothing including lack of actual wrong doing. Who needs evidence when hearsay or whatever Congressman Adam Schiff makes up in his so called “parody” convinces the media impeachment is justified....

Thank you for the opportunity to be a guest columnist with the Tri-City Ledger. I was asked to take this on now that Ms. Carolyn Bivins, Alabama Cooperative Extension System Regional Extension Agent, is retired after 45 years of service to Escambia...

Edith Margie Lee Lassiter Baggett, 97, died Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019, at Atmore Nursing Home. Mrs. Baggett was born in Conecuh County, Ala. and was a long-time resident of Castleberry. She worked as a seamstress at Vanity Fair for several years and...

Clarence “The Cowboy” Brown, 79, died Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019. Mr. Brown was born Jan. 12, 1940, to Ervin and Gertrude Brown in Baldwin County, Ala. He attended the Pleasant Hill School and Escambia County Training School in Atmore. Retiring from...

Charles Henderson Caraway, 86, of McCullough, Ala., died Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019. Mr. Caraway was born May 31, 1933, to James William and Sandie Armenty Cararway in McCullough. He worked on jet engines at Brookley Field for 17 years and then farmed...

Kenton Lee Classen, 70, of Atmore, died Friday, Oct. 4, 2019. Mr. Classen was born May 3, 1949 to Willie F. and Elizabeth Lowen Classen in Fowler, Kan. A farmer most of his life, he had worked for John Deere and also had a starter alternator business...

Clarence Allen Dewberry, 71, died Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019, at the Evergreen Nursing Home. Mr. Dewberry was a native and lifelong resident of Conecuh County, Ala. He worked as a self-employed painter in the construction industry and attended Oak...

Jamarreo Tyrone Lykes, 29, of Tuscaloosa, Ala., died Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019, as a result of a house fire. Mr. Lykes was a native of Atmore and had resided in Tuscaloosa for most of his life. A 2009 Holt High School graduate, he was employed with...

Allie Mae Wearren Sexton, 87, died Friday, Sept. 27, 2019 in Century, Fla. Mrs. Sexton was born April 7, 1932, and married Jim Sexton, in the U.S. Air Force, in 1952. The couple was stationed in several places during his service career, including...

William Etheridge Smith, 80, died Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019 following and extended illness. Mr. Smith was born Sept. 12, 1939, to William Robert and Bertha Etheridge Smith in Crenshaw County, Ala. A 1957 graduate of Dozier High School, he went to work...

Gilbert Williams, Sr., 85, died Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019. Mr. Williams was born March 11, 1934, to John Burley and Brunetta Williams in Pennsylvania. Raised in Monroe County, Ala. He worked for the U.S. Navy for more than 20 years in Waukegan, Ill....

Minnie Luker Nordstrom Woodson, 99, of Atmore, died Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019 in Pensacola. Mrs. Woodson was born Nov. 1, 1919 to Fred and Cora Luker in Atmore. A graduate of Escambia Cunty High School, she was owner and operator of a Cafe 1950's in Atm...

We've discussed honey bees before. Flomaton resident John Sansom invited us to a few meetings to get a better understanding of the importance of bees. This past week we talked with Bill Blair, Escambia County's only Master Beekeeper, not only about...