Articles from the October 10, 2019 edition
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Sardine cans along the creek bank
The ghosts of our not so distant past haunt us every day. Not in the sense of apparitions and spirits floating through the air necessarily but the haunting is to be found off the roadsides and the...
Book accurately paints picture of past
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...
A dominicker in the bicycle spokes
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...
The cost of impeachment
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...
Prison issue pushed to later date
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...
Impeachment or bust!
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....
Rexroat carries on tradition of opportunities
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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...
Santa Rosa, Jay say no to tax
Residents in the Jay area joined the rest of the voters across Santa Rosa County in voting no Tuesday on a proposed 1-cent sales tax that was proposed to generate money to address capital...
Man found asleep at the wheel
An East Brewton man found asleep behind the wheel of his running pickup truck was arrested after an Escambia County Sheriff's Office deputy found methamphetamine and marijuana in his possession....
Peanuts and more at Jay festival
While there were plenty of peanuts fresh roasted corn was also the treat this past Saturday and Sunday at the annual Jay Peanut Festival in Jay with plenty of arts, crafts, food and entertainment....
Thompson takes over as new chief
At a young age Chance Thompson said he wanted to do something in his life to help other people. That journey has taken him from an emergency medical technician to volunteer fireman and police...
Blair's bee 'hobby' continues to grow
When Bill Blair was a teenager growing up in East Brewton his father was a bee keeper. Blair said he wasn't interested in the hobby because he was too busy doing 'teenager things'. But the seed his fa...
Most residents don't care about taxes
The voters in Santa Rosa County (I actually thought about putting residents instead of voters of Santa Rosa County until I realized that the majority of residents don't care), along with the voters...
Bee aware of the benefits
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...
Century accepts help from county
The Century Council approved a recommendation from Interim City manager Buz Eddy to allow Escambia County (Fla.) to replace 10 commercial gas meters through a mutual aid response at a cost of $17,171...