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It's a small cemetery unknown to many and forgotten by others. Yet the narrow sidewalk which leads to an old cemetery at the western end of Church Street in Atmore holds history and heartbreak beneath its fading tombstones and grass covered...

While doing family tree research I was working on my mother's side of the family and specifically a grand uncle. I remember him telling me that he was chased by a Hoop snake when he was young. Apparently the Hoop snake was quite common a hundred year...

I have never written or talked much about my Mama, but today I honor her memory with this story. This is my memory and opinion. Older siblings have more memory than I, younger siblings have a more dim memory, but we all shared Mama. She was gone too...

An abusive, unlawful practice of the English courts from the 15th to 17th centuries was so rampant and unfair that protections against it were written into our U.S. Constitution. This hated and feared practice took place in the Star Chamber. The...

Dr. David Bronner has marked his place in Alabama political and governmental history. He has headed the revered Retirement Systems of Alabama Pension Funds for 45 years. When Bronner took his present job with RSA, the Retirement Systems had...

Since President Trump was elected, Democrats have been crying wolf. First, it was just the old wily orange wolf that was an illegitimate president because he won the Electoral College but not the popular vote. After finally learning how the...

4-H Chick Chain 2019 is in The Books! Since May, youth from across the area have been working daily to take care of their chicks for the Escambia County 4-H Chick Chain Program. All of their work culminated at the Chick Chain Show & Sale this past...

What is your deepest fear? There is the fear of an ability to cope, fear of failure, fear of loss, fear of rejection, fear of poverty (lack), fear of inferiority, fear of intimacy, fear of control, fear of success, and a fear of “they,” just to...

Alberta Hall Campell, 84, died Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019, in Penscola. Mrs. Campbell was a lifelong resident of Bratt, Fla. who retired with the Town of Century with 28 years of service. The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 3, at the Shiloh...

Frankie Gerald Carnley, 65, of Flomaton, died Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019, in a Pensacola health care facility. Mr. Carnley was a native of Century and life-time member of the Flomaton community where he worked for Bud's Air Conditioning and...

Richard Rendell “Rick” Dailey, 44, of Atmore, died Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019, at Atmore Community Hospital. Mr. Dailey was a native of Atmore and 1995 graduate of Escambia County High School. A member of Jones Street True Pentecostal Holiness...

Therman Mason Johnson, 85, of East Brewton, died Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019, after a brief illness. Mr. Johnson was a native of Brewton and long-time resident of East Brewton who retired as a logger from John Lee Johnson Logging. The funeral was held...

Millard Houston Lambeth, 86, of Brewton, died Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019. Mr. Lambeth was a native and life-long member of the Brewton and Flomaton communities, where he worked as an equipment operator in the construction industry. He was a member of...

Addie Mae Morris Lowery, 78, of Jay, died Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019, at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola. Mrs. Lowery was born on May 29, 1941, to Emory and Irene Morris in Jay. A 1959 graduate of Jay High School, she was a homemaker. The funeral was...

Rickey Rydell “Boobie” Lyons, III, 3, of Atmore, died Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019, in Atmore. Child Lyons was born Dec. 22, 2015 to Rickey R. Lyons and Cadena L. Curtis. He attended Lil Angels Development Center and enjoyed Paw Patrol, Superman and N...

Sharon Denise Miller, 60, of Mobile, died Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019, at Providence Hospital. Mrs. Miller was a life-long resident of Mobile who was of the Baptist faith. The funeral was held s Mrs. Miller is survived by one nephew, Chris (Shyla) White...

Franklin Jacob “Pop” Parsons, 85, of Wing, Ala. died Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019, in a Century, Fla. nursing facility after a brief illness. Mr. Parsons was a native of Sullivan, Ind. Who was a former resident of Pensacola and long time resident of...