Crews takes break from her columns

Local resident Earline Smith Crews, author of two books entitled 'Life With the Top Down' and 'Fading Memories', detailing life in rural south Alabama, has decided to take the next several months off from writing articles for the Tri-City Ledger to decide what next step she and her husband will take since they recently put their 11-acre property in the Barnett Crossroads community up for sale.

Turning 80 in the next month and recently celebrating their 57th wedding anniversary, Crews and her husband spend a lot of time traveling, exploring both family and local history, a source of many of her...