Atmore News

Obituaries for week of March 10, 2019
Margery Gaynelle Newton Margery Gaynelle Newton, age 80, passed away peacefully Tuesday, March 5, 2019. She was born in Jackson, Miss. to the late Margery Whitwer Granberry and Rev. Seth Granberry. She had resided in Choctaw Beach, Fla. for the last eleven year. She attended Asbury University in Wilmore, Ky. Mrs. Newton is survived by her husband of sixty-one years, Dr. Doug Newton; brother and sister-in-law Seth and Sally Granberry; son,…
Atmore man killed in crash
A two-vehicle crash at 2 p.m., Wednesday, March 6, claimed the life of an Atmore man and injured another. Anthony Edward Dunkin, 33, was killed when the 2005 Honda Civic he was driving collided with a 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer. Dunkin was pronounced dead on scene. The driver of the Chevrolet, Crory Tyrail White, 27, of Frisco City was injured and flown to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola. The crash occurred…