Atmore News

Free Thanksgiving dinner planned
The 30th Annual Pre-Thanksgiving Dinner will be available Saturday, November 19, noon until 2:30, at Emmanuel’s Faith Center, 710 E. Ridgeley Street, Atmore. This is free to the public.Drive through and pick up your dinner. All dinners will be carry out. Please pre-order for faster service. Call in your order now to Bishop Wayne and Rhonda Johnson 251-261-9357; or Sandra Gray 251-294-0138; or Gloria Jones 251-253-1818.WHO can receive a meal?…
EA hosts Veterans Day Program
Michael Parker By PATRICK BYRDNews Staff Writer Preceding Veterans Day, Escambia Academy held their program honoring those who have served in the armed forces and their families. The program, led by EA faculty member Brittany Parker, was open to any veterans in the student body’s families.Crowds stood for the presentation of colors by Elizabeth Madden as Alexis Strength led the student body in the Pledge of Allegiance. This was followed…
World’s Toughest Mudder held in Atmore
Kris Rugloski, center, made history by becoming the first female overall champion. At left is competitor Austin Azar who finished 8th in the mens Contender competition. News Staff Report Competitors from across the U.S. and around the world were in Atmore last weekend (Saturday and Sunday, November 12-13) for the World’s Toughest Mudder event.The “extreme endurance experience,” during which participants complete a 5-mile, obstacle-filled loop as many times as possible…
Obituaries, week of November 23, 2022
Ronnie Carlton Jones Moody Mr. Ronnie Carlton “Chuck” Jones Moody, age 67, of Walnut Hill, Fla., passed away Friday, October 28, 2022. He was born to Willie Henry Moody and Ruthie Rene Boykin-Moody in Vinegar Bend, Ala. He spent most of his life in Walnut Hill. He was preceded in death by his mother and father; step-father, John D. Moorer; sister, Mary Louise Spencer and brother, James C. Johnson. Mr.…
Obituaries, week of November 16, 2022
Jesse Ray Jones, III Mr. Jesse Ray Johns, III, age, 68, of Brewton, Ala., passed away Monday, October 31, 2022 at William F. Green Veterans Home in Bay Minette, Ala. He was a member of St Mark Missionary Baptist Church of Brewton, Ala. He was a 1973 graduate of W.S. Neal High School. He joined the PU.S. Arty severing over ten years and received an honorable discharge. Later he worked…