Month: April 2020

Don Fletcher

Funerals in the time of coronavirus
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer The spread of coronavirus has forced citizens to make major adjustments in the way they live. It has also caused major adjustments in the way people say goodbye to friends and loved ones who have passed away. Restrictions placed on families and businesses have heavily impacted the funeral industry, forcing a drastic change in the way final rites are conducted, and in the way…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
PCI donates $1 million to ACH
News Staff Report The Poarch Band of Creek Indians announced Monday, April 6, a $1 million donation to Atmore Community Hospital which serves the city of Atmore and western Escambia County, where the Poarch Creek Tribe’s trust lands are located. The donation, which was earlier approved by Poarch’s Tribal Council, provides funding that the hospital urgently needs to replace vital equipment such as a CT scan, ultrasound imaging, and new…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Coronavirus, Week 5
3 cases now confirmed in county Local testing, meals programs, more Lunch for heroes David Landis along with several donors, launched on April 2 their Atmore Heroes Lunch program, which began with meals for employees of Atmore Community Hospital, Atmore Police Department, Atmore Fire Department and ambulance services. The program will continue as a weekly event during the COVID19 crisis, with Poarch first responders added to the heroes list and…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Ivey issues liberal ‘shelter in place’ order
Gov. Kay Ivey issued today (Friday, April 3) a liberal “shelter in place order” for all Alabama residents and all other individuals living temporarily in the state. Effective tomorrow (Saturday, April 4), at 5 p.m., every person in Alabama is ordered to stay at his or her place of residence except as necessary to perform any of the following “essential activities”: A — To obtain necessary supplies. A person may…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Obituaries, week of April 5,2020
Opal Maxine Gibson Mrs. Opal Maxine Gibson, age 77, passed away Monday, March 30, 2020 at her home in Laurel Hill, Fla. She was a native of Bay Minette, Ala. and had resided in Laurel Hill for the past three years. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was preceded in death by her parents, A.B. and Ralphine McDill; infant daughter, Melanie Loree Gibson; two brothers,…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago