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On his way home


On December 1, in the small town of Yellow Bluff near Camden, retired Sheriff’s Deputy Madison “Skip” Nicholson, who was working as a constable / process service, responded to a residence on a domestic disturbance. Nicholson and another deputy were met with gunfire. Nicholson was shot multiple times in the chest and neck; he was airlifted to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola in critical condition where he later died. On December 2, a procession that passed through Atmore took Deputy Nicholson home. The Atmore Fire Department and law enforcement honored him with the giant American flag as the procession entered Atmore.

From left, Atmore Fire Department Capt. Chris Hughes, Lt. Eugene Edwards, Firefighters Kyle Hostetler and Trent PeeFrom left, Atmore Fire Department Capt. Chris Hughes, Lt. Eugene Edwards, Firefighters Kyle Hostetler and Trent Peebles, and Chief Ron Peebles unfurl the giant U.S. flag that hung over Alabama 21 as a procession of lawmen from two states escorted the body of slain Wilcox County (Ala.) deputy Madison “Skip” Nicholson as it came through Atmore December 2 on its return from Pensacola, Fla. to Camden. The 78-year-old deputy, who was retired but continued to work with Wilcox SO, was shot and killed December 1 when he and another deputy responded to a domestic disturbance.

Escambia County (Ala.) Sheriff Heath Jackson was among the procession of lawmen from two states who escorted the body of slain Wilcox County (Ala.) deputy Madison “Skip” Nicholson as it came through Atmore December 2 on its return from Pensacola, Fla. to Camden. The 78-year-old deputy, a 40-year veteran who was retired but continued to work with Wilcox SO, was shot and killed December 1 when he and another deputy responded to a domestic disturbance.