Atmore News

Obituaries, week of January 12,2022
Douglas C. Newton          Newton Reverend Dr. Douglas C. Newton, age 85, passed away Tuesday, December 28, 2021 at his home after a long illness. He was born in Dothan, Ala. After high school graduation, he went to Asbury College. After graduating from Candler School of Theology at Emory University with his Masters of Divinity, he returned to the Alabama West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church where he served…
The Boys of Summer of ’61: Where are they now?
by BONNIE BARTEL LATINO    WILLIAM BLACKBURN or Willie, as he was known when he played catcher for the ’61 All Stars, described going to the World Series as “ . . . a grand adventure,” despite suffering that summer from a bad reaction to penicillin.    “I only weighed 100 pounds,” he said via email, “LOL, I looked pitiful.”                          Willie’s self-proclaimed negative image was short lived. His junior year, the…