Year: 2022

Atmore News

Obituaries, week of October 19, 2022
Louzine Cox Mosley  Mosley Mrs. Louzine “MeMe” Cox Mosley, age 90, of Bluff Springs, Fla., passed away Saturday morning, October 8, 2022, at her home. She was born March 25, 1932 in Sylacauga, Ala., moving to Bluff Springs as a child. She owned The Century Flower Shop for many years. Her faith in the Lord was her strength. She loved going to church and serving the Lord. She also loved and found…
by Atmore News access_time2 years ago
Obituaries, week of October 12, 2022
Mary Gene Conway Mrs. Mary Gene Conway, age 91, passed away Monday, October 3, 2022 in Atmore, Ala. She resided in Canoe most of her life where she opened her home as a sitter for many children throughout the years considering them to be part of her family. She enjoyed spending time with her children and grandchildren and watching them play sports. She enjoyed Alabama Football and the Atlanta Braves. …
by Atmore News access_time2 years ago
30-acre fire
Flames threaten airport hangars The fire was brought under control just short of the airport’s new hangars. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A wind-swept brush fire threatened the newest group of hangars at Atmore Municipal Airport last Friday (September 30) before city firefighters and two other agencies were able to bring it under control.The inferno began in a farm field to the east of the airport, adjacent to Hanger Road,…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
Man charged with thefts at Pepsi, Lee’s Collision
Harrison By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A trespassing complaint led to last week’s arrest of a local man who was wanted in connection with thefts committed earlier this year at two Atmore businesses.Twenty-six-year-old Dalton Harrison had been sought by city police for more than a month after several people identified him as the man caught on surveillance video at Lee’s Collision Center on June 9, when several catalytic converters were…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
‘Battlefield promotions’ put Murphy, Billups in charge of EA athletics
Billups Murphy By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer In times of war, if a military leader is felled on the battlefield, a soldier might receive a battlefield promotion, elevating that soldier into an immediate leadership role. To a lesser degree, that’s what happened at Escambia Academy.When an immediate need for a new athletic director and head football coach unexpectedly arose about three weeks ago, school officials turned to Cassidy Murphy and…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago