Atmore News

Obituaries, week of May 31, 2023
Johnny Richard Lee Mr. Johnny Richard Lee, age 69, of Atmore, Ala., passed away Saturday, May 20, 2023.  He was born on in Chicago, Ill. to Garrett and Edna Allen Lee.   He was preceded in death by his parents; his daughter, Teresa Lee and his sister, Louise Ash. Mr. Lee is survived by his son, Jonathon Lee of Ill.; his daughter, Renda Lee of Ill.; his companion, Rose McGhee;…
Obituaries, week of May 24, 2023
Mickeal A. Hazley Mr. Mickeal A. “Boney” Hazley, age 66, of Atmore, Ala. passed away Sunday, April 30, 2023. He was born in Atmore to Slyvia Hazley Williams and the late Charlie Bozaman. He was preceded in death by his father, Charlie Bozaman; step-father, A.C. Williams; grandfather, Henry Hazley; grandmother, Nannie Bell Gandy; a daughter, Ebony Jovon Hazley; three brothers, Christopher Williams, William Hazley and Pastor Albert E. Hazley Sr.;…
Fatal beatings
Infant’s mother, her stepfather-boyfriend charged with murder Comalander Jackson By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A 24-year-old Atmore woman and her 48-year-old stepfather, who is also described by authorities as her boyfriend, remained behind bars without bond at midweek, each charged in the death of the woman’s infant child, who apparently died in April as a result of a series of vicious beatings administered by the pair.Escambia County Sheriff Heath Jackson…