The Mickey Cannon family, from left, presenter Billy Conn Madison, son Michael Cannon, granddaughter Ella Rose, who had her face painted at Mayfest earlier SaturdayThe James Barnett family, from left, daughter Shannon Barnett Dransfield, presenter Billy Conn Madison, son Jason Barnett, son Randal BarnettPresenter Dr. Ullysses McBride, left; inductee Bill Vickery, center; Chairman Billy Conn Madison, rightInductee Lori Stinson, left; Chairman Billy Conn Madison, rightPresenter Larry Forney, left; inductee Willie J. Grissett, center; Chairman Billy Conn Madison, rightInductee Sara Davis, left; presenter Charlotte Boyle, center; Committee Chairman Billy Conn Madison, rightChairman Billy Conn Madison, left; inductee Dean Bushnell, center; presenter Anthony Marshall, rightThe Gohagin family, from left, cousin Larry Gohagan, brother Dauphin Gohagin, widow Connie Gohagin Dorriety, Chairman Billy Conn MadisonThe Webb family, from left, granddaughter Britton Sansone, daughter Letha Webb Stuckey, daughter Jeanie Webb, grandson Major Lee J. Stuckey, granddaughter Katie Therkelsen, Chairman Billy Conn MadisonThe John Watkins family, Chairman Billy Conn Madison, left; Harold Dailey, rightThe Stanley Childress family, from left, brother-in-law David Huggins, sister Cynthia Huggins, wife Gloria Childress, presenter Billy Conn MadisonThe Rufus Sam Jack Cassity family, from left, presenter Billy Conn Madison, niece Scarlett Strom, nephew Randy Nichols, daughter Fawn Cassity Spears, Phyllis Meadows
By SHERRY DIGMON News Publisher
The 2023 Atmore Area Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony was held Saturday evening, May 6, at The Club – and attendance probably set a record for these ceremonies, due in part to 12 inductees, also a record for number inducted in one year. Inductees are as follows: Athletics – the late Mickey Cannon, Bill Vickery, the late Rufus Sam Jack Cassity Government – Lori Stinson, the late John Watkins, the late Judge Douglas Webb Military – Dean Bushnell, the late Stan Childress, the late Rayford Gohagin Education – Sara Davis, W. J. Grissett Business – the late James Barnett The Rev. Kevin Garrett, First Baptist Church, Atmore, opened with prayer. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Retired Marine Corps Major Lee J. Stuckey, founder and president for AHERO, a veteran and first responder suicide prevention nonprofit (AHEROUSA.Org). Committee members are Committee members are Chairman Billy Conn Madison, Charlotte Boyle, Larry Forney, Ann Gordon, Anthony Marshall, Dr. Ullysses McBride, Mal McGhee, Sherry Digmon.
