Atmore News

EREC 2023 Washington Youth Tour winners selected
Carrillo Moorer Special to Atmore News Escambia River Electric Cooperative (EREC) selected two students from Escambia and Santa Rosa counties to participate in the Washington Youth Tour.This year’s winners are Carli Carrillo from Milton High School and Jaquez Moorer from Northview High School.A musician, scholar and an athlete, Carrillo is a member of the Beta Club, National Honor Society, and National Society of High School Scholars. She is a member…
Leadership Atmore visits RPES
The Leadership Atmore Class visited Rachel Patterson Elementary School recently. During their visit, they toured the school, observed reading and math instruction in the classrooms, and met with the administrative team about the state of the school as well as all the programs available to students and parents. Shown are, from left, RP assistant principal Leslie Sellers; members of Leadership Atmore, Tom Tschida, Tripp Ward, Miesha Staples, Shelly White, Chris…
Church honors senior citizens
The honorees, seated, from left, Velma Dailey, Edna Grant, Daisy Williams, Ceola Hubert, McKinley Dailey; back, Gene Moore, Pastor Edgar McCarthy, Altovise McNeil, Gasha Curry, Lucille Matthews, Celynn McCarthy, Michael Baldwin. By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher Six church members were honored at Faith Tabernacle Holiness Church Saturday evening, February 25 – not just any church members, the revered senior citizens whose ages totaled 520 years.Mother Ida Nell Baldwin – 98 years…
Obituaries, week of March 1, 2023
Brenda Joyce Peacock Mrs. Brenda Joyce Peacock, age 70, of Perdido, Ala., passed away Monday, February 20, 2023 in Fairhope, Ala. She was born in Pensacola, Fla. to William and Mary Elizabeth Little Simmons. She was a member of Little Rock Church of Assemblies of the Lord Jesus Christ. Brenda was a registered nurse who loved her job and helping others.  She was preceded in death by her parents and her sister,…
Postponed
By now, everyone knows the Strand grand opening has been postponed. We had planned to publish a special section this week, February 22, to coincide with the opening, but of course, we’ve changed our plans too.Several of you have sent us memories of the Strand and we hope more of you will do so. At some point, we’ll publish your memories. Send them to sherry@atmorenews.com.