Year: 2023

Atmore News

22 students chosen for SPEC youth tour
Southern Pine Youth Tour representatives Special to Atmore News On Thursday, January 12, twenty-two local students were chosen to compete for the honor of being a 2023 Southern Pine Electric Co-op Youth Tour representative. Students were chosen by faculty members of their respective schools, based on academic achievements and extracurricular achievements.Students selected by their schools to participate in Youth Tour are as follows:Escambia County High School – DaaGaryn McCracken, Na’Asia…
by Atmore News access_time2 years ago
Obituaries, week of January 25, 2023
Amy Jo Lambeth Lambeth Mrs. Amy Jo Lambeth, age 43, passed away Monday, January 16, 2023 in Pensacola, Fla. She resided most of her life in Flomaton, Ala. and attended Moyeville Baptist Church. She was a member of the Lambeth Fire Department. She loved taking pictures at the football games, and loved going fishing. She enjoyed cooking and traveling especially to New Orleans and Lafayette, La.Mrs. Lambeth is survived by…
by Atmore News access_time2 years ago
Nature’s fury
Huxford area damaged by storm From left, Jim and Kenny Coker examine the damage on their farm. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Some residents of the Huxford area lost roofs or small outbuildings — and virtually all of them lost electricity for several hours — last Thursday, January 12, when apparent straight-line winds raged out of the northwest and roared across the rural community.Metal roofs were torn from a Huxford…
by Don Fletcher access_time2 years ago
MLK Day Program
Speaker calls for unity in local, state, world communities Marlo Young was the keynote speaker for Monday’s program. Grand Marshal Bishop Wayne Johnson and his wife Rhonda By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Keynote speaker Marlo Young not only praised the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the Monday, January 16, MLK Day Program, she also accented the theme of this year’s tribute to the slain Civil…
by Atmore News access_time2 years ago