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ECHS top students
Escambia County High School principal Amy Cabaniss and counselor Ashley Trawick honored the school’s top ten students with a Facebook announcement and a display at the school. Not the way this is usually done, but it’s an unusual end to the school year. Trawick, left, and Cabaniss, right, are shown putting up the display with the top ten students’ pictures. The top ten are, in order from 1 to 10,…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
Obituaries, week of May 3,2020
Jackie Lorinda McGhee Smith Ms. Jackie Lorinda McGhee Smith, age 72, of Poarch, Ala., passed away Friday, April 24, 2020. She was a graduate of Escambia County High School, retiree of Masland Carpet (over 30 years of employment) and a member of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians. She was preceded in death by her mother and father, Ernestine and DC Daughtry, father, Julius ‘Jack’ McGhee; granddaughter, Abigale Renea Smith…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
EREC awards college scholarships
Barrow Brown Special to Atmore News Escambia River Electric Cooperative announced the winners of the 2020 Herman D. Johnson Scholarship Awards: Keaton Brown of Escambia County and Kendall Barrow of Santa Rosa County. Keaton is the son of Chris and Sandy Brown. Keaton plans to major in aerospace engineering and was nominated by Congressman Matt Gaetz to the U.S. Naval Academy and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Keaton…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
The new kind of birthday party
Mildred Jackson Shepard’s 90th birthday was Friday, April 24. To celebrate such a milestone, the family usually throws a big party, but the coronavirus pandemic has changed all that. At best, well-wishers have to extend birthday greetings as they drive by and stay in their vehicles. That’s what Mrs. Shepard’s friends did Friday afternoon. Folks drove by, some blew the horns, others shouted greetings, and all waved. By the way,…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago