Atmore News

Starbucks coming to Wind Creek 
AtmoreWind Creek Atmore (WCA) will celebrate groundbreaking for a Starbucks just off I-65 near the casino in January. According to a news release issued Monday, Jan. 6, construction is scheduled to begin in March, with plans for a fall grand opening. The Atmore location is projected to draw an additional 300 cars and 750 customers daily from I-65 Exit 57. “I see this as a great opportunity to introduce travelers…
Obituaries, week of January 5,2020
Mary June Townson Mrs. Mary June Townson, age 75, of Enterprise, Ala., passed away Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at her home. She was a native of Canoe, Ala., and former longtime resident of Atmore, Ala. and had resided in Enterprise for the past two months. She was of the Pentecostal faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Townson; mother, Louise Henderson; father, Burl Weeks; sister, Frances Ledkins…
Loved ones who went home in 2019
Editor’s note: Since we’ve been publishing Atmore News, it has been our custom to run a listing of the year’s obituaries. This year, rather than run one long listing, we’re running January through June in this edition and will run July through December in the January 8 edition. January Jack Darby May 1, 1943 – January 1, 2019 Willie Louis Wilbourne December 12, 1930 – January 1, 2019 Mazie Glendora…
Obituaries, week of December 29, 2019
Charles Thomas Brown, Sr.  Mr. Charles Thomas Brown, Sr., age 79, passed away Wednesday, December 25, 2019 at his home in Atmore, Ala. He was a native of Lottie, Ala. and had resided in Atmore for the past twenty years. He retired from Standard Furniture with over fifty three years of service. He was an avid outdoorsman, loving to fish and hunt. He was preceded in death by his parents,…
Astound PT has HydroWorx!
Lena Hardy is always looking for ways to better serve her physical therapy patients. She recently added an incredible piece of equipment at Astound Physical Therapy. Here you’ll find the only HydroWorx Water Treadmill in Escambia and Mobile counties. A water treadmill? Well, it’s actually a freestanding underwater treadmill. This is how it works. The patient enters the tank which fills with warm water to a specified level. Depending on…