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ECHS culinary arts serves Lions
By NANCY KARRICK Special to Atmore News The Atmore Lions Club held its meeting on March 6 in the culinary arts dining room at Escambia County High School. Lion Bub Gideons gave the blessing which was followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Principal Dennis Fuqua welcomed the Lions, and teacher Walton Nichols gave a brief explanation of the culinary curriculum. Members were served by the students who…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
PCI paying for funerals
News Staff Report Poarch Band of Creek Indians will donate a total of $184,000 to cover the cost of funerals for the 23 people, many of them children, who lost their lives last week when a series of more than three dozen tornadoes, including two that struck less than an hour apart, ripped a path across eastern Alabama and into western Georgia. “The Tribe is making a $184,000 donation to…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Obituaries for week of March 10, 2019
Margery Gaynelle Newton Margery Gaynelle Newton, age 80, passed away peacefully Tuesday, March 5, 2019. She was born in Jackson, Miss. to the late Margery Whitwer Granberry and Rev. Seth Granberry. She had resided in Choctaw Beach, Fla. for the last eleven year. She attended Asbury University in Wilmore, Ky. Mrs. Newton is survived by her husband of sixty-one years, Dr. Doug Newton; brother and sister-in-law Seth and Sally Granberry; son,…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Atmore man killed in crash
A two-vehicle crash at 2 p.m., Wednesday, March 6, claimed the life of an Atmore man and injured another. Anthony Edward Dunkin, 33, was killed when the 2005 Honda Civic he was driving collided with a 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer. Dunkin was pronounced dead on scene. The driver of the Chevrolet, Crory Tyrail White, 27, of Frisco City was injured and flown to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola. The crash occurred…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago