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Obituaries for the week of December 13, 2017
Louise Newton Fillingim Dockens Mrs. Louise Newton Fillingim Dockens, age 89, passed away Friday, December 8, 2017 in Century, Fla. She was a native of Byrneville, Fla. and has resided in Christian Home, Fla. since 1976. She retired from Abernathy Hospital with fifteen years of service and was a member of the Christian Home Freewill Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by the father of her children, Thomas F.…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
GECA: Wrapping Up Christmas
The Greater Escambia Council for the Arts is hosting an after-Christmas concert, Wrapping Up Christmas, Friday, December 29, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5 for everyone and will be available at the door. You can be part of the concert. For those who have been on the GECA stage in the past and the board is familiar with your work, you need only to contact Phil Johnson at 251-359-4854. Please…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
Plane crashes in East Brewton
A Federal Aviation Administration investigation continued this week into the December 5 crash landing of a single-engine aircraft that went down in an Escambia County farm field. According to a press release issued that day by Escambia County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Mike Lambert, ECSO personnel received a report around 1:12 p.m. from air traffic controllers at Pensacola International Airport that a Cherokee P28 “went off the radar and called…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
Rescheduled Santa on Main is Thursday
Cold winter rain caused Santa to cancel his December 7 appearance in downtown Atmore, but the Jolly Old Elf will make up for that absence this Thursday, December 14, when Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce presents its belated Santa on Main event. Brandy Giger, the local Chamber’s president-elect, said this week that the rescheduled Santa on Main, which begins at 4 p.m. and continues until 7 p.m., would include everything…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago