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Obituaries for the week of April 4, 2018
James Daniel “Danny” Dunsford, Jr. Mr. James Daniel “Danny” Dunsford, Jr., age 55, passed away Thursday, March 29, 2018 at his home in Flomaton, Ala. He was a native and life-long resident of Flomaton. He was of the Christian faith. Mr. Dunsford is survived by his father, James Daniel (Judy) Dunsford, Sr. of Grand Bay, Ala.; mother, Angie Gilmore (Bill) Weaver of Byrneville, Fla.; wife, April W. Dunsford of Flomaton;…
by Atmore News access_time8 years ago
Free Benefits Education Seminar at Atmore YMCA
Local and area business and industries are invited to attend a free Benefits Education Seminar that organizers say will focus on no-cost or low-cost ways to make your company a better place to work. The five-hour event will take place on Thursday, April 5, from 1 to 6 p.m. at the local Atmore Area YMCA, 501 South Pensacola Avenue. The focus of the seminar is to provide information on how…
by Atmore News access_time8 years ago
Parker to hold book signing
Dr. Max Parker, Professor Emeritus at the University of Florida, is bringing his memoir, The Real Education of Sweet Papa T, to his hometown at a book signing Friday, April 13. First National Bank & Trust is hosting the event from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. Dr. Parker’s book consists of a series of short stories about a young Black boy who worked his way out of poverty to a…
by Atmore News access_time8 years ago
Hydroplane
Two local men were taken by ambulance to Atmore Community Hospital after a March 29 single-vehicle crash on Northgate Drive. Alabama State Trooper reports show that Tykentrenton Kadeem Grubbs, 27, of Atmore was eastbound in a 1996 Ford Crown Victoria when “the vehicle entered into a critical speed yaw while running off of the roadway.” The car struck a water main, a telephone junction box and several trees, injuring Grubbs…
by Atmore News access_time8 years ago
Atmore man injured in fatal boat collision
A popular Pace, Fla. bass fisherman was killed, a Semmes man was seriously injured, and an Atmore man escaped with only minor injuries after two bass boats collided March 31 during a fishing tournament on the Tensaw River in Baldwin County. According to a press release issued by Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, a bass boat operated by Wesley Scott Feely of Atmore struck the side of a bass boat operated…
by Atmore News access_time8 years ago