Sherry Digmon

What ever happened to … ?
What I’m about to write could be said about almost any restaurant anywhere; I happened to be in a Pensacola restaurant when the idea for this column took hold. As I looked around the room, I noticed a couple of men with caps on. In the restaurant. At the table. As they were eating. Now, this is not the first time I’ve seen this and not just in Pensacola. It’s…
Deacons delivering gifts
Each year, the Men’s Department at Mt. Gillead Missionary Baptist Church fills Christmas gift bags for the male residents at Atmore Nursing Center. This year, they delivered bags to 32 residents Wednesday, December 20. The bags contain caps and socks and toiletries. Shown making deliveries are, from left, David Quarker, Wayne Gray, Harold Williams, William Thomas and Alfred Ingram.
PCI Christmas parade
It was worth waiting for. The Poarch Christmas Parade was postponed from Friday, December 8, to Tuesday, December 19. On the 8th, the weather forecast was for sleet and snow. On the 19th, many of the people in the parade and those lining the route were in short sleeves. And, as the parade rolled, there was patchy fog in the area. True South Alabama weather. The theme for this year’s…