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Obituaries for week of April 7, 2019
Dorothy Vickrey Hardy Mrs. Dorothy Vickrey Hardy, age 93, passed away Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at her home in Atmore, Ala. She was a native and life-long resident of Atmore. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, great-great grandmother and sister. She was the bookkeeper at Hardy & Kearley Garage for many years. She was a member of the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary and Lottie Baptist Church. She…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Leadership Atmore’s archery on target
News Staff Report Leadership Atmore’s archery shoot, held Saturday, March 30, in the vacant field adjacent to Escambia County High School, was right on target. The fundraiser drew about four dozen archers of all ages and raised “around $500” for the community service projects conducted by LA’s 2019 class. Participants paid $5 per scorecard to aim at several 3D wild game targets during the fun-filled morning. The top performers among…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Dash4Cash block party a success
News Staff Report Atmore’s Dash4Cash block party, held Friday, March 29, along West Ridgeley Street, brought local and area citizens into the city’s downtown, where they laughed, cheered and danced the evening away. The street party received rave reviews by many of the attendees, said Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Emily Wilson. “The feedback has been phenomenal,” Wilson said. “People want to do it quarterly instead of once…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
APL hosting ‘Alabama Cotton and Bemis Bags’
Special to Atmore News The Atmore Public Library will host Alabama native Sarah Bliss Wright Wednesday, April 10, as she presents Alabama Cotton and Bemis Bags, Pieced into Quilt History. The program will begin at 11 a.m. Ms. Wright spent 30 years in performing arts before quilts captured her attention. Though she grew up surrounded by quilts, it was not until 2006 that the idea of turning her talents to…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Powell is Miss. district’s Teacher of Year
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer As a teacher of intellectually gifted second-graders, Susan Powell knows she has to bring her “A-game” to work every day in order to keep her students challenged. She has apparently succeeded in doing that. Powell, daughter of Murray and Jean Johnson, was recently named Teacher of the Year for Mississippi’s largest school district. She teaches at Pleasant Hill Elementary School in Hernando, part of…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago