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Honoring veterans at ECHS
ECHS grad, veteran keynote speaker Chris Walker and his sister, Stephanie Buitron By SHERRY DIGMONNews Publisher Escambia County High School administration, faculty, staff and student body honored veterans with a program Wednesday, November 9The guest speaker was doubly qualified to stand before this group – he is a veteran and he is an ECHS graduate.ECHS faculty member Stephanie Buitron (herself a veteran) introduced the speaker: The guest speaker was born…
by Sherry Digmon access_time3 years ago
Perdido School thanks veterans for freedoms
Veterans at the Perdido School program By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Although Perdido School’s November 9 assembly was a prelude to Veterans Day, the gathering also had a Thanksgiving flavor to it.Principal Phillip Stewart said during the program, considered one of the best in the area, was not just to honor those who serve or have served in the nation’s military, but also to thank them.“Our main message today is…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago
Obituaries, week of November 23, 2022
Ronnie Carlton Jones Moody Mr. Ronnie Carlton “Chuck” Jones Moody, age 67, of Walnut Hill, Fla., passed away Friday, October 28, 2022. He was born to Willie Henry Moody and Ruthie Rene Boykin-Moody in Vinegar Bend, Ala. He spent most of his life in Walnut Hill. He was preceded in death by his mother and father; step-father, John D. Moorer; sister, Mary Louise Spencer and brother, James C. Johnson. Mr.…
by Atmore News access_time3 years ago
Obituaries, week of November 16, 2022
Jesse Ray Jones, III Mr. Jesse Ray Johns, III, age, 68, of Brewton, Ala., passed away Monday, October 31, 2022 at William F. Green Veterans Home in Bay Minette, Ala. He was a member of St Mark Missionary Baptist Church of Brewton, Ala. He was a 1973 graduate of W.S. Neal High School. He joined the PU.S. Arty severing over ten years and received an honorable discharge. Later he worked…
by Atmore News access_time3 years ago
It’s the flu!
Children, younger adults hit hardest By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer With one eye still on an anticipated resurgence of COVID over the upcoming winter, health officials across the state and nation are now forced to deal with the early arrival of what is already an active influenza season.“This is the highest flu activity that we have seen this early in the season since the 2009 Influenza A/H1N1 pandemic,” Dr. Wes…
by Don Fletcher access_time3 years ago