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Heavy trucks not causing problems on city streets …yet Paving crews lay asphalt on Howard Street during the city’s 2019 resurfacing project. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer A significant increase in the number of heavy trucks hauling construction equipment and materials to the numerous construction projects ongoing within Atmore apparently hasn’t had a negative effect on city streets. Yet.“Our streets are in pretty good shape right now,” said Calvin Grace,…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Obituaries, week of April 4, 2021
Tamara Gail Godwin Mrs. Tamara Gail Godwin, age 65, passed away Friday, March 26, 2021 in Century, Fla. She was a resident of Century for the past fifty years. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Bratt. She was preceded in death by her parents, James and Velma Jean Smith, and husband, Paul Howard Godwin.Mrs. Godwin is survived by her son, Matthew Paul Godwin of Century; mother-in-law, Nell…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Young LDS elders helping keep city clean
Kelsey Smith By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer When Isaac Kelsey and Cameron Smith travel across Atmore and the surrounding area, testifying for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, they carry a Book of Mormon with them.For the past few weeks, the two young men have been seen every other day carrying five-gallon buckets and grabbers.Isaac, 22, and Cameron, 20 — both elders of the church’s Melchizedek priesthood —…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago