Celia May Martin Hicks, 90, homemaker of Grove Hill died August 29, 2020 at Jackson Health Care Facility. She was born June 21, 1930 in Mobile to Frank G. and Celia Hill Martin. She was a member of Tompkins Baptist Church. She is survived by her son, Charles L. Hicks of Whatley; daughter, Linda Hicks Jackson of Jackson; brother, Dr. […]
2020-08-27
Bennett
FREECharles Michael Bennett, 58, of Marion died Aug. 22, 2020 at Princeton Baptist Medical Center. He was born Nov. 18, 1961 in Grove Hill. He was the owner of Mike’s Convenience Store. He is survived by his wife, Teresa Gilchrist Bennett; mother, Shirley Anne Bennett Epperson; daughter, Alyssa Bennett; brother, Edgar Bennett; and two grandchildren, Krissylyn and Christian Chase. He […]
Bennett
FREECharles Michael Bennett, 58, of Marion died Aug. 22, 2020 at Princeton Baptist Medical Center. He was born Nov. 18, 1961 in Grove Hill. He was the owner of Mike’s Convenience Store. He is survived by his wife, Teresa Gilchrist Bennett; mother, Shirley Anne Bennett Epperson; daughter, Alyssa Bennett; brother, Edgar Bennett; and two grandchildren, Krissylyn and Christian Chase. He […]
Gates
FREEShelby Jean Gates, 79, of Fulton, passed away Monday, Aug. 24, 2020 at Thomasville Regional Medical Center. She was born Jan. 9, 1941 in Laurel, Miss. to William Leon Smith and Mary Doris Joiner Smith Clemmons. She was a homemaker and an excellent mother and grandmother who enjoyed spending time with her family. Her hobbies included fishing, cooking and yard […]
Wood wins mayor’s race
Foster elected to District Town Council positionRoss Wood won the Grove Hill mayor’s race Tuesday, polling 67 percent of the vote to defeat the incumbent mayor and another candidate. Wood polled 415 votes to Mayor Cynthia Jackson’s 181 votes and Jerry Long’s 23. Wood vacated his District 1 council seat to run for mayor. That position was the only council race on the ballot as all […]
Double punch misses
Two hurricanes race across Gulf just days apartClarke County and Southwest Alabama dodged a bullet again, or in this case, two bullets. There was an unusual occurrence this week as two hurricane systems came into the Gulf of Mexico and eyeballed the Southern U.S. Gulf Coast. First it was Marco, which never developed above tropical storm status. It made landfall in southeastern Louisiana late Monday afternoon. It […]
Grove Hill gator hunters
The Grove Hill “Team Two-Man” of Mark Sheffield and Hunter Cross pulled in a big gator over the weekend, a 600-lb. monster that measured 12 feet, seven inches in the West Central Alabama River Zone hunt. Big Daddy Lawler, who made the photo, joked that a Gulf Coast Mack was needed to get the gator to the scales. Hunter Cross’ […]
Alaska-based ambulance service locates in county
A representative of a new ambulance service told Clarke County commissioners sitting as the 911 board Tuesday of the company’s plans while a representative of the company that has served the county for years pitched his company while expressing displeasure at the competition. Corey Hughes said Medevac is an Alaska-based company that has been in operation for 40 years. The […]
School lunches hard to plan because of unknown number of virtual program students
The student meals program has in recent years been self-sustaining and even a money-maker for the Clarke County public school system but that could change this year because of the uncertainty of inschool attendance because of the coronavirus pandemic. Carmen Rotch, custodian of funds for the local system, detailed the program, correctly termed the Child Nutrition Program, for school board […]
