2016-09-01 E-Edition

Lottery dead, Legislature deals with BP




Fresh off a late Friday night vote that killed any chance Alabama voters could vote on a lottery in November’s general election, State Senator Greg Albritton (R-Atmore) was in Thomasville Saturday morning for the Country Oaks grand re-opening to offer his summation on what happened from Aug. 22-26 in the Alabama Legislature. As for Sen. Jim McClendon’s (R-Springville) lottery bill, […]

Pine Hill Mayor Elect to focus on streets




PINE HILL – New Pine Hill Mayor Elect Leslie “Dusty” McDanal felt it was important to gauge his fellow voters about their priorities and not his own. The personal connection worked as McDanal easily won election as the town’s mayor and will replace the retiring Mayor Roberta Jordan in November. McDanal totaled 226 votes in last week’s municipal elections to […]

Family Security buys Bank of Pine Hill




PINE HILL – The Bank of Pine Hill has agreed to a buy out by Family Security Credit Union of Decatur. L. William Godbold, chairman, president and CEO of the Bank of Pine Hill, said the sale will be good for the banking customers of Pine Hill. “This is a good deal for our customers,” Godbold said Monday. “We have […]

Murray Jean Jowers pays it forward




For the past 10 years, Murray Jean Jowers has been on a personal mission to help others. It all started when her husband Woodrow was diagnosed with COPD and then later developed both cancer and dementia. As his caretaker, she spent long hours either confined at home or sitting in many different hospitals. “We would be in the hospital from […]

Criswell



Bob Ray Criswell, 89, of Orange Beach died Aug. 24, 2016 at Springhill Memorial Hospital. He was born Oct. 9, 1926 in Moore’s Valley. He was a retired construction contractor. He is survived by his wife Mary Lou Criswell of Orange Beach; two sons, Ronald (Sandy) Criswell of Pine Hill and Freddie (June) Criswell of Fairhope; two daughters, Becky Criswell […]

Glass



Lavetta Louise Glass, 93, a homemaker of Thomaston died Aug. 22, 2016 at Anderson Hospital in Meridian, Miss. She was born April 19, 1923 in Thomaston. She was a member of Sardis Baptist Church. She is survived by three sons, Bill Glass, Stan (Loretta) Glass and Garry Glass; six daughters, Norma (Charlie) Bradford, Wonna (Dennis) West, Karen (Paul) Autery, Sharon […]

May



Honree May, 74, of Pine Hill died Aug. 27, 2016 at his home. He was born Feb. 10, 1942 in West Bend to Reese May and Callie Stewart May. He was a retired saw mill worker and a member of Thomasville Assembly of God. He was preceded in death by his granddaughter Callie Anna Chaney. He is survived by his […]

Traylor



Winfred Allen Traylor, 84, a retired truck driver of Sweet Water, died Aug. 14, 2016 at Willow Trace Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was born Sept. 16, 1931 in Arcadia, La. He was a US Army veteran and a member of Hoboken Baptist Church where he served as a deacon. He also participated in Relay for Life. He is survived […]

Weatherly



Mildred Inez Weatherly, 88, of Thomasville died Aug. 28, 2016 at the Thomasville Health Care and Rehabilitation Center. She was born March 7, 1928 in Peacock to James Matthew Johnson and Alice Virginia Phillips Johnson. She was a former seamstress with Vanity Fair and was a member of First Baptist Church Fulton. She is survived by two sons, Nolan Darrell […]