Funeral services for James Hilson Lisenby, 92, of LaFayette, Alabama, will be held on Friday, March 8, 2024, at 2:00 PM at Shiloh Baptist Church in Wadley with Pastor Paul Howard and Pastor Chuck Goodwin officiating. Burial will follow at Sims Cemetery with Quattlebaum Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.The family will receive friends at Read More…
Author: Jordan Wilcox
Obituary: Ms. Mary Lou Willis
Ms. Mary Lou Willis, 72 of Opelika, AL passed away on Monday, March 4, 2024 at East Alabama Medical Center.Public Visitation will be held on Sunday, March 10, 2024 from 1:00 PM CST until 6:00 PM CST at Silmon-Seroyer Funeral Home Chapel, Lafayette, AL.Ms. Willis will lie in state at the church one hour prior Read More…
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Mr. Richard Lewis Williams, 61, of Lanett died Sunday, March 3, 2024, at WellStar West Georgia Medical Center, LaGrange, GA. Graveside services were held on Monday, March 11, 2024, at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, 2467 Co. Rd. 28, LaFayette at 1:00 p.m. (CST) with Rev. Calvin Marshall officiating.Mr. Williams is survived by Pearlie M. Read More…
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Ms. Millie P. Thomas, 81 of Lafayette, AL passed away Saturday, February 24, 2024 at Arbor Springs Health and Rehab in Opelika, AL.Public Visitation will be held on Friday, March 1, 2024 from 1:00 PM CST until 6:00 PM CST at Silmon-Seroyer Funeral Home Chapel, Lafayette, AL.Ms. Thomas will lie in state at the church Read More…
Lady Rebels victorious over Ezekial
By Katie McElvy Lady Rebels SoftballAfter struggling to get hits against Calvary Christian and falling 3-9 earlier in the week, the Chambers Academy Lady Rebels bounced back against Ezekiel Academy. Chambers trailed 0-1 until their bats got hot in the bottom of the second. With one runner on, Allie Paschal homered on a fly ball Read More…
Obituary: Mr. Nelson Smith, Jr.
Mr. Nelson Smith, Jr., 73 passed away on Wednesday, February 28, 2024.Public Visitation will be held on Friday, March 8, 2024 from 1:00 PM CST until 6:00 PM CST at Silmon-Seroyer Funeral Home Chapel, Lafayette, AL.Graveside Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, March 9, 2024, 1:00 PM CST at Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, Lafayette, Read More…
Finch loses reelection bid to Reco Newton for CCBOE
By John BriceCorrespondent Super Tuesday was super indeed for Frederick “Reco” Newton who defeated incumbent Chambers County Board of Education President Jeffery L. Finch to represent District One on March 5th of 2024. Finch had served as CCBOE President since November of 2001 and had served as Vice-President for the year previous to that. Having Read More…
Obituary: Harold (Dutch) Duringer
Long-time resident of Paw Paw, MI, Harold (Dutch) Duringer passed away peacefully at home on March 5, 2024, just two weeks shy of his 96th birthday. The son of Herbert and Irene (Cole) Duringer, he was born in Blue Island, Illinois and was a former resident of Burbank, California.Harold moved back to the family’s ancestral Read More…
Life as Performance Art
Should we worry Mother Earth is trying to kill us before we kill her? Might be. There is information about that possible threat in nearly all reliable print and online newspapers. Gari Voss has elegantly written well-researched Allegan County News articles about PFAS and other pollutants in the Kalamazoo River. She keeps us informed about what Read More…