Elmira G. Crapps
June 12, 2010
Mrs. Elmira G. Crapps, 103, passed away on Thursday, June 10, 2010 at a Pensacola, FL hospital.
Mrs. Crapps was a native of Georgiana, AL, a resident of Gandyville, FL since 1925 and attended the Poplar Dell Baptist Church. Preceded in death by her Husband of 65 years, W.H. Crapps.
Survivors include: a special Nephew, Dale Brunson of Gandyville, FL; a special Niece, Charlotte Field of Pensacola, FL; and a number of Nieces and Nephews.
Funeral services will be held Sunday, June 13, 2010 at 2:00 P.M. at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with the Rev. Robert Gandy and the Rev. Mitch Herring officiating.
Burial will follow at Poplar Dell Cemetery.
Visitation will be held Saturday, June 12, 2010 between 6:00 and 8:00 P.M .at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be her Nephews, Carl Gandy, Gary Baggett, Mike Gandy, Tracey Gandy, Haynes Gandy, Randy Chavers.
Honorary pallbearers will be Tom Gandy, Hollis Gandy, John Gandy, William Gandy, Buster Crapps, and Carmen Ivy.
Pelicans Win Thriller Over AirHogs 5-4
June 12, 2010
The Pelicans (11-16) and AirHogs (15-11) both put up a great fight at Quiktrip Park and in the end, Pensacola prevailed for a thrilling 5-4 victory Friday night. The Pelicans have now won three games in a row.
Grand Prairie struck first blood in the bottom of the first inning with an RBI single from Juan Camacho and a two run homerun from Aaron Garza. All these runs came with two outs which gave the AirHogs an early 3-0 advantage.
The Pelicans loaded the bases with one out in the top of the fourth inning. Francisco Leandro would line a single into right field to score Adolfo Gonzalez and Kyle Brown to make it a 3-2 game. Chase Porch would follow with an RBI groundout to bring in Christison to tie the game up at 3. One batter later, Javier Brito would hit a sharp ground ball off the glove of the third baseman Jose Duran which would roll down the left field line scoring Porch to give Pensacola a 4-3 lead. Lou Palmisano would follow with a single up the middle to bring home Gray and make it a 5-3 Pelicans lead.
Grand Prairie scored a run in the fifth inning, but that would end the scoring as Pelican pitching shut them out for the last four innings to seal up the 5-4 victory.
Jared Gothreaux (3-2) gets the win as he battled through eight innings scattering 4 runs off ten hits, but making the big outs when he had too.
Ron Hill pitched a perfect ninth to get his second save of the season.
Ryne Tacker (1-1) takes the loss as he gives up five runs-none earned off five hits through seven innings pitched.
Pelicans Put Out Diablos 5-3
June 11, 2010
The Pelicans (10-16) fought hard and got a big hit late in the game from Javier Brito to help Pensacola beat the Diablos (7-18) 5-3 Thursday night and take their first series of the season.
In the top half of the second, J.D. Reininger belted a ball down the left field line for his fourth homerun of the season. It was a two run shot that gave the Diablos an early 2-0 lead.
Kyle Brown got the Pelicans on the board in the bottom half of the second inning by hitting an infield single to bring in Lou Palmisano from third to make it a 2-1 contest. It was the first professional baseball RBI for Brown.
With the score 3-1, the Pelicans loaded the bases with nobody out in the bottom of the fourth inning. Dallas Christison hit a sacrifice fly to right center field to score Rodriguez to make it a 3-2 game. Francisco Leandro followed with a screaming double down the right field line to bring in Adolfo Gonzalez and tie the game up at 3.
Javier Brito untied the game in the seventh inning with a towering two run homerun over the left field fence to give the Pelicans a 5-3 lead. It was the second homer of the year for Brito and it was a clutch shot late in the game.
Jason Franzblau (1-0) got the win as he pitched three scoreless innings only giving up one hit on the evening.
Tyler Wilson pitched a perfect ninth striking out two to get his first save of the season.
Noel Baca (0-2) takes the loss as he gives up the two run homerun to Javier Brito in the seventh inning.
The Pelicans will hit the road and start a three game series tomorrow night against the Grand Prairie AirHogs
Margaret Coon
June 11, 2010
Margaret Coon 81, a lifetime resident of Escambia County, passed away quietly at home after a long battle with ovarian cancer.
She is survived by her husband of 62 years, 9 months, Joe, two sons both of Pensacola, Harry (Susan) Coon and Steven (Cecile) Coon and a daughter Saundra (Rusty) Hudson of Daytona Beach and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She loved her garden and her flowers. With graciousness and generosity she touched the lives of all those around her. Strength, dignity and perseverance, she was truly a Steel Magnolia, a gracious southern woman.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Thursday, June 10, 2010 at Faith Chapel Funeral Home North-Cantonment with Rev. Joe Mullins officiating. Interment will follow at Aldersgate United Methodist Church Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to service time.
Faith Chapel Funeral Home North, 1000 Highway 29 south Cantonment is in charge of arrangements.
Betty Elder
June 11, 2010
Betty Elder
In the early morning hours of June 6, 2010 God saw one of his precious flowers that needed to be plucked. Betty was this flower, and she is now fully blooming with the Lord.
Betty was born on February 28, 1944 to Duffy and Rosa Mae Jefferson. Her father preceded her in death.
Betty leaves to cherish very fond memories of her, a devoted husband, Ray Edler; six children, Victoria Daniels, Allen Moore, Lydia Moore (Stephen Killan), Sentia Dorsey, Darcy Kirkland and Vickie Edler; mother, Rosa Jefferson; three grandchildren, Charlie Daniels, Jr., Chimere and Shontell Daniels; five great-grandchildren, Kyara Gen, Jadin Daniels, Anaiah Daniels, Jashaun Gean and Anjelia Pagan; one sister, Marilyn Harris; a favorite aunt, Charlie Mae Cooper; a favorite cousin, Betsy Lee Chavers; a special friend, Gloria Donald; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Viewing will be from 12 to 8pm June 11, 2010 at Joe Morris & Son Funeral Home. Services will be on Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 10am at St. Paul’s AME Zion Church, Cantonment. Interment will be at Cedartown Cemetery.
Neal L. (Spookey) Davis, Sr.
June 11, 2010
Neal L. (Spookey) Davis, Sr., age 74, died Sunday, May 30, 2010, at the UPMC Shadyside Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA, after a six year battle with cancer. Neal was born in Century, FL on September 16, 1935.
He was preceded in death by his parents, John Henry Davis, Jr. and Myra Louise Davis Crary.
He is survived by his wife and companion of 50 years, Connie Davis of Robertsdale, AL; sons, Neal Lee Davis, Jr. of Robertsdale and John L. Davis(Beverly), Ft. Meyers; and daughter, Anne L. McGowan (Steve), Molino; grandsons, Eric Davis, Ft. Lauderdale and Michael Davis, Ft. Meyers; and granddaughters, Kelly Davis, Ocala, Katie Davis, Ft. Meyers, and Jordan McGowan, Molino; stepgrandson, Mathew McGowan, Pensacola.
In lieu of flowers, the family ask that donations be made to the David C. Koch Regional Perfusion Cancer Therapy Research Fund, 5150 Centre Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15232, Dr. David L.Bartlett, Director.
Visitation and memorial service will be held at the Hamilton Baptist Church, Gateswood, Alabama at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, June 12, 2010.
Escambia Awarded $7 Million In Disaster Grants, Including $600K for Century
June 11, 2010
Escambia County has received a $7 million disaster recovery grant to be used on projects in Century and in the Pensacola area.
The $7,067,397 community development block grant from the Florida Department of Community Affairs will fund five projects, two of them in Century related to flooding in 2008.
Projects funded by the grant will include:
- Century flooding and drainage improvements on Jefferson Avenue, $193,300. The funding will construct Jefferson Avenue ditch outfall improvements to rework a ditch that is responsible for draining the central portion of Century. The town does not currently have a dedicated easement for the ditch, so the town’s ability to maintain it has been hampered. As a result, the ditch has grown up with heavy vegetation and debris from storms, and as a result it is difficult for the town to maintain it with hand labor and small equipment. The goal of the project will be to secure easements for the adjacent property owners and to clear and reshape the ditch to improve it so that it can be better maintained in the future.
- Century flooding and drainage improvements on Pond Street, $406,700. The funding will provide improvements to an existing drainage ditch in the Pond Street area, including correction of the easement issues as exist around the Jefferson Avenue ditch.
- Affordable rental housing preservation and development, $1.05 million to partially fund the acquisition of the Maison Deville Apartments, which were heavily damaged by Hurricane Ivan and further impacted by Hurricane Gustav. The 144-unit complex will replaced by units of mixed income rental housing.
- Development of Homeless Service Facility, $1.8 million. The money will be used for a new homeless service center that will house the Waterfront Rescue Mission and provide homeless services. The existing Waterfront Rescue Mission homeless facility is currently located in a flood-prone area.
- Lakewood (Warrington) area sewer construction will receive $3.3 million to eliminate septic tanks that impact Bayou Chico during flooding.
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Disaster Recovery Grants totaling $81 million were available statewide under funding approved by Congress for areas declared disaster areas due to 2008 storms. Escambia County was one of six counties in Florida declared disaster areas due to the impact of Hurricane Gustav.
Football: Northview Assistant Coach Headed To Escambia County Atmore
June 11, 2010
A Northview High School assistant football coach was hired Thursday at Escambia County High School in Atmore.
Karl Smith was hired by the Escambia County (Ala.) Board of Education as a special education teacher at Escambia County High to replace Christopher Hill.
Smith taught for six years at Northview High School, according to the school website, teaching ESE math and career education. He was the defensive line and tight ends coach for the Chiefs, and also served as the head track and weightlifting coach.
Four Arrested In Flomaton Drug Raid
June 11, 2010
A drug bust Thursday in Flomaton landed four people in the Escambia County (Ala.) Detention Center.
The 21st Judicial Drug Task Force and the Flomaton Police Department executed a search warrant on Sue Street.
Charged were:
- Kimberly Ann Costa, 22, of Sue Street, first-degree possession of marijuana.
- Tonya Lee Johnson, 41, of Sue Street, first degree possession of marijuana; unlawful possession of a controlled substance (cocaine), unlawful possession of a controlled substance (prescription medication), and distribution of a controlled substance.
- Donald Ray Wilkerson, 49, of Holt Street, unlawful possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.
- Christopher Wayne Morris, 24, of Cary Street, possession of a controlled substance (cocaine), two counts of possession of a controlled substance (Clonopine and Lortab), possession of drug paraphernalia and distribution of a controlled substance.
Officers reportedly located cocaine, crystal methamphetamine, marijuana and illegal prescription pills in the home on Sue Street.
Escambia’s War On Oil In Full Swing
June 11, 2010
The battle to keep oil away from Escambia County shores was in full swing Thursday night.
Crews responded to a reported plume of oil 12 miles from Perdido Pass Thursday night, possibly with plans to set fire to oil.
“One option may be to try to burn some of the plume. If they decide to burn off some of the oil, you may see a glow in the Gulf along the horizon,” said Sonya Daniel, Escambia County spokesperson, late Thursday night.
Earlier Thursday, tar balls and sheen were reported to be coming through Pensacola Pass an into Pensacola Bay. Boom was set in Pensacola Pass as the majority of oil in the pass was collected by skimmers, Daniel said. Pensacola Pass is the entrance into Pensacola and Perdido bays. The Coast Guard authorized the closure of Perdido Pass so boom could be deployed.
Pictured above: Boom in Pensacola Bay; the Pensacola Bay Bridge and Gulf Breeze can bee seen in the background. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.