Cantonment Man Arrested With Drugs In Church Parking Lot
December 26, 2012
A traffic stop at a church landed a 28-year old Cantonment man behind bars on drug charges.
Brian David Pryor was charged with marijuana possession and cocaine possession with intent to sell within 1,000 feet of a physical place of worship.
An Escambia County deputy reported observing Pryor driving without a seat belt at the intersection of Highway 29 and Diamond Dairy Road. The deputy initiated a traffic stop, with Pryor coming to a stop in the parking lot of of the St. Mary Missionary Baptist Church. Before the vehicle came to a complete stop, Pryor allegedly tossed a bag containing crack cocaine into the parking lot. Deputies also reported finding marijuana in the vehicle.
Pryor was released from the Escambia County Jail on a $6,000 bond.
Cold Continues
December 26, 2012
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 29. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 54. Wind chill values between 25 and 35 early. North wind around 5 mph.
- Thursday Night: Clear, with a low around 34. Calm wind.
- Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 58. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.
- Friday Night: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
- Saturday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
- Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 32. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 54. North wind around 5 mph.
- Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 36.
- Monday: Sunny, with a high near 60.
- Monday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39.
- New Year’s Day: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 60.
Community Mourns NWE, Ernest Ward Volunteer Charles Williams
December 26, 2012
Charles Williams, a former North Escambia Person of the Year, passed away Christmas day.
Williams was an instrumental and driving force behind sports programs for countless youth at Ernest Ward Middle School and the Northwest Escambia leagues. For funeral arrangements, click here.
Here is an earlier story about Mr. Charles Williams being named a North Escambia Person of the Year:
Charles Williams is one of those behind the scenes people that makes the world go round — at least the world of youth sports in Walnut Hill.
From the Ernest Ward Middle School Sports Boosters to Northwest Escambia Football, Williams is always hard at work to make sure the area’s children have the opportunity to take part in sports.
He is sometimes the man on the public address system at NWE and Ernest Ward Middle School football games, but he is always the man behind the scenes. From mowing the grass to working in the concession stand, he’s the model volunteer.
As president of the EWMS Sports Boosters, Williams is quick to point out that the group works to support every boy’s and girl’s sport at the school, not just the county’s only middle school football team. Williams and his army of volunteers make sure that every player of every sport is appreciated, and that every player is fed an appropriate meal or snack before every game.
“I just don’t know what we would do without Charles,” EWMS Principal Nancy Gindl-Perry said at a school sports banquet before presenting Williams with a small token of the school’s appreciation.
Williams accepted the gift quietly and humbly — that’s just the kind of man he is. And hundreds, if not thousands, of youth would tend to agree — he’s just one of those people that influences society quietly, one child a time.
“He’s a true hero,” Perry said.
NorthEscambia.com file photos, click to enlarge.
Charles L. “Buster or Wagon” Williams
December 26, 2012
Charles L. “Buster or Wagon” Williams, 67 of Davisville, passed away December 25, 2012.
He was born August 30, 1945. He is preceded in death by his parents Edith Priest and George W. Williams, brothers; George Williams, Jr.; Clifford Williams, Billy Joe Priest and sister Doris Roberts.
He is survived by his wife of 28 years, Dianne Williams; three daughters, Tina Roberson, husband Ken, Tina “Lou Lou”, husband David Segers, and Tammy Ashcraft, husband Jimbo; son, Ronnie Milstead, wife Danielle; grandchildren Megan, Dylan, Tristen, Seaira, J.T., Kayla, Weston, Brittany, Brett, Dustin and Taylor; great granddaughter Brayleigh; sister Brenda Ekstrom; brother Clyde Williams; and multitude of nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be held Friday, December 28, 2012, at 2 p.m. from the Pine Barren Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Mike Harper officiating.
In lieu of flowers donation can be made to United Bank of Atmore in memory of Charles L. Williams.
Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Video: Tornado Hits Mobile
December 26, 2012
Severe weather pounded the Gulf Coast Tuesday, with several tornado touchdowns. In Mobile, a large tornado hit parts of the city, leaving behind a path of destruction and tens of thousands without power. But there were no reports of any serious injuries.
Damage was reported at Murphy High School and Mobile Infirmary, where windows were blown out as patients rode out the storm in hallways.
The reader video below shows the tornado as it moves through Mobile.
It’s Easy To Recycle Your Wrapping Paper, Boxes In North Escambia
December 26, 2012
You can “go green” with those piles of Christmas wrapping paper and boxes by recycling them at one of several drop-off locations around North Escambia or in your weekly ECUA pickup.
Christmas wrapping paper, along with other household paper, plastics, steel and aluminum can be placed in your recycling container on your normal ECUA pickup day. For complete information on the ECUA recycling program, click here.
The Escambia County Division of Solid Waste Management has drop-off recycling locations in or near each of the larger communities in North Escambia. North of Nine Mile Road, recycling bins are located at:
- Ashton Brosnaham Park, 10370 Ashton Brosnaham Drive
- Billy G. Ward Courthouse, 7500 North Century Blvd., Century
- Escambia County Extension Service, 3740 Stefani Road, Cantonment
- John R. Jones Athletic Park, 555 E. Nine Mile Road
- Molino Fire Department, 1459 Molino Road (behind fire station)
- Oak Grove Citizen’s Convenience Center, 745 North Highway 99
- Perdido Landfill, 13009 Beulah Road, Cantonment
- UWF, John Martin Hall, 11000 University
- UWF, ParkwayParking Lot #10, Campus Dr.
Items eligible for recycling at the drop-off locations are aluminum cans, steel cans, glass food and beverage containers, plastic containers (#1-#7), cardboard, junk mail (including Christmas wrapping paper), paper, magazines, and newspapers.
For more information on drop-off recycling in North Escambia, visit EscambiaRecycles.com.
Winning Fantasy 5 Ticket Sold In The Area
December 26, 2012
A winning Fantasy 5 ticket sold in in the area for Tuesday’s night drawing is worth $53,042.34.
The winning ticket, with numbers 01-30-32-33-36 — was sold at the Kangaroo Express at 3225 West Nine Mile Road It was one of three winning tickets sold in the state. The other winning tickets were sold in Tampa and Fort Myers.
The $53,042.34 winning ticket sold on Nine Mile Road was a “Quick Pick”, with the computer generating random numbers when the ticket was purchased.
There were also 227 tickets with four correct numbers worth $113 each, and 6,035 with three of five numbers worth $11.50 each.
Charles Franklin Pack Sr.
December 26, 2012
Charles Franklin Pack Sr. was born in Wauford, West Virginia on September 8, 1937, and passed away on December 24, 2012.
He was a Baptist and served in the US Army.
He was the son of the late Cletis and Betty Pack and the late Eunice Shrewsberry Rushbrook. Also preceding him in death is his brother, William David Meadows; sisters, Mary Hogge and Jewell Pack; daughters, Carolyn McBryde and Betty Joy Clarke; grandsons, Richard Pack, Justin Knott and Andrew Pack.
Left to cherish his memory are his siblings, Elocie (Dick) Rush, Bonnie (Barney) White, Harold (Linda) Pack, Eric (Brenda) Pack, Thurman (Becky) Pack, Henry Pack and Cletis (Becky) Pack; children, Linda McCormick, Wanda Pack, Phyllis (Bill) Hudson, Paul (Jennifer) Pack, Frank Pack Jr., Roger (Cristina) Pack, Randy Pack, Kim (Randy) Wolfe, and Anthony Pack; 34 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren.
A visitation will be held on Thursday, December 27, 2012, from 5-6 p.m. at Jay Funeral Home with funeral services beginning at 6 p.m. with Rev. Alton Nixon officiating services.
His final resting place will be Roles Chapel Forest Hill in West Virginia.
The children want to thank all the aunts and uncles for all they have done. A special thank you to Uncle Henry for many years of helping take care of Dad.
Jay Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Ruby Lee Griffis
December 26, 2012
Mrs. Ruby Lee Griffis, 82, passed away on Sunday, December 23, 2012, in Pensacola.
Mrs. Griffis was a native of McDavid and resided in McDavid for the past 30 years. Mrs. Griffis worked at Century Hospital in the kitchen for 14 years, raised some of her grandchildren like they where hers.
Her husband J.D. Griffis, one son, Wayne Griffis, one daughter, Annette Griffis, a grandson, David Griffis, parents, one brother and one sister, precedes Mrs. Griffis in death.
Survivors include her four sons, Danny Griffis, Gary Griffis, Dennis Griffis and Tony Griffis all of McDavid; two daughters, Patsy Griffis of McDavid and Brenda Hanks of Century; four brothers, William Johnson of Molino, Fred Johnson of Cantonment, Buford Johnson of Cantonment, and Jimmy Johnson of Evergreen, AL; seven sisters, Mary Lee Gilmore of Hattiesburg, MS, Esther Mae Cartwright of Gonzalez, Dot Bohannon of Pensacola, Evelyn Talbot of Pensacola, Louise Capps of Cantonment, Marie Carnley of McDavid, and Laura Mae Kimmons of Flomaton; nine grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.
Funeral services will be Thursday, December 27, 2012, at 2 p.m at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with Rev. Cliff Emmons officiating.
Burial will follow at the Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
Visitation was hed Wednesday, December 26, 2012, at the Petty Eastside Chapel Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Chad Hanks, Johnny Griffis, Patrick Griffis, Tim Salter White, Bud Campbell and Scotty Griffis.
Honorary pallbearers will be Tristan Portwood and Jonathan Griffis
Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Homes is in charge of all arrangements.
Jerry Thomas Kelley
December 26, 2012
Mr. Jerry Thomas Kelley, 73, passed away on Sunday, December 23, 2012, in Atmore.
Mr. Kelley was a native of Laurel, Mississippi and a resident of Atmore for the past 22 years. Mr. Kelley attended the Atmore Apostolic Church.
Survivors include his wife, Deloris Kelley of Atmore; three sons, Joey Kelley of Laurel, MS, Tommy Kelley of Laurel, MS and Jeffery Kelley of Laurel, MS; one stepson, Arthur Mothershed of Atmore; two stepdaughters, Beverly Holcomb of Atmore and Sandra Towson of Pace; two grandchildren, grandson, Christopher Dakota Kelley and granddaughter, Victoria Grace Kelley; seven step-grandchildren, grandsons, John English and Blake Towson, granddaughters, Jessica Martin, Katie Mothershed, Alexis Towson, Shelley Mothershed and Kamryn Mothershed; five step-great-grandchildren, great-grandsons, Makenzie Martin and Layton Martin and great-granddaughters, Colbie English, Cara English and Kaison Martin.
Funeral services will be Wednesday, December 26, 2012, at 11 a.m. at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with the Rev. Steven Ward officiating.
Burial will follow at the New Home Cemetery.
Visitation will be Wednesday, December 26, 2012, from 9:30 a.m. until funeral time at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Aubrey Robinson, Hunter Richardson, David McNairn, Randall Culpepper, Mike Legget and George Legget.
Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Homes, LLC in charge of all arrangements.