Chavers, Lowery To Wed
June 24, 2012
Tony and Melissa Chavers would like to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Victoria Lynn Chavers, to Dustin Wayne Lowery on Saturday, June 30, 2012, at 4:00 p.m. at Atmore First Assembly of God Church.
Victoria is the daughter of Tony and Melissa Chavers of Walnut Hill. She is the granddaughter of Curtis and Geneva Chavers of Walnut Hill, and Jimmie and Yvonne Aden of Bratt.
Dustin is the son of Rickey and Amanda Lowery of Jay and Tammy Lowery of Century. He is the grandson of Melvin and Mae Lowery of Jay and Ray and Evelyn Hammond of Century.
A reception will be held in the gymnasium at the church following the ceremony.
All friends and family are invited to attend.
Hundreds Almost Lose Water Service
June 24, 2012
Hundreds of local families and a handful of businesses came within a few hours of losing their water service Saturday.
Central Water Works reported Saturday afternoon that their well on Killam Road had completely failed and was undergoing emergency maintenance. Officials feared that water stored in an elevated tank at the Killam Road well would be depleted prior to the completion of the repair — leaving about 500 customers without water.
But the well was reported to be repaired by about 5 p.m., with the elevated storage tank still about one-quarter full.
Central Water Works has a second well and elevated storage tank in McDavid, but due to elevation water from that well can’t flow past about the water company office on Byrneville Road.
The Killam Road well serves Central Water Works customers in Byrneville, Poplar Dell and north into Alabama including portions of Old Atmore Road and Clearview Road, and customers on Highway 4 from Byrneville to about Williams Road in Century.
Campbell, Bondurant To Wed
June 24, 2012
Keith and Robynn Campbell of Chumuckla would like to announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter Ashleigh Amanda Campbell to Adam Bryan Bondurant, son of Farris and Becky Bondurant of Munson.
Ashleigh is the granddaughter of John Lewis and Maxine Jones of Allentown and Glen and Margaret Campbell of Chumuckla. Adam is the grandson of Albert and Codylene Von Axelson of Munson and Dewey Bondurant Sr. of Flomaton. The wedding will take place on June 30, 2012, at Calvary Baptist Church in Allentown.
April Denise Jackson
June 24, 2012
Ms. April Denise Jackson, age 22 of Montgomery Street in Troy, AL, passed away early Friday morning June 22, 2012, in Montgomery from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.
Ms. Jackson was born in Findlay, OH, and had been a resident of Troy for the past four years, coming from Brewton, AL. She was a 2007 graduate of W.S. Neal High School and attended Jefferson Davis Community College and then Troy University, where she was a member of TAU BETA SIGMA. She served as a specialist with the the Army Reserve in Dothan from 2009 until her death. She worked as a bank teller for BB&T, and was of the Baptist faith. Ms. Jackson was preceded in death by her maternal grandfather, Derry Chavers of Brewton, and paternal grandmother, Florence Jackson of Mobile.
She is survived by her parents, Claude Jackson, Jr. and Helen Chavers Jackson of Brewton; grandmother, Wilma Chavers of Brewton, and grandfather, Claude Jackson, Sr. of Findlay; two brothers, Zack Chavers of Brewton, and Ron Jackson of Columbus; five sisters, Cheyenne Jackson of Brewton, Claudia Jackson of NC, Charmain Jackson of Columbus, OH, Chasandra Jackson of Findlay, OH, Niesey Howze of Wiggins, MS.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, June 26, 2012, at 2 p.m. from the chapel of Craver’s Funeral Home with Rev. Russ McDonald officiating. Interment will follow in Weaver Cemetery.
Visitation will be held at Craver’s Funeral Home on Tuesday from noon until service time at 2 p.m.
Funeral Services Set For First Responder Killed In Traffic Crash
June 24, 2012
Funeral services have been set for a first responder killed in a traffic accident Thursday afternoon south of Jay.
Visitation for 22-year Nathan L. Berry of Flomaton will be held Monday from 6-9 p.m. at the Flomaton High School Auditorium. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m., also at the Flomaton High School Auditorium.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Berry was northbound on Highway 89 north of Pineview Church Road on a 2001 Yamaha motorcycle when he struck the left rear wheel of a mower implement attached to a 2005 John Deere tractor. The tractor, driven by 45-year old Grady Lane Faris of Brewton, was also northbound on Highway 89, partially on the paved side of the roadway and partially in the northbound travel lane.
Berry was transported from the scene to by AirHeart helicopter to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola where he later died. Berry was wearing a helmet, according to the crash report.
Charges against Faris are pending the outcome of an investigation, according to the FHP.
Berry, a certified firefighter and paramedic, dedicated his life to serving the public in emergency services. He was a former employee of Atmore Ambulance and was currently a supervisor for Lifeguard EMS in Santa Rosa County. He was a volunteer member of the Friendship Volunteer Fire Department near Flomaton, and was a firefighter for Escambia County Fire Rescue’s Century Station.
Friends said Berry was returning home after working an EMS shift. He is survived by his wife, the former Tiffany Hanks of Bratt, 14-month old daughter Anna Claire and an unborn son Mason.
Watson Selected For All-State Baseball Team
June 24, 2012
Zackary Watson of Century was selected for the ASWA Alabama All-State baseball team for Class 2A.
He finished his senior year at Flomaton High School with a 10-2 record, three saves, and he led the state in innings pitched with 95.1 innings. He had 122 strikeouts, 15 walks, and had an ERA of 0.73.
For his senior season he had back-to-back no hitters, six shutouts, and 10 complete games. He is still undecided where is attending college.
Pictured: Zackary Watson. Submitted photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Tropical Storm Warning: Debbie Churns In The Gulf
June 24, 2012
A tropical storm warning has been issued for South Alabama and Northwest Florida as Tropical Storm Debby, the fourth storm of the 2012 hurricane season, continues to churn in the Gulf of Mexico.
The National Hurricane Center said Saturday the storm is expected to move over the northern Gulf of Mexico with gradual turn toward the Florida Panhandle during the next few days. Debby is forecast to become a hurricane.
The latest conditions and forecast path for Debby are in the graphic above, click to enlarge.
For the coastal portions of Escambia and Santa Rosa counties, there is a high surf and coast flood advisory in effect. Winds are forecast to be 10-15 mph in the inland areas and 15-20 mph closer to the coast on Sunday with gusts of 30 mph possible. For more on the local impacts from Debby, click here.
Debby has also forced the suspension of eight percent of the region’s oil and gas production.
Officials said nine production platforms and one drilling rig were evacuated — including one drilling rig towed into Pensacola Bay. The reduced production is not expected to impact oil prices unless the storm strengthens and forces more production platforms to close.
It is the first time four tropical storms have formed before July 1 during the Atlantic hurricane season since record keeping began in 1851.
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Man Charged With Selling Stolen Jewelry
June 24, 2012
A Cantonment man was jailed after allegedly selling jewelry stolen in Brewton to a Pensacola gold buyer.
Jimmy L. Johnson, age 42 of Pine Top Lane, was charged with felony dealing in stolen property and giving false information to a secondhand dealer, both felonies.
Brewton Police had developed Johnson as a suspect in the theft of jewelry from a home on Douglas Avenue in January 2012, including several gold items and wedding ring. On the day of the theft, Johnson allegedly sold the items for $905 to The Gold Exchange in Pensacola.
The victim positively identified the items and paid The Gold Exchange $905 to reclaim her property, and warrant was issued for Johnson’s arrest.
Johnson was booked into the Escambia County Jail on the outstanding warrant and later released on a $20,000 bond.
Wahoos Get 6-4 Win
June 24, 2012
Yordanys Perez delivered the hit of the game with a bases-clearing double in the top of the fifth which gave Pensacola their first lead of the game on their way to a 6-4 win over the Chattanooga Lookouts at AT&T Field in Chattanooga, TN, on Saturday night. Blue Wahoos starter Kyle Lotzkar labored through the first two innings before getting back on track to work five innings and qualify for the win.
The Lookouts got to the Blue Wahoos starter early. Rafael Ynoa led off the bottom of the first with a base hit. He then stole second and later scored with one out on a double from J.T. Wise. A batter later, Brahiam Maldonado hit his third home run of the year to put the Lookouts ahead 3-0.
After Beau Mills singled home Josh Fellhauer in the fourth, the Lookouts quickly answered back with a run in the bottom of the inning to push their lead back to three.
The Wahoos turned the game around in the fifth. With the bases loaded and one out, Perez drove a ball to the right-center field gap clearing the bases and putting the Wahoos in front for the first time 5-4. Perez tried to stretch his double into a triple but was thrown out at third for the second out of the inning. The next batter, Mills, blasted his first home run of the season for Pensacola making it 6-4 and that’s how it ended.
Mills finished with a 3-for-4 game including a home run, two RBI and a run scored in his Blue Wahoos debut. Perez (2-for4, 3 RBI) and Fellhauer (2-for-5, 2 R, RBI) each contributed with multi-hit games also.
Lotzkar ended up with the win after allowing all four Lookouts runs on five hits over five innings. The right-hander also fanned seven batters with four walks. Drew Hayes and Curtis Partch each worked a pair of scoreless innings to close it out. Partch finished it off over the last two innings to earn his third save of the season. The Wahoos did all their damage against Chattanooga starter Matt Magill. He was saddled with the loss after getting tagged for six runs on nine hits over five innings.
The series continues on Sunday when the Blue Wahoos send RHP Daniel Corcino (3-4, 3.34) to the mound against LHP Aaron Miller (4-4, 4.12). First pitch is set for 1:15 p.m.
By Tommy Thrall
Pictured: Yordanys Perez delivered the game-winning hit in the fifth inning for Pensacola Saturday night in Chattanooga. Photo by Chris Nelson for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Tropical Storm Debby Forms In Gulf
June 23, 2012
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Tropical Storm Debby formed in the Gulf of Mexico this afternoon with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph. Some strengthening is forecast during the next 48 hours.
Debby was located about 220 miles south-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River and moving north at about 6 mph. Debby is forecast to change to a more westerly course, impacting southern Louisiana before making an eventual landfall in Texas.
Complete information is in the National Hurricane Center graphic above, click to enlarge.
