Former Century Vol. Fire Chief, Charter Member Passes Away
May 16, 2012
A former chief of the Century Volunteer Fire Department has passed away. Charles Sansom, Sr., died Wednesday, May 9 at his home in Pensacola. He was 72.
Samsom was a charter member of the Century VFD. His family moved to Century in 1954 where he met his future wife of 51 years, Ruth, and graduated from Century High School.
He also served at the Monsanto Fire Department and was a member of Escambia Search and Rescue.
A visitation for Charles Herman Sansom, Sr. will be held Saturday, May 19 from 10-11 a.m. at St. Luke United Methodist Church on Nine Mile Road with a funeral service to follow.
For his complete obituary, click here.
Deputies To Begin Click It Or Ticket Seat Belt Campaign
May 16, 2012
Monday, the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office began a two-week “Click It or Ticket” crackdown designed to increase seat belt use and decrease motor vehicle fatalities across the county. The campaign will run day and night.
According to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2010 nationally, 61 percent of the 10,647 passenger vehicle occupants who were killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes overnight (6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.) were not wearing their seat belts at the time of the fatal crash, compared to 42 percent during the daytime hours.
“That’s why Escambia County deputies are joining state and local law enforcement agencies and highway safety groups in supporting an aggressive national Click It or Ticket seat belt enforcement campaign from May 21 through June 3″, according to a Sheriff’s Office news release.
Molino Woman Charged With Pawning Grandma’s Ring
May 16, 2012
A Molino woman has been charged with allegedly selling a stolen family heirloom ring at a Pensacola pawnshop.
Ashley Jogan was charged with dealing in stolen property, a second degree felony. She remained in the Escambia County Jail Wednesday morning with bond set at $10,000.
According to an Escambia County Sheriff’s Office arrest report, she pawned a stolen lady’s gold ring with eight red stones surrounding one dark center stone at the Cash America Pawn on Fairfield Drive.
The ring allegedly belonged to Jogan’s grandmother.
LCpl Travis Nelson Scholarship 5K Trail Run Is Saturday
May 16, 2012
The Winged Warrior Centennial 5K this Saturday will benefit the LCpl Travis Nelson Scholarship Fund.
The United States Marine Corps and the University of West Florida Semper Fi Society will present the trail run to celebrate 100 years of Marine Corps Aviation. The run will take place at 7:30 a.m. Saturday on the University of West Florida nature trails. The race starts at the Multipurpose Field on the UWF campus.
Race proceeds benefit the LCpl Travis Nelson Scholarship Fund, named in honor of LCpl Travis Nelson of Bratt, who was killed in action in Afghanistan on August 19, 2011. The scholarship is presented to outstanding seniors in the Northview or Pace high school ROTC programs or outstanding students in the Young Marines of Pensacola.
Registration is $22. To register, click here.
Tate Senior Chase Carroll Honored By Escambia School Board
May 16, 2012
Tate High School senior Chase Carroll was recognized Tuesday night by the Escambia County School Board.
Carroll was honored for winning the Florida High School Athletic Association’s state 2A weightlifting championship in his weight class, as well as numerous academic achievements.
In April, Carroll’s total lift was at 655 pounds with a best bench of 380 and a best clean & jerk of 275. Carroll’s total lift was 20 pounds greater than the second place finisher in the state finals.
It was the third trip to the FHSAA finals for Carroll, who also excels off the bench. He has a 3.7 GPA, and is in the National Honor Society, BETA Club, Rho Kappa, FFA, is FCA president and has participated in football and track.
Pictured above: Tate Senior Chase Carroll is honored Tuesday by the Escambia County School Board. Pictured below: School Board members (L-R) Gerald Boone, Patty Hightower, Jeff Bergosh and Bill Slayton; Chase Carroll and Superintendent Malcolm Thomas. Submitted photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Doris Eloise Gideon
May 16, 2012
Mrs. Doris Eloise Gideon, age 84 of Century, passed away on May 15, 2012, at a local health care facility.
Mrs. Gideon was a native of Century and had been a member of the Monroeville and Repton communities. She was of the Pentecostal Holiness faith and was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Carlene and sister, Paulene Travis.
She is survived by her sons, Jamie Gideon of Pensacola and Glenn Burleson of Century; daughter, Tondalea Dubose of Repton; sister, Delorse Darby of Century; four grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren.
Visitation will be held on Wednesday evening, May 16, 2012, at the Flomaton Funeral Home Chapel from 6 until 9 p.m.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday, May 17, 2012, at 10 a.m. at the Flomaton Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Doug Colburn officiating. Interment will follow in Crary Memorial Cemetery, Bluff Springs, FL.
Pallbearers will be Levi Dubose, Jimmy Dubose, Eric Wiggins, Alston Wiggins, Coltin Williams and Hunter Williams.
Flomaton Funeral Home directing.
State Moves Prison Privatization Oral Arguments
May 16, 2012
The First District Court of Appeal has moved back by two weeks oral arguments in the state’s appeal of a prison privatization ruling.
The court will now hear the case at 9 a.m. on June 27, instead of the original time, 2 p.m. on June 13.
The state is appealing a ruling by Circuit Judge Jakie Fulford that struck down an privatization plan approved by the Legislature after the the Florida Police Benevolent Association sued to block the initiative. Fulford said lawmakers improperly folded the privatization plan into the fine print of the budget.
Pensacola Shuts Down B’ham 2-0
May 16, 2012
Pensacola starting pitcher Tim Crabbe, along with relievers Curtis Partch and Donnie Joseph, combined for the team’s fourth shutout win, while pinch hitter Josh Fellhauer launched an eighth inning two-run homer to give the Blue Wahoos a 2-0 win over the Birmingham Barons on Tuesday night at Pensacola’s multi-use stadium.
The win gives the Blue Wahoos a 3-2 series victory and improves their record to 19-21, while the defeat drops Birmingham to a 21-19 mark in 2012.
Crabbe (7.0 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 4 SO) tossed his best outing of the year despite not receive a decision after yielding six hits in seven scoreless frames, while Partch and Joseph combined for two perfect innings of relief. Partch (1.0 IP, 2 SO) earned the win and struck out two before Joseph (1.0 IP, 3 SO) notched his seventh save of the year after striking out the side in the ninth. Barons starter Jose Quintana (7.0 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, 8 SO) did not factor in the decision either despite allowing just two hits in addition to eight strikeouts in seven scoreless frames, while RHP Henry Mabee (1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 SO) suffered the loss after allowing the two earned runs on two hits in one frame.
Both offenses were held quiet until the eighth, when Fellhauer broke the scoreless draw with his second homer of the year. DH P.J. Phillips reached with a one out single up the middle before the pinch hitter came to the plate and launched the 0-1 pitch over the left field wall to make it 2-0.
Birmingham had a runner past second base once, with a solid defensive play in the fourth keeping them off the scoreboard. After Barons 1B Seth Loman led off the frame with a double, C Damaso Espino lined a single up the middle to Pensacola CF Ryan LaMarre. Loman was waived home on the play as LaMarre fired a strike home to C Mark Fleury, who held on to the ball after colliding with Loman to end the inning and prevent the run.
Loman and Espino were the lone batters to record multi-hit efforts for either side, while SS Tyler Saladino reached base three times via a free pass. No Blue Wahoos batters collected two or more hits, though LaMarre and SS Didi Gregorius each did make it on base twice.
Pensacola has an off-day Wednesday and will travel to Jacksonville in preparation for their five-game series with the Suns, with the opening game set for Thursday night at 7:35 ET.
By Andrew Green
Pictured: Tim Crabbe fired seven shutout innings in the Blue Wahoos’ 2-0 win Tuesday night over Birmingham. Photo by Chris Nelson for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Davisville Business Burglary Under Investigation
May 16, 2012
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the burglary of a business in Davisville, just south of Alabama/Florida state line.
Deputies responded to a burglar alarm just before 10 p.m. Monday night at 11216 Highway 97 in the Piggly Wiggly shopping center. When they arrived, they discovered that the retail business “Seven J’s” had been burglarized. The story offers a variety of merchandise, including movie rentals, hair accessories, jewelry and wigs.
The were no arrests made in the burglary, according to Deputy Matt Baxter, spokesman for the Sheriff’s Office. Due to an ongoing investigation, further information was not released.
Anyone with information on the burglary is asked to call the Sheriff’s Office at (850) 436-9620 or Crime Stoppers at (850) 433-STOP.
Pictured above: This business in the Davisville Piggly Wiggly shopping center was burglarized Monday night. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.
Mrs. Doris Stokes Keese
May 16, 2012
Mrs. Doris Stokes Keese, age 83, of Century, passed away on May 14, 2012, at a local hospital after an extended illness.
Mrs. Keese was a native of Brewton and had been a member of the Century community since 1947 coming from Brewton. She was a graduate of T R Miller High School and had attended Jefferson Davis Community College. Mrs. Keese was a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church of Flomaton. She was preceded in death by her twin sister, Lois Idell Stokes; brothers, Benjamin Franklin Stokes, III, William Roy Stokes, Charles Fred Stokes, and her husband, John Martin Broomes, Sr.
Mrs. Keese is survived by her husband of 35 years, Rev. Jerry Keese of Century; son, John Martin Broomes, Jr. of Century; daughters, Jan Broomes Sales of Pensacola, Irene Broomes (Dewey) Bondurant, Jr. of Flomaton, Michele (Terry) Keese-Burchett and Whitney Keese Wheeler, both of Gulf Breeze; sisters, Carolyn Stokes Jennings and Mary Catherine Stokes Baker, both of Brewton; nine grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Visitation will be held on Tuesday evening, May 15, 2012, at the Flomaton Funeral Home Chapel from 6 until 8 p.m.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, at 11 a.m. at the First Baptist Church of Flomaton with the Rev. Dustin Stockstill and Dr. David Gardner officiating. Music will be provided by organist, Ann Florie and pianist, Susan Adkinson.
Interment will follow in Flomaton Cemetery, Flomaton, AL.
Pallbearers will be Jim Bondurant, Scott Myers, Jack Broomes, Hunter Broomes, Wes Sales and Alan Baker. Honorary pallbearers will be Jack Carden and Dr. Gary Silbernagel.
In lieu of flowers donations or contributions may be made to the Memorial Fund First Baptist Church P.O. Box 765 Flomaton, AL 36441 or to Alzheimers of Central Alabama P.O. Box 2273 Birmingham, Al 35201.