BERTIE MAE THOMAS
March 9, 1944 – March 12, 2024 Bertie Mae Thomas, a resident of Greenville, Alabama, passed away on Tuesday, March 12, 2024, at the age of 80. Funeral Services were held on Friday, March 15, beginning at 12 noon at Buckaloo Pentecostal Church with Brother Harold Taunton officiating and Dunklin Funeral Home directing. Burial followed…
Read MoreGERALD ALLEN SEXTON
Jan. 11, 1957 – March 14, 2024 Gerald Allen Sexton, 67, of Fort Deposit, passed away after a lengthy illness at Jackson Hospital on March 14. Gerald was born on Jan. 11, 1957, in Greenville to Robert L. and Ruby D. Sexton. After his father’s death in 1957, Gerald’s mother later remarried Rufus “Pete” Bowen…
Read MoreIt’s Sunshine Week
BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard It’s Sunshine Week. A week to celebrate freedom of information laws in every state. It also celebrates the good efforts of government advocates and journalists to enlist those laws in the search for information we need as self-governing citizens. Sunshine Sunday began in Florida in 2002, led by…
Read MoreWomen of God, “Let’s make history!”
By Carolyn Griffin I am amazed at the God inspired ideas that come to me during my early morning times of prayer and meditation, and as I am driving. If I add them to the dreams and visions that I have, and follow through on just a few, I could add the title of…
Read MoreSmokin’ in the Park
BY RAY VAN COR The Greenville Standard I know the title sounds a little dubious and it would make you wonder what was being smoked, but the truth is that there will be smoke in the park in downtown Georgiana. Not the smoke you’re thinking but the sweet aroma of barbecue, that’s right, Bar-B-Que!…
Read MoreSquatch Watch
BY KATHY PICKENS The Greenville Standard The Greenville-Butler County library hosted bigfoot field investigator, YouTube producer and New Jersey native Mike Familant as he presented his program “In the Shadow of Big Red Eye” last Thursday. Big Red Eye is the name given to the eight-foot tall, bipedal creature with glowing red eyes that…
Read MoreGovernor Ivey signs Choose Act
BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard Governor Kay Ivey, on Thursday, March 5, signed the CHOOSE Act (House Bill 129) into law. The governor signed the bill at the State Capitol attended by students, lawmakers and supporters. The legislation creates a program similar to school vouchers, which will provide eligible families with as much…
Read MoreElection results for Butler County
BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard The unofficial election results for the April 5 Primary Election for Butler County was tallied and to follow are the results. There are 14,383 registered voters in Butler County. In total, 3,816 ballots were cast at polling houses and 312 were absentee ballots, which resulted in a 26.53…
Read MoreCrash claims one
TROY POST – A single-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 4 a.m. Sunday, March 10, has claimed the life of a Georgiana man. Thomas J. Thomas, 36, was fatally injured when the 2003 Toyota Camry he was driving left the roadway, struck a concrete embankment and overturned before going into a creek. Thomas was not…
Read MoreBig Buck Photo Contest co-winners
Olivia Faulkner, a second-grade student at Troy Elementary School, harvested her first buck on Thanksgiving Day 2023. Chad Stinson harvested a 13-point velvet buck. It was his first harvested buck with a bow. For Faulkner, the buck arrived with several others, but she spooked it by accidentally dropping her headphones in the shooting house. “We…
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