90 and Fabulous
Jeanette Perdue McVay celebrated her 90th birthday June 23 with a large party of family and friends at Wentzells in Greenville. “90 and Fabulous!” (Photo submitted)
Read MoreLegislature passes Safe Haven Law
Alabama’s Safe Haven law will soon provide even greater protections for surrendered infants following the Legislature’s unanimous passage of a bill sponsored by freshman Representative Donna Givens (R – Loxley). Under the current law, infants can only be surrendered within 72 hours of birth at hospitals. Givens’ legislation, House Bill 473, extends that period to…
Read MoreThis day in sports history
BY COLIN “BIG C” MACGUIRE The Greenville Standard The year 2014 was the first year for the College Football Playoff (CFP) selection system. Before that, from 1998-2013, the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) was the selection system that created four or five bowl game match-ups involving eight or 10 of the top ranked teams in…
Read MoreBETTY JEAN PARKER SPANN
Aug. 5, 1937 – June 15, 2023 Betty Jean Parker Spann, 85, a resident of Greenville, was born on Aug. 5, 1937 and passed away peacefully on June 15, 2023. The funeral service was held Tuesday, June 20, at 2 p.m. from the chapel of Dunklin Funeral Home and Dunklin Funeral Home directing. Burial followed…
Read MoreGRADY DUANE CLEMENTS
Oct. 1, 1944 – June 14, 2023 Grady Duane Clements, a resident of Montgomery, , passed away on June 14, 2023. Graveside Services were held on Monday, June 19, 2023 beginning at 1 p.m. at Giddens Chapel in Greenville, with Brother Craig Burkhalter officiating and Dunklin Funeral Home directing. Grady was preceded in death by…
Read MoreKEITH HOLDER
April 26, 1960 – June 21, 2023 Keith Holder, age 63 of Greenville, died peacefully on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, at his home. Funeral Services were held Sunday, June 25, from the chapel of Dunklin Funeral Home beginning at 2 p.m. with Minister Charles Box officiating. The family accepted friends for visitation one hour prior…
Read MoreWILLIAM EUGENE HARDIN, III
Sept. 30, 1964 – June 23, 2023 William Eugene (Bill) Hardin, III, 58, of Montgomery, died Friday, June 23, 2023. Funeral services were held at 4 p.m. Monday, June 26, in the Stakely Sanctuary of First Baptist Church of Montgomery with the Reverends Jay L. Wolf and Mark Bethea officiating. The family received friends at…
Read MoreBENSON PEAVY
Aug. 26 – June 25, 2023 Mr. Benson Peavy, age 66, a resident of McKenzie, died on Sunday, June 25, 2023 at his home. Funeral Services were held on Tuesday, June 27, from the Chapel of Johnson Funeral Home beginning at 2 p.m. with Bro. Mason Halacker and Bro. Randy Harvill officiating. The family accepted…
Read MoreGHS School Days, 1950s-1960s, Part 8
BY CARTER E. ANTHONY In 1962, we opened the football season with a narrow 6-0 loss on our home field to the Enterprise Wildcats, another school in a higher classification. Copious amounts of rain had fallen leading up to the afternoon of the game and Coach Whetstone marshalled all “town boys” to the field…
Read MoreBUTLER COUNTY BEGINNINGS Transportation at Brushey Creek
BY ANNIE CRENSHAW Lillian Shell Morgan’s history of the Brushey Creek community, written in the 1950s, told the story not only of settlers, log cabins and early life, but also transportation from horse-and-buggy days to the first automobiles. Combining her own memories with tales told by older residents, she wrote: “Most of the early…
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