Eagles get clawed
BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard In Alabama Independent School Association play Friday, Aug. 27, the Fort Dale Academy (FDA) Eagles traveled to face the Jackson Academy Eagles. Three turnovers and miscues cost them dearly in the end. The first quarter was close with the red and white Eagles scoring only six points. From…
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Greenville High School Tigers Javoris Boggan is the Greenville High School Player of the Week. He is a senior and plays as a defensive lineman. Head coach Josh McLendon said Javoris was instrumental in the win over Mattie T. Blount. His game stats include having nine tackles with three for a loss, two sacks and…
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BY COLIN “BIG C” MACGUIRE The Greenville Standard The college football season is starting this week. All the teams in the SEC will play. Tennessee takes on Bolling Green on Thursday night on ESPN at 7 pm. Saturday there will be twelve games. On Monday, Ole Miss will face Louisville in Atlanta. Alabama will…
Read MoreTROY MARTIN
Feb. 24, 1978 – Aug. 21, 2021 Funeral Service for Troy Martin, 43, of McKenzie, was held at 2 p.m. on Aug. 26, 2021 at Johnson Funeral Home with Pastor Michael Bush officiating. Burial followed at Brushey Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. The family received friends from 6 – 8 p.m. on Wednesday night at the…
Read MoreWILLIAM COBB
July 16, 1941 – Aug. 23, 2021 Graveside service for Mr. William “Billy” Cobb, 80, of Georgiana, was held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021 at Wesley Chapel Cemetery with Brother Terry Cook officiating. The family received friends Friday night from 6 – 8 p.m. at the Funeral home. Mr. Cobb passed away…
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June 14, 1935 – Aug. 28, 2021 Funeral Service for Mrs. Dorothy Bass, 86, of Georgiana, were held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 29 2021 with Brother Randy Harvill officiating. Burial followed at Oakwood Cemetery. The family received friends from 2 – 3 p.m. at the funeral home. Mrs. Bass passed away at her…
Read MoreDANIEL AARON KELLEY
Sept. 22, 1978 – Aug. 18, 2021 Mr. Daniel Aaron Kelley, 42, a resident of Greenville, died at Baptist South Medical Center on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021. The funeral service was Monday, Aug. 23, at 11 a.m. from the chapel of Dunklin Funeral Home with Brother Jerry Wilkerson officiating and Dunklin Funeral Home directing. Burial…
Read MoreJIMMY HOWARD PEAVY
Feb. 27, 1951 – Aug. 26, 2021 Mr. Jimmy Howard Peavy, 70, a resident of Georgiana, died on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 29, at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church with Rev. Danny Dean and Rev. Mark Lovett officiating and Dunklin Funeral Home directing. Burial followed at…
Read MoreROBERT ADAMS, JR.
July 07, 1957 – Aug. 26, 2021 Robert “Bobby” Adams, Jr., 64, a resident of Georgiana, died on Thursday morning, Aug. 26, 2021. A Celebration of Life service will be held at a later time. Mr. Adams was preceded in death by his mother, Beverly Ackerman and brother, Terry Adams. He is survived by his…
Read MoreGET OUT THERE: Happy Birthday to the NPS
What do the national parks mean to you? Have you visited one? Such magnificent beauty and tranquility and violence and tenderness exist there in those wondrous places. Wallace Stegner, a western historian, wrote in 1983, “National parks are the best idea we ever had. Absolutely American, absolutely democratic, they reflect us at our best rather…
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