ROBERT WARD
Dec. 13, 1948 – Aug. 30, 2024 Robert Ward, a resident of Greenville, was born on Dec. 13, 1948. Robert passed on Aug. 30, 2024 at the age of 75. A memorial service was held on Saturday, Oct. 12, with Carter Rice & West Funeral Home directing.
Read MoreTRAVIS COOPER SIMMS
Sept. 2, 1954 – Sept. 27, 2024) Travis Cooper Sims, a resident of Greenville, passed away on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, at the age of 70. Funeral Services were held on Sunday, Sept. 29, beginning at 2 p.m.in the chapel of Dunklin Funeral Home with Brother John Girdley officiating. The family received friends for visitation…
Read MoreSHIRLEY EDGE HASTINGS
Shirley Edge Hastings, 88, died Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Ocean Springs, Miss. Mrs. Hastings was a native of Georgiana, and a graduate Georgiana High School and Massey-Draughn Business College. After working as a legal secretary in Montgomery, she travelled extensively with her Air Force husband and family spending many years in Europe. Mrs. Hastings…
Read MoreDEBORAH LEIGH BENNET CREWS
Oct. 28, 1965 – Oct. 6, 2024 Deborah Leigh Bennett Crews slipped from the shackles of her earthly body to sing praises at the feet of her Savior on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. She met her Savior with a hard-fought hallelujah when her battle with cancer was finally over. Deborah was born on Oct. 28,…
Read MoreSALLY JEAN DUKE
Oct. 28, 1945 – Oct. 7, 2024 Sally Jean Duke, a resident of Greenville, passed away peacefully on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, at the age of 78. Funeral Services were held on Saturday, Oct. 12, beginning at 10 a.m. at Southside Baptist Church with Brother Jonathon Duke and Brother Blair McBride officiating and Dunklin Funeral…
Read MoreButler County Revenue Commission has moved
The Butler County Revenue Commission office has moved from their offices in the Butler County Courthouse. They are now located just east of the Courthouse at 800 East Commerce Street, Greenville, AL 36037. Their hours of operation are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. They are open Wednesday from 8…
Read MoreIt’s National Newspaper Week
BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard This week marks the 84th celebration of National Newspaper Week which began in 1940 as a week-long promotion of the newspaper industry in the United States and Canada. The founding fathers of the U.S. Constitution certainly recognized freedom of the press as one of the ultimate rights of…
Read MoreGeorgiana Police makes felony arrests
Georgian Police Department made four arrests this weekend to include one felony arrest. Georgiana Police Chief Jeremy Peagler stated Maurice Harper, who was arrested last year for the alleged murder of Willard Crook of Greenville on Abrams Street in Georgiana, was out on bond for Murder and was arrested Saturday night for Possession of Marijuana…
Read MoreRelief available for pine beetle damage
Financial relief is now available to assist timber owners in Alabama who suffered damages from the southern pine beetle this summer. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) today announced that all 67 Alabama counties have been approved for the Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) to restore and rehabilitate private forest lands…
Read MoreGreenville Area Chamber-Library Fall Supper Social Oct. 17
The Greenville Area Chamber of Commerce and the Greenville-Butler County Public Library will host its co-sponsored annual Fall Supper Social Oct. 17 at the Greenville-Butler County Public Library’s Camellia Pavilion. “This year’s Fall Supper Social is shaping up to be a great event,” said Tracy Salter, executive director of the GACOC. “Guests can expect to…
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