Area News

BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard   Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Wilcox Historical Society (WHS) postponed the 2020 Tour of Homes in Camden. The event has been rescheduled for March 26 – 27. If you purchased a ticket to the canceled Pilgrimage in 2020, it will be honored in 2021. The tour weekend…

BY MOLLIE S. WATERS The Greenville Standard   Although the actual date of COVID-19 shutdowns vary by location, most Alabamians will acknowledge mid-March 2020 as when the shutdowns began in this area. According to The Office of Alabama Governor Kay Ivey website at governor.alabama.gov, on Mar. 6, 2020, Governor Ivey formally established the Coronavirus (COVID-19)…

BY CARTER E. ANTHONY   Richie and I were good students. He and I were about the same grade-wise and we had a lot of classes together. Unfortunately, we didn’t always try our hardest. We made our best grades through the ninth grade and then we got our drivers’ licenses. I suspect Mrs. Hartley warned…

By Annie Crenshaw   Another light has gone out of the world with the loss of John Goodwin Little, Jr., on Feb. 23, 2021. Little, who died at age 96, was a member of “the Greatest Generation” – people who lived through the Great Depression and World War II, and then lived on into some…

CELEBRATING WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH Courthouse recognized on trail   Courthouse Bonelli Jacobs   The City of Greenville and the Butler County Courthouse are listed on the National Votes for Women Trail. The Trail seeks to celebrate the diversity of people who supported the struggle for women’s suffrage. It collects sites from across the country to…

BY CARTER E. ANTHONY   Buster McGuire lived across the street and two houses up from us on Brookside Drive. We all loved Buster and Miss Nina. They had two fine children, Colin of “Big C” fame and pretty Caroline. I take credit for naming Colin, Big C, because from birth he was “Big C.”…

The Greenville Standard   Mark Matthews (1894-2005) was the oldest surviving Buffalo Soldier when he died in September of 2005 at the age of 111. Matthews was born in Greenville and later moved to Ohio. His horse riding career began early when he delivered newspapers by pony. Matthews enlisted in the Army’s 10th Calvary Regiment…

BY CAROLYN GRIFFIN The Greenville Standard   Butler County’s Black History in sports is phenomenal. There are so many outstanding athletes, coaches, and mentors. It would take volumes to tell the amazing stories. We are only scratching the surface. We look forward to sharing many of these stories in the future. Here are just a…

BY CAROLYN GRIFFIN The Greenville Standard   This article features two men who were prominent business and agricultural leaders of this county. Their legacy lives on through their mentorship and family lineage. There are many others but time, space, schedules, and access to information does not allow us to get it all in. As I…