Smith, Steadman named Francis Marion’s 2022 val and sal
Francis Marion School’s graduation exercises were held in the Albert Turner Senior Gymnasium on Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. Mr. Bruce Jackson, principalDr. Theresa King, assistant principalMs. Sherry Saulsberry, assistant principalMrs. Allison Taylor, school counselorMr. Donnis Cowart, senior sponsorMrs. Donnita Tucker, senior sponsor Valedictorian:Taleedra Arnaye Smith is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.... Read More
Francis Marion School Class of 2022
Francis Marion School’s Class of 2022 includes: Aliyah AllenJeremicia ArringtonDarreon BrooksKarhonda BrooksColleen ChambersDenzel ChildsDa’Shawn ColeDamion CollinsJa’Myrra CollinsJavion DavisJay’Leon EdwardsNa’Terika EdwardsMalik EvansTamya EvansDeandria FullerBrea GordonCedrikia GreenMarianna HarrisChandoriya HawkinsLe’Daja HawkinsLionel Hinton, Jr.Quinton HurtKedrick Jackson, Jr.Jamai JacksonJavien JacksonLolashia JacksonTavien JacksonAr’Jzon JonesAisha LapsleyOrlandria LardellJacameron LewisShameria MooreOlivia MurphyKamari ParrishShabezz PeoplesAaliyah RichardsonAlisha RichardsonAntavas RutledgeJayvien SandersSharod SandersTaleedra SmithCarlishalyn SteadmanKristalyn SteadmanLelani TobinRenita TobinJayden... Read More
Wallace Community College Selma announces area Spring graduates
Wallace Community College Selma has released the following list of area students who graduated in the Spring 2022 term. Students are grouped by hometown. Greensboro:Shunnetra McGuffie – Associate degree in science Marion:Sha’Diamond Hopkins – Associate in applied science – computer information systemsChantell Jackson – Associate degree in scienceOliviya Kynard – Associate degree in scienceTaylor Pryor... Read More
Place flags, honor veterans at Marion Cemetery on Saturday
The Marion Cemetery Association, Inc. board members will host a flag decorating of local veterans’ graves for Memorial Day. “Please come help our members place flags for all of our veterans,” said board members. Volunteers will meet in the Marion Cemetery on Saturday, May 28, at 9:00 a.m. American flags will be available. If you... Read More
Ellen Warren Chappell
Ellen Warren Chappell, 71 of Tuscaloosa, AL went to her eternal home on May 11, 2022. She was born September 1, 1951 in Marion, AL to George B. Warren and Florence Mayton Warren. She worked for the United States Postal Service. She was preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by her daughter,... Read More
Latilsha Burrell-Parrish
Latilsha Aundrella Burrell-Parrish of Birmingham, known to friends as “Tia,” died May 16 at the age of 39. Visitation services were held Saturday and Sunday, May 21 and 22, at Phillip White’s Julia L. White Funeral Home in Uniontown. Graveside services were held Sunday, May 22 at Greenlawn Cemetery in Uniontown with Phillip White’s Julia... Read More
Rev. Herbert J. Tubbs
The Rev. Herbert J. Tubbs of Marion died May 13. The viewing will be held Friday, May 27 from 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m. at Melvin Miller Funeral Home in Marion, with the wake starting at 4:00 p.m. that day, also at the funeral home. A graveside service will be held Saturday May 28 at... Read More
Wayne Luther Barnette
Wayne Luther Barnette, 83, passed away Monday, May 23, 2022. He was born June 4, 1938 in Perry County, Al to the late Luther Clifford Barnette and Marie Calhoun Barnette. He married the love of his life, Rebecca Clements Barnette on Dec. 27, 1962. Wayne moved to NC in 1966 and lived in Knightdale for... Read More
ServSafe classes planned for August in Marion
The Alabama Cooperative Extension Systems will sponsor Perry County ServSafe Manager Certification training, August 30 & 31 at the Perry County Health Department, 1748 S. Washington Street in Marion, AL from 10 am -4:30 pm with a 30 minute lunch break each day. The cost is $140 per person which includes instruction, certification exam and... Read More
Darren Ramalho earns master’s at Columbia University Teachers College
Darren Ramalho, the director of Breakthrough Charter School in Marion, recently attended commencement exercises at Columbia University in New York. He earned a master’s degree in education from the university’s Teachers College. Ramalho came to the Black Belt as a Teach for America fellow in 2015 and taught at Robert C. Hatch School for a... Read More