Gee’s Bend gets a free digital guide ahead of Oct. 3 Airing of the Quilts
Souls Grown Deep launched a free digital guide to Gee’s Bend on Tuesday, Sept. 15, on Bloomberg Connects, the arts and culture app run by Bloomberg Philanthropies, with the Wilcox County community’s fifth annual Airing of the Quilts Festival set for Saturday, Oct. 3. The guide carries new and archival audio and video of Gee’s... Read More
Francis Marion sets homecoming coronation and parade for Oct. 2
Francis Marion School will crown its 2026 Royal Homecoming Court at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2, in the Woodie J. Jackson Sports Arena. The homecoming parade follows at 4 p.m., and court members will be presented on the field in their coronation attire during the pre-game show. Coronation practice and newspaper pictures are set for... Read More
Saint Mary P.B. to observe anniversary Oct. 11
Saint Mary Primitive Baptist Church on County Road 177, St. Mary’s Road, in Uniontown will hold its church anniversary observance Sunday, Oct. 11, at noon. The theme is “God Welcomes Us Back Home,” from Romans 15:7: “Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us, to the glory of God.” The Rev. Dr. Mack... Read More
Margaret Ann Rose Ryan
Margaret Ann Rose Ryan, 86, gained her wings on September 9. She was born October 4, 1939, the daughter of the late Malvin and Thelma Rose Sr. of Greensboro. She was preceded in death by her husband, James “Red” Ryan; her son, James Dereck Ryan; her sisters, Betty Rose Meigs, Ruth Landolt Nelson and Patricia... Read More
Project GRACE sets Pretty in Pink Ball Oct. 10 at Lincoln Auditorium
Project GRACE Central Alabama will hold its Pretty in Pink Ball at 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, at Lincoln Auditorium in Marion, an evening in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month honoring those fighting the disease, survivors, caregivers and supporters, and remembering those no longer here. Ticket donations are $15 for one ticket or $25... Read More
County solid waste customers can now pay online or by phone
Perry County Solid Waste customers can pay their bills online, sign up for autopay, e-billing and paperless billing, or pay by phone at 844-516-1082 through a new payment system that went live Wednesday, Sept. 16, the Perry County Commission announced. Customers whose account number is currently listed as their name will need to contact the... Read More
Kids and Kin classes for relative caregivers set at Marion library through Dec.
The Family Guidance Center of Alabama’s Kids and Kin program has scheduled free classes for grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and other relatives raising children at the Marion-Perry County Public Library, 202 Washington St., through the end of the year. The schedule: A Guide to Safe Sleep for Infants, Tuesday, Oct. 13; Peer Pressure, From Toddlers... Read More
Arthur Leon Dixon
Arthur Leon Dixon, 52, of Uniontown died Thursday, September 3, in Birmingham. He was born February 18, 1974. Visitation was held Friday, September 11, from 1 to 6 p.m. at Phillip White’s Julia L. White Funeral Home, 322 North Street, Uniontown. A celebration of life was held Saturday, September 12, at 1 p.m. at Glover’s... Read More
Thomas Averette
Thomas “Travis” Averette, 65, of Tuscaloosa died Sunday, September 6, at Glen Haven nursing home. Graveside services were held Tuesday, September 8, at 10:30 a.m. at Spring Hill Cemetery, 630 Spring Hill Road, Greensboro, with Brother Ray Hallman officiating. Norwood-Wyatt Chapel directed the service. Born June 7, 1961, Travis grew up in Duncanville, a place... Read More
Cooking in the Black Belt
Call me spoiled, call me uncultured, but I’m beginning to loathe travel. Don’t get me wrong: seeing new sights, experiencing new parts of this American landscape is something I try not to take for granted. Still, I find myself telling some stranger I meet along the way who is taken aback by a “Thank y’all,”... Read More