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
Perry County High School has record-breaking crowd at annual alumni reunion held here April 30
Recently elected President of the Perry County High School Alumni Association, Diane Harrison, welcomed classmates and friends to the 28th annual meeting and fish fry on April 30th. Attendance of over 290 at the event had broken a record and for the first time lunch was provided by a food truck. A fried catfish lunch... Read More
Arrest warrant issued in Thompson Street shooting
Perry County court records show that an arrest warrant has been issued for one man in connection with a shooting in the Thompson Street neighborhood of Marion over the weekend of May 6. A warrant for the arrest of Trekavien Wright of Marion was issued May 20 on charges of attempted murder and third-degree assault.... Read More
Gallion man dies in wreck near Faunsdale on Wednesday
A single-vehicle crash involving a pedestrian at approximately 3:10 a.m. Wednesday, May 25, has claimed the life of a Gallion man. Willie J. Harris, 24, was fatally injured when he was struck by a 2017 Freightliner tractor-trailer driven by Diquan O. Johnson, 28, of Uniontown. Harris was pronounced deceased at the scene. The crash occurred... Read More