Marion Kenneth Yarbor Obit
Marion Kenneth Yarbor, age 81, of Hinson’s Crossroads, Washington County, Florida, passed on from this life July 28th 2024. He was born June 25, 1943, in Panama City, Florida. Read More …
Month: July 2024
Jackson Hospital Honors Employees of the Quarter
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uly 29, 2024- Marianna, FL – Pilya Chaney and Rameya Pinkard, valued members of the Chipola Quick Care-Alford team, have been recognized as Jackson Hospital’s Employees of the Quarter. Chaney has dedicated eight years to Jackson Hospital, while Pinkard has contributed nearly four. Read More …
Steven Marquis Shelley Obit
Steven Marquis Shelley, age 44 of Chipley, FL passed from this life on July 23, 2024. He was born on December 3, 1979 in Panama City, FL to Kenneth Shelley and Rebecca (Register) Shelley.
Jerry O’Neil Yongue Obit
Jerry O’Neil Yongue, age 82, of Chipley, FL passed from this life on July 24, 2024 at his home with his loving family. He was born on December 8, 1941 in Washington County, FL to Hubert L. Yongue and Arvie (Sapp) Yongue.
Connie Kathryn Thomas Obit
Connie Kathryn Thomas, age 66, went to be with her Lord and Savior on July 20, 2024, surrounded by her loving family and friends. Connie was born on September 23, 1957, in Graceville, FL, to the late Milton Sasser and Virginia Adams Sasser. Read More …
The First Presbyterian Church of Chipley
Founded in 1896, the First Presbyterian Church of Chipley saw its congregation gather in a new building on 4th Street and Watts Avenue by 1904. This church housed a significant bell, the fourth-largest bell produced by the C.S. Bell Company of Ohio, around 1898, costing approximately $165 (equivalent to nearly $5,000 today). Read More …
Chipley Garden Club
At Thursday Night Lights on July 18th, Chipley Garden Club’s Yard of the Month Chair Dorothy Odom presented the July 2024 Yard of the Month certificate to Bessie & Marcus Russ at 745 Orange Street. The Russes stay busy gardening in their yard and helping to bring beauty to our community. Bessie remarked, “I do the gardening, Marcus does the mowing!” Read More …
James Burton Kent Obit
James Burton Kent, 75, of Cottondale, Florida, passed away peacefully at his home Sunday, July 21, 2024, surrounded by his children and grandchildren.
Ready for the Possum Fest
Recently Cindy Simonson, President of the Wausau Garden Club, delivered a new supply of The Possum Cookbook: American’s Amazing Marsupials and Dozens of Ways to Cook Them by E. W. Carswell to the Washington County Historical Society. The books arrived just in time for Wausau’s 55th Annual Fun Day & Possum Festival which will be held in Wausau on August 2nd and 3rd. Read More …
NFCH Back-to-School Donation Drive
Northwest Florida Community Hospital was proud to host a Back-to-School Donation Drive to support the students of Washington County.