Florida Bandmasters Association Hall of Fame
Long-time Chipley High School Band Director Richard Davenport will be inducted into the Florida Bandmasters Association Hall of Fame. Davenport received the news in January while attending the annual Florida Music Education Association Conference in Tampa. Read More …
The Northwest Florida Community Band
The Northwest Florida Community Band will present an evening of concert band classics on Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 6:30pm in the Chipley High School Auditorium. Selections to be performed by the all-volunteer musicians in this ensemble will be from a variety of genres, including fanfares, marches, movie music, classical music, and a rousing version of “Cotton-Eyed Joe.” Read More …
Chipley Men’s Basketball
Thursday 01-30, 2025, Chipley Tigers hosted Ponce De Leon men’s basketball, before the game senior players and managers were recognized. Read More …
Dorothy Lavern Hadden Obit
Dorothy Lavern Hadden, 77 of Chipley, passed away on January 28, 2025, at HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital in Panama City, Florida.
Dorothy was born on April 11, 1947 in Golconda, Illinois to Chester and June Elizabeth Gaskins. After numerous trips to the Gulf Coast, Dorothy made the Florida Panhandle her home in 1990, coming from Golconda, Illinois. Read More …
James D. Harris Jr.
James D. Harris Jr., 79 passed from this life on January 27, 2025, at Bay Medical Hospital.
He was born in Jacksonville, Florida on March 10, 1945, and grew up in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Read More …
Vicki Renee Syfrett Obit
Vicki Renee Syfrett, age 65, passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 25, 2025 at Doctor’s
Memorial Hospital in Bonifay, Florida. She was born in Panama City, Florida on January 30, 1959
to Calvin and Mamie (Ellis) Sapp. Read More …
Emma J. Hysmith Obit
Emma J. Hysmith, age 82, passed from this life Saturday, January 25, 2025 at Bonifay Nursing and Rehab Center in Bonifay, FL. She was born in Chipley, FL on April 6, 1942 to Houston and Eva Jackson. Emma was a homemaker for her family. Read More …
Katherine Goolsby Schmidt Obit
Katherine Goolsby Schmidt, age 62, passed away at her home on Sunday, January 26, 2025. She was born in Boynton Beach, Florida on October 18, 1962 to Theodore Richard and Regina Veronica (Hanifin) Goolsby. Katherine was a homemaker for her family. Read More …

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