Montez Miller Pitts
Mrs. Montez Miller Pitts, beloved Mother and Granny, 88, of Port St. Joe, FL, passed away on Saturday, June 11, 2020. She was a longtime resident of Port St. Joe and was a member of Oak Grove Assembly...
View ArticleStandring column: Love in the time of COVID: Nurture self-discovery
Columns share an author’s personal perspective.*****Like anyone who has ever lived (I’ll exclude Jesus and Buddha), I get so annoyed when obvious solutions (to me) are not followed. I’m not alone....
View ArticleLooper column: Choose a side that does not divide us
Columns share an author’s personal perspective.***** I feel like I am in a Doctor Seuss story - like we are all in a Doctor Seuss story - a story I know. My kids and grandkids know it too: “The...
View ArticleTinsley column: Bearing fruit
Columns share an author’s personal perspective.*****I grew up in central Texas with huge pecan trees that shaded our house in summer. When the leaves fell in fall they left behind bare branches bearing...
View ArticleDavid Anthony West
David Anthony West 59, of Wewahitchka passed away Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at his home.David was a native of Georgia and worked as a roofer. He was a resident of Gulf County for over 20 years.Survivors...
View ArticleA tale of two well-loved daughters
The year a baby girl is born a woman loses her life.She doesn’t die; she develops an illness so devastating that none could be near her.Twelve years later, the woman is healed and regains her life. But...
View ArticleHas your Facebook experience become less FRIENDly?
Has your Facebook (and all social media, for that matter) experience changed as the political and cultural climate grows more divisive? Mine, too.I’ve made some great friends on Facebook and have come...
View ArticleRonald Wayne Childers, Jr.
Ronald Wayne Childers Jr., beloved father, grandfather, brother and uncle, passed away on Monday, June 29, 2020 at the age of 75.He was a longtime resident of Port St. Joe, with a current residence in...
View ArticleAsk Pastor Adrienne column: Glory of God, please come down
*****Q: I’m studying something known as the “glory of God.” What do you know about it?A: We often associate the glory of God with the way Catholic and Anglican art has presented it to us: a golden halo...
View ArticleMarcel Bavaud
"Magic Marcel" 12/28/30-7/10/20Our beloved Marcel Bavaud, 89, passed away peacefully in his sleep Friday, July 10, 2020.He was born in Lausanne, Switzerland December 28, 1930, fifth of seven children...
View ArticleLooper column: A plea to Facebook users
Columns share an author’s personal perspective.***** About once a week, I say to myself and anyone listening: “I hate Facebook!”It’s not that I’ve got something against Mark Zuckerberg. I am not,...
View ArticleTinsley column: When we are wounded
Columns share an author’s personal perspective.*****We bought a rocking horse for our son on his first birthday. It was simple and sturdy, made of unfinished wood. That was 42 years ago. Over the...
View ArticleElease Adkins
Elease Adkins, age 77, of Wewahitchka, FL passed away Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at her home. Elease was born on September 1, 1942 in Frink, FL to Allen Griffin and Beatrice (Pitts) Griffin and had lived...
View ArticlePitts family Card of Thanks
The family of Montez M. Pitts would like to extend our most sincere appreciation for all of the love and concern that has been shown us following the passing of our dear mother and grandmother.Your...
View ArticleThings get better and better with God
Angelica is a woman of color, perhaps 40, with a smile from here to there. To know her is to know kindness; a genuine, deep-rooted love from Christ.Angelica (not her real name) lives in the Florida...
View ArticleVirginia Beatrice (Baker) Dawson
Virginia Beatrice (Baker) Dawson, 93, formerly of St. Louis, MI, and Port St. Joe, FL, passed away peacefully on Sunday, July 19, 2020, at Independence Village of Grand Ledge, MI.Born on April 9, 1927,...
View ArticleLive as if you want to earn your family’s vote
If your life and relationships were decided at the voting booth, would your family want you to run for another term – or would they vote you out?Would your boss cast his or her vote to keep funding...
View ArticleStandring column: John Lewis: Legislator and Civil Rights icon, touching true...
Columns share an author’s personal perspective.*****John Lewis, longtime U.S. congressman and civil rights icon for “good trouble,” was buried on July 27. The Georgia legislator was legendary for his...
View ArticleAsk Pastor Adrienne column: We won’t die in the rapture?
*****Q: I’m studying end-time stuff at my church. Will Christ-followers experience death when the rapture comes?A: You’ve asked a question we’ve all pondered a time or two. The rapture, as the...
View ArticleLooper column: What it means to be alive
Columns share an author’s personal perspective.***** The phrase “full of life” occasionally appears in print or is spoken in conversation. This or that person or, sometimes, this or that city, is said...
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