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The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office raided a marijuana patch this morning, seizing numerous plants with a street value in excess of $60,000. The bust occurred near New Landing Road. Watch for more details in our print edition next week.

Shanda Lynn Reese of Clarksville, Florida, passed away Tuesday, July 24, 2012 in Panama City, Florida at the age of 21.

Shanda attended Travelers Rest Free Will Baptist Church in Clarksville and was a graduate of Blountstown High School Class of 2009.

She was preceded in death by paternal great-grandfather, E. B. Reese and her maternal grandfather, Delbert Melvin.

Survivors include her father, Timothy Reese and his wife, Katrina, of Grand Ridge, Florida and her mother, Shawna (Melvin) Reese, of Clarksville; brother, Shane Reese of Clarksville; sister, Sasha Reese of Grand Ridge; paternal grandparents, Wayne and Stacy Reese of Marianna, Florida and Hannah Pumphrey of Panama City; maternal grandmother, Carolyn Melvin of Clarksville; paternal great-grandmother, Jeanette Reese of Panama City; and maternal great-grandmother, Christana Mercer of Cypress, Florida;
a special aunt, Debbie Parrish of Red Oak Community; and many other extended family.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, July 28, 2012 at Travelers Rest Free Will Baptist Church with Reverend Shawn Williams officiating. Interment will follow in Travelers Rest Cemetery. The family will receive friends 6:00-8:00 p.m., Friday, July 27 at Adams Funeral Home.

Adams Funeral in Blountstown is in charge of the arrangements (phone 674-5449). Online condolences may be made at www.adamsfh.com.

Mr. Larry Carnley, President of the Panhandle Chapter of Building Officials Association of Florida, appeared at the July 3 Calhoun County Board of Commissioners meeting and presented to Mr. Dowling Parrish a plaque recognizing him as Building Official of the Year for the Panhandle Chapter. [Full Story »] 

Several little ladies and one adorable young gentleman had a day of fun at the Calhoun County 4-H Cloverbuds Fairy Garden Party Thursday. [Full Story »] 

CALHOUN COUNTY
July 18: Jerad Lipford, state violation of probation; Eric Finley, child support; Joshua Crawford, child support
July 19: Brandy Leigh Vestal, battery
July 20: Paul Fuder, failure to appear
[Full Story »] 

The Blountstown Tiger football team has started summer training to prepare for the upcoming 2012 season. The Kickoff Classic is Aug. 23
at Wewa. [Full Story »] 

Mrs. Ima Jo Marshall, 73, of the Howard Creek Community in Gulf County, passed away Sunday, July 22, 2012, in Panama City, FL.

Ima was born on July 5, 1939, in Holt, FL, and had lived in Howard Creek since 1986, coming from Highland View. She was a retired secretary with NHC Home Health Care. Ima was a member of Highland View Baptist Church in Port Saint Joe, FL.

She was preceded in death by a daughter, Sherry Ann Butler.

Survivors include her husband of 57 years, Roy T. Marshall, of Howard Creek; two daughters, Terry Royal and James of Highland View and Cindy Rich and Larry of Port Saint Joe; two sisters, Margie Henderson, of Port Saint Joe and Lounell Knight and Roy of Jacksonville, FL; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, July 25, at 11:00 am (EDT) from Highland View Baptist Church in Port Saint Joe with Reverend Josh Fidler officiating. Interment will follow in Holly Hill Cemetery in Port Saint Joe. The family will receive friends Wednesday, July 25, from 10:00 am (EDT) until service time at 11:00 am (EDT) at Highland View Baptist Church.

All arrangements are under the direction of Marlon Peavy at Peavy Funeral Home in Blountstown (ph. 674-2266).

Patricia Sue Champion-Silsby of Blountstown, Florida, born January 12, 1969, went to be with our Lord on July 15, 2012, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

She was proceeded in death by her grandparents, Myrtle and James Darnell, of Alma Arkansas, Harvey Champion and Ernest Adkins Sr., Janie and Albert Kearce, Jr., all of Blountstown, Milton Ingram of Portland, Oregon, and Dorothy Burgess of Madras, Oregon.

Survivors include her husband, Charles D. Champion-Silsby, Sr.; four sons, Charles D. Silsby II, Kyle M. Silsby, and Colwynn E. Silsby, all of Ralston, Oklahoma, and Brett Silsby of Tulsa, Oklahoma; three daughters, Crystal Hill and her husband of Waldron, Arkansas, Beth and Brooke Silsby, both of Tulsa, Oklahoma; grandmother, LaVada Adkins of Blountstown; father, Troy Carlton Champion, Sr., and stepmother, Sue Ellen Champion, of Blountstown; mother, Susan Ingram, and stepfather, Scott Ingram, of Alama, Arkansas.

Survivors also include six brothers, Troy Carlton Champion, Jr. and James Timothy Champion of Blountstown, Bobby Salinas and his wife, Selene, of San Antonio, Texas, Jimmy and his wife, Latricia Griffin, of Mountainburg, Arkansas, and Ralph and his wife, Christie Hurt, of Norman, Oklahoma, Michael Irwin of New Buffalo, Michigan; nine sisters, Elaine Fazendin and her husband, Rob, of New Castle,Wyoming, Becky Waid and her husband, John, of Alma Arkansas, Twila Henderson of Beverly Hills, Florida, Ashley Champion, Karen Schwendeman, Erin Schwendeman and Michelle Lynn Ellis, all of Blountstown, Jessica Champion of Eufaula, Alabama, and Jessica Salinas of Panama City, Florida; 10 grandchildren and many aunts, uncles and nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held at a later date.